Managing Director
SelfStir Limited (UK Company)
Total years of experience :27 years, 9 Months
SelfStir Limited provides web-based human development services to individuals and corporations. Strongly connected with Organizational Development methodologies and tools, SelfStir approaches human development through creativity and innovation, integrating technology with people, overcoming the limitations of traditional methods.
Responsibilities:
• Product Designer for SelfStir.com and SelfStir Business
• Lead a team from conception to implementation within a 6 months time frame.
• Designed the legal framework of the organization to meet Global standards; our product can be sold to over 90% of the global market by meeting all the legal requirements.
• Created a network of strategic partners that represent our Brand across major markets in the world, while we continue to provide technical and sales support across all time zones.
• Continually overcame challenges, which other established organizations would never face and yet were able to develop a successful product that competes with global organizations.
• Engaged local experts to participate in the development of our products and maintained their loyalty and belief in us until today.
• Secured Financial Investments for the Phase II of our product and guaranteed its continuity.
• Structured the organization so that all the stakeholders are also owners and thus creating sustainability no matter the movement of people coming and or out of the organization.
• General Management including Leadership, budgeting, strategy, business development, training and development, culture development & organization development.
Projects:
• Zain Ghana (Lead Consultant)
o OD support for the Zain Transformation Team
o Executive Coaching
o C-Level and Director-Level workshops
o Team Building / Team Development / Team Leader Coaching
o Culture alignment with outsourced companies
• Celtel Nigeria Limited / Zain Nigeria (Consulting Team Member)
o Strategic Initiative Workshops
o Roles & Responsibilities Workshops
o GE Workout facilitation
o Executive Coaching
o OD support for the Zain Transformation Team
o Team Building / Team Leader Coaching
o Internal OD team Development
• Fastlink / Zain Jordan (Lead Consultant)
o Culture Survey / Survey Findings Workshops / Culture Awareness Sessions
o Executive Coaching
o Team Building
o Change Management Team Support
o Employee Relations Team Support
o Internal OD team Development
• Zain Kuwait (Consulting Team Member)
o Joint Leadership Assessment with Oliver Wyman
o Internal OD team development
• SABIC Saudi Arabia (Consulting Team Member)
o Organizational Diagnosis using a Culture Survey for 21, 000 people
• Mobitel / Zain Sudan (Special Assignment)
o Provided support for the launch of the Performance Management System
• Internal Skopos Projects
o Lead - Public Relations / Marketing
o Support - Resource Center Support
o Lead - IAM - Skopos Performance Management System
o Lead - Technical Development
Training:
• Attended Extraordinary Leadership / Extraordinary Performer Facilitator’s workshop
• Attended a Team Building Facilitator’s workshop
• Attended a Change Management Workshop and assisted in the facilitation of small team sessions
• Attended an Organizational Development training workshop
• Attended an Organizational Design Workshop
• Attended an Executive Coaching Workshop
• Facilitated a Team & Group Development Workshop
• Facilitated a Marketing / Business Development Workshop
Projects in eBusiness, sports marketing, public relations, strategic management & marketing, business development, SMS marketing, e-mail marketing, web site optimization
Selected Projects:
Bistro 21 - PR, SMS marketing, e-mail marketing
Motorola - Technical consultant for the Contracts Department
Taqarub - Corporate identity
DeLonghi ME - Strategic planning
Dubai Investment Park - Web consulting
UM7 - Training
EMASCO Training - Program development, business development, and marketing
WebViews Inc. (Canada) - Business development
Zayed University, ITI - Project development for government training & human development
Sheikh Abdullah Al Qassimi Ralley Team - Sponsorship
Management of eBusiness Projects
Phoenician Arts - Website optimization & search engine optimization
121strategies.com is an online communications agency and consulting firm, focusing on the direct marketing and interactive capabilities of the Internet. Being an Associate Consultant, the position entailed the full range of responsibilities of business development, proposal writing, strategy development & planning, creative conceptualization, translations & transliteration, implementation, managing and control of outsourced jobs, client servicing, monitoring, reporting, database management, invoicing and training.
Projects completed: Online product launches, product positioning, online game development, online competition development and logistics, database administration and building, newsletter development, email marketing, data-driven web sites, web publishing and content management, online market research, e-commerce web planning, PR and event management, development of marketing & sales material, business development plans, training & public speaking.
Major Accounts: Paco Rabanne, Davidoff Coolwater
Courses taught: Principles of Marketing, Business Information Systems (Course Coordinator)
Courses developed & taught: Internet Business Applications (MIS), E-Commerce (Marketing)
Committees Served: Business School Catalog Committee, Marketing Program Development Committee, Business School Web Applications Committee, IT Web Committee (Chair, Training Sub-Committee), Student Center Committee, Senate Student Affairs Committee.
AUS Continuing Education Center: Government of Sharjah Executive Development Program, Marketing Module, 6 hours lecture on: Marketing of Nations, May 22 & 23, 2001
Responsible for teaching all sections of BAd 241, Marketing Management
General Management and control of CompuBase Abraj (Beirut) and CompuBase Tripoli. Responsibilities include financial planning, budgeting, strategic management, management training, business development, product development and quality control in Lebanon.
Planned and implemented a strategic marketing plan for the Lebanon CompuBase Int'l Computer Training Centers. Developed a sales network with local computer dealers. Segmented the market and developed a new marketing mix for the government and business market, which included the development of on-site training and training consulting. Retrieved and submitted all pre-qualification forms for computer and technical training in the public sector.
Consulted on various projects in Lebanon for:
• The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) - 1 Month
• Destination Internet Services - 5 Months
• The American University of Beirut Internet Research and Course Web Development Project - 3 Months
• MartPoint Marketing Research - 1 Month
• American University of Beirut Advisor for MBA students
• CompuBase International Repositioning Project - 2 Months, after which I was hired as a full time Manager.