[02 / Journey] — How I got here

The
Journey

Manawala to Lahore. Lahore to Ferghana. And into markets no one from either city was supposed to be in. Here's the order it happened.

2005 — Roots
Manawala → Lahore Punjab, Pakistan

Born and raised in Manawala, Punjab. Moved to Lahore in 2005 — one of the most competitive cities in Pakistan. Early on, learned to operate in environments where the ground is never flat and you figure things out fast or you don't.

Manawala, Punjab Lahore
2021 – 2023 2 tracks
Degree + First Work Lahore · Australia Remote

Started the BBA in Marketing & Sales in 2021. While finishing the degree, the first real work was already running — Cloud School Australia, a community project on economic development and women's sustainability. The classroom confirmed theory. The work confirmed what actually mattered.

Education
BBA — Marketing & Sales
2021 – 2025 · Lahore
First work — Community
Cloud School Australia
May 2022 – Nov 2023 · Remote
BBA Community Dev Women's Sustainability NGO
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
Simon & Sons Lahore, Pakistan

Branding and web design for a trading company in Lahore. On-ground project — built the visual identity and website from scratch. First complete brand-plus-web delivery for a local business client.

Branding Web Design On-ground
Dec 2024 – May 2025
Insured Nomads USA · Remote

Associate Marketing Specialist for a US-based insurance and travel brand. Contributed to website design, ran SEO, wrote blogs, created Instagram and LinkedIn content. First time working inside a US marketing operation at this level — remote, independent, and fully accountable for outputs.

SEO Content Web Instagram LinkedIn
Aug 2025 – Present 3 active
SRP · Candle · English Plus US · UK · UZB · Tajikistan

Three things running at the same time — each a separate entity, each demanding full attention. SRP as the main role. Candle as an ongoing brand and marketing engagement within SRP's product line. English Plus as an independent brand project, separate business entity.

Main role · Ongoing
Silk Road Professionals
Aug 2025 – Present · International
Brand & Marketing · Ongoing
Candle
Mar 2026 – Present · USA · SRP Product
Independent · Brand
English Plus
Apr 2026 – May 2026 · Ferghana, UZB
GTM Outbound Brand Strategy Positioning Sales
Now — June 2026 Active
Ferghana — Building Uzbekistan

Based in Ferghana, Uzbekistan. Practicing branding, sales, and marketing every day — across SRP and independent work. Learning agentic coding as a force multiplier: the operators who can build their own GTM tooling, automate their own pipelines, and ship their own systems will compound faster than anyone waiting for a dev to do it. That's the bet. That's the lane.

Independent Practice Agentic Coding AI-Native GTM Compounding
[Currently] — Ferghana, Uzbekistan

Where I
Am Now

Based in Ferghana, Uzbekistan. Running SRP, Candle, and independent brand work simultaneously. Learning agentic coding — not as a side hobby, but because the intersection of GTM strategy and AI-native tooling is where the next serious operators will come from. Open to the right roles. The work is getting sharper every month.

Availability
Yes — open to the right work
Based
Ferghana, Uzbekistan
Active work
SRP · Candle · Independent practice
Skill multiplier
Agentic coding — AI-native GTM tooling
The edge
Build your own tools. Compound faster. That's the bet.
Open to roles in
GTM Sales Product Marketing Marketing Manager Sales Manager Product Management
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