Member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. @ (August 2024 - Present)
Founding Partner @ (January 2021 - Present)
Advisor - Middle East Region @ (April 2019 - September 2025)
Chief Digital Officer - MEA @ (May 2021 - April 2025)
Chief Information Officer @ (October 2019 - May 2021)
Founder and General Partner @ Sunrays Partners / Ventures (October 2018 - December 2020)
Group CIO and Global Head of IT and Digital @ (October 2015 - September 2018)
Founder and President @ WhyApp Company Limited (August 2014 - July 2017)
CIO and Head of Group PMO @ (August 2011 - September 2015)
Telecom Advisory Services Executive | Middle East and North Africa @ (August 2010 - August 2011)
Group CTIO and VP Technology @ (August 2008 - August 2010)
CIO @ (January 2006 - August 2008)
abu Ghaida Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MIT Sloan School of Management
(Stanford GSB Alumni)
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
(MIT Sloan Alumni)
Grenoble Ecole de Management
(Oxford Business Alumni)
Lebanese American University
abu Ghaida Skills
Change Management
Management
Budgets
Performance Management
Governance
Process Redesign
Telecommunications
Integration
Team Management
Team Leadership
Vendor Management
IT Strategy
Business Strategy
VAS
Mobile Devices
Leadership
Start-ups
Pre-sales
Strategy
CRM
Business Development
Software Project Management
GSM
Operations Management
Project Planning
ERP
Business Process
Business Intelligence
Delegate Management
Project Management
Management Consulting
Enterprise Architecture
Strategic Planning
IT Management
Business Analysis
Team Building
Negotiation
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Value-Added Services (VAS)
Business Planning
ITIL
Infrastructure
Program Management
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Consulting
Innovation Management
Digital Strategy
Start Ups
Customer Relationship Management
Value Added Services
Pre Sales
abu Ghaida Summary
abu Ghaida, based in Dubai, AE, is currently a Chief Executive Officer - IT Co. at AXIAN Telecom. abu Ghaida brings experience from previous roles at Harvard Business Review, Reaction, Mach49 and Crayon. abu Ghaida holds a Stanford University Graduate School of Business. With a robust skill set that includes Change Management, Management, Budgets, Performance Management, Governance and more. abu Ghaida has 2 emails and 9 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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