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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Leading the cloud. From intelligent business applications to infrastructure, we deliver tomorrow’s emerging technologies today, like the world’s first - and only - autonomous database.Oracle Retail provides retailers with a complete, open, and integrated suite of best-of-breed business applications, cloud services, and hardware that are engineered to work together and empower commerce. The #1 provider of innovative and comprehensive retail software and cloud solutions for the retail industry; we offer retailers a portfolio of retail merchandising, planning, omnichannel & supply chain software solutions (https://www.oracle.com/industries/retail/products.html). * Cloud Solutions* Merchandising* Planning & Optimization* Supply Chain* Brand Compliance* OmniChannel - Stores & Commerce* Retail Insights & Retail Science* Retail Reference LibraryPivot to Customer on the Platform Built for Modern Retail - For more information, visit our website at http://www.oracle.com/retail.Leading fashion, grocery, and specialty retailers use Oracle Retail solutions to anticipate market changes, simplify operations and inspire authentic brand interactions.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"The Right Partner to Securely Enable Digital Transformation through a Holistic Vision of IT Security and Asset Management, with deep insights into Media Analytics and Market Research (Social Analytics)”.We support our customers in developing protection mechanisms, while managing their information assets across the entire IT and Enterprise Asset stack, to improve visibility, control and protection while reaching an adaptive, context-aware security posture, facing the ever changing sophisticated exposures in the era of information and big data, cloud, mobile and social.​o Security, Governance, Risk & Complianceo Security Analytics & Threat Intelligenceo Security Assessment & Application Protectiono Identity & Access Administration & Governanceo End Point Protection & Enterprise Mobilityo Network & Virtual Infrastructure Protectiono Data Protectiono API Managemento Cloud Security o Plus IAM, VA/PT/WFPT/MAPT/SEPT, SOC, Security Monitoring (IH-SM), Incident Triage (IH-IT), Threat Detection & Analysis, ASTI, Security Threat Intelligence, CSIRT, Digital Forensics. It’s time to expand security from an infrastructure-centric to an information-centric approach, where data, assets, along with the information flow, which represent the new "liquid surface to protect". That’s why we build security around Information Asset:- To improve visibility, controlling and blocking capabilities across the whole IT stack, and beyond the perimeter.- To understand the information flow and increase the ability not only to prevent, but mainly to early detect and respond to potential breaches.- To reach an adaptive, context-aware security posture enabling the enterprise to embrace the digital business in the era of cloud, big data, mobile, social and IoT.We provide services and solutions for the “New Balance” of Security: Adaptive and Risk-Aware.

Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

* Heading the Enterprise Accounts across the MENA region.* Managing Pre-sales, developing and coordinating activities for large opportunities.* Covering the Lower Gulf, across all practices of CA Technologies portfolio.* Position Technology solutions across Security, Service Assurance, Service Management, API, Agile DevOps, PPM and Mainframe. * Leverage CA Services and partners networks across the region, with differentiated approach and strategy.* Empower teams to deliver large-scale and complex solutions, across the sales cycle and customers engagement.* Look after large programs and projects delivery, with close eye to details.* Align IT to business objectives, with value-realization in pre-defined timelines.* C-Level communications handling and weighted relationships, for long-term associations. CA software and solutions help customers drive enterprise-wide productivity, offer differentiated user experiences and open new growth opportunities. CA Technologies is able to deliver this value across multiple environments—mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe. The goal is to be recognized by customers as their critical partner in the new application economy.CA Technologies makes software for businesses that are development-driven, because we believe those who build the apps will own the future. We live in an application economy. We shop in an application economy. Our news, our entertainment, our banking, education, communications, everything is driven by a connected, mobile application-based world that sits in the palm of our hand. For companies everywhere, this is the opportunity.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities included:* Kicked-off the whole company operations , by 5 years business plan & market analysis thorough study* Started Four business units (ECS - Enterprise Connectivity Solutions, IS - Infrastructure Solutions, ILM - Information Life-Cycle Management & PS/IS - Professional Services & Integration Services) * Managing day-to-day operations * Established 28 partnerships and relationships with top vendors/principals in 3 months time from inception* Recruited all key people in Business units management, HR, Sales, Technical and Administration * Yearly Budgeting & Setting Business Units Targets* Proactive Planning and daily Management of Sales, Pre-Sales & Technical Teams

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities included:* Overlooking the whole operations of ESD ( Enterprise Solutions Division)* Initiating the Software Solutions Group* Managing Professional Services & SMB Teams * Yearly Budgeting & Setting Business Units Targets* Full Planning and Management of Sales, Pre-Sales & Technical Teams* Large-Tenders & Network Design and Proposals Preparation* Introducing new Technology Solutions and Trends* Channel Contact Person for Large Enterprise ProjectsManaged the ESD for a period of 8 months as Acting General Manager along with ITS responsibilities. During my tenure, I have managed to achieve the set target, although three managers left at the same time. Grown-up ESD business and started business beyond UAE, addressing GCC & Africa. Have received appreciation from Management for the outstanding effort shown during this period. Kicked-off current year, with orders in hand worth 10Million $, from individual direct sales activities, with planned two digits growth over last year’s targets.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities included:* Starting up the ITS department & introduce Large-scale Enterprise Solutions* Setting-Up Partnerships with nominated potential principals* Establishing strategies for up-coming fiscal years * Managing Professional Services & SMB Teams * Nation-Wide Project Management & Resources Planning* Large-Tenders & Network Design and Proposals Preparation* Introducing new Technology Solutions and Trends* Responsible for creating Short & Long-Term Networking Market Strategies * Project Leader for Projects Integration and Implementation * Channel Contact Person for Large Enterprise ProjectsReporting directly to the General Manager, have established ITS department with massive growth, while expanding staff members from three (3) employees initially into more than Twenty-Five (32) in less than three years of operation. Have set the foundation for stable revenue through large educational support contracts in Higher Education while achieving substantial wins in diversified and various projects. Have built a professional services arm for Jumbo in Large Enterprise Accounts with skill-set in several IT domains. Doubled and sustained a consistent Revenue/Gross Profit record from SMB business.

Kuwait

Responsibilities included:* Tenders & Network Design and Proposals Specification* System Services Support including staffing, purchasing, dealer partnering * Responsible for creating Short & Long-Term Networking Market Strategies * Technical Resources/Tasks delegation for major projects * Project Leader for Network Integration and Implementation * Senior Networking Account Management * Pre-Sales Networking Technical Support Senior Engineer* Channel Contact Person for Large Enterprise Networks* Senior Security Consultant for Banking Sector.* Risk Assessment, Security policies definition and procedures specialist.Provide network architecture design, responsible of creating functional and operational plans in competitive market , provided proposals of data networking for numerous successful bids and subcontracts including technology explanations , future SLA, network design strategies for VPN, xDSL, IPSec along with cost benefit analysis.Fully managing all networking projects (Proposals, Quotations & Designs) , handling Internet Banking Solutions, Firewall & IDS Solutions, Security Procedures .

Kuwait

Responsibilities included:* Network Design and Products Specification* 3Com Products Manager* Network Associates Incorporation Products Manager * LAN & WAN Connectivity Specialist* Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - 3Com Engineer Specialist* On-Site Network Technical Support* Pre-Sales technical Support* Certified Trainer for 3Com and NAI Products* Contact Person for Large Enterprise NetworksDuring this period , The company net profit from network projects increased by a ratio of 200% per annum , in parallel increasing the amount of Help Desk and On-Call Support Revenue in High-Tech Field without compromising on the investment level .

Kuwait

Responsibilities included:* Internet Access Set-Up & Configuration (Including Cisco Routers, 3Com Switches, DNS, Mail Server (SUN Netra+ SUN Ultra10) and Microsoft Proxy Server + Dial-Up Lines )* On-Site Network Administrator (from 5:00PM till 12:00PM)* Zaknet Service Internet Integration* Firewall and Transaction Tracking Set-Up * Network Components Maintenance & Troubleshooting* Net-KMA Internet Cafe Network Design & Implementation* Help Desk Network Plus Accounting Database Set-Up * Net-KMA Intranet Design & Implementation Net-KMA is the Only Official Internet Service Provider (ISP) for Kuwaiti and Non-Kuwaiti Doctors registered in KMA , the number of subscribers in the Internet Service has increased from 100 to 1800 within one year after major improvements in Network Internal Links and External Up-Links .The Internet Access provided by this organization is the fastest in Kuwait and their services are the most reliable and secure .

Beirut District, Lebanon

Responsibilities Included :* On-Site New Telephone Layout Checking * Fiber Inter-Exchange Distance measurements* Manholes positioning and Load Distribution * Preparing & Digitizing Telephone Network Plans* Telephone Cables Bill of Quantity Calculations Work consisted in helping Alcatel and Siemens Companies to accurately calculate and design the PTT Network for North Lebanon and Beyrouth Area with Exact Statistics of Population consumption. Electronic Plans format generation and Information Database.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Communications, Electronics And Electricity Engineering, Honor'S List

Activities and Societies: Students Committee (3 Years) Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Electricity Engineering

High-School, Scientific Degree

Activities and Societies: Volleyball Team Secondary School ( 3 Years)