Elie J. Ashkar

About Elie J. Ashkar

I’m a leader for cloud, digital transformation and e-commerce expert who has a rare hybrid skill set of enterprise sales talent and real life experience in entrepreneurial ventures. Throughout my 14 years of international experience I’ve helped several companies of different sizes become more agile and nimble by leveraging modern trends and technologies.I am a regular speaker in technology events across Canada.Specialties: Customer experience, Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), e-Commerce, Digital marketing (Facebook, Google), Chatbots, Social Media presence and optimization.E-commerce & Digital:Successfully helped with the creation of 2 eCommerce stores starting with inception, product research,planning & setup, GTM & ads strategy, launch and then awareness campaigns and ongoing ads, social media engagement and management, supplier management with tremendous focus on customer experience.Another key element was having a deep understanding of the customer journey while keeping a 360 view of the customer, in order to increase customer acquisition and retention at a sustainable cost.Brand safety, bluekai, ODC, CPM, CPA, CPC retargeting, Facebook pixel, AdRoll, AdSense, DSP/SSP, ROAS, DFA, DFP, AppNexus, GrapeShot, Moat, ManyChat.Awards: Oracle MVP Award (FY15, FY16, FY17).Accelerated growth team award (Q1 FY19)(Multimillion $ Cloud transformational deal)Sales experience and achievements:Over 14 years in technology sales including software (On prem & SAAS), hardware and solution selling carrying multimillion dollar quotas.Diversity: Experience working in numerous industries, styles of organizations, and global.Sales methodologies & trainings: Infomentis, MEDDIC, Selling to C-Suite.Opinions and views are my own. Twitter:@elieonline

Experience

1. Sales Manager, Cloud Sales

   Oracle

   Jan 2016 — Present · CA

   Responsible for sales to Enterprise accounts in Eastern Canada of Oracle\'s complete Cloud portfolio, looking after- Mobile Cloud Sales, MBaaS for Enterprise Accounts (App/Dev), Intelligent Chatbots, AI, DevOps- Enabling digital transformation through moving and improving Oracle Apps to the Cloud (Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, EBusiness Suite, FlexCube)

Education

• Concordia University

  Effective Leadership Skills

  2000 — 2010

• University of Saint Joseph

  B.Sc., Double major: Computer Science and Business Administration

  1999 — 2002

• University of Saint Joseph

  M.Sc., Management Information Systems

  2002 — 2003

Skills

• Proven Leadership Skills
• Mcsa
• Microsoft Office
• Online Marketing
• Channel Programs
• Channel Management
• Account Management
• Solution Selling
• Virtualization
• Saas, Paas, Iaas
• Citrix
• Consultative Selling
• Computer Hardware
• Cloud Computing
• Team Leadership
• Direct Sales
• New Business Development
• Sales Trainings
• Enterprise Software
• Key Account Management
• Salesforce.com
• Product Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Management
• B2b
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Strategy
• Negotiation
• Team Management
• Strategic Planning
• Citrix Certified Administrator
• Virtualization Technology
• Application Virtualization
• Backup Exec
• Corporate Communications
• Sales Presentations
• Seminar Presentations
• Channel Partners
• Social Media Relations
• Business Alliances