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AHMED SALEM

Business Development

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Senior Manager Business DevelopmentFull Time

    SQS Software Quality Systems

    Jan 2017 - Present -8 yrs, 6 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Responsible for all service delivery management activities for projects in the MENA region (resources utilization, timeline, budget and invoicing) • Evaluating and classifying potential local partners in the MENA region • Responsible for all SQS-Egypt sales and marketing activities • Identifying new markets and potential clients as well as expansion plans • Preparing business cases and sales plans • Preparing proposals and quotations (Managed Service / T&M) • Negotiating and monitoring contracts as well as service delivery KPIs and SLAs • Representing SQS-Egypt at exhibitions, conferences and meetings • Responsible for university relations and collaboration programs • Staffing of all projects in the MENA region • Responsible for training and competency development for SQS-Egypt Employees • Responsible for profit and loss for projects in the MENA region • Presenting to CXO-level Senior Management and Customers • Responsible for sales process improvement • Implementing and monitoring of project delivery best practices • Due diligence with internal governance for internal compliance issues • Liaising with legal & tax consultants for contractual and partnership agreements • Building up SQS-Egypt training services for externals including all certifications and accreditations for the SQS-Egypt entity as well as all trainers
  • Business Development ManagerFull Time

    SQS Software Quality Systems

    Apr 2011 - Jan 2017 -5 yrs, 9 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Responsible for B2B sales activities. • Preparing proposals and quotations (Managed Service / T&M) • Negotiating and monitoring contracts as well as service delivery KPIs and SLAs • Representing SQS-Egypt at exhibitions, conferences and meetings • Responsible for university relations and collaboration programs • Staffing of all projects in the MENA region • Responsible for training and competency development for SQS-Egypt Employees • Responsible for profit and loss for projects in the MENA region • Presenting to CXO-level Senior Management and Customers • Responsible for sales process improvement • Implementing and monitoring of project delivery best practices • Due diligence with internal governance for internal compliance issues • Liaising with legal & tax consultants for contractual and partnership agreements • Building up SQS-Egypt training services for externals including all certifications and accreditations for the SQS-Egypt entity as well as all trainers
  • ConsultantFull Time

    SQS Software Quality Systems

    Sep 2008 - Apr 2011 -2 yrs, 7 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• On and Off-site Consulting • Single point of contact for the customers in Switzerland and Germany • User acceptance testing • System integration testing • Code review • Project management handling on-/off/mixed shore teams • Sales support on customer side • Customer extract: o Airbus – A350 Operating System (Avionics embedded Systems) o Volks Wagen (Automotive - CRM) o OTTO (Retail) o Port of Hamburg (HHLA - Logistics) o Kuoni (Tourism)
  • Education

    • BSc in Computer Science and Engineering

      German University in Cairo (GUC)

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2008 - 5 yr

    • High School - Other

      DEO

      Jan 2002 

    Skills

    • Microsoft Office
    • Consultation
    • quality
    • Business Development
    • Sales
    • SQL
    • ISO 9000
    • J2EE

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Fluent
    • German

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • PMP

      PMI·2012
    • ISTQB

      ISQI·2008
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