This is an investment/shared economy company owning, operating, and managing over 150 spaces on Airbnb and other booking platforms. I have recently developed my own booking platform- alimamaspaces.com with the sole mandate of creating hassle free, convenient, awesome and amazing experiences for all my patrons using these platforms. This business is founded on customer-centricity and only customer-centricity. I am projecting to have over 250 listings by 2025

The CDTTO and ACSO assists SA Tourism, the CEO and the Board in its positioning as a tourism industry thought leader through the establishment, management, and oversight of all digital transformation, technological, data, insights and analytics, and innovation campaigns and activities within the organization.This further entails playing an advisory role to the CEO by providing data, insights, and innovative ideas that will inform the strategic direction of SA Tourism, as well as evaluating the performance of the organization against the set targets and objectives.Strategic Insights Advice and Support • Use research and the generated insights to advise the CEO and business unit heads on the impact of industry, market trends, and intel on the strategic direction of the organization.• Oversee and manage the development and refinement of the Marketing Investment Framework (MIF).• Develop and manage the Insights and Analytics strategy and plans.• Develop strategy and plans to provide research, data, and intel to key stakeholders, industry partners, and other government agencies (Act as Research and Insights Champion in the industry and sector).

EXCO team in Africa and South Africa.l am tasked with the responsibility of the commercial strategy and the development of an organization and involves activities relating to marketing, sales, product development and customer service to drive business growth and market share in the African regionThe commercialization strategy will help the organization to drive market adoption of the company’s products and be responsible for revenue growth within the organization. Work closely with each of the product line & service directors to develop commercial growth Strategies for AfricaLead each of the Johannesburg based PA & BMH Sales Managers/Engineers to deliver on or exceed all sales targets for AfricaUse SFDC to track and manage the sales funnel for each product line Deliver on all areas of people management programs including PMD’s, Career planning, performance management and EIS improvement plansMaintain an intense focus on bookings and revenue to support regional teams to meet their targetsDevelop and maintain process to ensure the customer service team work effectively with regional staff to deliver on customer expectations Develop and maintain reports and actively communicate with all regional teams to ensure clear communication and understanding is maintainedLead the team to deliver customer service excellence to ensure all CAS targets are met over a short, medium and long term.My role takes ownership of all the customers and the customer interface with the product or service offering, making sure that all functions of the organization are aligned to meet its strategic commercial objectives. This means that they are closely linked to the organization's strategic management function, in drafting, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that will enable an organization to achieve its long-term objectives

Member of the EXCO team in South Africa as well as AfricaDirectly developed and executed the implementation of business strategy across the SADC regionCreated the strategic vision for the business both in South Africa and SADCContinuously monitored and ensured that the business is run on sound commercial and professional principles as defined by the corporate office in the USPrepared the annual strategic plans, in consultation with the EXCO Team, and present to the Board of Directors for approvalCreated and maintained an organizational culture that is conducive to growth not only for my business but for the partner ecosystem is well maintained, including its values, the reputation in the market while considering the overall business objectivesInitiated short-medium and long-term strategies, action plans, and targets in line with the defined vision, mission, and objectives of the businessThe business financial viability and cost structure are regularly analyzed, and appropriate measures are undertaken to monitor and reduce costs in relation to the operations and services providedContinuously scanned the market environment and take appropriate measures to increase the market share, brand awareness, competitive strategies in order to retain, protect the business interest as the leading IT vendor in the marketOngoing opportunities identification that will position the company better against competition as well as to increase market share in line with the growth and expansion strategiesBuilt and maintained executive customer relationships across all industries in the SADC region to achievebusiness objectives

My role as the head of Provincial and Local Government Leader added value to Microsoft by delivering a strategically-managed, profitable and growing Account Team Unit business produced through customer relationship- and sales-excellence practices where Microsoft sales teams focus on solving the customers’ strategic business objectives through Microsoft solutions. Success is measured by Quota achievement; expansion of BDM/ITDM relationship depth across the customer environment and the customer satisfaction therein; Rhythm of the Business Scorecard metrics as defined by FY commitments, individual team members meeting or exceeding targets.This role provided an executive presence and continuity for BDM/ITDM customer relationships at the subsidiary or district level. Exceeded revenue, market share growth and increase new business targets identified in Annual Territory Planning from $20.0M in 2011 to almost $60.0M in FY 15.Develop the division’s strategy by analysing customer and internal strategic priorities aligned to external factors (regulatory, industry and competitive) to inform strategy and Customer planning effortsConduct Strength/Weakness/Opportunity/Threat (SWOT) analysis of the Team Unit business strategy, drawing on my knowledge of customers, industries, competition, and partners and enhancing Territory Plan to drive Year-Over-Year revenue growth and associated consumption.Lead team through their Customer Planning Process and Quality Reviews by ensuring inputs of cross-group teams: Specialists Team Unit (STU), PTU, Industry Team, Dynamics, Services,, Developer and Platform Evangelist (DPE), Marketing & Operations (M&O), Sales Excellence, Business Groups (BGs), LCA, etc. Regular, frequent cadence of coaching and inspecting of Customer Plans for completion AND quality enhancementsSales and Operations ExcellenceCustomer and Partner SuccessOrganization & Team DevelopmentCoaching Individuals and TeamsTeam Size- 9 people.

Overall running of the Public sector business for IBM Software Group in South Africa.

As the Head of Sales, l was responsible for managing a team of 7 Sales Executives nationally in the Auto Teller Machines industry, stakeholder relations with our key partner Absa bank.