Ahmed ElMowalad, Senior Customer Success Manager - Learning

Ahmed ElMowalad

Senior Customer Success Manager - Learning

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Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
Experience
12 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 7 Months

Senior Customer Success Manager - Learning at LinkedIn
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2023
Senior Education Programs Lead at Amazon Web Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2021 to February 2023
Marketing Strategy Manager at Oracle - United Arab Emirates
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2020 to April 2021
Digital Programs Manager at Oracle - United Arab Emirates
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2018 to June 2020

I work helping Oracle teams across ECMEA with:

• Facilitating and coaching Oracle Digital’s Sales, Support Teams to leverage digital channels.
• Develop and implement strategic and tactical digital and social selling plans to support business.
• Drive constant innovation and improvement of the digital customer buying journey.
• Mentor digital selling champions within your Oracle Cloud Sales Hub.
• Communicate with and influence a wide range of stakeholders up to and including VP level.

Senior Product Channel Manager at Bayt.com
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2017 to March 2018

Being part of Talentera Division headquartered in Dubai, covering North Arabian Gulf Region (Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain) responsible for SaaS Cloud products channel in the 3 strategic territories with duties includes:

- Owning SaaS product channel scorecard
- Managing and planning product engagements
- Product Marketing Management for Materials and outreach activities.
- Overseeing product delivery performance and quality
- Optimizing product solution sales approach across a team of 24+ solution sales professionals.
- Owning, designed and planned Product Internal Learning Program across all 13 regional locations
- Owning, designed and planned Customer Success Program across all 13 regional locations

Channel Product Manager at Bayt.com
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2016 to January 2017

Being part of Talentera Division headquartered in Dubai, covering North Arabian Gulf Region (Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain) responsible for SaaS products channel in the 3 strategic territories with duties includes:

- Managing and planning presales engagements
- Product Marketing Management
- Overseeing product delivery performance and quality
- Optimizing product solution sales approach across a team of 24+ solution sales professionals.
- Initiated and managed internal product sales readiness program.

Presales Technical Consultant at Bayt.com
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2015 to January 2016

Being part of Talentera Division headquartered in Dubai, responsible for SaaS cloud products channel in Qatar territory with duties includes:

- Owning managing and planning presales engagements
- Product Marketing Management
- Overseeing product delivery performance and quality
- Optimizing product solution sales approach across a team of 10+ solution sales professionals.
- Owning product sales readiness activities.

** Empowerment Value Award Winner 2015

Partner Solutions Sales Professional at Microsoft
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2014 to January 2015

Part of P-Sell Microsoft Partner Enablement Program

• Creating and executing business plans to ensure your product's revenue and unit goals are achieved.
• Lead a healthy IT Infrastructure, Windows Devices Solutions, Productivity and Cloud Solutions pipeline of qualified opportunities.
• Bringing Customers to agreement on the business value of proven services and products.
• Develop In-depth understanding of the platform and related solutions & the business value they bring.
• Ensure appropriate resources are engaged to help customers evaluate LINK Development Services.
• Increase deployment of Office 365 & Microsoft Azure in customer set.
• Drive customer and partner satisfaction for LINK Development products and solutions.
• Contributing with new business initiatives participates in giving more competing edge for LINK.
• Understanding LINK Development Products & Services strengths relative to competition.
• Delivering reference and satisfied customers that can be leveraged in future sales engagements.

Solutions Sales Specialist - Cloud Productivity at Link Development
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2014 to January 2015

• Creating and executing business plans to ensure your product's revenue and unit goals are achieved.
• Lead a healthy IT Infrastructure, Windows Devices Solutions, Productivity and Cloud Solutions pipeline of qualified opportunities.
• Bringing Customers to agreement on the business value of proven services and products.
• Develop In-depth understanding of the platform and related solutions & the business value they bring.
• Ensure appropriate resources are engaged to help customers evaluate LINK Development Services.
• Increase deployment of Office 365 & Microsoft Azure in customer set.
• Drive customer and partner satisfaction for LINK Development products and solutions.
• Contributing with new business initiatives participates in giving more competing edge for LINK.
• Understanding LINK Development Products & Services strengths relative to competition.
• Delivering reference and satisfied customers that can be leveraged in future sales engagements.

Audience Marketing Associate at Microsoft
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2012 to June 2013

Helping Microsoft's Startups & Academic Technical audiences realize their full potential by enabling them to effectively envision, develop and deploy differentiated apps, with the least amount of time/effort, and by facilitating connections that will drive their success.

Drive Engagement, Use, and Adoption of Microsoft Technologies through the entrepreneurship & Academic Community by delivering an inspired, connected, smartly engaged community approach along with working with and supporting Startups.

Main Programs & Projects Worked On:
- Microsoft BizSpark - Microsoft Startups Meetup - Microsoft Windows 8 Launch in Egypt - Microsoft Student Partners Program
- Microsoft Imagine Cup - Microsoft Imagine Cup University - Microsoft Dream Spark - Microsoft Tech Clubs

Marketing Executive at Ahram Canadian University
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2011 to July 2012

Being responsible for the whole online presence of one of the leading universities in Egypt and the MEA region, the university has to maintain a well managed brand image and that was my job as well as working as a support and communication tool between the university management and the students using the social media as a medium of measuring satisfaction and communication.

Junior Business Development Executive at EI Learning Solutions
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2010 to April 2011

Working on competitive analysis, Learning Programs Pricing, Expansion Planning and performance reviews it was very challenging for me in that young age to provide such strategic feeds and information but it was a successful challenge as I had given 100% of my effort to deliver the right information on time.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at Ahram Canadian University
  • August 2012

- Awarded the Honor of Recognition Award by University President for valuable contributions - Represented Microsoft Corporation in my university campus and managed it's relationship with my faculty management. - Elected as first ACU Student Union President in 2012 along with succeeding in publishing the first student body constitution. - Founded and leaded the first ACU Student Organization in 2009 called "VISION" - Represented ACU Student Body at the Egyptian National Student Union Summits and Egyptian Private Universities Summit. - Founded and managed ACU Social Media Presence during my stay as a full-time student there and hired as part-time during my study there for utilizing my skills.

Specialties & Skills

Technical Presales
Program Management
Technology
Technical Sales
Software Sales
Event Planning, Budggeting and Managment
Channel and Account Management
Program Management
Product Marketing Management
Project Management
Technical Presales
Vendor Management
Product Management
Technology Solution Sales
Brand Management
Public Speaking and Product Demonstration
Business Analysis
Product Management
Marketing Campaign Planning
Proposal Management

Social Profiles

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Startup Weekend
  • Lead Organizer
  • December 2012
ACU Student Union
  • Former President
  • January 2012
Geeks Day
  • Co-Founder / Event Management Lead
  • March 2012
Microsoft Student Partners in Egypt
  • Microsoft Student Partner Alumni
  • August 2011
VISIONS Student Organization
  • Founder & Former President
  • February 2009
Tech Hope Team - Microsoft Egypt Citizenship
  • Internet Safety and Security Awareness Specialist
  • November 2011
Enactus ACU
  • IT & Communications Officer
  • November 2011
Microsoft Tech Club ACU
  • Founder - Program Manager
  • September 2011

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Azure Sales Professional Accreditation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
Office 365 Sales Professional Accreditation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
VEEAM Backup & Replication Sales Professional Accreditation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Datacenter Solutions Sales Professional Accreditation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Visualization & Server Platform Sales Professional Accreditation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Proposal Managment Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Beit Al Karma
Date Attended:
October 2011
Brand Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
January 2012

Hobbies

  • Sky Diving
    Bronze Medal - National Skydiving Championship 2007
  • Matrial Arts
    Silver Medal - Kongfu Cairo Championship 2007 Bronze Medal - Kongfu Cairo Championship 2006 Egyptian National Kongfu Team Candidate 2008