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Lebanon

LifiCorp is an AgroFood company that focuses on food product development, manufacturing, and agriculture. It currently manufactures Apple Chips. Through LifiCorp, we are reducing the tremendous amount of apple waste Lebanon is currently phasing.•Develop and execute the company’s business strategies in order to attain the goals of the board and shareholders.•Provide strategic advice to the board and Chairperson so that they will have accurate view of the market and the company’s future.•Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.•Ensure company policies and legal guidelines are communicated all the way from the top down in the company and that they are followed at all times and maintain the company’s legality and business ethics.•Communicate and maintain trust relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities.•Oversee the company’s financial performance, investments and other business ventures.•Delegate responsibilities and supervise the work of executives providing guidance and motivation to drive maximum performance.•Read all submitted reports by lower rank managers to reward performance, prevent issues and resolve problems.•Act as the public speaker and public relations representative of the company in ways that strengthen its profile.•Analyze problematic situations and occurrences and provide solutions to ensure company survival and growth.•Maintain a deep knowledge of the markets and industry of the company.•Meet with potential investors to secure necessary investment funds.•Follow up with necessary licenses, factory build up, additional government support, product development, and any other start up related aspect of the business. •Prepare and implement comprehensive business plans to facilitate achievement by planning cost-effective operations and market development activities.

Jeddah Governorate, Saudi Arabia

MICE Arabia was one of the largest B2B exhibitions & conferences organizers in the Saudi Arabia, such as the Big 5, INDEX, and the Hotel Show. In 2017, we successfully sold our business.•Set goals, monitored work, evaluated results, and ensured that they were in line with the organization’s mission and vision.•Directed the sales, marketing, accounting, and HR departments’ productivity and reporting process.•Oversaw revenue generation and identified ways to maximize it: Increase of 300% in overall revenue in 3 years.•Prepared budgets and analyzed financial reports: oExhibition Budget Trackers, companies financials, partnership account consolidation•Set and implemented company policies and procedures and ensured each department follow them.•Attracted, retained and motivated a highly diverse staff: oTotal direct staff of 15 – 20 from more than 10 different countries.•Attended board meetings and communicated company strategy by sharing and reporting information with the board members: oWith our partner the Daily Mail Group Trust – DMGT.•Established and maintained partnerships and relationships with, government officials, leaders, executive directors, and board members: oMinisters, Mayors, Ambassadors, Heads of States, Royal Dignitaries. •Identified and lead new business opportunities: oForeign markets – Lebanon, Oman, Spain. oNew profiles. The Lebanon Week profile.

Jeddah

• Managed the organization's sales team.• Enhanced our company's relationship with our partners DMG Events in Dubai.• Directed the Made In Lebanon: Tracking its budget & Heading its operations.• Managed the Big 5 Saudi Exhibition: Tracking the budget and selling to Saudi Companies.• Implemented a new organizational structure that increased the organization's productivity.

Jeddah

Some of EIR Constructions’ projects include: Jeddah International Airport, Ericsson, The Crowne Plaza Hotel Jeddah. EIR Construction has also consulted foreign multinational businesses on business development in the GCC. •Lead dedicated diverse teams for project management and project execution: o50+ employees including managers, engineers, and laborers from 15 different countries . •Explored new possibilities in bringing international companies to Saudi Arabia: oIncluded businesses from the gas, interior design, and manufacturing industries.•Managed our stand contracting, labor supply, telecommunication, and consulting departments: oStand contracting for our exhibitions. Over 4,000sqm of built space. oLabor Supply for local businesses in need of janitorial labor. oTelecommunication projects with Ericsson Saudi Arabia. oConsulted international businesses in finding local opportunities.•Implemented policies and procedures to increase organizational productivity and communication processes.

United Arab Emirates

DMG events is a leading organizer of face-to-face events and a publisher of trade magazines. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), an international portfolio of information, media and events businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange.• Sales: cold calling, approaches, qualifying leads, setting up meetings.• Management: sales targets, budgets, exhibition cycle, teams, leadership, presentations. • Operations: health and safety, dealing with suppliers, rules and regulations.• Marketing: tracking data, compliance, updating data, visitors and exhibitors promotion.• Spearhead Training: Train the Trainer, Improving Your Sales Skills.

Majored in Global Business with a concentration in Management.

Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market (STTIM)Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF)

Evansville, Indiana Area

• Strategic Consulting, including sales strategy development.• Researched and prepared an in depth global consulting strategy for a local, high-end furniture company to sell its products in new markets in Asia and the Middle East - Three years later, Karges had operations in Dubai. .

B.S, Global Business Administration And Management

• Started a business in the fall of 2010. • Studied abroad at Harlaxton College in the Spring of 2010. • Contemporary Business in Asia.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Global Business And Management

• Compared and contrasted business practices between the EU and U.S. • Visited corporations and examined global business trends.