Yamin Durrani

Co-Founder and CEO

• MAAZU COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED Gurgaon, India
• www.maazu.com E-commerce & digital media company
• Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer 2011 – Present
• Managed all aspects of building a new business from scratch.
• Formed a business strategy and developed a business plan.
• Formed the business entity in India to perform business.
• Raised $200K to build business through angel financing.
• Hired and motivated a team to work on the idea.
• Supervised product development of ecommerce portal.
• Formed trusting relationship with suppliers to form virtual inventory.
• Implemented a highly successful and innovative online marketing strategy.

INSTITUTIONAL SALES AND MARKETING

• Analog integrated chips company
• Institutional Sales Apple Account 2010 – 2011
• Responsible for sales of National $800M analog IC product portfolio at Apple
• Grew business to $70M in 2 years from Apple account.
• Build a sales team to service a very fast growing customer in a competitive environment.
• Formed key relationship at all levels of engineering and management.
• Successfully negotiated with favorable terms, large volume, high dollar value business deals between National and Apple.
• Product Marketing Manager 2006 – 2010 Santa Clara, CA
• Responsible for P&L of a $100M business unit focusing on integrated chips for cell phones.
• Grew revenue by 500% over 4 years period at 70% gross margin.
• Defined several innovative products and managed product development.
• Facilitated sales at large OEMs such as RIM, Samsung and LG.
• Defined and implemented a creative strategy for winning business in a vertical market moving towards commoditization.
• Motivated the team during the 2009 financial crisis and managed to hit revenue targets.
• Managed a team of 12 professionals from marketing and engineering background.

R&D Engineer

• High voltage motor drives company
• R&D Engineer 2005 - 2006
• Responsible for prototyping, testing and manufacturing support for high power motor drives.
• Took the initiative of proposing a new colored display for the latest products. Lead team of two engineers in successfully implementing the first prototype.
• Contributed in setting up an offsite office in College Station Texas, helped develop University relations between Texas A&M University and Toshiba International Corporation.

Associate

• Energy and power consulting company
• Research Associate 2002 - 2003
• Responsible for analyzing customer power systems and provide recommendation for improvements
• Worked on a technical study for developing long-term Power Systems Master Plan.
• Contributed in a study on coal inventory management system for its coal fired power plants.
• Contributed in a case study on privatization of New Delhi Electricity Board and the effectiveness of energy reforms in the city.

Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business Administration

Texas A&M University: Mays

Indian Institute of Technology