Experience

Funifier

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Growth Manager

  • Oct 2019 - 4 years 3 months

  Greater Toronto Area, Canada Are you ready to see measurable results and engage your audience like never before? Funifier delivers personalized gamification techniques that achieve your goals, with a proven track record. Message me now to start the conversation and take the first step towards elevating your business! At Funifier, I'm able to wear many hats, yet focus on three crucial areas: technology, people management and partnerships. Our gamification solutions are specifically crafted for the… Show more Are you ready to see measurable results and engage your audience like never before? Funifier delivers personalized gamification techniques that achieve your goals, with a proven track record. Message me now to start the conversation and take the first step towards elevating your business! At Funifier, I'm able to wear many hats, yet focus on three crucial areas: technology, people management and partnerships. Our gamification solutions are specifically crafted for the enterprise and motivate behaviours to enhance performance intelligence. That's why enterprise clients from all over the world trust us to help them reach their business sustainability goals. With my background in motivational design and behavioural change, I'm proud to be a part of Funifier's transformative role in the gamification world. And the best part? Our engagement technologies are seamlessly integrated with the top cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

• Gamification Technology Project Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Sep 2019

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada This opportunity focused on product management, go-to-market strategy, developer relations, customer project delivery and channel partnerships. I won global accounts in mid-market to large enterprise and delivered SaaS deals ranging between $5M to $7M (on-premise deployments & hybrid configurations stacked $M in the double digits).



Stealth Startup

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Venture Partner

  • Dec 2020 - 3 years 1 month

  Greater Toronto Area, Canada Can't say.



Republic

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Investor

  • May 2020 - 3 years 8 months



onegcc

• Bahrain
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2019

  ONEGCC, a Capacitee Employment Solutions company, was a HR technology (HRTech) startup focused on skill matching online candidate profiles in emerging markets with employers of choice. Run on #AWS ( #Amazon #Web #Services ) cloud, their award-winning HRTech platform leveraged #AI and #Gamification to personalize the #hiring experience for recruiters and applicants. Key Achievements: + Designed the platform's #product #strategy and created the Minimum Viable Product ( #MVP ) that… Show more ONEGCC, a Capacitee Employment Solutions company, was a HR technology (HRTech) startup focused on skill matching online candidate profiles in emerging markets with employers of choice. Run on #AWS ( #Amazon #Web #Services ) cloud, their award-winning HRTech platform leveraged #AI and #Gamification to personalize the #hiring experience for recruiters and applicants. Key Achievements: + Designed the platform's #product #strategy and created the Minimum Viable Product ( #MVP ) that helped secure the company's Series A #investment; + Headhunted exceptional #engineering talent and led product teams to transform the MVP's technology feature sets from monolithic software to a #microservices #architecture; + Successfully #launched the platform's first #beta version (v2.0) which was built for #scalability.

• Co-Founder

  • Aug 2015 - Feb 2016



InTalent Solutions Lab

• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of HR Technology & Talent Management

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2015

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates Accountable for delivering #talent #advisory solutions against a #strategic #HR #technology roadmap, I closed large deal flows for the company’s #ventures in Europe, Middle East and Africa. My P&L responsibilities for talent management delivery included successfully driving an annual technology #sales budget of USD $1.7 million and leading a team of 25+ direct reports.

• Managing Partner

  • Jul 2012 - Aug 2013

  Singapore I was hired to establish and setup the business at InTalent based in Asia Pacific for the founding year. My core mandate included #recruiting the #startup team and creating the strategic #consultancy space for the Middle East's first Talent Technology Solutions Lab serviced through HR #Delivery Center Of #Excellence #Hubs in the South East Asia (SEA) region.



Fujitsu

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• HR & Resourcing Business Partner

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates Overall responsibility for providing regional talent #branding #insights and advice to the #executive #leadership team while delivering #process #improvement and strategic hiring solutions for the Asian and Continental European Enterprise Services organization.

• Account Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2012

  Tokyo, Japan Based at the Global HQ for this Japanese corporation, I partnered directly with high-level #stakeholders of the Center of Excellence for #Infrastructure spanning regional and #global #operations. My primary mandate comprised of governing the strategy, operations, and #implementation of talent #transformation programs.



SAP

• Germany
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Talent Acquisition Manager

  • Nov 2010 - Oct 2011

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates Leading #Talent #Acquisition for the #Consulting Business at #SAP, I was based at the Regional HQ for the Middle East and North Africa region where I #owned and #managed the #full - #life - #cycle recruiting #process.

• Lead Client Facing Recruiter

  • May 2010 - Oct 2010

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates As part of the wider EMEA Talent Acquisition organization, the scope of my role covered #workforce #management processes from #headcount #planning and requisition approvals through to #offer #negotiation, and #onboarding.



HP

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Recruiting Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Apr 2010

  Capital Area, Bahrain Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HP) engages in the provision of information technology, technology and enterprise products, solutions, and services. It operates through the following segments: Hybrid IT, Intelligent Edge, Financial Services, and Corporate Investments. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA.

• Global Strategic Sourcing Lead

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2010

  The Global Strategic Sourcing Team at HP comprised of a dedicated 30-person worldwide team selected from the company's most talented staffing advisory business units dispersed geographically around the globe and connected simultaneously across 3 continents (Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan, and the Americas).



HP

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• ATS Staffing Analyst

  • Aug 2006 - Oct 2007

  I was originally part of a HP-acquired business entity, where I was hired as an ATS (Application Tracking Systems) Staffing Analyst, primarily for the professional services business of Atos Origin (Global). During 2006, Atos Origin divested their Middle East commercial operations - Atos Origin Middle East Group (AOME), to the regional management in the Middle East & North Africa. In the 4th quarter of 2007, the AOME Group was sucessfully acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HP)… Show more I was originally part of a HP-acquired business entity, where I was hired as an ATS (Application Tracking Systems) Staffing Analyst, primarily for the professional services business of Atos Origin (Global). During 2006, Atos Origin divested their Middle East commercial operations - Atos Origin Middle East Group (AOME), to the regional management in the Middle East & North Africa. In the 4th quarter of 2007, the AOME Group was sucessfully acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HP). Atos Origin press release about the AOME Group divesture: https://atos.net/en/2006/press-release/financial-information-press-releases_2006_02_10/pr-2006_02_10_01 HP press release about the AOME Group acquisition: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=171553#.W8SDQBMzbOQ Show less



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rapid Response Technology Consultant

  • May 2005 - Jul 2006

  After successfully qualifying the intensive PTP (Peacekeeping Training Programme) delivered by the Peace, Security and Diplomacy Unit at UNITAR (UN Institute for Training and Research), my initial assignment was to provide first-hand information on the disaster situation and priority needs of the victims to the international community. I undertook this challenge by negotiating access for information flows with various disaster stakeholders via the UN OCHA (United Nations Office for the… Show more After successfully qualifying the intensive PTP (Peacekeeping Training Programme) delivered by the Peace, Security and Diplomacy Unit at UNITAR (UN Institute for Training and Research), my initial assignment was to provide first-hand information on the disaster situation and priority needs of the victims to the international community. I undertook this challenge by negotiating access for information flows with various disaster stakeholders via the UN OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) while coordinating with Urban and ISAR (International Search And Rescue) operational teams together with the national authorities of an affected country.

• Capacity Development Associate

  • Dec 2004 - Apr 2005