Yusra Khan

My passion is to learn. The best times of my life consist of me having an authentic conversation with someone sitting right across from me telling me their story. Every story has a lesson and it has meaning. I went from taking notes from these discussions to actually documenting them in an audio format. My mentor Professor Roger Malina encouraged me to share these discussions about the decisions people make in their lives with others. So I launched Gut Feeling, the science behind decision making.

* Designing & strategizing community engagement on the ARTECA platform in collaboration with MIT Press & Leonardo Journal. * arteca.mit.edu * Worked directly with designers and conducted research on the community interaction design for ARTECA. * Product Marketing * Communication between the MIT Press and the design team to see how can we make the product more successful for our end users. * Developed marketing strategies for ARTECA to promote the product to students at UTD. * Product Management : github * Lab Presence Project * Lead Design thinking workshops to understand why we do what we do at the ArtSciLab * Developed user personas and user journeys * UX Strategy * UX Research * HTML, CSS * Lab Presence Project (Branding) * wireframes, prototypes, user journeys * Strategy * Story Telling * create conceptual models, flows, sitemaps, and navigation schemes

Combined entrepreneurial drive with business-management skills to drive sales to University professionals at Ivy League schools. Designed techniques to promote Ivy Data Science to individuals across multiple STEM disciplines. Cultivated excellent relationships with the industry and organized networking and marketing events in San Francisco, New York, Boston, and Chicago to promote Deep Learning, Tensor Flow, and AI Boot Camp. Developed sales strategy for national sales. Responsible for creating email content to market to prospects. Market segmentation Market research & analysis JIRA, Asana

Developing product strategy based on market data and business goals. Product Marketing Working with the team of researchers and designers to prototype innovative product designs for the hospitality industry. Using data to understand when to retire products and successfully transition customers from the sun-setting product to pilot product. Developing Product Road maps with the team of DX Product Managers. Creating a process for Discovery Design Workshops for our Hospitality customers. Leading Design Thinking Workshops to facilitate discussions and ideation process for new products. Customer Centric MVP- Designing products that fit best to our customers needs.

* Digital Community Culture Development * Created an annotated bibliography for behind the scenes of developing and designing digital community. * Conducted user interviews with university students part of UX research for the website. * Lead Design Thinking workshops that focused on community motivation & engagement. * Researched on Phygital (Physical and Digital) communities and implemented strategies for engagement at University events such as Watering Holes, Workshops, and career events for students.

* Interpreted documentations for the State of Connecticut * Provided assistance during court procedures * Worked one on one with Department of Children and Families and effectively provided assistance in eliminating language and cultural barriers between parties. * Educated and informed families about rules and regulations. * Translated legal documentation for the State Department.

Organized and prepared workshops for students and teachers for various private and magnet schools. Developed strategies to accomplish understanding of challenging group discussions. Encouraged discussions to analyze and enhance the effectiveness of each program. Prepared educational diagrams and presentations for students during workshops. Educated and provided students with essential skills in becoming a leader. Participated in the evaluation of workshops and feedback to ensure each workshop met goals set by educational institutions. Effectively facilitated group discussions focusing on emotional and sensitive issues such as race and identity. Managed emotional discussions as well encouraged feedback.

Successfully executed marketing events throughout the Tri-State area. Supervised and managed teams of up to 10 promotional ambassadors over months days. Recorded daily reports, took event photos for clients, and was responsible for all local market aspects of promotional marketing.

Motivated, Coached, developed, and managed teams of internal recruiters. Scheduled and conducted interviews with potential internal recruiting candidates. Provided newly hired employees with necessary training in sales. Developed successful marketing and sales strategies with team members Organized meetings for the team members to assess job satisfaction. Reported daily, and weekly on interviewing and hiring statistics.

Managed teams of sales professionals in the retail Target stores in the North Texas Dallas area as well as Shreveport and Bossier City Louisiana. Talent development and talent management Built strong working relationships and maintain effective communications with team members, team leaders and our client Target. Conducted performance evaluation of team leaders and provide feedback for improvements. Developed business strategies to improve sales performance. Recruited, trained and developed leaders within the district. Collected and analyzed data by conducting surveys to enhance organizational effectiveness and employee job satisfaction.

Received valuable training from Luxottica which developed valuable skillset for sales industry. Learned proper sales etiquette and techniques. Advanced customer relationships based on sales techniques. Managed reporting using HRIS based software. Created SMART weekly sales goals. Trained and managed newly hired employees at Sunglass Hut. Provided employees with in-depth analysis of their sales performance weekly.

OSSI Summer Fellowship Program for prospective PhD students in the field of Organizational Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, International Club, Dance Club, Spanish Club