Senior Solutions Architect - Presales Business Application
Dubai,DU
Summary
Enthusiastic and self-motivated professional who recently awarded "Going the Extra Mile" Employee Reward. Currently working as a Senior Solution Architect for Business Applications in Computer Network Systems (CNS) handling pre-sales and customer success management of existing and new customers in UAE and Oman. Having an experience of more than 12 years experience in technical implementations, solutions pre-sales, architecture and delivery of Enterprise Systems.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Sr. Solutions Architect - Presales Business Apps
CNS - Computer Network Systems (System Integrator)
Dubai
01.2022 - Current
Built the Business Applications Practice Portfolio and managed the partnership with vendors and solution providers like Microsoft, SoftwareAG, Outsystems, SAP, and more.
Act a technical expert, fielding questions related to hosting business applications on cloud services provided by Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) and architecting the solutions to optimize the performance of the applications
Lead technical and business discussion with stakeholders like CxOs, SVPs, VPs and Directors for doing demos and presentations about the solution
Responsible to articulate a software solutions packages and use-cases to be offered to the customers through one solution or an integration of different solutions to best fit the customer needs
Identify and develop potential new business opportunities including upselling to existing clients
Scope and translate defined requirements, proposed solutions, and value propositions into proposals/Statements of Work (SOW), and Lead customer-facing demonstrations, proof of concepts, and RFI/RFQ/RFP technical solution design and responses.
Key Achievements & Projects:
Closed $4M+ revenue with ADNOC, Abu Dhabi Customs, FANR, Abu Dhabi Municipalities and Transport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Oman Investment Authority
Senior Presales Lead and Implementation Advisor
Entomo
Dubai
09.2018 - 01.2022
Work on all pre-sales activities required to win opportunities with building and presenting tailored demonstrations, provide the solution capabilities through defined scenarios and use-cases
Conduct detailed analysis of prospectsʼ needs, identify their business then Developed appropriate solutions, and build financial justification with ROI and TCO analysis of the solution provided
Translate requirements to ensure effective Performance Management and Artificial Intelligence solutions that meet business requirements
Ensure delivery of E2E solutions (analyze, design, implement, test, and deploy) for respective clients and business use cases
Empower Customers to ensure retention through the active consumption of the product by stakeholders
Lead a team and establish an environment where the team can be effective and collaboratively working to deliver projects
Key Achievements & Projects:
Awarded "Going the Extra Mile" Employee Reward in KPISOFT Global
Won Gold Stevie Award 2021 for "Most Valuable Technical Innovation in response to COVID 19" for our app "Reaya" with Ministry of Health and Prevention
Closed $7M opportunities with Digital Dubai, DEWA, Ministry of Finance, Ahmed Seddiqi Holding, Ajman Tourism Department, Abu Dhabi Education and Knowledge, Injazat, Etihad Rail, G42, MOHAP and Sharjah Civil Defense.
SAP Technology Team Lead
Logical Application for Business Solutions (Golden Partner)
Cairo, Egypt
05.2014 - 09.2018
Technical Presales activities including hardware sizing for new and
potential customers, and matching the existing hardware with the
needed sizing to utilize the hardware cost of ownership along with architecting the Cloud Solutions to host SAP on AWS and Azure, along with managing the High-Availability and Disaster Recovery for better performance
Design Solution Architecture and Develop Migration roadmap for
transformation of customers to adopt newest technologies
Presenting and demonstrating the capabilities of latest SAP
Technologies along with Integration with 3rd party software for
assistance in designing an impactful solution choice
Project Planning and designing of resource and technology plans to
make end-to-end implementations and support, and delegated the responsibilities of the Technology team for delivering projects on time and with high standards following SAP's best practices and standard
Managed technology support team for complying with customer's SLA and tickets issued
Year planning for the team, conducting appraisals, engaging the team with social activities, measuring different performance indicators for the team
Lead the team to successfully going-live in enterprise projects across MEA Region, acting as team lead and project manager for technology
Technology Solution Specialist
Microsoft
01.2016 - 01.2017
Technical Presales activities including hardware sizing for new and
potential customers, and matching the existing hardware with the
needed sizing to utilize the hardware cost of ownership
Design Solution Architecture and Develop Migration roadmap for
transformation of customers to adopt newest technologies
Presenting and demonstrating the capabilities of latest SAP
Technologies along with Integration with 3rd party software for
assistance in designing an impactful solution choice
Project Planning and designing of resource and technology plans to
make end-to-end implementations and support
Coordinate and delegate the responsibilities of the Technology team for
delivering projects on time and with high standards following SAP's best
practices and standard, managing technology support team for
complying with customer's SLA and tickets issued
Year planning for the team, conducting appraisals, engaging the team
with social activities, measuring different performance indicators for the
team
Leading the team to successfully going-live in enterprise projects across
MEA Region, acting as team lead and project manager for technology, Microsoft Dynamics ERP &
CRM), Egypt
Presenting Overview of Dynamics ERP and CRM to potential customers
Develop a healthy pipeline of qualified solutions opportunities
Participate in planning with the partner and account teams to identify
potential customers and support partner engagement selection
Complete initial technical and business assessment and identify the
combination of products that will meet the customer's business needs
Confirm customer's Budget, Authority, Need, and Timeline
Own and manage the customer and partner technical relationship
during the initial sales engagement process
Assist partners and partner teams as needed to close the deal and
achieve quarterly and annual goals for net new business
SAP Technical Consultant
Certified IT Consultants
Cairo, Egypt
01.2011 - 01.2014
Certified IT Consultants (, Partner)
Successful End-to-End, new Implementation projects for more than 8 customers in Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Programming & Development of enhancements, reports, adobe forms, smart forms for multiple projects and support customers
System integration and customization of workflows for process management solution to customers
OpenText Document Archiving New Implementation for Amiantit KSA
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and
Engineering
German University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
06.2006 - 06.2011
Skills
Solution Architecture
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Certifications
Amazon AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
Amazon AWS Business Professional
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Afaria 7.0 Administration SP4
SAP Certified Application Associate - Access Control 10.0 (C_GRCAC_10)
SAP Certified HANA Support Associate - SAP HANA (C_HANASUP_1)
SAP Archiving and Document Access specialist - OpenText GmBh
Timeline
Sr. Solutions Architect - Presales Business Apps
CNS - Computer Network Systems (System Integrator)
01.2022 - Current
Senior Presales Lead and Implementation Advisor
Entomo
09.2018 - 01.2022
Technology Solution Specialist
Microsoft
01.2016 - 01.2017
SAP Technology Team Lead
Logical Application for Business Solutions (Golden Partner)
05.2014 - 09.2018
SAP Technical Consultant
Certified IT Consultants
01.2011 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and
Engineering
German University in Cairo
06.2006 - 06.2011
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