Feras Alswairky, Solution Engineering (Presales) Manager

Feras Alswairky

Solution Engineering (Presales) Manager

Oracle - Egypt

Location
Egypt - Alexandria
Education
Master's degree, MBA - Project Management
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Solution Engineering (Presales) Manager at Oracle - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since March 2017

Leading a team of talented Solution Engineers to manage the End-to-End Application Presales Cycle starting from Discovery until Closing the deal for Oracle EMEA SaaS Customers:
• Built a new EMEA Presales Team from scratch. Hired 15 global Solution Engineers (Presales) in 3 locations (Romania, Spain, and Egypt). Including:
o Intensive custom-built onboarding program on state-of-the-art customer engagement and value-messaging techniques.
o Coaching, Business Reviews, Capacity Building, and implementing Personal/Career Development plans.
• Designed Team's Go-To-Market, Vision, Mission, Values, Strategy, and yearly Performance Objectives.
• Tripled Revenue closed by my team from FY20 (2.5M$) to FY21 (7M$ so far).
• All-EMEA Stakeholder managements and active participation in Sales forecast meetings.
• Presented Business Results to senior leadership and VP through automated and custom-built reporting from scratch.
• Implemented a Reduction in Force plans when necessary and required by corporate.
• Got Recognized and Awarded by Sales Teams in Western Europe and Middle East

Business Intelligence Consultant at Alkhorayef Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2016 to February 2017

Utilised the combination of Applications experience and Business Knowledge in a new Business Intelligence Challenge:
•Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Implementation
•Top Management’s reporting fulfilment
•Presenting to Top Management and Training Business Users.

Global Customer Support Lead at Oracle - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2006 to December 2015

Team Lead, Advanced Resolution Engineer, Subject Matter Expert, Coach, and Mentor for a Global Customer Support team of 22 Engineers across 6 locations (US, UK, RO, EG, IN, AU) supporting Oracle Application customers worldwide, 24/7, with highest measures of Customer Excellence and Continuous Improvement. This role included driving the global team on:

• Escalations & Duty Management
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & After-Action Review (AAR)
• Trained, Coached and Mentored new hires
• Global Customer Awareness Webinars
• Peer and 360 Reviews on team performance
• Maintained Customer Satisfaction of 90%
• Implemented Smart Diagnostic Scripts to help customer self-fix their issues. Reduced Service Requests by 20%.
• Published 153 Knowledge articles
• Awarded with two Oscar Awards from Oracle Global Support in Leadership and Passion Category

Oracle Technical Consultant at Alkhorayef Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2004 to July 2006

Technical Consultant in a successful Oracle Human Capital Management Applications Implementation for a diversified industries group of companies in Saudi Arabia. This included:
Requirement Definition - Gap Analysis - Solution Design and Build - Customizations - Build Reporting - Data Migration - Solution Demonstration - User Training - Managing Parallel Runs - Business Support after go-live! This also required lots of negotiation and analytical skills.

Education

Master's degree, MBA - Project Management
  • at Arab Academy for Science & Technology
  • September 2012
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Arab Academy for Science & Technology
  • September 2003

2nd Place on Egypt Finals - Robocon2003 Robotics Competition

Specialties & Skills

Oracle Applications
Oracle Time and Labor
Oracle Payroll
Customer Support
After-Action Reviews (AAR)
Stakeholder Management
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Build, Recruit, and Onboard Presales/Support Teams
Global/Remote Teams Management
Strategy Design and Implementation
Solution Engineering (Presales)
Global Customer Support
Implementation Consulting
Training, Coaching, and Mentoring
HCM/CX Applications
Entrepreneurship Coach
Deliver Impactful Presentations/Demos

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Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Cisco Certified Networks Associate (CCNA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2003
ITIL Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
Oracle Certified Specialist – HCM Applications (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015
Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) - Applications Developer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2004
Oracle Certified Sales Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2018