Abdulelah Al-Fouzan, Business Development Manager

Abdulelah Al-Fouzan

Business Development Manager

Microsoft

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
14 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 1 Months

Business Development Manager at Microsoft
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since September 2014

- Achieved a 6000% improvement on audience reach to an existing education community engagement programs to promote the use of technology in education in alliance with Ministry of Education, universities and private school associations.
- Achieved a 2600% students reached by developing and executing on a national initiative to drive Computer Science awareness for young students during the Computer Science week.
- Creating partnerships with Microsoft partners, customers and NGOs to embed Microsoft tools and community programs within them that increased Microsoft audience reach within these entities.
- Heading localization projects for Middle East and Africa (MEA) area to enable the utilization of Microsoft assets and resources in MEA.
- Developed strategies for universities and schools to increase the number of 21st century-ready students within the education institutes. These strategies include modern curriculums, 21st century skills and professional certifications.
- Successfully Introduced and sold Microsoft latest education product, Minecraft: Education Edition to more than 6000 users.
- Achieved a 500% in Fiscal Year 2016 and 1800% in Fiscal year 2017 improvement for Office 365 activation for Higher Education students and staff.
- Orchestrated several STEM education pilots within Ministry of Education to introduce a modern programming initiatives out of 1 will be implemented in the next academic year and the 1st phase will be implemented in 2017-2018 academic year.
- Managing a group of 100 Influencers to drive Microsoft activities in the education communities.
- Managing the relationship between Microsoft and several executives in Ministry of Education and a number of private school associations.

Senior Credit Analyst at Saudi Industrial Development Fund
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2008 to July 2012

-Conducted feasibility studies and measured the financial, credit, and marketing risks for large scale projects and approved total loans of around US$110M.

-Monitored the implementation and the operation of a diversified portfolio of 15 investments, with around US$200M in net commitment, and made loan disbursements against these loans after assuring that the projects were implemented as projected.

-Assessed the financial position and the operations for a troubled.
company when the client was not able to repay the loan on a timely manner. Conducted a revised financial projection based on the company’s current operations and industry, which resulted in a revised repayment schedule that does not harm the company’s operation. In addition, I introduced market-oriented pricing for the client which resulted in a 3% increase in profit margin.

-Convinced a client to change the scope of the project to be in line with the recent changes in the Beverage Industry which resulted in an increase of total net sales of US$7M.

-Analyzed applicant’s financial status, credit and property evaluation to determine feasibility of granting loan request.

-Developed strong relationships with clients as a liaison between them and Saudi Industrial Development Fund which resulted in loan repayment on time and accurate reports on the company’s operation which is required by SIDF top management.

-Prepared A SWOT analysis for the new applicant, calculated the industry local supply and demand and Supply of the clients' products in order to assess the demand for the projects' products.

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at ESADE Business School
  • March 2014

Concentrate : Marketing and Strategy.

Diploma, SIDF Credit Officer Development Program
  • at Queen’s School of Business
  • March 2009

Related Course Work: Corporate Finance. New Ventures. Strategic Thinking. Financial Institutions Management. Foreign Currency Exchange.

Bachelor's degree, MIS
  • at KFUPM
  • January 2008

Specialties & Skills

Customer Focus
Strategic Thinking
Industry Analysis
Business Valuation
Soft Skills
MS office (All)
Finance

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Spanish
Beginner