Ahmed El Debaby
Dammam,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in project leadership, product development, and financial management. Demonstrates proficiency in project management tools, strategic planning, and digital marketing strategies. Adept at customer relationship management, sales strategy development, and business process improvement. Proven track record in financial forecasting, project budgeting, and mergers and acquisitions expertise. Committed to leveraging technical proficiency and data-driven decision-making to drive organizational success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
CEO
Next Generation Technology (NGT)
Dammam, Eastern Province
01.2022 - Current
- Put in place clear controls for financial administration and business management.
- Served as official representative of organisation to public groups or government agencies.
- Cultivated productive work environment through employee motivation initiatives.
- Executed mergers and acquisitions for business expansion.
- Developed corporate policies, improved ethical standards across the organisation.
- Led strategic planning initiatives to secure company's future growth.
- Oversaw financial operations to maintain fiscal health of the company.
- Strategised long-term goals and objectives with steady focus on mission accomplishment.
- Targeted operational inefficiencies to improve profit margins.
- Increased brand recognition with innovative marketing campaigns.
- Maintained organisational compliance with applicable legislation and regulations.
- Reviewed reports from subordinate management to identify areas of opportunity.
- Created vision for company direction, resulted in clear organisational objectives.
- Drove digital transformation efforts, established strong online presence for the firm.
- Created and led successful business culture focused on performance.
- Initiated aggressive hiring push and training of industry-renowned candidates to drive organisational improvements.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
- Allocated resources to teams and projects based on need, performance and availability.
- Established new partnerships for increased market penetration.
- Recruited and managed senior staff with focus on delivering clear results.
- Delivered exceptional customer service by proactively listening to concerns and answering questions.
- Increased revenue by upselling and recommending products.
- Developed plans and strategies to promote continuous improvement.
General Manager
Gulf Technology Valley (GTV)
Dammam, Eastern Province
01.2015 - 12.2021
- Put in place clear controls for financial administration and business management.
- Established budgets based on historical, current and forecasted business data.
- Reviewed reports from subordinate management to identify areas of opportunity.
- Led company-wide restructuring to streamline operations.
- Streamlined communication processes for improved team collaboration.
- Initiated aggressive hiring push and training of industry-renowned candidates to drive organisational improvements.
- Successfully negotiated contracts with suppliers to reduce costs.
- Directed administration and optimisation of financial operations, payroll and accounting processes.
- Monitored operations to assess and highlight results.
- Established a positive work environment which promoted staff morale and productivity.
- Achieved customer satisfaction with regular feedback and improvement sessions.
- Built high-performing teams to achieve organisational objectives.
- Established successful partnerships with other companies for mutual growth.
- Created and led successful business culture focused on performance.
- Maintained agile, responsible organisation with sustained revenue growth by monitoring industry forecasts, honing budgets and adjusting marketing strategies.
- Recruited and managed senior staff with focus on delivering clear results.
- Developed strategic business plans, enhancing corporate vision and objectives.
- Delivered high-quality results within budget and timeframe targets.
- Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Served customers to drive sales and deliver top-quality experiences.
- Forecasted sales trends to plan team resourcing.
- Applied positive customer service approach to increase satisfaction levels.
- Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
- Wrote reports outlining project progress and results.
Business development manager
Gulf Technology Valley (GTV)
Dammam, Eastern Province
01.2005 - 12.2014
- Influenced key decision-making and established trust with stakeholders.
- Drove revenue growth with innovative sales strategies.
- Developed marketing plans to support department strategies.
- Streamlined processes to improve overall efficiency.
- Defined business strategies and roadmaps to drive performance across sales, promotions and marketing departments.
- Supported front-line sales teams with well-coordinated administrative operations.
- Closed complex, lucrative deals with new customers using strategic sales and negotiation tactics.
- Identified different areas to evaluate potential impact of new research findings for maximum ROI.
- Generated ideas and concepts for paid ad content, monitoring spend against performance for continued profit improvements.
- Executed successful product launches, driving market penetration.
- Optimised sales methods to best engage, acquire and retain customers.
- Developed strategic partnerships for sustained growth.
- Allocated teams, materials and calendar space for individual projects.
- Designed strategy to win new business and maximise selling opportunities among existing clients, achieving lucrative results.
- Managed key accounts, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors to secure best possible terms.
- Established budgets for programme activities and controlled expenditure to meet targets.
- Generated leads to bring in new client revenue and improve bottom-line profitability.
- Identified opportunities to drive business growth, diversification and expansion.
- Prepared and delivered winning client proposals, business presentations and sales pitches to C-level executives.
- Introduced new technologies into team workflows to boost output efficiency and accuracy.
- Maintained client records in bespoke CRM systems, ensuring streamlined data processes for maximum efficiency.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information System
Sadat Academy for Management Sciences
Cairo, Egypt 09.1996 - 07.2000
Skills
- Project leadership
- Negotiation tactics
- Product development
- Financial management
- Time-management
- Customer relationship management
- Consulting
- Project management tools proficiency
- Project coordination
- Technical report writing
- Sales strategy development
- Financial Forecasting
- Customer service excellence
- Project budgeting
- Strategic planning
- Emotional intelligence
- Digital marketing strategies
- Decision making
- Cultural awareness
- Data analysis
- Talent acquisition strategy
- Strategic visioning
- Technical proficiency
- Business process improvement
- Conflict Resolution
- Product knowledge
- Brand positioning
- Budgeting
- Digital transformation knowledge
- Data-driven decision-making
- Project Management
- Critical-thinking
- Mergers and acquisitions expertise
- Brand management
Languages
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native
Accomplishments
- Achieve sales targets for 3 years staring from 28% margin till 38% in last year.
- Transform normal internal team in client customer to one of good potential system integrator company competing with huge name in market.
- Provide solution and technology which lead to reduce cost by 50% and Increase revenue with 5 times.
Affiliations
- Reading, Traveling.
Timeline
CEO
Next Generation Technology (NGT)
01.2022 - Current
General Manager
Gulf Technology Valley (GTV)
01.2015 - 12.2021
Business development manager
Gulf Technology Valley (GTV)
01.2005 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Technology - Information System
Sadat Academy for Management Sciences
09.1996 - 07.2000
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