Zaeem Ahmed, Channel Manager Middle East and North Africa

Zaeem Ahmed

Channel Manager Middle East and North Africa

Tech Access FZ LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration In Marketing
Experience
21 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months

Channel Manager Middle East and North Africa at Tech Access FZ LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2008

Responsibilities:
1) Channel Development and Management:
2) Partners Life Cycle Management:
3) Products Channel Strategy:
4) Channel Communication:
5) Channel Marketing:
6) ISVs and Alliance development:
7) Partner Enablement Training:
 Managed 300+ Enterprise level Channel Partners across MENA for Oracle, NetApp and Symantec.
 Recruited 45+ new Champion Channel Partners across various industry verticals and territories in MENA.
o Generated Incremental Business: US$ 10 Million with new partners.
 Won Oracle VAD Contract and HDS VAD Contract for Tech Access in MENA region, by actively participating with key stakeholders in management team during VAD selection process.
o 73 - Legacy Sun Microsystems Partners Supported and Successfully Migrated to OPN
o 15 - New Partners Supported to join Oracle Partner Network ( OPN ) for HW LOB
o 10 - Existing Oracle S/W Partners engaged to activate H/W portfolio.
o 500+ - Oracle SW Partners engaged in Region for Business
o Generated pipeline of Oracle SW Business of US$ 11 Million with new Partners.
o Grew the Opportunity Pipeline by 200% - for Oracle HW + SW LOB in FY11 by driving various tactical.
 Supported Business Units to achieve 100% Vendor targets:
o US$ 60 Million in FY09
o US$ 68 Million in FY10
 Planned, executed and completed Channel Marketing initiatives with Partners.
o 95 GTM initiatives with Channel Partners by generating sales pipeline of US$ 60 Million for Tech Access across MENA
 Generated US$ 9 Million of incremental business with channel partners by launching 7 Promotions.
 Targeted ISV’s and SI’s to Promoted Tech Access Solution Centre: Proof of Concept, Demo Centre services in channel community by supporting business units to generate sales pipeline of US$ 20 Million and closure of US$ 3 Million business in past 3 years

Sr. Business Development Manager at Global Network Solutions
  • United Kingdom
  • April 2006 to May 2008

Responsibilities:
1) Strategic Account Management:
2) Establish Relationship with Vendors and New Accounts :
3) Project Management:
Achievements:
 Developed a strategic Best Practice Tool for planning of all Corporate Accounts
 Trained and coached sales team leads on the Dashboard and Business Planning Process.
 Employed and built a business development team from the ground up and sustained Year on Year Sales Growth.
 Achieved 34% Sales Growth in the named account and BPO Corporate Accounts Sector by meeting target of US$ 4 Million
 Sourced and Secured 5 new named accounts in FY07

Marketing Manager at Beacon Net ( BITS Ltd.) Internet Service Provider
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2005 to March 2006

Responsibilities:
1) Market Planning and Brand Development:
2) Communication Strategy:
3) Market Research and Analysis:
4) Business Planning and Product Development:
5) Support Direct and Indirect Sales:
Achievements:
 Supported Field Sales team to generate pipeline of US$ 2 Million sales.
 Achieved the maximum revenue target in 3 quarters of US$ 1 Million.
 Executed 7 strategic Marketing Campaigns to Increase market share by 10%.

Technology Sales Manager at Sky Com Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • February 2004 to January 2005

Responsibilities:
1) Sales Account Management:
2) Business Development:
3) Support Direct and Field Sales:

Achievement:
 Won ATM Infrastructure deployment contract for Bank of Punjab.
 Won 7 Public Tenders for implementation of various connectivity solutions.
 Achieved revenue targets of US$ 1 Million.

Marketing Specialist at Go Net Internet and Software Solutions Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2002 to December 2003

Responsibilities:
1) Coordinate with regional sales teams and corporate marketing team to drive marketing initiatives.
2) Manage relationship with existing key accounts.
3) Drive demand generation activities to promote VSAT, P2P, and P2MP wireless solutions.
4) Setup marketing support campaigns to facilitate and promote franchises for achievement of sales targets.
5) Increase customer loyalty by launching various incentives, promotions and bundle offers targeting commerical and residential subscribers.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration In Marketing
  • at Cornill University
  • July 2004

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Channel Marketing
Business Development
Channel Partners Conflict Management
Sales Pipeline Management
Business Strategy and Planning
Channel Marketing
Channel Development
Channel Management
Strategic Alliance Development
Negotiation Skills
Partner Lifecycle Management
Channel Evaluation and Channel Capacity Planning
Competitive Strategies
Negotiation Skills
GTM Planning
Value Proposition Development
Vendor Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Oracle Partner Network
  • Administrator
  • August 2008