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Samer Madfouni, Regional Business Development Manager

Samer Madfouni

Regional Business Development Manager·Amazon Web Services

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Business Administration

Work experience

Total years of experience: 19 years, 2 months

Regional Business Development Manager

November 2018 - Present

Amazon Web Services

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2018 - Present

• Create & deliver strategies to build adoption of Amazon's infrastructure & Services.
• Understand the business and technical requirements of AWS customers and work closely with the internal development team to guide the direction of our product offerings.
• Manage AWS Infrastructure strategy and roadmap, focused on the introduction of new locations.
• Design and drive programmatic efforts with the global sales, business development, and government relations teams to accelerate customer adoption of AWS services.
• Research global customer requirements, markets, and environments.
• Work closely with the sales team to raise the awareness of AWS services in the market and close strategic deals with AWS strategic customers (e.g. Governments go all in AWS).

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Sales

Solution Sales Leader

May 2015 - October 2018

Gulf Business Machines

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 2015 - October 2018

• Lead the software sales team and act as the focal point for the client, with responsibility for selling the entire IBM software portfolio (Middleware, Analytics & ML/AI ) & the industry specific solutions.
• Play the orchestration role between the technology and our partners ecosystem to provide turn-key and value-added solutions to our customers.
• Understanding the public sectors including (Government, Defense, Healthcare, Education, E&U), this understanding covers all the industry aspects like: trends, business processes, financial measurements, performance indicators and the key competition in that industry.
• Perform complex, consultative software demonstration & selling, with a deep understanding of the client's needs to build the digital transformation journey.
• Participating in the development, implementation and evaluation of the software sales plans including go-to-market strategy to drive revenue growth and maximize GBM market share.
• Customers portfolio glimpse (UAE Government, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defence, AD Police, UAE Armed Forces, MOI Security State Department, MANAFTH, Emirates Nuclear Energy Company, Department of Energy, Emirates Global Aluminium, … etc).

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Sales

Asset Management Consultant

January 2014 - January 2015

eSolutions Maximo

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2014 - January 2015

Contribute to the sales force of the “Asset Management” related services.
• Demonstrates the products features and business values.
• Use consulting skills, business knowledge to effectively integrate packaged technology solutions
into the client's business environment.
• Provide subject matter expertise regarding key business process decisions related to industry
and functional area.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Pre-Sales Consultant

January 2009 - January 2014

EBLA Computer Consultancy

United Arab Emirates

January 2009 - January 2014

Meet with channels/customers to understand their current environment, key business
issues/drivers, and future technology requirements.
• Develop and maintain the sales strategy within the target accounts.
• Help the customer designing the required solutions using IBM software products by building
the optimum architecture and providing the technical & functional specifications.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Software Engineer

January 2007 - January 2009

SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL

January 2007 - January 2009

Implementing full development lifecycle for many strategic projects which include: HR Systems,
Supply Chain Solutions, Business Processes Management … etc.
• Working with top notch customers: Agriculture Bank of Syria, General Fuel Company
SADCOP, UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and many more.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

IE Business School

June 2019

June 2019

Master's degree, Business Administration

Spain

Damascus University

August 2008

August 2008

Bachelor's degree, InformationTechnology – Artificial Intelligence

Syria

High Honor.

Skills

Machine Learning
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Machine Learning
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Cloud Computing
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Cloud Computing
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Software Solutions
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Software Solutions
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Account Management
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Account Management
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Software Sales
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Software Sales
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BUSINESS PROCESS
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BUSINESS PROCESS
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STRATEGIC
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STRATEGIC
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FUNCTIONAL
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FUNCTIONAL
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IBM SOFTWARE
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IBM SOFTWARE
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SALES
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SALES
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ADVERTISING
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ADVERTISING
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ARMY
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ARMY
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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CUSTOMER RELATIONS
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CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Expert
DESIGN
Expert
DESIGN
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Machine Learning
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Machine Learning
Expert
AWS
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AWS
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Cloud
Expert
Cloud
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Cloud Computing
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Cloud Computing
Expert
Software Solutions
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Software Solutions
Expert
Account Management
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Account Management
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Software Sales
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Software Sales
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Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
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Training and Certifications

Certifications
AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty
Feb 2020