Raakin Hossain

About Raakin Hossain

My name is Raakin (pronounced like rock\'n\'roll). https://raakin.medium.com/By profession, I\'m an e-commerce product manager - I\'ve worked at Macy\'s, Gap, Walmart, and Target.(You can say that I go around collecting employee discounts.) Or, how I like to narrate it - I kickstarted my career selling underwear at Macy\'s, eventually transitioned to selling bananas at Target, and now I\'m selling cryptocurrency - covering the essentials of life.By passion, I\'m also an aspiring instructor. I\'m currently a graduate-level teaching assistant at the Harvard Extension School in coursework related to Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Project Management; and I\'m also an adjunct instructor at UC Berkeley Extension in Project Management with a focus on Agile principles and practices. I enjoy working with students, and learning from our mutual experiences in the industry.

Experience

1. Teaching Assistant

   Harvard Extension School

   Sep 2018 — Present

   Harvard Extension School Courses that I\'ve TA-ed/TA-ing for (25 classes and counting): Fall 2025: MGMT E-5030 (Project Management), MGMT E-5042 (Agile Project Management) and E-7482 (Optimizing Leadership)Spring 2025: MGMT E-5030 (Project Management)Fall 2024: MGMT E-5030 (Project Management) and E-7482 (Optimizing Leadership)Spring 2024: MGMT E-5030 (Project Management), MGMT E-5042 (Agile Project Management), & MGMT E-4178 (Optimizing Leadership)Fall 2023: MGMT E-5030 (Project Management) & MGMT E-7482 (Optimizing Leadership: Applied Strategies)Spring 2023: MGMT E-5042 (Agile Project Management) & MGMT E-4178 (Optimizing Leadership)Fall 2022: MGMT E-4255 (People-Focused Organizations) & MGMT E-5030 (Project Management)Fall 2021: MGMT E-4178 (Optimizing Leadership) & MGMT E-5030 (Project Management)Summer 2021: MGMT E-5030 (Project Management)Spring 2021: MGMT (Organizational Behavior)Fall 2020: MGMT E-4178 (Optimizing Leadership) & MGMT E-5030 (Project Management)Spring 2020: MGMT (Organizational Behavior) & MGMT E-5030 (Project Management)Fall 2019: MGMT (Organizational Behavior)Spring 2019: MGMT E-4178 (Optimizing Leadership)Fall 2018: MGMT (Organizational Behavior)Responsibilities: Weekly Office Hours and Sections; develop section curriculum/material to supplement in-class discussions/learning; manage student communicationsCourse Description:Leadership takes many forms, and the challenges that the inexperienced new manager and highly tasked frontline manager faces can be considered significant to the individuals. Topics include communication, motivation, perception, personality, difficult employees, career engagement, change management, traits and characteristics, and talent management. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic.Professors: Dr. Ashley Prisant, Dr. Eric Pool, Shannon Pettiford, Dr. Jennifer Stine, Julie Jungalwala, and Dr. Dean Rockwell.

Education

• Harvard Extension School

  Master's degree, Management

• Harvard Business School Online

  CORe Credential of Readiness

  2016 — 2016

• UC Irvine

  Bachelor's degree, Economics, B.A.

Skills

• Sem
• Social Media
• Online Marketing
• Web Design
• Online Advertising
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Customer Service
• Management
• Blogging
• Google Adwords
• Web Development
• SEO
• Graphic Design
• Microsoft Office
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Research
• System Administration
• Marketing
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Wordpress
• Nonprofits
• Product Management
• Public Relations
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Public Speaking