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•Turned the business towards revenue and profits by focusing on technical capabilities, product and services delivery and forming 3 strategic software alliances as an extension to Alibaba Cloud•Created a new Channel strategy for the Middle East business.

•Responsible for opening the Middle East office for Canonical based in Dubai and building the business with the goal of building an Open Source Software Development ecosystem to deliver major transformation projects across the region.•Lead the deployment for the Etisalat (NFV) Network transformation project.•Hosted technical project workshops to ensure that partner solutions teams are certified and support their customer’s business requirements.•Developed strategic, commercial relationships with Channel Partners and Alliances•Built the business plan for the region to ensure that the growth goals and prospects for Canonical are met in the short, medium and long term.

•FY16 Achiever - 111%•Actively lead the implementation and go to market for the new Cisco Cloud Solutions in the Middle East and assisting the Africa Theater on their Cloud Go To Market Strategy.•Lead the project team in the delivery of the digital transformation project for large Government entity.•Lead the first Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Software deployment in the region.•Lead the first Cisco and Red Hat OpenStack implementation in the Middle East .•Drove the local and international project teams for the implementation of Cisco’s first Platform as a Service in the region.•Identified and lead the first Big Data (Hadoop) deployment for Cisco Middle East•Identified and owned the largest Microsoft Cloud project in EMEA with Microsoft’s largest Azure Partner in the Middle East. (Saudi Aramco Investment partner)•On boarded the first Cisco Powered IaaS and DRaaS Cloud Partner in the UAE that required a full Audit and Compliance Certification process.•Identified new channels and lead new projects for Software, ISV Ecosystem Partner solutions for Cloud and Big Data. •Became a founding member of the MENACA (Middle East North Africa Cloud Alliance) foundation and invited to speak at IDC, Gartner and other Cloud Events across the Middle East on behalf of Cisco and Partners.

•Implemented the first four Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure Solutions in META with a large Hospitality Group in the UAE, a start-up Public Cloud Provider in South Africa and two large providers in Morocco and Saudi Arabia.•Implemented various central programs locally in line with corporate guidance to drive new projects for Red Hat Cloud Solutions.•Worked with partners to demonstrate how Red Hat products / technologies that can be integrated in partner offerings to deliver a higher return on investment.•Ensured that partners maintain proper technical certification requirements through delivery workshops.•Launched and managed the Certified Cloud Provider Program for Red Hat META.•Presented at key trade shows and invited as a guest speaker at the Red Hat Forum in South Africa and Dubai.

•Only sales representative in the MEA Region to achieve 100% Club Incentive in 2013.•Lead one of the largest Cloud Networking projects in Turkey •Delivered 2 large Cloud Platform projects with two Telco Customers (Du and Zajil Telecoms).•Collectively delivered 7 Citrix Cloud and Networking workshops across UAE, Turkey, Egypt and Kuwait on all Citrix Cloud Networking and Cloud Solutions.•Managed the Networking and Cloud Platform implementations and business for Middle East and Africa and worked with the sales and technical team on Networking and Cloud related projects.•Presented at key trade shows and invited guest speakers at key partner events and IDC and Gartner events.•Managed the process of on-boarding select Managed Partners to implement Citrix Cloud Platform and Networking Solutions and ensured that Certification goals were met on time.

•Assisted in building this Software as a Service start-up in Dubai with the HQ based in New York •Grew the Channel Business in South Africa by 10X in 9 months by enabling and training 32 Sales Managers at a strategic partner on our leading SaaS Solutions.•Lead the project for Dubai World Debt Restructuring via the SaaS Solution.•Lead the project for Nakheel to sell the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town South Africa.•Lead a further 3 Mergers, 4 Acquisitions and 2 major debt restructuring deals through the SaaS Virtual Deal Rooms.

•Managed and grew the Inside Sales team for the WECA Region – West, East, Central Africa, Indian Ocean Islands and French Pacific – 4 Major Subsidiaries, 49 Countries, 1240 Corporate Accounts and 300+ SMB Partners. •Responsible for on-boarding of 14 direct reports at Microsoft MEA Inside Sales Centre.•Developed the MEA Best Practice Tool for planning of all MEA Corporate Accounts which was also adopted by Gulf, Saudi and NEPA (North – East, Pakistan, North Africa) business units.•Achieved 134% YoY Sales Growth in the Partner Channel for the full region and sustained level growth in negative market conditions in the Corporate Accounts Sector.

•Relocated to Dubai from South Africa to develop the Financial Services Vertical team for Emirates Computers with product focus on Dell, Cisco and EMC Solutions.•Established and successfully implemented the Financial Services Vertical business plan.•Implemented a Sales Coaching Program across three Business Units which helped increase sales performance•Created new business strategies within the company resulting in increased expenditures of large Accounts based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi amidst challenging market conditions.

•Successfully acquired South Africa’s largest I.T. Account and Financial Institution (Standard Bank) •Recognized by my peers and upper management as “Key Talent” in EMEA•Received Exceptional Rating for four consecutive quarters – First in South Africa.•Founded and effectively lead the Sales Council for South Africa.•Sales Effectiveness Award (FY07) & Highest Blended Achievement (FY08)

•Lead the first implementation and project for the worlds first outsourced Internet Security Solution.•Received most innovative Service Provider Solution award from Cisco at the Cisco Networkers Conference Africa 2001.•Responsible for the top strategic accounts and project implementations across multiple verticals.Sound product knowledge across 8 Business Units: Access: Fibre, Telecoms, DSL, Wireless, ISDN Hosting: Internet Data Centre, Server Applications, Secure Vault Solutions, Storage Area Networks VPN: Satellite, Switched VPN, MPLS VPN, Security: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection, Content Inspection, Virus Filtering, URL Filtering, PKI  Dial: VRAS, Virtual ISP, Backup Solutions, Fax: Internet and Mail FAX Solutions Business Gateway: Microsoft ASP Solutions, Portal Generation,  Data Management: Reverse Cache, Streaming Media,

Product Manager for Dimension Data Enterprise Security Solutions: o Cisco Secure Product Seto Checkpoint Firewall – 1 / VPN-1 Product Seto Nokia Security Solutionso RSA Security Product Seto Netpartners – Websense URL Filtero Webtrends Product Seto Sophos Anti-Viruso Trend Micro Anti-Viruso I.S.S. Intrusion Detection and Scannerso Baltimore – Mimesweeper Product Seto P.K.I. – Baltimore, Verisign, S.A.C.A, Entrust and Xcert (RSA SecureID)Business Unit Manager for Internet Solutions Hosted Security Solutions: o IS Cisco Outsourced Firewall o IS Mail Firewall- Outsourced Content Inspection based on the Mail Marshall Solution.