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Engr. Mansour AlObaid العبيد فهد بن منصور المهندس

DOB: 19…. - Saudi Citizen |Riyadh | + (966) ….. [email protected] Twitter @mansouralobaid

Leadership /Executive Managements

| Executive Management | Strategic Planning |Sales & Marketing | Retail Management | Business

Development | Innovative tech startups | Mergers and Acquisitions |Market analysis, competitive

intelligence analysis, looking at M&A proposals and feasibility analysis.| Corporate Market

Management | Helping a corporation design a path to growth and profitability amidst competition

and constant change| Oversees operations of organization |Decision Making|

Brief Biography

Mansour has been an entrepreneur involved in both start ups and well known established

businesses , his entire life and his roles have included the following: leadership ,strategic directions

, marketing, sales , business development, community relations and operations management .

Mansour’s core competency is his ability to do strategic differentiation to the corporate in the

market , focus on achievement based on developing spirit team work , open new markets, personal

and professional relationships. His repeated success in diverse markets/industries is a testament to

this trait. Continuous self learning to keep his knowledge up to the world standards and trends.

Education, Qualifications and Training Biography • Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, King Saud Univ., Riyadh, KSA, 1989/1990 .

• Applied Marketing Diploma, Chamber of Commerce, KSA, 1994.

• The Executive Management Diploma, Michigan Univ., USA, 2000.

• Management of Information Banks, Lexis/Nexis, USA.

• Cisco Systems, Courses.

• Financial Management.

• Advertising and Promotion.

• Call Centers, 2006.

• E-Cloud Services.

• Change Management.

• The Satellite Services.

• Leadership and Team Effectiveness.

• USA Balance Score Card.

• Marketing, 2010

• Financial Management for Decision Makers, 2012.

• Communication Leaders

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Social Activities and Others

Books Authored by Eng. Mansour:

Mansour has authored the following First two books of its kind in Saudi Arabia:

1. The Internet: The Investment of The Future, 1996

2. The Secrets of Marketing and Investment via Internet (For Businessmen), 1998.

Seminars, Courses and Media Exposure - Eng. Mansour: • Riyadh Chamber of Commerce: A Seminar on Marketing via Internet

• International Telecommunication Union: A Lecture on the Telecommunications Market

• King Saud University: A Success Story for MBA Students.

• TV Interviews (see sample on YouTube: http://youtu.be/KD79lCG2wQ4 )

• Newspapers and Magazines interviews (See attached samples)

• Active supporter of social networks

Work Experience Biography

2013-Date

Emerging Technologies/UAE : (Corporate/ Etisalat/UAE/) : – Managing Director

2Share " Emerging Technology & its Sister Co. : – Board Member

Telework Co. : (Cloud/Teleworking) : – Board Member

LEIN Technology Co. : (Smart Buildings/Home Automation) – Board Member

Saudi Exchange Co. : (IP Mobile Cam Cloud) – Board Member

CEO /Emerging Technology Co “2Share” & its sister Companies 2008-2014

(In less than 5 Years Making a Startup company a Group of Companies)

ₒ An innovative and pro-active by leading the Starting ups of new companies for 2Share

Holders (list of 2Share sister Companies):

(2Sell Co., Communication Solution (CSBS), Telework Co, Emerging Technologies/UAE)

ₒ Between 2012/2014 worked with the management of Emerging Technologies Co./UAE in

forming its strategy and focus (became the leader in serving SMEs in UAE for Etisalat)

ₒ In 5 years, worked with the shareholder to transform 2Share to improve its value in the

market by: (1) Transforming it to be Group of companies (2) establishing new entities and

(3) do the right business acquisitions.

ₒ Develop a team by empowering, coaching to achieve company objective and prepare the

long-term success of the organization.

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ₒ Enhance operational outcomes through effective liaising between the directors, managers

and staff within the organization and implement best practices across the organization.

ₒ Implement all aspects of financial analysis and reporting, including but not limited to

budgeting, procurement budgets, forecasting and submitting the same to the management

for approval.

ₒ Oversee/direct market research to improve the products and retention monitoring processes

as well as augmenting client base and tailoring strategies to achieve market leadership.

ₒ An innovative in working with 2Share group of companies on several services/solutions

(Contact centers, Mobile apps, IP infrastructure, Cloud computing content management and

Social networks,..).

ₒ Innovative in thinking and acting by applying different strategies like “Blue ocean Strategy”

to lead the market and exceed the market expectations.

ₒ Focus on Building the group image by collaborating with customers, government,

community organizations, and employees; enforcing ethical business practices

CEO & V.P /SARA Telecom “Group of Companies” 2003-2007 ( Lead the Market and Accomplish over SR 4 billion/Year of sales )

ₒ CEO of Advancet Telecom (ATC) and in less than 5 years lead it from a sales of less than

SR30 million to over SR4 Billion of sales /year , by restructring , selecting the right team ,

open new market , establishing innovative distrbution system and with the right motivation

to the team .

ₒ Managing over 300 people and over 100 showrooms and reaching over 18000 retailers.

ₒ An innovative and pro-active in setting up and establishment new companies , by working

with the shareholder on Starting ups new companies for Sara Telecom (Bahamdan Group):

(Sara Business Solutions Co. "SBS", Sara Good News Co. )

ₒ Setting up SBS Co. and leading it to be number “1” in selling government services

to Thousands of Businesses in KSA .

ₒ Setting up Good News Co. (Joint Venture between Sara Telecom and Good

News4me in Egypt , it is now managing Mobily and other Mobile operators

Contents and portals .

ₒ Develop strategic plan by studying technological and financial opportunities; presenting

assumptions; recommending objectives.

ₒ Accomplishes subsidiary objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and results

measurements; allocating resources; reviewing progress; making mid-course corrections

ₒ Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.

ₒ Contributed to the company merger with the rest of the 8 STC sellers companies to

create a unified large telecommunications services marketing company Sale Co in the end

of the year 2007. (Later STC acquired over 60% of Sale Co for over SR200M as well)


CEO / Co-Founder AwalNet (Largest Internet Service Provider-ISP) 1998-2002 ( Part of Al-Faisaliah Group , AwalNet became number 1 over 40 competitors)

ₒ The First General Manager of “AwalNet” (Al-Faisaliah Internet And Communication

Services). Join Al-Faisaliah to establish and manage its new Internet Company

ₒ Contributed to the establishment (Setting up the whole AwalNet from its startup until it

became the leader in the market thru Selecting the Right technology infrastructure, working

on hiring the right people and managing its daily operations including marketing/sales ) ,

Nowadays well-known brand name (AwalNet) was suggested as a name earlier by Eng.

Mansour and approved by the Group President, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin

Khalid Al-Faisal.

ₒ Created many added value portals and services for business and communities such as

linking email mobile through the Internet, direct payment online, the first Women Saudi

online site, Hammadi hospitals services from AwalNet site, family counseling service and

the first specialized news site belongs to ISP in 1999.

ₒ Mansour applied number of strategies lead AwalNet became the largest Internet operator in

the Saudi Arabia by the end of the year 2002 AwalNet succeeded to hold the leadership in

a market among 40 other competitor ISPs.

ₒ By the end of 2002, AwalNet has become the largest ISP serving business and government

sectors and then the retail sector.

ₒ AwalNet has got numerous awards and shields of appreciations because of its superiority as

an innovative ISP in the Arabian Gulf.

ₒ Accomplishment:

o Contribute to the merger of AwalNet with two other ISPs (Al Alamiah for Internet &

Communication Co. and Naseej Co. ).

o Accordingly, AwalNet has won the highest share of the merger because of AwalNet

dominated Strategy led to have the highest share of the corporate market, the number

of individuals users and the revenue ratio (AwalNet exceeded 75% and the

remaining was shared between Al Alamiah and Naseej).

o After the merger with Al Alamiah and Naseej, AwalNet has got the superiority

Saudi Arabia’s market.

o Mansour became the ambassador of Al-Faisaliah Internet Group to USA & Japan to

meet both AOL V.Ps and SONY to present the status/future of Saudi Internet Market

ₒ The market value:

o AwalNet continued to grow to the degree that STC has implemented the acquisition

of AwalNet for more than SAR100 million.

o AwalNet's staff under Mansour leadership became among the country leaders and

executives who are leading the large ICT and ICT companies.


Project Manager - Al Jeraisy Communications & Com" JCCS ") 1998-1996

(Project manager for SR 90 Million project in STC with over 250 employees)

ₒ In 1996 Mansour took a major part of the responsibility of management and operation of a

SAR90-million- project called (Telex, Al-Wasseet and Leased Lines) for the Ministry of

Post and Telegraph and Telephone “STC” (The project’s contractor was Al Jeraisy Group).

ₒ Achievements included:

o The successful management and operation of the entire project.

o Team leading of more than 250 employees to run 550 preparation sites of Data

Transmission Networks all over the Saudi Arabia.

o Managed the transfer the former contractor Bugshan’s project staff (250 employees)

to the new contractor I worked for (Al Jeraisy).

o Participated in the preparation of the project’s general plans and the selection of

experts and engineers from France (France Telecom).

ₒ Contributed to Al Jeraisy Internet project’s marketing and technical feasibility study

included Bahrain Telecommunications Services

ₒ Contributed to Al Jeraisy Internet Licensing preparation and presentation that lead to the

establishing of Al

Different Positions in MOPTT - now “STC” 1990-1996

ₒ Was the first sales engineer at the Ministry of Post and Telegraph and Telephone (later

became STC), the sales department of information services (Al-Wasseet and data lines).

Visiting over 200 companies and institutions in Riyadh.

ₒ In 1991 he was promoted to The Head of “Al Wasseet” sales department in Jeddah and do a

direct selling to more than 250companies in Jeddah.

ₒ In 1992 he was promoted again up to the Assistant Director of Information Services and

value added services in Riyadh

ₒ Between 1990 and 1996 he held various management positions in the areas of marketing,

sales and business development of VAS in STC "formerly Ministry of PTT."

ₒ Being part of Supervising the project of linking the first points of sales " POS" for Saudi

Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), which included more than 20,000 point of sales.

ₒ 1993-1994: Supervised the project of linking airlines booking and reservations offices to the

international information network of airlines and hotels. (WorldSapn)

ₒ 1994-1995: Participated in studying & reviewing the projects proposals of majors local and

international IT companies such as "SITA, IBM, Sprint Network, Reuters , Dow Jones ,

AT&T and Network of Cable & Wireless.

ₒ 1996: Joined His Excellency the Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone in addition to

the vice president of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology to present and

discuss the licensing of Internet Services to the Division of Experts at the Cabinet

(Council of Ministers), which was the cornerstone of licensing of Internet services in the

Saudi Arabia.


Companies Mansour helped them in their Startups (Strategy/Mentoring):

ₒ Tatweer1 Co. Specialized on SMS TV , OTT-TV cloud content infrastructure

ₒ Bawwbat AlMajad Co. manage all Social media & (SMS TV) of AlMajad 10 TV Channels

ₒ MediaFun Part of Riyadh Valley for Tech . Focus on OTT-TV Cloud

Logos of the corporate and Pictures Mansour Worked or Supported Them:


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