Jaafar Najdi Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans

Cogent is a global Tier 1 internet service provider consistently ranked as one of the top 5 networks in the world. Coagent’s, facilities-based network spans six continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. With over 61,200 route miles of intercity fiber and more than 42,400 metro fiber miles, Cogent provides service to over 219 major markets and interconnect with over 7,792 other networks. My responsibilities include but are not limited to business development and lead management, customer interaction and engagement, addressing customer inquiries and concerns. sales management, creating business opportunities, and developing monthly forecast by setting sales goals and targets, and achieving quarterly sales quota.

Chief Executive Office (CEO), for a leading edge Real Time Video Enhancement technology company. ProHawk is an adaptive, real-time, video enhancement and analysis technology that provides clarity for enhanced decision making. for more information please visit our website www.prohawkgroup.com

Responsible for Market Development, Sales, Channel Management, evaluating and appointing Distributors, Value Added Resellers (VARs) & Agents for MEA & APAC region. Work closely with the Research and Development department in developing new product that best fit's MEA & APAC region. Make recommendation to the CEO for the most effective and financially efficient way to expand the global market reach, manage day to day operation of my region, provide leadership training for all Sales staff, and oversee customer service & contractual validity for Middle East, Africa & Asia Pacific region.Our product name is Pro Hawk. Company website www.iacritas.com

Greater New Orleans Area

Responsible for Market Development, Sales, Channel Management, evaluating and appointing Distributors, Value Added Resellers (VARs) & Agents for MEA & APAC region. Work closely with the Research and Development department in developing new product that best fit's MEA & APAC region. Make recommendation to the board for the most effective and financially efficient way to expand the global market reach, manage day to day operation, provide leadership training for all Sales staff, and oversee customer service & contractual validity for MEA & APAC region.Our product name is Clearview HD. Company website www.clearviewhd.com

Dubai, Uae

SicuroGroup are recognized as the region’s leading provider of expeditionary Logistics and Communications Support. Established in 2005, SicuroGroup are headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and London. SicuroGroup maintain offices in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and India. SicuroGroup is a leader in the market of integrated asset management, VISAT and Communications solutions. As innovators of both the design and operational application of communications and end to end solutions

San Luis Obispo, California Area

Coordinate a strategy and a team of FMS personal to identify and meet customer requirements.Integrate to the highest levels of the organization: Regional Manager, National Sales Manager, Customer Operations Manager, Marketing, Vice Presidents, and CEO.Perform targeted market research in vertical markets, with particular focus on leveraging existing customers/prospects into broader opportunities. Develop special knowledge and relationships in high potential vertical markets.Coordinate FMS resources to meet customer’s needs in complex applications.Develop and execute a strategic plan to increase FMS penetration of assigned, existing major account/multi market customers, with the objective of achieving maximum penetration.Participate and provide leadership in FMS sponsored training sessions.Work closely with marketing in planning and attending Trade Shows.Lead by example and mentor Senior Account Executives in major account selling.Interview, qualify and appoint Agents and Value Added Resellers (VARs) in the Middle East Africa and the CIS Region.

Provide Regional market volatility and accessibility to Technology based product and services.Provide and implement qualification standard in appointing Value Added Resellers in the Region.Provide the latest Regional statistics for products and services requirement and marketability.Provide risk analysis in introducing new products and services to the region, by providing market history and existing competition.Provide short term and long term potential of technology based products and services in the MEA Region.Assist new companies in the region in establishing proper channels to market their products and services in the MEA Region.

Establishing the first broadband shared hub in the region, based in Middle East (Sharjah, UAE). This achievement leap-frog the region into the satellite broadband Internet services using the leading edge VSAT technology (DVB-RCS). Convinced Etisalat through tough negotiation to allow, for the first time, a private company to provide shared hub services from Etisalat’s Earth Station to the whole region.Established successful sales channel (resellers / dealers) in 22 countries in a very short period of time.Eliminated the usual reseller’s price gauging by posting all end user’s service categories and prices on Streamlink’s website.For the first time ever, I provided highly qualified engineers in a 24/7 customer support centers; giving the customer the confidence in choosing our services over the other providers.Successfully implemented bandwidth management strategy, which allowed the customer to pay a flat monthly fee for all day services. For the first time the customer didn’t have to worry about how many bytes they have downloaded.Achieved profitability after two years of operation, despite the business plan showing profitability after four years of operation.Achieved explosive growth in a short period of time, only to be limited by the unavailability of satellite bandwidth for expansion of services.Successful in diversifying the scope of services by providing Satellite based mobile phone services and asset management services and several other services.

Established sales channels with potential Service Providers and Dealers, helping them in marketing and selling the Iridium product and services.Facilitated a new strategy to signup the Service Providers without requiring them to pay in advance a huge some of money.Signed up many Service Providers and Dealers in my assigned region and helped them achieve record sales.Successful in reintroducing IRIDIUM in the region and changed the public perspective in accepting the brand name and services under the new management.Negotiated and successfully achieved the renewal of expired licenses, and the issuance of new licenses in many countries in the region.Instrumental in huge sales to the US military and US company during the Iraq war and thereafter.

Achieved the installation and commissioning of two standards (A), 16 meter dishes covering four continents, constituting the largest VSAT Hub in Middle East, Africa and Asia.Established the first Hughes’s Personal Earth Station (PES), and Telephony Earth Station (TES), using VSAT technology covering the globe from East to West for the first time ever.Successful in opening regional markets for satellite VSAT services for the first time in the region.Successful in negotiating with the regional PTTs to permit local companies and service providers utilize the newly introduced regional satellite services.Successful in commissioning the first VSAT Hub in East Africa (Tanzania), providing voice and data connectivity to a wide remote region in East Africa.Establish the first banking network utilizing satellite VSAT services in East Africa expanding three countries, and providing banking facilities to the most remote areas of East Africa.Established global VSAT private network for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kuwait, allowing them direct connectivity on a private network to all their Embassies around the world independent form any local PTTs or governmental regulations.Pioneered the first Internet services via Satellite in the Middle East Region, to deliver internet to many areas where connectivity did not exist.Despite all the governmental and regulatory issues, I managed to transform a local VSAT company to a world class VSAT service provider.Instrumental in achieving the first VSAT license in Morocco for Gulfsat Maghreb, a private VSAT company, and serving as the Managing Director and a Board Member.Gulfsat Maghreb was the first privately owned satellite VSAT service provider based in Morocco, providing satellite services to North and Central Africa. Successful in achieving profitability by diversification of services and products.

Bs, Natural Sciences / Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of Petroleum Engineering Society President of Louisiana State University Fencing team

Master Of Science (Ms), Engineering

Associate'S Degree, Computer Science, 4.0