Alejandro Alhambra, Deputy Managing Director

Alejandro Alhambra

Deputy Managing Director

Qanawat

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
Éducation
Master, MSc Computer Science, major on Marketing & Logistics
Expérience
28 years, 2 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :28 years, 2 Mois

Deputy Managing Director à Qanawat
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • Je travaille ici depuis août 2009

• Acting as principal advisor to the Managing Director to shape an effective business and IT strategic planning, annual budgeting, implementing short- and long-term objectives, and evaluating strategic plan accomplishments and its overall effectiveness.
• Directing all new business development activities, strategic partnerships across MENA (45 mobile operators, Apple, Youtube, Universal Music).
• Owning the company P&L and driving cost optimization.
• Supervising key accounts: etisalat, Mobily, STC, Ooredoo, Zain, Mobilis, Maroc Telecom and Apple.
• Planning, directing and evaluating overall business operations: Marketing & Sales, Operations, Managed Services, IT, Finance, Legal, HR.
• Directing the Corporate and Customer Service Delivery PMO.

Operational Director
• Leading the Operational Excellence Program to streamline business processes and organization.
• Setting up the corporate and Customer Service Delivery PMO.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Formulated the Business and IT strategy (2010-2014).
• Diversified the business activities through introduction of new business lines and products such as mobile advertising, m-payment, Youtube content monetization and re-selling of mobile VAS platforms.
• Led the International expansion (operating in 12 new countries, opened 3 new offices).
• Increased total revenue by 50% and total customer base by 65%.
• Established strategic partnership agreements with Mobile Operators Groups (etisalat, Zain, Orange), Apple and Youtube.
• Re-organized the company around new streamlined business processes supported by a new ERP.
• Increased the company service delivery capacity by 200% through process automation.
• Created HR policies, grading system and performance appraisal system.

Senior Management Consultant à Neoris
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • octobre 2007 à août 2009

• Establishing the PMO practice for Program One, a massive BSS/OSS technology transformation program in the areas of CRM, Revenue Management and Service & Resource Management.
• Driving the Service & Resource Management project.
Business and IT Strategy formulation for Holy Mecca Municipality (Government, KSA)
• Formulating and executing a Business and IT Strategic Plan for e-Government development for Holy Mecca Municipality.
• Driving the Business processes re-engineering and IT Operations Outsourcing projects.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Established and run the PMO for a BSS/OSS technology transformation program at Türk Telecom
• Formulated the IT Strategy for e-Government development for Holy Mecca Municipality 2008-2013

Senior Consultant à Llanera
  • Espagne
  • janvier 2006 à octobre 2007

• Formulating the IT strategy for the Group.
• Advising on the Enterprise Architecture roadmap.

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Implemented a new IT strategy designed to accommodate a planned business growth of 400%.
• Defined the BPO strategy for IT Operations.
• Designed the corporate intranet model.

Senior Consultant à Telefonica
  • Espagne
  • mai 2001 à octobre 2005

• Providing advice to the product development and engineering departments in the design, implementation and deployment of mobile VAS services such as Blackberry, Mobile Data, Mobile Intranet, M2M services, etc.

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Redefined the network architecture strategy for VAS nodes to reduce service deployment time and maintenance cost.

Project Manager à France Telecom - Orange
  • Autre
  • mai 2000 à mai 2001

• Redesigning the network management processes and system architecture for the voice network.

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Reduced average alarm response time by 20%.

Chief Architect à Lucent Technologies
  • Autre
  • janvier 1996 à mai 2000

• Software architecture design and development of an Element Management System for access network elements.

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Designed the software Architecture of the AnyMedia Network Element Manager.
• Participated in a complex knowledge transfer process of a huge NMS system from UK to the Spanish office.
• Led the system integration test phase across international development teams (US and Spain).

• Led the system integration test phase across international development teams (US and Spain) for the Network Element Manager of the AnyMedia access products.

Éducation

Master, MSc Computer Science, major on Marketing & Logistics
  • à Pontifical University of Salamanca
  • septembre 1995

Specialties & Skills

Vendor Management
Enterprise Architecture
IT Strategy
Strategy Creation
Problem solving
Leadership
Analytical skills
Strategic Thinking
Negotiation
Organisational skills
Self motivated
Attention to detail

Langues

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