Assem Sabbah
Head of Software Solutions @Vodafone
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Software Solutions @Vodafone
Managing a newly established business line (Software Hub). It is a software products department, delivering to the Vodacom (African Vodafone arm) Group as a start, with the vision of going to the open market at later stages.I am accountable for the bottom line of the business, so I am responsible for setting the strategy, budgeting, delivery, customer relationship management, business development.On the operational level, I am responsible for the timely delivery to our customers as well as managing the system operations.Achievements:I started this business line from the ground up, I created the strategy and Business plan, and delivered on its first phases, where I grew the team from 1 person to 15 in one year, and delivering our first product (Loyalty system)(TCO $1.5 M) to be deployed in 8 African markets. In the next phases of the plans we are doubling the team, moving into new product lines and markets.
EDUCATION
Al-Azhar University
M.Sc., Civil Engineering / AI
The American University in Cairo
MBA, Marketing / International Business
Udacity
Nano degree, Intro to Self-Driving Cars
Cairo University
B. sc., Civil engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT ASSEM SABBAH
International IT Senior management / Executive level experience in many engineering / technology areas, with a bandwidth varying from end-to-end management of commercial entities with P&L responsibilities, to detail-oriented involvement in technical delivery / operations tasks.30+ years of hands-on experience in different disciplines, in areas of IT product development and delivery, project management, engineering academic research, off-shore engineering centers, commercial account management, organizational setups, and quality system implementations. I have delivered to and worked among customers in Europe, far east, and the US; these were customers in the financial, energy, as well as telcomm sectors. I have worked through different business models, varying from purely commercial, to stringent process oriented, as well as participation in building new ones, in different international settings.
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