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Mona Saghafi, Business Development Manager

Mona Saghafi

Business Development Manager·Tawasol

United Arab Emirates

Doctorate, MSc Computer Network Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 14 years, 8 months

Business Development Manager

March 2014 - Present

Tawasol

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 2014 - Present

-Steering the entire product life cycle including launching of new products/features for customers in a timely/cost efficient manner.
-Formulating and implementing product content plans geared towards the expansion, development and consolidation of sales and exploiting market opportunities in line with organizational objectives.
-Defining and developing business development objectives based on research, competitor assessment, and reviewing marketing mix of the products /services thereby playing an effective role in the implementation of the company's business strategy.
-Supervising activities pertinent to new product development, creating awareness and maximizing demand for the company's products in addition to devising innovative service delivery strategies to enhance service levels.
-Analyzing and understanding the overall categories of ecosystem services including of products and services available in the market, suppliers, competition, business model etc.
-Liaising with partners, suppliers and communication department for marketing the products and services, ensuring smooth execution of the workflow within the set company guidelines.
-Negotiating and sourcing a wide array of Mobile Apps with key international developers.

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Management

Digital Products Manager

January 2012 - February 2014

DigiZone

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2012 - February 2014

-Instrumental in developing effective relationships with local, regional and international content providers in order to leverage and set up effective commercial deals to augment the company's portfolio of products and services.
-Established an enterprise bulk SMS portal targeting commercial and governmental institutes for commercial and advertising purposes.
-Proficiently maintaining a strong business relationship and coordinating regarding the marketing of the product and services with some reputed entities including of regional mobile operators and digital agencies.
-Efficiently prepared presentations on the products/services and devised sales tools kit to streamline the sales efforts and to sell the products to potential customers.
-Spearheaded market researches in diverse geographical locations, analyzed results to recommend customizations for business models, product positioning and pricing, in view of prevalent competitor activities.
-Mentored and kept the team updated with market developments to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the work.
-Developed existing clients, accepted business challenges and made recommendations to achieve market leadership

Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Management

Intern

June 2010 - August 2010

Computer Center of Ferdowsi University

Iran

June 2010 - August 2010

Worked as an intern in Computer Center of students and faculties of
Engineering in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad/Iran

Company industry:
Computer Hardware & High-Tech Manufacture
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

Middle Sex University

March 2014

March 2014

Doctorate, MSc Computer Network Management

United Arab Emirates

American University of Sharjah

January 2011

January 2011

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

United Arab Emirates

Skills

Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Mobile
Expert
Mobile
Expert
Go to market Strategy
Expert
Go to market Strategy
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Product Management
Expert
Product Management
Expert
Linux
Intermediate
Linux
Intermediate
Latex
Intermediate
Latex
Intermediate
Oracle
Expert
Oracle
Expert
Programming in C++
Beginner
Programming in C++
Beginner
Microsoft office
Expert
Microsoft office
Expert
Programming in Java
Intermediate
Programming in Java
Intermediate
Mobile Applications
Expert
Mobile Applications
Expert
Product Life Cycle Management
Expert
Product Life Cycle Management
Expert
Product Launching, Business Modeling
Intermediate
Product Launching, Business Modeling
Intermediate
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Mobile
Expert
Mobile
Expert
Go to market Strategy
Expert
Go to market Strategy
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Product Management
Expert
Product Management
Expert

Languages

English

Expert

Persian

Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
Cisco (CCNA ) Training
Pasargad Informatic Institute
Jul 2012