Muhammad Ali Khalid, Sales & Business Development Manager

Muhammad Ali Khalid

Sales & Business Development Manager

Gulf Commercial Group Engineering Services

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing & Finance
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Sales & Business Development Manager at Gulf Commercial Group Engineering Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2018

As Business Development Manager for Gulf Commercial Group-Engineering Services (exclusive channel partners for Honeywell UAE), I am responsible for handling Honeywell’s partnership account to promote & boost the market reach of Honeywell’s instrumentation & PMC portfolio.

Actively involved in selling Honeywell's Instrumentation & Industrial Automation & SCADA solutions to the local industry, along responsible for GCG’s digitalization solution (dDriven) to new and existing clients in multi business streams like infrastructure, Oil & Gas, water/wastewater and FMCG.

Business Development Manager at Advanced Integrated Tech Solutions
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2015 to December 2017

As Business Development Manager for Advanced Integrated Tech Solutions (strategic solution partners of GE-IP in UAE), prime responsibility covers selling Industrial Automation/Instrumentation/SCADA projects and software solutions (Information systems, Disaster recovery and Real-time monitoring solutions) to different sectors like infrastructure, Oil & Gas, water/wastewater and FMCG.

OPERATIONS LEAD at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
  • Oman - Muscat
  • April 2013 to February 2015

Worked as Senior/lead engineer (Operations & Maintenance) for Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO) via Intech Process Automation (Global leader in industrial automation & system integration in oil & gas sector). Primarily responsible for the smooth operation of the entire Allen Bradley and GE’s system1 install base at all PDO sites along with business development activities in the region.

Project Manager at Avanceon, FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2008 to March 2013

Avanceon is a Multinational organization and a global leader in industrial automation & system integration.
As project manager, I was accountable for the complete execution of the project cycle from Kick-off to successful Hand over within approved budgets and stipulated timelines as per organizational standards and established methodologies while ensuring health and safety at every step of execution.

Staff Application Engineer at Avanceon
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2006 to July 2008

As an application/staff application engineer with Avanceon (Lahore) I was involved in the in-house & site activities of miscellaneous project activities

Education

Master's degree, Marketing & Finance
  • at Lahore School of Economics
  • February 2011
Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics & Control Engineering
  • at University of Engineering and Technology
  • February 2006
High school or equivalent, Pre- Engineering
  • at Government College
  • August 2001

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Business Development
Analytical Approach
Project Management
Worked on various Industrial Control Projects

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Member of Health Safety & Environment (HSE) committe and also ISO Audit Team
  • Member
  • February 2007

Training and Certifications

Personal Development and Organizational Effectiveness (Training)
Training Institute:
Inam & Associates
Date Attended:
October 2007
Strategic Time Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Time Lenders
Date Attended:
August 2008
Installation & Configuration of ION 7650 (Training)
Training Institute:
Schnieder Electric, UAE
Date Attended:
July 2012

Hobbies

  • Basketball, Bowling, Listening Music and Travelling