Rizwan Beg
Director- Service Portfolio Management at MEEZA , Managed IT Services Provider- Claim this Profile
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LinkedIn User
I can recommend Riswan as a person with great recognition and deep skills of business solutions. Riswan is a hardworking and strong strategist with a great skill to analyse and summarise ideas. Energetic person with excellent communication skills. Shows all the time an easiness to build interpersonal relations with others. He has an extensive education, and his open-minded approach could not be overestimated.
Sameer Joshi
Rizwan is softspoken person and a telecom professional who is always focused achieving corporate goals. Each of the meetings that I had with him was extremely productive and result-oriented. I wish him all the best for his future endevours.
LinkedIn User
I can recommend Riswan as a person with great recognition and deep skills of business solutions. Riswan is a hardworking and strong strategist with a great skill to analyse and summarise ideas. Energetic person with excellent communication skills. Shows all the time an easiness to build interpersonal relations with others. He has an extensive education, and his open-minded approach could not be overestimated.
Sameer Joshi
Rizwan is softspoken person and a telecom professional who is always focused achieving corporate goals. Each of the meetings that I had with him was extremely productive and result-oriented. I wish him all the best for his future endevours.
LinkedIn User
I can recommend Riswan as a person with great recognition and deep skills of business solutions. Riswan is a hardworking and strong strategist with a great skill to analyse and summarise ideas. Energetic person with excellent communication skills. Shows all the time an easiness to build interpersonal relations with others. He has an extensive education, and his open-minded approach could not be overestimated.
Sameer Joshi
Rizwan is softspoken person and a telecom professional who is always focused achieving corporate goals. Each of the meetings that I had with him was extremely productive and result-oriented. I wish him all the best for his future endevours.
LinkedIn User
I can recommend Riswan as a person with great recognition and deep skills of business solutions. Riswan is a hardworking and strong strategist with a great skill to analyse and summarise ideas. Energetic person with excellent communication skills. Shows all the time an easiness to build interpersonal relations with others. He has an extensive education, and his open-minded approach could not be overestimated.
Sameer Joshi
Rizwan is softspoken person and a telecom professional who is always focused achieving corporate goals. Each of the meetings that I had with him was extremely productive and result-oriented. I wish him all the best for his future endevours.
Credentials
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
MicrosoftNov, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
ITIL Foundation Level
AXELOS Global Best PracticeOct, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
VSP - Cloud Foundation 2020
VMwareSep, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Introduction to Agile & Scrum
UdemyAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Excel Skills for Business Specialization
CourseraSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
(ISC)²Aug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
(ISC)²Aug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Licensing Specialist: CSP program for partners
MicrosoftJan, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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MEEZA, Managed IT Services Provider
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Qatar
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director- Service Portfolio Management
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May 2016 - Present
MEEZA is a leading MSP offering a rich portfolio of ICT services, MEEZA has state-of-the-art multiple Tier 3 DCs hosting hyperscalers and a plethora of Government and Corporate clients. MEEZA has a targetted focus to be a leading MSP, MSSP and a top-notch Data Centre provider. A few of my key responsibilities and achievements include: Strategise, define, defend and maintain the Products Roadmap and lead new services development and enhancements to existing Services. Responsible for P&L and management of the entire services portfolio ranging from Data Centre, Managed Services, Managed Security, and Cloud Services. Define and deliver the strategy and execute the roadmap initiatives to ensure the services portfolio remains relevant, competitive, and aligned to changing market demands. Deliver and manage the services portfolio profitability, business cases and costing & pricing for the entire managed services portfolio. Played a vital role in all major client wins and retentions by collaborating with teams on competitive propositions and innovative business models. Managed a complete revamp of the Cloud Portfolio, launched a purpose-built Cloud for Government, and an Industry-leading Cyber Security Portfolio Architected how to effectively position MEEZA’s cloud viz a viz Global hyperscalers so we co-exist and pitch our capabilities rather than competing with providers having global presence and economies of scale. Security: Architected Security offerings around Prevent, Defend, Respond and Governance themes. Positioned to provide the entire security landscape as managed services by a revamped and broad Security Portfolio taking advantage of MSSP vendor partnerships to enable a competitive cost model. Changed the infrastructure landscape to align with the principle of growing the capacity on demand. This enabled better control of costs and competitive offerings. Show less
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Ooredoo Qatar
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Qatar
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Head - Pre Sales & Solutions
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Jun 2012 - Sep 2015
Ooredoo Qatar is part of Ooredoo Group, a leading telecom from the middle east with a presence in 12 countries and revenue of more than USD 8.2B . The company strives to be an operator of choice in key markets and is a leading player in bringing 5G in key markets and a leading player globally in the telco world. My role was within the B2B domain, focusing on an ecosystem of advanced telco, IT, IoT, security offerings. Led Pre-Sales, Solutions, Bid and Commercial support team for B2B. Role involved engagement with clients, understanding their technical and business needs, develop compelling and differentiated solutions. Owned, developed and defended commercials and Business Cases for managed opportunities and build costs and pricing models. Prime deal-architect for one of the largest Telco B2B deals in the Media Sector in the Middle East, a deal of USD$135M, an outstanding win. Led the bid from initiation, identified and evaluated Partner options, developed scope, collaborated teaming agreement and developed techno-commercial engagement model and modalities. Facilitated negotiation with the client, defended the bid internally, steered and managed toward successful closure. Supported sales to win deals of QAR 750M TCV in2014, QAR 550M TCV in 2013. Managed a pipeline worth QAR 1.2B incremental TCV. Maintained a very high Win Rate for proposals in the market. Key stakeholder in evolving Partnership and Alliance Management and Lead to Cash Journey. Show less
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Sr Manager B2B Product Management
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Mar 2007 - Jun 2012
• Managed product cluster portfolio and developed overall marketing plan. Designed and implemented the product roadmap for new products. Led product strategy, development of business plans & pricing models and obtained regulatory clearance. Led a team of Product Management Specialists. Worked cross-functionally to define, schedule, develop, launch and manage products and services. • Played a key role in the development of the Ooredoo Business Solutions Product Portfolio from a very basic set of products to a more advanced portfolio. These new products have contributed significantly to revenue and profitability, e.g. the new global data product portfolio generated 0.63 billion QR revenue within first three years of launch.• Improved the domestic access product portfolio by launching ethernet services, CoS enabled IPVPN packages and a range of new managed services. Developed new security portfolio including a range of cyber security prevention and detection product sets. • Successfully negotiated strategic alliances with tier one Telcos. These alliance helped Ooredoo to enhance B2B offers. • Improved the voice portfolio by introducing toll free, audio conferencing, IP telephony enhancements etc. • Stakeholder in the development of an All-in-One telecom package for SME and SoHo. This innovative package provides voice, internet, mobility and presence solutions in the same bundle.• Made use of both fixed and wireless technologies for products, many of which used 3G as a failover mechanism. • Led the development of business products to be implemented on the Qtel countrywide FTTx rollout.• Prime Stakeholder in Product Development Steering Group who defined end to end Product development process based on Stage Gate model Show less
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Etisalat UAE
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United Arab Emirates
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Marketing Manager- Corporate & WholeSale Products
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Nov 2005 - Feb 2007
• Worked for Etisalat startup Canar to commercially launch Corporate and Wholesale voice and data products over NGN core and Next Generation Access network. o Chaired Corporate Strategy implementation workgroup to develop and launch o Corporate Products & Service and Network rollout o Operating model for corporate products o System and Organization required for corporate products • Developed product definitions, documentation, compliances with networks, policies, SLA parameters and tools for sales • Managed team responsible for simulation, soft launch & full commercial launch activities, successfully launched a suite of corporate products (leased lines access, VSAT, WLL & EVDo, ADSL and calling plans, IP Centrex, IN services, wavelength) • Developed marketing plan , including new product, enhances, marketing strategy & activity roadmap , projection of sales & addressable market, set-up of segment based marketing team. • Benchmarking of Canar Products with Local, Regional and International Telco and developed the appropriate tariffs for products and services • Developed a costing model for Canar Product & Services based upon actual Capex incurred on Network and Systems • Managed an end to end VSAT services deployment , right from vendor selection to product offerings • Chaired a committee to Identify and recommend the CPEs required for Products and Services • Imparted relevant skills and equipped Sales on concept of corporate products Show less
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Tata Communications
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India
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Manager-New Product Initiatives
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Jun 2004 - Oct 2005
• Worked in a team on new product launches for enterprises. Studied the market to develop and launch new products. Developed concepts into business plans, wrote project plans, managed beta testing and product launches.• Led cross-functional teams consisting of project, planning, network, customer support, finance, vendors and technology partners.• Developed and implemented pre and post sale order management, product delivery, customer support, billing process, SLA tracking and synergies between various departments’ processes. • Developed product documentation and delivered staff training and sales tools and Tracked product performance.• Developed a flexible, cost effective, end-to-end managed voice minutes product for Indian call centres/enterprises. This product has enabled Tata to move up the value chain and changed its profile to a complete solution provider.• Developed products generated 25 M USD in the 2004/5 financial year for VSNL. Show less
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Product Manager
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Mar 2002 - Jun 2004
• Owned Data Centre and Internet product P&L, devised product strategy to enhance revenue, growth and margins. • Owned all aspects of new products: packaging, pricing, discounts, billing, delivery, trained sales force and business partners.• Changed VSNL image from an internet based hosting provider to a managed data centre solutions provider.• Introduced a complete new suite of data centre offerings including dedicated hosting, shared hosting, managed services on security, messaging, streaming, webcasting etc• Partnered with major CDN providers worldwide, managed to retain major content within VSNL Data Centres thus helped VSNL to become a leading ISP.• Managed data centre services as independent profit centres which became a major part of the corporate business.• Played a key role in the establishment of multiple data centres across India. • Helped VSNL to secure certifications including Sun Tone for data centre infrastructure.• Awarded Best Product Manager 2003 for enterprise services. Developed a new VOIP-based solution for enterprises. Show less
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Marketing Manager
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Oct 1999 - Mar 2002
• Managed VSNL, co-location and internet access services. Handled product development, tariffs, support processes and managing the regulatory framework. • Developed new VSNL offerings for dialup internet services including Start-up Kit content. Introduced global roaming services for VSNL dial up access services• Introduced several new products including corporate messaging, global roaming for retail dialup and web based mail in regional Indian languages.• Introduced the concept of 95th percentile billing for IP services based on internationally accepted standards. • Successfully implemented an online payment mechanism for corporate services.• Introduced a revenue sharing model with other service providers enabling additional earnings for dial up access. Show less
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Sr Engineer
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Sep 1996 - Sep 1999
Recruited from Campus, was part of a small team who introduced Internet Services in India. Gradually started taking lead on Internet product offerings and later during the role started leading Data Centres product management
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Education
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2023 - 2024
Melbourne Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
1992 - 1996
National Institute of Technology
B. Tech, Electronics & Communications
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