Khaled Farag, Technology Director

Khaled Farag

Technology Director

Giza Systems

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Master's degree, Master of Iernational Business Administration
Experience
21 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 9 Months

Technology Director at Giza Systems
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2015

Current Responsibilities:
Reporting to COO & CSO and accountable to lead Company SMEs team across the organization, Managing the continuous update, dissemination and preservation of specialized knowledge in different technical and commercial disciplines, Analyze and develop Company Portfolio of Offerings for the new area/business., Work with LOBs heads to determine partnership strategies in the new areas, and setting new business implementation plans, Developing team capabilities, providing consultation services across various LOBs, Managing, guiding and supporting the pre-sales activities/team for E2E solution and strategies across LOBs, Spear heading business development of new opportunities across different LOBs scope in Egypt, Gulf and Africa, Involved in development and presentation of POC and Awareness Sessions for new solutions to strategic clients, Attending and Presenting Giza in different Conferences & Shows & Exhibitions (as Speaker)., Supporting development of different SMEs across different Line of Businesses, Performing routine team administration tasks as well as team development initiatives, Work with the marketing team to develop handouts, brochures and other marketing material for new areas, Transportation Industry Leader, Heading Transportation Offering Team across Line of Business

Lead SME at Giza Systems
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2012 to December 2014

Lead Subject Matter Expert, who is managing the company SMEs Team across different domains and Industries, looking for company innovative solutions and areas of business, helping in the developing of company business strategies for new sectors and markets, exploring new ideas, products and services, support Top Management Strategic deals, nominated as Transportation Industry Leader, collaborating with internal departments including Sales, and different line of business, managing and guiding Presales teams and activities for E2E solutions, attending and presenting the company in different conferences and exhibitions such as MWC, TMF, ISS and others. Reporting to CSO and COO

Presales Manager at Giza Systems
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2002 to September 2012

Heading a team of Presales and IT Security Consultants, Researching and evaluating different areas of Technologies and Solutions in the Telecom, Communication and Security Fields, Building Company Portfolio, working as product manager with different partners, I have attended different Annual Sales Meetings and Partners Events with different Partners.


Key Achievements:

 Developing new business areas in Egypt and in the region, bringing new customers such as Telecom Operators (STC, TE, Etisalat, Sudatel…), Service Providers, Regulators, and law enforcement agencies
 Providing different turnkey solutions for other sectors such as utilities and oil & Gaz.
 Doing Presentations and different Awareness Sessions with our new offerings for some of our strategic customers
 Attending different exhibitions and conferences such as GSM Congress, ISS Conference, RSA, CSI, MPLS Forum, FTTH and several others in order to update Giza Offerings in different areas of Technologies
 Use to be speaker twice for the ISS conference presenting Giza Security Solutions and implementations expertise & challenges
 Designing and proposing National and Carrier-Grade Solutions in different areas such as Cyber Protection, DPI, Network Monitoring, Security, Communication, and Service Assurance.
 Conducting many consultation services covering different areas of Technologies and industries such as for STC-Kuwait, The Egyptian National Energy Control Center and several other Customers.
 Forming Marketing Documents for the company solutions portfolio for some specific Security Solutions Offerings.

Education

Master's degree, Master of Iernational Business Administration
  • at ESLSCA Business School, Paris, France
  • February 2010

Presales Manager – New Technologies Manager August 2002 – Present Company Name, Giza Systems, Cairo Egypt Heading a team of Presales and IT Security Consultants, Researching and evaluating different areas of Technologies and Solutions in the Telecom, Communication and Security Fields, Building Company Portfolio, working as product manager with different partners, I have attended different Annual Sales Meetings and Partners Events with different Partners. Key Achievements:  Developing new business areas in Egypt and in the region, bringing new customers such as Telecom Operators (STC, TE, Etisalat, Sudatel…), Service Providers, Regulators, and law enforcement agencies  Providing different turnkey solutions for other sectors such as utilities and oil & Gaz.  Doing Presentations and different Awareness Sessions with our new offerings for some of our strategic customers  Attending different exhibitions and conferences such as GSM Congress, ISS Conference, RSA, CSI, MPLS Forum, FTTH and several others in order to update Giza Offerings in different areas of Technologies  Use to be speaker twice for the ISS conference presenting Giza Security Solutions and implementations expertise & challenges  Designing and proposing National and Carrier-Grade Solutions in different areas such as Cyber Protection, DPI, Network Monitoring, Security, Communication, and Service Assurance.  Conducting many consultation services covering different areas of Technologies and industries such as for STC-Kuwait, The Egyptian National Energy Control Center and several other Customers.  Forming Marketing Documents for the company solutions portfolio for some specific Security Solutions Offerings.

Bachelor's degree, Electronic & Communication, Bachelor of Engineering
  • at Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
  • July 1984

Presales Manager – New Technologies Manager August 2002 – Present Company Name, Giza Systems, Cairo Egypt Heading a team of Presales and IT Security Consultants, Researching and evaluating different areas of Technologies and Solutions in the Telecom, Communication and Security Fields, Building Company Portfolio, working as product manager with different partners, I have attended different Annual Sales Meetings and Partners Events with different Partners. Key Achievements:  Developing new business areas in Egypt and in the region, bringing new customers such as Telecom Operators (STC, TE, Etisalat, Sudatel…), Service Providers, Regulators, and law enforcement agencies  Providing different turnkey solutions for other sectors such as utilities and oil & Gaz.  Doing Presentations and different Awareness Sessions with our new offerings for some of our strategic customers  Attending different exhibitions and conferences such as GSM Congress, ISS Conference, RSA, CSI, MPLS Forum, FTTH and several others in order to update Giza Offerings in different areas of Technologies  Use to be speaker twice for the ISS conference presenting Giza Security Solutions and implementations expertise & challenges  Designing and proposing National and Carrier-Grade Solutions in different areas such as Cyber Protection, DPI, Network Monitoring, Security, Communication, and Service Assurance.  Conducting many consultation services covering different areas of Technologies and industries such as for STC-Kuwait, The Egyptian National Energy Control Center and several other Customers.  Forming Marketing Documents for the company solutions portfolio for some specific Security Solutions Offerings.

Specialties & Skills

Presenter
Telecom Infrastructure
Solution Architecture
Law Enforcement
Team Management
presentation and communication skills
Presentation
Strategic Thinking
Technical writing

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Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Gulf Engineering Council
  • Professional Engineer
  • April 2014

Training and Certifications

Executive Leadership Certification (Training)
Training Institute:
IED - Institute of Executives & Directors
Date Attended:
March 2017
Duration:
144 hours

Hobbies

  • History
    Reading and writing History summary Presentations
  • Tennis
    Wining some completions
  • Reading
  • Chess