Sadeer Issa, Innovation and Business Development Executive

Sadeer Issa

Innovation and Business Development Executive

IYAF (International Youth Ambassadors Foundation)

Location
Jordan
Education
Master's degree, MEXT Scholarship - Global Engineering for Development, Environment, and Society
Experience
7 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 3 Months

Innovation and Business Development Executive at IYAF (International Youth Ambassadors Foundation)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since August 2017

Build core competencies and organizational structure along with leading data-driven projects in multifaced areas of various sizes $30, 000 - $300, 000, ensuring quality, timely delivery, reporting and, monitoring and evaluation. In addition to incorporate lean management methodologies to direct prime functions and activities for strategic partnerships with entities such as UNDP, Hult Prize Foundation, Empowerment Works, FNF, U.S. Embassy, etc... and provide consultation services in fields of entrepreneurship, sustainability, business development and program design.

Business Expert (Remote) at UNLEASH+ Innovation Lab for SDGs
  • Denmark - Copenhagen
  • My current job since January 2021

Supported Startups to assess their market fit, growth, product sustainability, and business plan management. Under UNLEASH+ acceleration programs.

Research Assistant (RA) at Tokyo Institute of Technology – Tokimatsu Laboratory
  • Japan - Tokyo
  • March 2022 to March 2024
MENA Region Program Manager at UNLEASH Innovation Lab for SDGs
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2021 to January 2022

• UNLEASH Talent and Hacks Organizer 2019 - 2020
2020 Asia/Oceania GMT+5 COVID-19: 73 countries participated globally, 350+ talents, experts and 31 developed solutions emerged.

Entrepreneurship and Business Consultant at Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2021 to October 2021

• Consulted to create the Entrepreneurship track under the NauVersity Program of over 120 participants.
• Stakeholders mapping and expansion of partnerships across Jordan.
• Program management, budgeting, reporting and evaluation across Amman and Aqaba cities.
• Designing, publishing, and lecturing the entrepreneurship course curriculum that included topics of: Business Model Design, Market Research and Segmentation, Financial Analysis and Funding Sources, Product Sustainability, Economic Concepts and Prototyping Strategies.

Business Development Specialist at Partners for Good
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2020 to July 2021

Intervention research, stakeholders mapping and analysis, grants management and proposals writing with additional duties contributing to the growth of projects, partnerships and business development opportunities.
Dealing with livelihoods and humanitarian projects in Ma'an, Dead Sea and Amman

External Audit Associate at EY (Ernst & Young)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2018 to April 2019

Providing business insights and financial risk mitigation strategies through Financial Auditing and Data Analysis Visualization using MS Excel and EYs GL Analyzer IT tools. Investigations of financial activities, internal business control and revenue analysis.

Research coordinator - Short Project at TTi - Jordan Entrepreneur Society
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2018 to September 2018

Conducting various research regarding the entrepreneurial Eco-System in Jordan according to
USAID-LENS program metrics.
Handling innovation projects and incubation programs in terms of training, support and logistics.

Project Manager - Short Project at The Global Summit VI
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2018 to September 2018

Analyzing and development of Summits program.
Securing production and public relation partnerships.

Marketing & IT Internship at DHL Express
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2017 to June 2017

Conducted The Rosa Project: Introducing DHL costumers to their online portal and providing training
on managing electronic Waybills.

Education

Master's degree, MEXT Scholarship - Global Engineering for Development, Environment, and Society
  • at Tokyo Institute of Technology 東京工業大学
  • March 2024

◦ Award TAIST-Tokyo Tech “Green Energy and Resources” Research Exchange Program in Thailand (SERE) '23 ◦ Tokyo Tech Student Ambassador 2023 ◦ Research theme: Assessing Current and Future Prospects of E-waste Management in Jordan Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).

Diploma, MENA Gobal Business Institute Program - Business & Feasibility Studies
  • at Indiana University – Kelley School of Business
  • February 2018

A multi national program funded by coca cola and the department of state, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy. Intense MBA courses that aims to develop an entrepreneurial idea to a project, where we work in teams of each country concluding feasibility studies to develop the project with weekly presentations. Moreover working on cultural awareness , networking and pitching skills​​.

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. Electronics Engineering
  • at Princess sumaya university for technology
  • February 2018

▪ Graduation Project: Buck-Converter with a Hysterics Controller. ▪ VLSI Project: Designing transistors layout of an 8-bit SRAM using Synopsis simulation tool. ▪ Electronic Communication: Creating an FM transmitter and designing PCB boards. ▪ Embedded Systems: An electronic glove that translates sign gestures into voice.

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Partnership Management
Research
Global Business Development
Consultancy Services
SUSTAINABILITY
MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
EMPOWERMENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
MAPPING
RESEARCH
AUDITING
Management
CONFERENCES
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Presentation

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Native Speaker

Memberships

World Youth Alliance
  • Certified Committee Member
  • June 2016
UNDP
  • Youth Leadership Program - Youth Support Organization Representative
  • February 2020
Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) Tokyo
  • LCOY 2022 Japan National Youth Statement Writer
  • September 2022
Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • PMP Candidate
  • September 2023

Training and Certifications

Certificate of Approval Sustainable Business Model Development Course (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020
Accelerated Engineering & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (Training)
Training Institute:
Al-Hussien Technical University
Date Attended:
April 2018
Duration:
180 hours
Leadership Practices & Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Hikmat Leaders, ( Mr. Maher Kaddoura )
Date Attended:
August 2017
Duration:
300 hours