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Rijswijk, Zh, Nl

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

♦ Launched a Group of Companies in diverse markets in food and natural products, achieving market shares in Egypt of 80% in bee products market, 70% in health products market, 9% in Molasses, and 12% in Jam market.♦ Co-found and further develop business partnerships for Imtenan Health Shops for Natural Products. Successfully open 38 shops, 160 products, and approximately 45% market share.♦ Grew the workforce from 10 employees to 600 employees, and from 100 m2 of real estate assets to more than 10,000 m2 in 2017. ♦ Restructure Sales & market Organization to increase coverage from 200 shops in Cairo only, to over 10,000 Shops all over the country visited weekly.♦ Launched company's products in 28 countries by developing relationships with distributors and agents geographically distributed in Europe, Asia, USA and MENA Region. ♦ Strategically developed teams for New Product Development, Market Communication Team, and realizing marketing leadership in diverse markets.♦ Completely re-structured the Supply and Quality Control Work Process Doubling Profitability and maintain increased supply capacity and capability by 70% annually.♦ Oversee the construction projects for several manufacturing complexes for the company. Reduce unnecessary budgetary spending by 33% on average for each project.♦ Rotated through several different roles in a family owned business. Roles included production, accounting, administration, sales, and purchasing.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

♦ Achieved the ultimate goal of developing a simulation model that diagnose company specific growth problems in Small and Medium business, foresee upcoming stagnation and collapse entrapments, and prescribe strategies to resume growth. ♦ Strategize business model evolution, foresee potential rigidity problems, and assure the alignments between planned business model transition and prospected market opportunities, and help clients to pursue profitable growth trajectory. ♦ Currently developing a micro-world for small business growth, that identify growth opportunities on sectoral and corporate levels, and act as gamification platform, where the entrepreneurs can play with future diversification scenarios using their own company history.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

♦ Industrial Development o Managed 35 national Industrial development projects, through mobilizing the resources of 8 ministries, 32 Industrial partners, and 8 NGOs. o Championed industrial development in diverse industries such as: Semiconductors, Alternative Energy, Pharmaceutical, Agriculture and National Knowledge Management. o Assembled expert panels that specialized in a variety of different industries and disciplines. Utilized their knowledge to develop industry specific roadmaps, and plan national projects, and mobilize industry and government partners to move forward with the new initiatives and projects. o Executed sector analysis and thoroughly researched all options. Efficiently processed requests and highlighted results to client leadership.♦ Industry Academia Bridging o Developed R&D partnerships between companies and business associations from one side; universities, and research centers from the second; and Ministries of Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher Education from the third side. o Proactively identified and matched untapped resources in government and untapped opportunities in the industry. Raised funds for the project and assembled the team and resources necessary. o Pursued profitable engagements with industry clients. Determined the correct path to success for each client.o Developed innovation teams, innovation projects, and mobilized scientific staff. Drafted all regulatory framework suggestions that guided the project's progress.♦ Business Societal Ventures o Developed new Business-Societal ventures in the following industries: retail, food Packaging and production, Recycling, Feeding Industries, and Plastic Production. o Frequently visited clients and gathered their requirements for each project. Determined the feasibility and timeline for all deliverables. o Promoted the business ventures and encouraged partners to support all technical, marketing, societal, governmental, and financial initiatives for the projects.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

I founded and sourced clients for an international firm that explored marketing, market research, and small business growth options. Some achievements included:♦ Served over 70 clients in developing international business strategies through international opportunities mapping, pricing strategies, distribution plans, and assessments of vendors, new product development activities, and market entry planning. ♦ Assisted six companies multiply their sales revenue by nearly 10 times, averaging only five years to complete the full transformation. ♦ Championed all other aspects of consulting and international team development, which included strategic analysis and planning, growth strategy, coaching, and business/marketing renovation planning. ♦ Aligned a team of 140 B2B and F2F Researchers throughout Africa and The Middle East.♦ Assembled the largest pool of desk research resources in the MENA region.♦ Fully supported the growth consulting aspect of international businesses. Effectively translated the requirements in to unique applications and other requirements.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Technology Entrepreneurship Research And System Dynamics

Activities and Societies: Research Interest: Growth of SMEs, Business Model Innovation, Entrepreneurship Psychology, System Dynamics.

Master Degree Course, Management Research Methods, Master Level

Activities and Societies: Qualitative Research Methods (Advanced) Statistical Quantitative Research Methods 2014

Master Of Philosophy, Entrepreneurship

Phd Course, Phd Summer School In System Dynamics

Activities and Societies: 2nd Summer School of the University of Palermo in Improving Public Sector Performance and Fostering.

Mba, International Marketing

Bachelor Of Commerce, Accounting And Finance

High School