2010 · Started at fifteen
The Daily Star
Executive Contributor
I wrote cover features for a national daily. Writing for publication was part of my working life long before product management.
Selected work / Saquif Alam
What I’ve done over the past few years.
My main role is at Optimizely, where I lead the CMP platform and integrations teams. I’ve also co-founded SupplyLine and PorashonaOnline, started Nurby AI, and worked with Learning Shaper. Here’s a little more about each.
The projects and companies
01 / AI & B2B SaaS
My work at Optimizely.
I lead the CMP platform and integrations teams. Before that, I worked on Opal’s agent platform, from workflow agents to RAG and the Tools SDK.
Optimizely · Principal Product Owner
02 / FinTech
Building a bank for people who’ve never been to one.
I designed the credit and lending workflows for a business helping small retailers buy stock. This is where I learned FinTech the hard way.
SupplyLine · Co-founder
03 / Computer vision
Building Nurby AI.
Describe what your cameras should watch for. Nurby runs the AI locally and sends an alert when a rule matches. The footage stays on your network.
Nurby AI · Founder
04 / EdTech
Exam prep and school software.
I co-founded PorashonaOnline for students preparing for exams, and worked with Learning Shaper as a Product Consultant on its school ERP.
PorashonaOnline · Co-founder / Learning Shaper · Product Consultant
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A closer look
How we explained a week of credit.
We introduced Murabaha inventory financing and explained the cost in taka per ৳1,000 of stock. Retailers could work out the price themselves.
Read the SupplyLine case study02
Before product
I was writing, editing, and designing before I had a product title.
2007–2014
UNaB Magazine
Editor-in-Chief
I ran a literary magazine and forum with more than sixty writers. That meant editing other people’s work as well as writing my own.
2013–2019
GradConnect
UX Designer → Lead Communications
I started with the dashboard UX, then took on content and a six-person research team. My responsibilities grew well beyond the screens I’d started with.
2012–2020
Freelance design
Designer & consultant
Identity, interfaces, and campaigns for more than twenty organizations. Eight years of client work, alongside the other things I was doing.
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Working with data
Deligram
At Deligram, I worked as a Business / Ops Analyst. I built BI with Metabase, Redash, and Tableau, modeled unit economics, and worked on a retailer-assisted e-commerce model and its digital trade-promotion module.
More about the Deligram workGet in touch
Want to talk?
I’m based in Dhaka and open to relocating for the right role.