Hitesh Morar Email & Phone Number

United Arab Emirates

Heading the Product Office and responsible for the Solution Consulting practice along with the overall management of the product portfolio offered by Tecnotree. The Product office is instrumental defining the overall product strategy and leading the creation of a best in class product experience for each of the products in the portfolio whilst aligning to industry best practices.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Helping to build client solutions that connect communities with intelligent and human-centred journeys

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Providing strategic technology and management consulting to various firms in the technology space- Formulating company strategies in alignment with current industry and business trends- Reviewing service portfolios and organisational structures and aligning to strategic vision- Execution and implementation of devised strategies in production and commercial operations - Evaluation of tech startups across digital spectrum for investment opportunities on behalf of venture capitalists- Interfacing with executive teams for value realisations

Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

My role encompassed providing strategic leadership and technology management in the context of converging solutions, emergence of new business models and changes in consumer behavior for a multi-national telco. I provided the technology vision and leadership for Information Technology & Digital initiatives that created and maintained leadership in a constantly changing and intensely competitive marketplaceI was accountable for the IT Strategy, technology portfolio, and architecture across the group and governed the groupwide IT budgets (circa $500M). I was also the key Interface to executive business owners & OPCO CXOs on technology strategy/business alignment, operational escalations and IT Investment roadmaps. I operated with a lean group function and a matrix reporting line of 22 CIOs to myselfKey achievements include:- Leading the Digiital strategy definiton and architecture including being the lead on the Anayltics, financial services, API and integration strategies - Streamlining the architecture and standardisation of key components that led to a multi-million dollar saving- Drove consolidation and shared services strategies through private cloud solutions that yielded agility to the orgnisation and served as the platform for billion dollar VAS & digital business- Successful outsourcing of key operations that yieleded costs savings and optimised KPIs

Dubai

I provided strategic leadership and management of products, services & innovation function by identifying the impact of converging technologies and the emergence of the new business models.My purpose was to drive innovation in products and services through the transformation of core VAS platforms and introduction of digital service platforms.I was accountable for the VAS & Digital technology portfolio across the group and provided the interface to interface to consumer & digital streams for product solutioning. I also drove standardization activities to maximize cost synergies and drive time to market

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I served as the Subject Matter Expert for the setting up of governance, frameworks and approaches for architecture design for enterprise systems, application design, data management, middleware, network and security. Specific focus on developing the technical architecture blueprints across infrastructure, applications and security and driving cross operation synergies through shared platforms and enterprise automation

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsible for research activities in the fields of devices and device management technologies. Focussed on new innovations and setting standards across the Group and and building the knowledge base with peers within and external to the organisation. I managed the Group SIM certification processes and also drove the device portfolio management to leverage network capabilities.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I was responsible for planning and managing the evolution of VAS systems including defining conceptual designs, arranging proof of concepts and finally production implementation and handover to VAS operations support.

Responsible for analysing technologies and drawing up technology direction strategy documents with regards to Telkom’s commercial IP network. Tasks included arranging of Proof of Concept installations and devising implementation plans to implement approved technology strategies as well as providing assistance on all deployed services, operations and the maintenance aspects of the IP network. Finally, responsible for compiling and updating Work Instructions, Methods, Policies and Procedures related to technologies, its evolution and adaptation, testing and evaluation of new equipment hardware and software. Core skills acquired include project management, systems and process investigation techniques as well as communication of principles with relevant parties.

Msc, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Core member of the South African Telecommunication Information and Networking Architecture (SATINA) trial.

Bsc, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Electrical Engineering: Final Year Subjects Engineer in Society High Frequency Techniques Measurement Systems.