Sherif A. Razek, Marketing Manager / SWIFT Business Development Manager

Sherif A. Razek

Marketing Manager / SWIFT Business Development Manager

Nile Information Technology and Dissemination

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
32 years, 2 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :32 years, 2 months

Marketing Manager / SWIFT Business Development Manager at Nile Information Technology and Dissemination
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since June 2008

Envision a marketing plan and follow it through by establishing the brand awareness, market infiltration and segmentation, starting a marketing management system where all the relevant information on the various competitors were located, and initiating and monitoring the customer satisfaction surveys.
Develop (strategic) new business and development plans
Generate new business in existing accounts and in new markets
Generate leads and sales opportunities
Drive new product development and enhancements to meet our customers' needs
Target and develop ongoing business relationships at senior level and key operational levels
Build company profile nationally, ensuring continued and consistent growth
Maintain and build effective client relationships
Ongoing account relationship management
Deliver reports and presentations to existing and prospective customers
Manage the business unit financials

Business Productivity Consultant at E-Able Business Productivity Services
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • My current job since April 2004

Dealing with national and international clients in various project areas to achieve the predefined goals and objectives agreed on enabling them to attain a higher level of automation in their work environment.

Technical Consultant / Business Development Manager at eastnets
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2006 to June 2008

Introduced the company throughout the Egyptian financial sector, in the fields of SWIFT, High and Low Value Payment Solutions, Electronic Bill Payments and Presentment (EBPP), Kiosks, POS Solutions, Anti-Money Laundering and compliance, Electronic Banking, Core Banking Solutions, Securities & Capital Market Solutions, Middleware & STP, Card Management Solutions, at the present time EastNets is a known entity in supplying the financial community with state of the art financial services and applications.

Business Development Associate at Virgitech
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • June 2001 to April 2004

Conducted training sessions for staff members and students in the soft skills area enhancing their communication, presentation and thinking skills.
Conducted training sessions for staff members and students in the advanced IT area enhancing their level of understanding and aiding them to pass the exam and certifications associated.
Prepared responses to RFPs for major technology, infrastructure and training builds.
Designed and assessed company needs for enterprise wide system deployments.
Determined and translated customer expectations into precise specifications for development and implementation team in order to clarify project deliverables, define schedule, and assign tasks.

Systems Engineer / Technical Trainer at Knowlogy International Group
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • September 2000 to June 2001

Created a multidimensional corporate training matrices for the various jobs presented, utilizing both management and IT skills in the process.
Developed various end user training Materials to be utilized in the internal employee training, later on a nation wide training program was conducted using the material thus training 1500 person on basic computer literacy.
Conducted security analysis to identify and address weaknesses.
Assigned user accounts and granted permissions to shared resources.
Assured senior management of data protection by demonstrating permission settings.
Prepared security policies and procedures.
Planed, Implemented, and Adjusted Certificate Services.
Planed and implemented PKI Integration.
Identified and evaluated corporate wide risk assessment.

Assistant Manager / Project Manager at EPECOT Center
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • February 1992 to September 2000

Acted as the Project Manager and Provided Assistance to Staff in terms of Planning and Product outreach where I Provided the Product Design and Planning.
Provide project recommendations based analysis, oversight and management of all consulted projects.
Determined and translated customer expectations into precise specifications for development and implementation team in order to clarify project deliverables, define schedule, and assign tasks.
Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in
collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders
in a timely and clear fashion.
Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
Track project milestones and deliverables.
Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation,
and presentations.
Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team,
analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and
devise contingency plans.
Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties
throughout project life cycle.
Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors,
and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned
work.
Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to
identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Instituto D'Empressa
  • November 2014
Master's degree, Project management in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • at Universite Du Nantes
  • September 2013

The Master of Project management in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MPM-IE) is a post-graduate program aiming at training specialists in project management. It will turn graduate students from all disciplines into autonomous people, capable of managing projects from the first to the last step, working as part of a team and using the resources and competencies at their disposal in a company. MPM-IE is a master program targeting professionals who would like to master project management tools in order to develop their professional capacities and help their enterprises to create and to innovate.

Diploma, RITI Advanced Management Program
  • at Regional Information Technology Institute
  • July 2010
Diploma, Train the Trainer
  • at Regional Information Technology Instiute
  • March 2010
Bachelor's degree, Management Engineering
  • at Arab Academy for Science and Technology
  • February 2003
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Arab Academy for Science and Technology
  • September 2000

Specialties & Skills

Training
Innovation
Business Design
Ideation
Strategic Planning
Edutainer
MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, MS Project, MS Visio
Objection Handling
Negotiation
Creative Skills
Market Definition

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Egyptian Junior Business Association
  • Member
  • April 2005

Training and Certifications

Business (Training)
Training Institute:
Corporate Governance Consultant Workshop
Date Attended:
May 2012
Business Training (Training)
Training Institute:
IFC Train The Trainer: Corporate Governance
Date Attended:
April 2012