RASHID RAHMAN
Hotelier
TORONTO

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PROFILE


RASHID RAHMAN
33 years in the hospitality management in various continents

Mission Statement

My Goal is to be the leading HOSPITALITY PROFESSIONAL IN THE COUNTRY - BANGLADESH,
To build and maintain the world class reputation
We will be passionate about Service Excellence and dedicated to earn the long term loyalty of the community member. Patron, International & Domestic Travelers through rapport based mutual well being relationship.
The hospitality restaurant venue will continually striving to be the best in the country and in south Asia at large.

“There is something for everyone to come and celebrate
In Bangladesh

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ABOUT ME

MY LIFE & MY JOURNEY
Mohammed Rashid Rahman
Also known as - RASHID RAHMAN
150 LEEWARD GLENWAY, UNIT # 110
TORONTO, CANADA - M3C 2Y9
TEL. 416-423-1965
rashidcanada@rogers.com
OR
gazipur@rogers.com

Born and raised in Gazipur, Bangladesh

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a Suitable Position in the Hospitality Industry in order to utilize my talents and experiences & to provide the best facilities to make a world class Hospitality Services & Facility Provider Provider and be the best in South Asia



STRENGTH: Internationally experienced in HOSPITALITY BUSINESS with Excellent knowledge of hospitality industry specially entire operation exposure including the operation of the most prestigious hotel with High volume & fine and casual restaurants, banqueting, conferences, bars, in room dining, special & promotional events with theme & concepts,

AN EXPERT AND SPECIALIST in DESIGN, BUILD & OPERATE NEW OUTLET in hotels including Food & Beverages,
Creating & implementing Training Program for the Hospitality Industry.

SOCIAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

2002-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT OF GAZIPUR FOUNDATION, CANADA
1999-CO FOUNDER OF PROBASHI NAGORIK COMMITTEE (Non Political) CANADA
1992-CO FOUNDER OF S I G A BANGLADESH


RASHID RAHMAN. (Continued)

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

1994: CORNELL UNIVERSITY, New York, U S A.
HOTEL MANAGEMENT, Concentrated studies in hospitality management program including human resources, marketing & financial control.

1994: Graduated as Certified Hotel Craft Trainer. London, UK

1993: Certificate in wine & spirit education, London, U.K

1983: DIPLOMA in Catering from Spring catering institute, Switzerland.

1983: FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT TRAINING from Paris Intercontinental Hotel. Paris, France.

Other Related Training & Educational courses
• Smart Serve Certified, Ontario, Canada
• Train the Trainer
• Sales for non sales
• Leadership courses By Master Class of London, U.K. & follow up courses
• Guest courtesy training ( GCT ) – Master Trainer
• Supervisory Courses / Training
• Food safety, hygiene
• First aid.

SKILLS: Computer literate & skilled with most point of sales systems such as- silver ware, positouch, macros, squirrel, remanco, genie, Maitre d’ Hotel.

LANGUGES: Fluent in English, Arabic, French, Hindi, and Urdu & Bengali.

AWARDS: Awarded Doctor of Flambé Title from the Spring Catering Of Switzerland

RASHID RAHMAN. (Continued)

Received Best Supervisor & Manager awards from Intercontinental Hotel, Al Rasheed Hotel & Al Bustan Palace Hotel.


EXPERIENCES:
09/2006 – PRESENT
AKCO RESTAURANT BAR & CATERING
High Volume Restaurant with Bar Dining Room & Catering Services
1st Canadian place, Toronto.
Position – CO OWNER & Director of Operations
www.akco.ca


09/2002--09/2006
Mediterra Restaurant.
An Upscale high end Seafood Restaurant Mediterranean concept. Toronto.
Position: Operations Manager

2001-09/2002
90 Degrees Bar Bistro & Catering:
Belleville, Ontario. Operations including bar, sports lounge, casual & fine dining Restaurant
Position: Owner / Operator

01/2000 – 08/2000
Best Western Roe Hampton Hotel,
Toronto
Position: Food & Beverage Manager

5/2000-12/2000
Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Toronto.
Position: Food & Beverage Manager
Achievement: - Turn the F&B into a profitable operation from loosing money without sacrificing standard of performance & standard of qualities



RASHID RAHMAN. (Continued)


09/96 TO 05/2000
Fusion Bar, Grill and Catering, 1st Canadian Place, Toronto, (High volume Restaurant & catering operations, revenue up to four million dollars
Position: General Manager
Achievement: - Made Fusion a successful & well established restaurant in the core of Down Town’s financial district

Summer 1996
Radisson Plaza Hotel Admiral: Toronto. In order to gain Canadian work experience in Hotel, worked in their award wining fine dining restaurant & other F&B outlets

03/96 to 09/96
Angelini’s Toronto.
Fine Dining Italian restaurant in downtown Toronto With a capacity of 120 covers
Worked as Maitre d’

1992 to 1996
Al Bustan Palace – Intercontinental Hotel and Resort, Muscat, Oman,
The most prestigious five star hotel in the Arabian Gulf
Position:-Started as Restaurant Manager & quickly promoted to Food & Beverage Coordinator /Operations Manager & also was acting F&B Director in charge of the entire operation of Food & Beverage
Fine Dining, Casual Dining, Bars, Nightclub, In Room Dining services, Banqueting & Conferences.
Special Project – was in charge of opening a new Authentic Arabic Restaurant Named Siblat Al Bustan- which was a grand success

01/88 to 01/91
Al Rasheed Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq,
Five Star hotel with 450 rooms and a large Food and Beverage operation including Restaurants, Bars, Function rooms and Two Grand Ball Rooms.
Position: Senior Restaurants Manager
Was in charge of the operations of the fine and casual dining restaurant. Bars
In room dining services & promotional events.

RASHID RAHMAN. (Continued)


Special Project – Handled the Arab League Head of the States Summit Conference, 1990 in Baghdad

05/87 to 12/87

Hotel Purbani International, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position: Food and Beverage Manager

6/1986 to 12/86
Hotel Sundarban Dhaka.
Position: Asstt. General Manager

1977-1986
Intercontinental Hotel, Muscat, Oman
(Five star hotels with 350 rooms and Six
F&B outlets)
Position: Worked in various positions based on exceptional training & education and have had rapid promotion from Waiter to Captain Waiter to Head Waiter then to Maitre d’ Hotel also held position of
Manger of Pool Bar & Club, BBQ Restaurant, Food & Beverage Trainer.

FEB 1976 – OCT 1977
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL DHAKA, PRESENTLY DHAKA SHERATON
Beginning the journey of my career as a trainee in the Food & Beverage Department
And became the most important team member of the F&B.
Selected to join the opening team of the First Five star hotel in Oman.



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Asma Naz
Graphic Designer at Location3 Media
Denver, USA

Details about the Nominee:
Designer / Visualization Specialist
HKS
(Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

June 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

· Working in the Sports Group, both in Design support and Visualization (3D modeling, animation and rendering)
· Software used: 3D studio Max 2009 with Vray and Mental Ray, Adobe Suite CS3 (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere), Autodesk Revit.
· Ongoing projects: Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX (http://www.dallascowboys.com/) and new Liverpool Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK.

Graphic Designer
Location3 Media
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2006 — May 2006 (2 months)


3D Modeler / Graphic & Web Designer
H+L Architecture
(Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

September 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 7 months)

· Entry Level position in the Marketing Dept. as a 3D modeler and Animator, Web / Graphic Designer
- Projects: Children’s Healthcare and Education
· Software used: Autodesk Maya 8.5, 3D studio Max 8, Adobe Suite, Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX.

Asma Naz
Graphic Designer at Location3 Media
Denver, USA

Details about the Nominee:
Designer / Visualization Specialist
HKS
(Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

June 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

· Working in the Sports Group, both in Design support and Visualization (3D modeling, animation and rendering)
· Software used: 3D studio Max 2009 with Vray and Mental Ray, Adobe Suite CS3 (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere), Autodesk Revit.
· Ongoing projects: Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX (http://www.dallascowboys.com/) and new Liverpool Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK.

Graphic Designer
Location3 Media
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2006 — May 2006 (2 months)


3D Modeler / Graphic & Web Designer
H+L Architecture
(Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

September 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 7 months)

· Entry Level position in the Marketing Dept. as a 3D modeler and Animator, Web / Graphic Designer
- Projects: Children’s Healthcare and Education
· Software used: Autodesk Maya 8.5, 3D studio Max 8, Adobe Suite, Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX.

Professor A.K.Md.Ehsanes saleh
Statistician at Statistics Canada ,Canada
Ottawa,Canada

Details about the Nominee:
Professor Saleh is a world-renowned Bangladeshi-Canadian statistician,author and teacher was born in Dhaka,Bangladesh .He is a Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Emeritus at the school of Mathematic & Statistics,Carleton University,Ottawa .Last December 26-27,2008 Bangladeshi statisticians organized an International Statisical Conference to honor him under the auspices of NorthSouth and Carleton Universities for his his profound contribution in the statistical sciences.Chief guest Dr.Salehuddin Ahmed
presented him with a crest as a mark of "honor".
Dr.Saleh is the only Bangladeshi to hold the rank of Fellow of the Institte of Mathematical Statistics(IMS).He is the first Bangladeshi to hold the rank of Fellow of American statistical Association(ASA) and is a Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences(BAS),Fellow of Royal Statistical Society,Elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI)and holds the rank of Honorary Member of the Statistical society of Canada (SSC).
He is the founder of the Graduate Studies program in Mathematics& Statistics at Caleton University having mentored and graduated 12 Ph.D's,dozen of post doctorals and 20 Masters students in this program .He has published more than 150 scholarly and pioneering papers in many leading journals.
He was invited visitors to many leading universities like Stanford,MIT,UC Berkeley,Michigan State University,University of Toronto,Bowling Green State University,Banach Centre,Poland and the like.He has written two scholarly books and edited several conference proceedings .He is also the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal Of Statistical Reseach published by ISRT,Dhaka university formore than a decade putting it in the International standard .
Professor Saleh should be recognized as the scholar of the 2009 for profound scholarly contributions which impacted all over Canada and Bangladesh towards the development of statistical sciences.

Dr AKM Ahsan Ullah

Halifax, Canada

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He is a goo scholar in migration studies. he has a lo tof work on that. His PhD has been on Migration.

Muhammad Zahidul Islam

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Details about the Nominee:
best banker in Abu Dhabi

Engr.Md.Mamun Habib

Bangkok, Thailand

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ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS:

1. He achieved President & Vice-President Award for his outstanding performance in his Master Degree level in Thailand.
2. He is the Outstanding International Alumni in Assumption University of Thailand (www.abaca.au.edu/Overseas_alumni)
3. He has been highlighted in International Journal (ABACA PROFILE, Thailand. Jan.- April, 2007)
4. He established EECP (Engineering Education & Career Program) in 2004. He is the Founder & President of EECP. EECP has the registration under the Social Welfare Ministry from 2006. (www.eecp-edu.org). EECP is the platform of multidiscipline of undergraduate & graduate level students.
5. Under his leadership, EECP organized 1st Reunion at National Press Club Auditorium, Dhaka in 2005.
6. Under his leadership, EECP organized 2nd Reunion at Engineers Institution of Bangladesh (IEB) Auditorium in 2006.
7. He is the one of the pioneers in the Greenfield of Career Development Program for Undergraduate & Graduate level students in Bangladesh. EECP organized Career Development Seminar at Hotel Rajmoni Ishakha, Dhaka on June, 2007
8. EECP organized a Seminar entitled “Career Guidance & Counseling” on Viqarunnisa Noon School & College Auditorium on 11th November, 2007.
9. EECP has strong social commitment to build up a better community, effective, skillful, human resource, create new opportunities for offering help those in need and above all a brighter Bangladesh.
10. EECP has different social welfare activities like Free Friday Clinic (For Poor & Distressed people), Scholarship program (Poor & Merit Students), Helping hands for Humanity, Winter Clothes Distribution and so on.

M Mahmun hossain

Milwaukee

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M. Mahmun Hossain received his M.Sc. degree in chemistry from Dhaka University, Bangladesh. In 1985, he received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. After about 3 years of postdoctoral study with Professor Jack Halpern at the University of Chicago, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as an Assistant Professor. In 1994, he was promoted to Associate Professor, and received a research award from the UWM Foundation for his outstanding research and creativity. He is an author of nearly 60 publications and has presented more than 100 seminars, posters, and papers at various meetings, universities, and colleges.
http://alchemy.chem.uwm.edu/research/hossain/

Cardiff, UK

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Anwar Shahjahan was born in 1973 in Dhakadakshin under Golapgonj thana in Sylhet. His fathers name Hazy Md Abdul Mutlib and mothers name Mrs Anjumonara Begum who is well known and loved in the village. Anwar is now married and is a father of a two son.

Anwar was a well known and popular person in his college Dhakadakshin. His main interest was writing from a very early age. He first wrote poetry in school that was published in magazines and newspapers which encouraged him to carry on with his writing. His first poetry book was published in 1993.

He was the first person to write a book on the history of Goulupgonj thana, which was well loved by people in Bangladesh and overseas. At present Anwar Shahjahan has wrote five books and currently is working on his next book that is on the history of “Bangladeshi in Britain”.

Anwar was journalist in Bangladesh. He was editor of monthly “Proboho” and monthly “Jonotar Michil” newspaper (1992-1995) and also staff reporter of daily Sylhet Bany, correspondent daily Khobor group (Dhaka). He is the founder of Golupgonj press club.

Anwar Shahjahan arrived in England in 1995. He is now associated with other businesses including printing and publishing. He is also the editor and director of the popular Bangali news monthly London Bichitra, which is published from London and distributed throughout the Britain and Bangladesh. He is the managing director of Asha publication ltd in Bangladesh, also he has open a web site Banglalinks.com .

Anwar is very social person. He is the founder general secretary of Dhakadakshin welfare association (UK), Founder General secretary Zia Parished (UK) Joint secretary Sylhet division development councial and associated with many social organisations. founder Golapganj Press Club.

Dr.Mohammed A.Razzaque

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Details about the Nominee:
He was a teacher of Bangladesh Aricultural University in the faculty of Animal Husbandry.He left Bangladesh for Libya probably in 1978 or 79 and he joined Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research in 1982 and since then he is working there in the position of Senior Research Scientist in Aridland Agriculture Dept.Food Resources Division.

Abul Hussam

USA

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For his research on low cost filtering process of arsenic in rural Bangladesh.

Mr. Kabir

New York, USA

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Md. Shoaib Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Senior Transportation Engineer
Newyork,USA
Email: mshoaibc@aol.com

News: In March 2005, Md. Shoaib Chowdhury has been recognized as a Professional Associate of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), Inc in the practice area of Transportation/Traffic Engineering. Every year PB recognizes the extraordinary professionals who have obtained exceptional levels of technical and professional achievements. The professional associates of Parsons Brinckerhoff are a very exclusive group involve at the highest level of key professional advice and assignments in technical activities. Currently Transportation/Traffic Engineering practice area of PB includes approximately 15 recognized individuals through the Professional Associate Program.

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