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Imad Dannawi

Storage & Data Protection Specialist

Ibm - Saudi Arabia

Location:
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education:
Bachelor's degree, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Experience:
19 years, 7 months

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Total Years of Experience:  19 Years, 7 Months   

July 2020 To Present

Storage & Data Protection Specialist

at Ibm - Saudi Arabia
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
-Growing the Storage business in the SMB market.
- Excellent partner management, recruitment, readiness and activation.
- Direct engagement with clients and Business partners.
-Maintain strong relationship with key decision makers and influencers.
May 2015 To June 2020

Integrated Business Solutions Manager

at El Ajou Group
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
I am responsible to promote turnkey solutions that are performance driven and cost effective for IT, AV, ECM, RFID and security.
I am handling the business across KSA covering different solutions for Direct Sales and Channels.
Leading a business of 30+ Million USD
Managing a team of sales and pre-sales in the Kingdom.
Direct Contact with Customers and Suppliers.
Below are some of the solutions that I'm covering:
Servers / Storage / Networking / Low current / IP Telephony / PC / Laptops / printing -Educational solutions (OMR / Online Assessment Solutions / Smart Class Rooms) -Banking solution (Fraud cheque detection) -Customer Experience management -Queuing Management / Self Service Kiosks / Customer Feedback -ECM / DMS / CTS / Backlog and Archiving solutions .
   
-RFID Solution with RTLS (Personnel tracking / Assets Tracking / Warehouse Management) -Digital media Solutions -AV / Integrated Solutions - Collaboration - Control -AV Distribution LFD - LED -LCD Displays / Projectors / Podiums - CCTV / Access Control / Time -attendance
September 2010 To May 2015

Product Manager - IT Infrastructure

at El Ajou Group Trading Co.
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Managing a team of 50 sales and pre-sales in the Kingdom.
Direct Contact with Customers and Suppliers, handling Technical write-up and offering .
Product Manager for IT infrastructure Covering PCs, Servers, Storage and /network in addition to (Open Text) Enterprise Content Management ECM, OpenText eDocs, Digitizing solution, Therefore Arch System, DATAWIN - OMR, SEKONIC OMR, , Remark Office OMR,
Project Manager for "Backlog project" i have been involved in many projects such as' (NCB, Saudi Industrial Development Fund, Dar Al Handasah.)

-Achieved 120 % of quota for sales in 2014.
-In 2014 exceeded $10 million sales quota
-Led business development functions, which resulted in expanded customer base.
-Led vendor relationship management, which ensured competitive pricing for all purchases.
-Performed outstanding customer relationship management, ensuring educated clients, customized products and services and creative, turnkey solutions
-Trained account managers to grow and expand territories resulting in the highest sales volumes within the region.
-Trained newly hired sales representatives to facilitate, negotiate and deliver creative sales tactics and strategies
-Help customers to define and implement integrated solutions that optimize their technology to support and grow their business.
-Preparing Technical and Financial offers..
-Participate in Sales & pre-sales activities.
-Supervising and conducting Sales and Technical training.
- Full product understanding (Features, Specifications, Benefits, Packaging & installation)
- Market understanding, positioning, competition & pricing.
-Negotiating and opening sales potentials with clients
- Work closely with Sales Representatives and Sales Manager to determine a strategic approach,
- Assist Sales Representatives in closing and create new business opportunities.
- Product technical and sales training.
- Follow up on product marketing & sales.
• Detailed market analysis and update of segment wise market share information, product specifications, pricing, volumes and buying trends
• Periodical reporting of the market results and observations along with recommendations
• Product & price positioning for existing and new models after effective analysis of the market competition and opportunities
• Product Planning, Development of New Models, Specifications and Continuous enhancement of existing Models.
- Weekly management summary report & monthly detailed performance presentation.
- Coordinate production of marketing materials, brochures, sales presentations.
- Follow-up with the warehouses to execute the delivery of invoices items to the customer.
- Follow-up with Tender Sales Department to provide all technical and pricing requirements regarding tender sales.
- Identify and continuously analyze local and international competitors in terms of market share, market and profit positioning, pricing strategy, and service delivery.
-RFID Specialist and Project Supervisor
-Site survey, installation and Software configuration
- Implement and manage many projects KAAU, KFAFH (migration), King Fahad Qur'an Complex, ….)
stock control and orders follow up.
May 2009 To September 2010

Product Specialist - Pre-Sales

at EL AJOU GROUP TRADING CO.
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Product specialist for(Open Text Edocs) and(Open Text Live Link)Enterprise Content Management ECM.
in addition to Correspondence Management System, full understanding of MOAMALAT system.
Participate in pre-sales activities, provide Technical training for sales staff in addition to making software demo and presentation for customers.
Project Supervisor for "Backlog project", providing a full Archiving solutions for "paper"hard copy.
C#.Net programming for windows applications if needed.
March 2008 To April 2009

Software " Engineering-Development "

at ZeeMacs
Location : Lebanon - Tripoli
1) Software programmer ERP, (Stock and Accounting), POS and any other project, Providing Business Solutions, using visual basic, Sql server and Crystal Report. Also creating and installing VPC2007.

2) Making training on the software for both sales staff and customer.

3)Customer Support.
March 2006 To October 2007

PROGRAMMER

at NRSOFTWARE
Location : Lebanon - Tripoli
1)SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER USING VISUAL BASIC, SQL SERVER, CRYSTAL REPORTS AND TRUE GRID.
2)TESTING AND ERROR CHECKING IN SOFTWARES.
3)CREATING HELPS DOCUMENT FOR SOFTWARES USING WinCHM PROGRAM
4)COMPUTER MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
5)NETWORK INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION
6)TRAINING FOR CUSTOMERS
7)Pre - sales
May 2004 To December 2005

Sales - Marketing

at Private
Location : Lebanon - Tripoli
This job was my first personal job.
I like all kinds of tradings, i have started working individually as sales and marketing at the same time.The target market where i was focused on are :
Universities, Schools and Libraries.
March 2004 To February 2005

Lab Assistant

at AL Manar University of Tripoli (MUT)
Location : Lebanon - Tripoli
Lab Assistant, MUT, Tripoli, Lebanon, 2004-2005
Responsibilities:
• Hardware and Networking Maintenance.
• User Internet access supervision
• Assisting Instructors with the Lab Courses.

Education

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February 2007

Bachelor's degree, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

at AL MANAR UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI
Location : Lebanon
Handled University BS degree with Excellent.
my name is listed in the university "Honor List"
over all GPA:3.89
achieved a scholarship:40% according to my grades.
July 2003

High school or equivalent, Lebanese official Bac II (SV) Science

at El Mina High School
Location : Lebanon - Tripoli

Specialties & Skills

C#.NET,Power builder, VB6.0, VB.NET,SQL SERVER2005,SQL SERVER2008,DB2,CRYSTAL REPORTS 8.5

Microsoft Dynamics CRM4.0

Team Management

Pre-Sales

Document Management

Product Management

Project Management

SYSTEM ANALYSIS

SOLUTION SELLING

Languages

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English

Expert

French

Beginner

German

Beginner

Arabic

Expert

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Organization : Syndicate of Computer Sciences
Membership/Role : Member
Member since : December 2018
Organization : Saudi Council of Engineers
Membership/Role : Member
Member since : February 2020

Training and Certifications

Dell PowerEdge Server Technical v4 0914 ( Certificate )

Issued in: October 2014 Valid Until: - October 2015

Strategic Sales and Marketing ( Certificate )

Issued in: June 2013 Valid Until: - June 2016

VMware Sales Professional ( Certificate )

Issued in: June 2012 Valid Until: - June 2013

HP Sales Certified - SMB Storage ( Certificate )

Issued in: June 2012 Valid Until: - June 2013

People Skills - Communication, Presentation, Collaboration, and Problem Solving ( Certificate )

Issued in: July 2021

PowerEdge VRTX Technical Overview v2 0414 ( Certificate )

Issued in: July 2014 Valid Until: - July 2015

Selling HP Printing and Personal Systems Hardware ( Certificate )

Issued in: January 2015 Valid Until: - January 2016

APC Sales Associate ( Certificate )

Issued in: January 2013 Valid Until: - January 2014

Virtual Selling - Experienced ( Certificate )

Issued in: December 2020

Storage for Data Resilience ( Certificate )

Issued in: August 2020

Storage for Data and AI ( Certificate )

Issued in: August 2020

Storage for SAP HANA ( Certificate )

Issued in: August 2020

Dell Blade Server Solutions - Sales v9 0414 ( Certificate )

Issued in: August 2014 Valid Until: - August 2015

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Exploring & Attending Exhibitions

Holland - ISE 2016 Dubai - GITEX - Infocomm 2015 Germany - CeBit 2014 Greece - Dell partner seminar 2013

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As Business Manager in EPSON Europe

By
WAEL Ottoman
(COLLEAGUE) on 12-02-2012
"Imad is a season’s professional whom I consider a subject matter expert in the IT industry, enterprise E-Services solutions. His ability to understand and convey the benefits of e-services as well as automation services lead to one of the most strategic success stories at El-ajou (King Abdul-Aziz University). Furthermore, his ability to deliver customizations and presentations that tailored to customers is important to the growth of value added services in the University. I have enjoyed working with him and look forward to continuing our relationship in the future and thus I have no reservations in recommend him."

As Business Dev.. Manager in Maghrabi Est. (ZeeMacs Saudi Arabia)

By ghassan yassine (MANAGER) on 11-02-2012
"Mr. Imad Has been working in ZeeMacs Lebanon as Development Software Engineer. During this period Mr. Imad Complete several I.T. projects such as Installation services, Consultancy ,Total managed services , Training ,Reactive and proactive support, Contingency planning , System integration , Application services ,Software support. Mr. Imad Have experience in the development of management information systems by using RDBMS & 4GLs , System Software Support and Communication Processors. His experiences cover computerization, nationalization and arabization of management information systems , as well as migration among different systems. He has experience in all phases of such systems development as a head of Information Technology Department , Project Manager, Team Leader and Senior Systems Software Development & Support."

As QA Manager in HiSoftware Ltd

By Hatim Hamid (MANAGER) on 14-02-2012
"This recommendation has been written to provide qualification of Mr Imads IT Capabilities. Mr Imad is a highly intelligent individual. Whilst at MUT University, he displayed well above average performance and was committed to capitalizing on the opportunity of furthering his studies. Mr Imad completed his Bachelor of Information Technology with the satisfaction of having accomplished his first goal, towards a top career in the area of IT. Due to Mr Imad’s positive nature, and his way of oerpating this makes him very well adept, in his abilities to solving any problem at hand. Mr Imad's unique talents and abilities were not only vital in the classroom but also outside its walls, when interacting with all types of people in the industry. Mr Imad is consistent, dedicated and Enthusiastic when it comes to IT Projects. So much so, I had the pleasure of supervising one of his projects. Mr Imad has creative energies that are very usefull to any IT Company. Having said that, I highly recommend him for any position of work, be it as a team member or as a future leadership. I wish Mr Imad all the best in his future endevours in the area of IT. Kind Regards, Hatim Abdul Hamid."

As Process Engineering, Product quality & AFR Manager in Holcim (Liban)

By
Fadi KRAYEM
(CLIENT) on 12-02-2012
"Imad has a high analytical skills, he is able to deliver results of best quality and always on time, I cannot neglect his professionalism through the delivered product and his care to give any time his support."

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