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Mohamed Abdul Kader S, Director Sales & Digital Growth

Mohamed Abdul Kader S

Director Sales & Digital Growth·Yokogawa Middle East(WSSS Contract)

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 7 months

Director Sales & Digital Growth

June 2023 - Present

Yokogawa Middle East(WSSS Contract)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 2023 - Present

Yokogawa ME's ( multi billion $ company) & WSSS, formed to boost the Disruptive Technology(DX) division business growth across the MENA region.
Key stakeholder of the multi-billion dollar entity to drive the digital business.
# Accelerated the AI & IoT products road-map that identified customer needs and aligned with the clients overall business strategy.
# Acted as a liaison between the development team and stakeholders to ensure product requirements are understood and met client needs.
# Analysed customer requirements, developed a technical solution and presented it to stakeholders, resulting in a successful project implementation.
# Handpicked by Yokogawa's top brass in Middle East to accelerate Digital business expansion in the Middle East and Africa, with a focus on crafting robust road-maps, refining RFP processes, and executing Go-To-Market strategies.
# Amplified consultative approach for digital product strategy plans to establish a dominant position in the AloT & Disruptive Tech markets.
# Orchestrated the launch and execution of Go-To-Market and product strategies.

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Sales

AVP Sales & Strategy - Digital, IoT & AI

August 2017 - April 2023

HyperThink Systems FZE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

August 2017 - April 2023

# Led "Profit & Loss" of the MENA. Secured profitable revenue growth, valued of USD $10Mn, with team size of 5 Sales Manager and 4 PreSales resource.
# Spearheaded the expansion of Digital, IoT & AI Platform business across the Middle East & Africa, with business size of $10Mn USD.
# Executed four branch openings, including location selection, P&L development, and task coordination
for 5 functional areas, resulting in $9Mn of incremental revenue over three years.
# Established and nurtured strategic partnerships with key players in the region's IoT & AI ecosystem
partnership, expanding market reach and brand recognition.
# Successfully implemented strategy plan for PPP business model for large scale projects and executed
pricing strategy for the SaaS products and commission plan for channel partners to boost sales revenue
growth.
# Enabled GTM Partnerships with large Consulting firms(PwC, Accenture, AECOM, Worley, KPMG)
Government's Investment funds (PIF), TELCOS, GSI, Software OEMs (Cumulocity, Thingworx,
Alteryx, AWS, MS Azure AI, IBM Watson, SAS, Databricks ), and System Integrators.
# Built and led a high-performing team of 40+ technical professionals, fostering a culture of innovation and exceeding sales targets consistently.
# Managed and optimized budgets for marketing and sales initiatives within the Middle East region.
# Developed and implemented a sales strategy that resulted in a 270% increase in regional sales within
two years span.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Sales

Manager - BD & Key Accounts

January 2015 - February 2017

HTC Global Services LLC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2015 - February 2017

# New business development leveraging existing relationships, prospecting, channel partnering, market
analysis, strategy partnerships & campaign launches.
# Established IoT business across the Middle East and Africa along with other Digital technologies, Data
Science, ML and SaaS Platform.
# Awarded for capturing company's first SAP S4 Hana implementation project with estimated value of
$3.4 Mn USD in 2017.
# Achieved 75% from the total target of $1 Mn USD for CY 16-17; with the sales funnel of 3 Mn USD in IT
services LOB.
# Successfully built new portfolio for IoT & Data Science for Middle East.

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Sales

Manager - BD & Key Accounts

September 2012 - December 2014

Hurix Systems Pvt. Ltd

Chennai, India

September 2012 - December 2014

# Managed large enterprise accounts in MENA of the leading BFSI and Aviation group.
# Contributed in tenders, drafting technical and commercial proposals, responding to RFPs & RFI.
# Executed project strategy that grew business by over 128% within an impressive two years time frame.
# Developed and maintained efficient reporting systems for tracking prospects from initial inquiry through to closure.
# Achieved 128% (484k USD) against the target of 400k USD in MENA in the year 2013-2014.

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Sales

Manager Business Management

May 2008 - August 2012

Gantech Corporation

Chennai, India

May 2008 - August 2012

# Worked closely with Head of Global Sales in setting up new business operations in MENA region to
increase company's technology portfolio.
Launched new product business in Middle East, eBookstogo - a cloud-based platform.
# Prime responsible for bidding tenders, creating technical and commercial documents for tenders and
proposals to customers, responding to RFPs & RFQs
# Executed SWOT analysis report for competitive analysis, creating roadmaps, creating presentations
that communicate features & benefits, defining user interfaces.
# Identified areas for cross-sell/up-sell and ensuring deliveries meet client expectations within the cost,
quality and TAT.
# Developed a business plan and raised initial capital from investors to launch the business

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Sales

Education

Srm University

April 2008

April 2008

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology

India

GPA (percentage): 62%

GPA (percentage): 62%

Done Neural Network based project for autonomous verification system for digital transaction

Skills

Growing Revenue
Expert
Growing Revenue
Expert
Energy Management
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Energy Management
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Team Leadership
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Team Leadership
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Business Development
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Business Development
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Sales
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Sales
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Business Acumen
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Business Acumen
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Revenue
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Revenue
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Sales
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Sales
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Management
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Management
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Project Management
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Project Management
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Marketing
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Marketing
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Administration
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Administration
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Customer Service
Expert
Customer Service
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Revenue Management
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Revenue Management
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Finance
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Finance
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Business Development
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Business Development
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Office
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IT Sales
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IT Sales
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Team Management
Expert
Team Management
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Accounting
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Negotiation
Expert
Negotiation
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Key Account Management
Expert
Key Account Management
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Problem Solving
Expert
Sales Management
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Sales Management
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Operation
Expert
Operation
Expert
IOT
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IOT
Expert

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Tamil
Native Speaker
Arabic
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • Fishing
  • Traveling and Hiking