Faraz Helmi

Fulfilled a critical role as a member of a five-person team engaged in sales, market studies, data modeling, and business development.Leveraged a consultative approach to gain insight into the specific data needs of individual client corporations, leading to the innovation of new model development road maps tailored to meet the unique requirements of each customer.

• Contributed to the development of a Minimum Viable Product that served as a Proof of Concept, demonstrating the potential of computer modellings, used by the company to secure funds and investment to move forward.
• Achieved success in business development and sales, with 60% of clients signing up for subscription services, building recurring streams of revenue.Led prospecting, proposal development, client pitches, negotiations, and deal closure with clients that included HSBC and Centrica.
• Contributed to the development of a risk assessment model for a software application capable of forecasting energy and product prices for the next 25 years.Engaged in extensive research to evaluate feedbacks on the SaaS model.

Served as a business analyst to help existing businesses revamp their strategies, increase their addressable market opportunities, and operationally focus on accelerating revenue growth with success rate of 100%.

• Pioneered the launch of a start-up e-Commerce project, Meka Tea, offering monthly subscriptions for tea bags.Engaged in business model canvas, market research, operational launch, fund raising, and staffing.Successfully worked with clients to build product pricing strategies that improved top line sales by 15%.
• Coordinated and led all facets of due diligence, including financial analysis, feasibility studies, SWOT, and market/competitor analysis, for investment opportunities valued at £500K in the insect farming and vertical farming industries.
• Supported the launch of a £1 million Sodium Methoxide refinery in the Middle East through business planning and structures, choosing vendors, business evaluation, and fundraising process through meetings and engagement with investors.

Assessed the viability of Renewable Energy projects’ business models and outlined strategies and timelines for path to profitability, including financial modelling, facilitation of funding and development of corporate investment strategy.

• Worked with an electric production company, providing research and analysis that led to implementation of new business model for electricity storage in batteries that bolstered client revenue by 34%.
• Within four months in this role, assumed authority over one of the company’s largest planned capital investments for 2016, with a projected 2-year payback and 34% internal rate of return.
• Coordinated and led a financial valuation of a Searbeck energy project, coming in at £5 million, which was presented to senior management along with market scenario analysis.
• Led business investment evaluation for a glycerin production project by animal manures that led to 10% growth in annual orders through calculating ROI periodically.

Effectively managed a team of five consultants to offering expertise in market research, revenue and financial analysis, business plan development, and feasibility studies supporting the company’s portfolio of projects in Education, Energy, and Healthcare.

• Conducted an assessment of the revenue potential of a startup business in Solar Hydropower technology, recommending marketing strategies that captured over £200K in venture capital funding.
• Supported a quiz technology application through competitor research and benchmark analysis, leading to a 50% gain in user satisfaction and increased sales.
• Proposed commercial marketing and discounting strategy for UK launch of a pharmaceutical device for a F500 client through comparable market analysis.
• Led a team of five consultants, internal and external, with green RAG status for structured eye and ResilSoft startup projects for allocation of £300K fund.