Ali Asiri
Riyadh
Summary
Solutions manager with over 10 years of successful experience in ICT and computing cloud. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in the government and private industry. Strengths in leadership skills and lead the digital transformation backed by training in business administration, computing cloud, network & systems engineering.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director Defense Services Sales
Solutions by Stc
12.2024 - Current
- Developed and executed sales strategies to penetrate defense markets, driving revenue growth across government and military accounts.
- Directed cross-functional sales teams to achieve annual sales targets, while mentoring account managers and aligning business
- Built and managed strategic partnerships with OEMs, system integrators, and technology providers to expand solution offerings and market share.
- Led high-value negotiations and contract management with defense ministries, prime contractors, and government agencies, ensuring compliance with procurement regulations.
MOD & MOI Sector Manager
solutions by stc
05.2022 - 12.2024
- Leading and motivating the sales team.
- Setting and communicating weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual sales goals.
- Developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve sales targets.
- Expanding the company’s customer base and building lasting relationships with them.
- Introducing alterations to the sales program in response to competitor changes and industry benchmarks.
- Implementing a sales training and onboarding program to educate new employees.
- Establishing a referral network with other businesses and finding opportunities to maximize value from these connections.
Senior Solutions Manager
solutions by stc
10.2019 - 05.2022
- Lead and manage the design of ICT solutions which may encompass multiple core technologies and platforms, to meet the end user requirements and aligned with ICT architecture.
- Ensure that all designs and other work outputs related to solution design are of a quality consistent with business needs and industry standards.
- Provide high-quality consulting and advisory services on ICT solutions through the solution lifecycle reflecting full responsibility of solution design components.
- Develop and implement strategies including industry innovation and best practice techniques for continuous improvement including time to develop ICT solutions such that benefits can be realized sooner and value to the business is optimized.
- Work collaboratively with ICT Architects to maintain application and technical architecture and standards.
Cloud Solution Manager
solutions by stc
02.2019 - 02.2020
- Own and drive technical solution strategy and design.
- Propagate technical Infrastructure Services solution assets and best practices.
- Work closely with Solution Architects for technical solutions and architectural design needs on the STC IaaS, Paas, SaaS.
- Responsible for the development of competitive cost cases for complex, multi-year opportunities which meet the customer's requirements
- Ensure the overall effectiveness of technical planning.
Senior system administrator
General Directorate of Military Survey "GDMS".
09.2015 - 02.2019
- Standardized job tasks and trained junior team members on industry best practices and standards.
- Administer and support virtualization environment VMware VSphere 6.5 & Microsoft Hyper-V.
- Design, install and configure internal servers, storages, network devices and Palo alto firewall.
- Proactively manage and maintain servers, network and firewall systems.
- Administer and support core Active Directory.
Storage and Backup Administrator
General Directorate of Military Survey "GDMS".
09.2012 - 02.2019
- Architecting and deploying Storage, backup/recovery, and automation solutions.
- Administer and configure backup services through multiple platforms like Microsoft DPM, Symantec, Commvault.
- Implement DR recovery and techniques encompassing architecture, design implementation and support functions.
- Enhance the tape vaulting and auditing procedures, which reduced inventory errors.
- In-depth troubleshooting of backup and restore failures on Windows servers with varied configurations, such as MySQL clusters, Exchange, and Oracle applications.
- Troubleshoots storage and SAN & NAS related issues.
- Detected and diagnosed problems.
- Configure and administer LUNs.
Network Administrator
Royal Saudi Land Forces – ITD “RSLF
07.2009 - 09.2012
- Configure Cisco VLans and protocols on organization devices.
- Monitor network performance (availability, utilization, throughput, goodput, and latency) and test for weaknesses.
- Configured networks for smooth, reliable operation to meet business processes and objectives.
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance and support.
Technical Support
Al- Nahil Computer Company
03.2007 - 07.2009
- Working with customers/employees to identify computer problems and trying to solve them.
- Resolved diverse range of technical issues across multiple systems and applications for customers and end-users across various time zones.
- Managed high levels of call flow and responded to Systems technical support needs.
Education
BBA - Business Administration
King Faisal University
01.2016
Dip - Information Technology Cisco Networking Technology
Al-Alameia-Cisco Academe
03.2007
Skills
- Decision making
- Problem-solving skills
- Developing people
- Team leader
- Project supervising
- Consultation skills
- Teaming up / independency
- Social persona
- E-service solutions
- Preparing solutions
- Developing solutions
Certification
- Leadership Fundamentals
- Business Collaboration in the Modern Workplace
- Planning a Microsoft Cloud Solution (2018)
- The Agile Leader
- Agile Professional
- IoT Foundations: Fundamentals
- Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines
Timeline
Director Defense Services Sales
Solutions by Stc
12.2024 - Current
MOD & MOI Sector Manager
solutions by stc
05.2022 - 12.2024
Senior Solutions Manager
solutions by stc
10.2019 - 05.2022
Cloud Solution Manager
solutions by stc
02.2019 - 02.2020
Senior system administrator
General Directorate of Military Survey "GDMS".
09.2015 - 02.2019
Storage and Backup Administrator
General Directorate of Military Survey "GDMS".
09.2012 - 02.2019
Network Administrator
Royal Saudi Land Forces – ITD “RSLF
07.2009 - 09.2012
Technical Support
Al- Nahil Computer Company
03.2007 - 07.2009
BBA - Business Administration
King Faisal University
Dip - Information Technology Cisco Networking Technology
Al-Alameia-Cisco Academe