Fakhar Zaman

Lead Generation & Influencer Research Specialist with 11+ years of freelance experience helping international clients build accurate prospect databases, identify decision-makers, source creators, verify contact data, and automate research workflows.

Top Rated

Plus on Upwork with $180K+ earned, 23K+ hours, 900+ completed jobs, and a 95% Job Success Score. Strong background in B2B research, influencer sourcing, email verification, web scraping, Python automation, and large-scale data cleaning.

Freelance Lead Generation & Influencer Research Specialist at Upwork (2015-01 – Present)

• Built targeted B2B prospect lists through company research, decision-maker identification, email discovery, phone research, contact enrichment, and email verification.
• Sourced and qualified Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube creators for influencer marketing, UGC, sponsorship, and outreach campaigns using manual relevance and engagement checks.
• Used LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo.io, ZoomInfo, Hunter.io, RocketReach, SalesQL, GetEmail, Snov.io, NeverBounce, and ZeroBounce for research, enrichment, and validation.
• Developed Python-based scraping, automation, deduplication, CSV-processing, and data-cleaning workflows using Playwright, Pandas, Apify, and Octoparse.
• Supported projects across healthcare, SaaS/software, e-commerce, real estate, agencies, creator marketing, and other B2B industries while maintaining Top Rated Plus performance.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Computer Science – The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (2016-01 – 2026-01)