Tarek Sakr, Senior Pre-Sales Consultant

Tarek Sakr

Senior Pre-Sales Consultant

MDS For Computer Systems

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Electrical Communications
Experience
21 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months

Senior Pre-Sales Consultant at MDS For Computer Systems
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since July 2011

Senior Pre-Sales Consultant, IT Infra-structure.
• Responsibilities :
-Managing the Business Development part of the Sales Cycle, starting from Need Creation and Identification to Mapping it to a Solution then Proposing, Presenting and Discussing the Solution till passing it as a qualified deal ready for Closing to the Sales team .
-Driving & Managing Oracle H/W, S/W and Services Business across MDS-Saudi.
-Handling MDS-Oracle alliance with Oracle Pre-Sales, Channel and Sales Teams.
-Work with Potential Customers to Identify their current Problems and enhancement Opportunities and propose solutions based on Oracle Products and Services.
-Study Existing Customers Environments for New Business Opportunities.
-Build and Conduct C-Level and Technical Customer Presentations addressing Solutions.
-Work with MDS Technical Team in Designing and Performing needed POCs.
-Work with Sales Team in Building Full RFP responses related to Oracle products including Sizing, Licensing and Services.
-Handle Preparing “Full Solution Offerings” for Key Customers including Data Center, Network, H/W, Infrastructure Software, Oracle Technology products and Applications.

Team Leader , Systems and strategic Planning at Vodafone Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2008 to July 2011

Systems Team Leader, VAS Systems and Strategic Planning Team .
• Responsibilities :
Leading a Team of 3 Engineers responsible for the following :
- Planning & Implementation of VAS (Value Added Services ) Systems “H/W and System S/W” to achieve best Systems performance and Reliability.
- Design the H/W solution for Home Grown Applications .
- Prepare RFP’s H/W part for new tenders, Revise Technical proposals and participate in
Offer’s financial negotiations.
- Prepare and Conduct presentations concerning new systems for Management Team
- 3rd level support for the Sun and HP Machines (H/W, Op/Sys and HA software)
- New Systems Installation, Configuration and Testing.
- Handle Integration of new installed systems with Centralized Backup system,
Sun Management System and IBM Management System .
- Prepare for Recommend upgrades based on systems vendors’ roadmap.

Senior Pre-Sales Engineer at Raya Integration
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2007 to August 2007

Senior Pre-Sales Engineer, Self Service Dept.
• Responsibilities:
- Preparing the RFP documents answers accompanied with tenders.
- Handle the Technical Data related to Bank’s Self Service Equipment
- Preparing and Conducting presentations for Banking Self Service Solutions.
- Solution Preparation/Proposal based on Customers Requirements
- Acting as Opteva ATM Third Level Support for After Sales Support Team .

Senior Customer Service Engineer at Raya Integration
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2002 to December 2006

SCSE (Senior CS Engineer) In the Customer Service Dept.
• Responsibilities:
- Full Support Account Management for Critical Customer Accounts running on SUN
Machines (H/W, Solaris & Applications Support and Upgrades Management)
- SUN H/W Product Owner, prepare stock orders, reorder levels for support contracts

Lite Current Engineer at Intercontinental Resort and Casino
  • Egypt - Hurghada
  • February 2002 to September 2002

Lite-Current Engineer (Head of Light-Current Section)
• Responsibilities:
- Complete responsibility for lite current Infrastructure solutions .

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Electrical Communications
  • at Faculty Of Engineering , Cairo University
  • July 2001

Got an Electronics and Electrical Communications Bachelor's Degree

Specialties & Skills

IT Architecture
Sun Cluster
SunSystems
Technical Presales
Presentation and Negotiation Skills

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Sales Specialist (Certificate)
Oracle Exalytics in Memory Machine Sales Specialist (Certificate)
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Presales Specialist (Certificate)
Oracle SuperCluster Sales Specialist (Certificate)
Oracle Exalytics in Memory Machine Pre-Sales Specialist (Certificate)
Oracle SuperCluster Pre-Sales Specialist (Certificate)
Exadata Database Machine Pre-Sales Specialist (Certificate)
IBM Certified Specialist – Enterprise Storage Sales Version 3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
NetApp Accredited Technical Sales Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Oracle Solaris 11 Presales Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
Exalogic Elastic Cloud Presales Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
Oracle Solaris Cluster Presales Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
Exadata Database Machine sales Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
NetApp Systems Engineer Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999