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Vangelis Lagousakos
Sr Director, Channel Sales Dell Technologies
Ali Riza Kucuk
Regional Consumer Director at Intel Corporation
Ali Riza Kucuk
Regional Consumer Director at Intel Corporation
A fast track Sales & Marketing Director, with over 15 years international experience of achievements in Business Development and Start Ups,
Specialties: Client PC and Consumer Electronics
Emerging Market Consumer Channels
Instructor for DISC Behaviour Analysis,
Instructor for Versatile Sales Person
Instructor for Biz Simulation in Intel
Sherifa Hady
Senior Channel Sales Director , Europe Middle East and Africa at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Sherifa Hady
Senior Channel Sales Director , Europe Middle East and Africa at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Anand Choudha
CEO, Spectrami
Anand Choudha
CEO, Spectrami
Anand is an all-out entrepreneur having founded companies such as Spectrami, Altrosmart, AmiseQ and Hive Pro. With over a decade of cybersecurity experience, he continues to launch startups addressing current and future challenges. Possessing a natural transformational leadership style, his forte lies in developing businesses to their maximum potential through clarity of vision and determined execution. Anand is a board member and advisor to several security startups and is recognized as a thought-leader and influencer in the security industry.
Mohammad Mobasseri
CEO, emt Distribution
Mohammad Mobasseri
CEO, emt Distribution
Experienced Group Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Negotiation, ISO 27001, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), IT Service Management, and Internet Security.
Samer Semaan
Channel Manager Middle East at Pure Storage
Khwaja Saifuddin
Senior Sales Director at Western Digital
Ashish Panjabi
Chief Operating Officer at Jacky's Business Solutions LLC
Ashish Panjabi
Chief Operating Officer at Jacky's Business Solutions LLC
I'm an entrepreneur at heart who loves technology. I enjoying sharing my experiences as an entrepreneur and about the tech trends I follow, hence you'll find me sharing links on various social media platforms regularly. I'm a member of the MENA One Chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO) I'm currently also serving as President-Elect for the Dubai Chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur).
Samir Chopra
Founder & CEO RNS Technology Services
Samir Chopra
Founder & CEO RNS Technology Services
Samir Chopra CEO and Founder of RNS Technology Services, is a cyber security enthusiast. His stands by the belief ‘Customer Merit' and 'Determined Employees’ which is easily conveyed by his company RNS Technology Services. RNS is a niche organization, partnered with the top of the game vendors, globally. In the mere span of 5 years, Samir has expanded the company’s reach into the APAC & Middle East region with offices present in Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, India and Qatar.
His passion for travelling has helped him identify the best markets for growing his business and himself as an entrepreneur. His vision to be the best in the cyber security market space, has helped RNS achieve multiple awards as the best reseller & system integrator in the last 5 years and bags Top IT Company to work for in 2020.
With over 20 years of experience, he understands partners’ and customers’ requirements and helps them achieve their goals seamlessly. Highly skilled, experienced and having executed sensitive projects in IT Security Consulting and Audits, helps him vision the possible future security gaps or loopholes which in return has secured top class organizations.
Samir stands by his values in delivering the best of the quality to his employees, customers and partners. He has been a speaker in many security related events/webinars addressing the upcoming Cyber Security trends and technologies.
Nicholas Argyrides
General Manager, Gulf, MINDWARE
Ashraf Hamid
Distribution Director Middle East, Turkey, Africa & Russia at Dell Technologies
Ashraf Hamid
Distribution Director Middle East, Turkey, Africa & Russia at Dell Technologies
IT Senior Manager player at the Middle East
Ashish Panjabi
Chief Operating Officer at Jacky's Business Solutions LLC
Ashish Panjabi
Chief Operating Officer at Jacky's Business Solutions LLC
I'm an entrepreneur at heart who loves technology. I enjoying sharing my experiences as an entrepreneur and about the tech trends I follow, hence you'll find me sharing links on various social media platforms regularly. I'm a member of the MENA One Chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO) I'm currently also serving as President-Elect for the Dubai Chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur).
Ernest Azzam
Large Format Printing Regional Business Manger - Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East & Africa at HP
Ernest Azzam
Large Format Printing Regional Business Manger - Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East & Africa at HP
Experienced Regional Business Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong multi-cultural team management professional, skilled in Business Planning, Sales and Product management.
Hesham Tantawi
Vice President, Asbis Middle East
Hesham Tantawi
Vice President, Asbis Middle East
As one of the few distributors that represents Components, Solution and Printing business in the Middle East and North Africa, Mr. Hesham Tantawi continues to play a pivotal role in shaping ASBIS successful business. Under his leadership, ASBIS Middle East celebrated 22 Year of Success. Mr. Tantawi also holds Life Time Achievement Award, the first executive who received it ever, after honored with Channel Executive awards many times. The Life Time Achievement Award is highly-regarded award, established to encourage the region's entrepreneurial spirit and recognize excellent standards of corporate management and governance, it also recognizes the special accomplishments of an individual among 360 IT leaders from the vendor, distributor, reseller and retailer community across the Gulf region.
Adam Simon
Global Managing Director & CFO CONTEXT
Adam Simon
Global Managing Director & CFO CONTEXT
Adam joined CONTEXT as a Board Director in 2013.
Adam hosts a regular weekly channel update online and is a well-known presenter at channel events. He often brings together industry players in research groups, conferences, roundtables and collaborative ventures to track and anticipate trends in the IT industry.
He is responsible for thought leadership in CONTEXT, including best practices in technology retail and distribution, and tracking the reseller market. In 2020 he took over the CFO function at CONTEXT.
Adam began his professional career at KPMG. He then worked as Finance Director for
global American office equipment manufacturer Pitney Bowes and as Global Managing Director at retail expert PRGX.
Adam is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and has a degree in Modern History from the University of Oxford. He is married with 2 daughters and a son.
Tim Davies
Country Manager, Middle East at CONTEXT
Tim Davies
Country Manager, Middle East at CONTEXT
Tim joined CONTEXT in 2018 as the Country Manager for the Middle East. His role is focused on the promotion of trust and transparency amongst the Channel community through the establishment of a CONTEXT Middle East panel of Distributors. By introducing the region to the unique insights available from the CONTEXT database, he aims to support Channel partners in their key business activities and help them exploit new market opportunities. Tim is a keen outdoor enthusiast and studied Ancient History at University College London.