Mohamed Alborno

Current

• Publicist at Tohami.com
• Strategist at Hatefna
• VP of Public Relations at Cairo Toastmasters Club

• Director at DVS Canada
• Networking Coach at Design Valley
• Founder at Egypt Business Network

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Past

• Independent Marketing Consultant at CSS
• Entrepreneur at Possible Joint Venture
• Business Development Manager at OpenCraft

• Telecommunications Sales and Marketing at 3M
• IEEE Active Member at IEEE Egypt
• Product Manager and Technical Marketing Executive at High Technology Systems Ltd. (HiTeknoFal)
• Consultant at Design Valley
• Instructor and Trainer at YAT
• International Sales Specialist / Wireless Specialist at Silicon21
• Wireless Networking Manager at KIT
• Software QA Tester at Valuesys

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Education

• Regional Information Technology Institute
• The American University in Cairo
• Higher Technological Institute

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mohamed Alborno’s Summary

Business and technology evangelist with over seven years of accumulated experience in the fields of technical sales and marketing, business development, project management and consulting.

Specialized in new product and business launches, new initiatives, partnerships, business development and business networking.

Managed to launch and develop a series of leading business and technology courses and initiatives. His strong background in the wireless and convergent technologies makes him believe that it will add a new dimension to business.

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Mohamed Alborno’s Specialties:

Always interested in developing new opportunities, disruptive technologies, partners, software, CRM, CMS, Telephony, open source, contractors, distributors, IPTV, partners to think of new ideas, Telecommunications, LAN, Networking, IT, Innovative Products, Services, sales, Marketing, projects, network design, fiber, Sales leads, partnerships, contacts, clients, innovations, Cairo, Dubai, Dublin, Ireland, Partnerships, PM, Laser, engraving machines, Epilog, Laserphotonics, Egypt business network

Mohamed Alborno’s Experience

• Publicist

  Tohami.com

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  PR and marketing activities for the Mohamed Tohami's trailings and the Pharaohs' Code Book.

• Strategist

  Hatefna

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• VP of Public Relations

  Cairo Toastmasters Club

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Responsible for PR activities, managed to put Cairo Toastmasters in international TV and newspapers.
  Organizing events and workshops, and spreading the word.

• Director

  DVS Canada

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Computer Software, Software, Telecoms, OSS, ICT, BPO, solutions, Telecommunications, LAN, Distribution, Networking, IT, Innovative Products, Services, sales, Marketing, Project Management, innovation

• Networking Coach

  Design Valley

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Founder

  Egypt Business Network

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years )

  - Egypt Business Network helps developing new business opportunities
  - Helps national professionals develop new business opportunities globally
  - Helps international professionals do business in Egypt or with Egyptian companies
  - Answer questions about Egypt
  - Share experiences, what's good and best places to visit

• Independent Marketing Consultant

  CSS

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  March 2009 — May 2009 (3 months)

• Entrepreneur

  Possible Joint Venture

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Business Development Manager

  OpenCraft

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Participating in the launching of the IPTV and CRM solutions
  Managing external relationships with partners (e.g. Intel and SugarCRM) and business development activities nationally and internationally
  I help companies maximizing their revenues, decreasing their costs and becoming more effective . This is done through thorough assessment of current business situation and introducing new ideas and initiatives and implementing it, that will produce a direct and significant impact.
  Areas:
  IPTV, STB, Telephony, VoIP, IP Contact Centers, Virtual PBX, Asterisk, CRM

• Telecommunications Sales and Marketing

  3M

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MMM; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2006 — December 2006 (7 months)

  Selling 3M telecommunication products, taking part of developing and implementing the sales and marketing plans for the telecommunications market devision.
  Product demonstration and training for end-users and distributors sales reps
  Maintaining existing accounts as well as developing new ones.

• IEEE Active Member

  IEEE Egypt

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1999 — December 2006 (7 years 4 months)

  Help in organizing IEEE events, conferences, seminars and meetings, recruiting sponsors, designing competitions

• Product Manager and Technical Marketing Executive

  High Technology Systems Ltd. (HiTeknoFal)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)

  February 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 4 months)

  • Launching NETGEAR business to become a multi-million pounds business
  
  • Introducing, promoting, selling and marketing NETGEAR's products and solutions in Egypt. As well as supporting the sales and marketing process
  • Design, pre-sales, implementation and support activities for the wireless and mobile devision
  • Designing and implementing the university program and competition
  • Technical and business assessment of new mobile networking solutions.
  • Design, implementation of marketing campaigns for new company products and services mainly wireless and mobile solutions; as well as marketing existing services and solutions
  • Appointing new channel partners as well as supporting them with sales, technical training and support
  • Helping organizing the International e-Learning Conference at the American University in Cairo (AUC)

• Consultant

  Design Valley

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 10 months)

  Business development in Europe and North America. Marketing for the Wireless solutions. Supervising and implementing the sales and marketing plans.
  Creating and managing resellers agreements in the Europe and the Middle-East.

• Instructor and Trainer

  YAT

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Training the TIA's Certified in Convergent Network Tehcnologies (CCNT)
  A program sponsored by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT).
  Course Modules:
  - Basic Telecommunications-
  - Basic Data Communications
  - Computer – Telephone Integration (CTI) Essentials
  - Local Area Networks (LANs)
  - Broadband Technologies
  - Voice Over IP (VoIP) Essentials

• International Sales Specialist / Wireless Specialist

  Silicon21

  (Computer Networking industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

• Wireless Networking Manager

  KIT

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 8 months)

  • Design, implementation and marketing for new company products and services: WLAN and GSM networks
  • Marketing for fiber optic cables/networks and electronics BU.
  • Designing and implementing the university support program and design competition.
  • Introducing, promoting and implementing new integrated networking and telecom solutions in Egypt; e.g. mobile integrated solutions, Linux based remote administration.

• Software QA Tester

  Valuesys

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Mohamed Alborno’s Education

• Regional Information Technology Institute

  1991 — 2009

• The American University in Cairo

  Diploma , Project Management , 2006 — 2008

• Higher Technological Institute

  Bachelor of Science , Electrical and Computer Engineering

  Drafting 2 patents, CCNT, Microsoft Certified Professional, D-Link Certified, Certified Cisco Sales Expert and Project Management (in progress).

  Activities and Societies:

  Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  IEEE Student Branch Chairman, Activities and Societies: IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) member since 1998, Computer Society, Telecommunication Society. ESPAF Parachuting Federation.

Additional Information

Mohamed Alborno’s Interests:

Business contacts, partnerships, leads, distributors, outsourcing, NLP, skydiving, mind tools, wireless technology, SMS marketing, interactive marketing, WAP, mobile internet, wireless, technology, travel, mobile, Wi-Fi, WiFi, teleco, SMS, Ireland, Dublin, UAE, Dubai, Egypt, Cairo, 802.11, 3G, ASW, A Small World

Mohamed Alborno’s Groups:

IEEE, EBN (Egypt Business Network), SICU, The SICU Synergy Solutions Group (SICU SSG), ASW, A Small World, asmallworld

•    J-Desk
•    eOffice
•    Earlystage.com Entrepreneurs
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    The American University in Cairo (AUC)
•    XING.com
•    Global Worker
•    Ecademy.com
•    <<< Friends of Ireland >>>
•    Enterprise Software Community
•    VOD Content
•    FON!!
•    Sustainable Investment Forum
•    Open Networkers
•    XING
•    FranklinCovey CRM Collaborators
•    European Internet Professionals
•    Broadcast Professionals
•    My ASW & VIP Choice
•    Egypt NetWork
•    Egyptian Professionals
•    International Film & Video Production Forum
•    3M - Current And Former Employees
•    EgyptNetworkers
•    Egypt-Developers
•    Freelance professionals
•    IEEE EGYPT GOLD (The Official Group)
•    North Africa Com Telecoms Group
•    SEMANTIC SOCIAL NETWORK 2.0 - One World!
•    3M Alumni Global Network
•    Advisors for the Arab World's Start-ups
•    OSiM 2009 World Series
•    Egyptian Junior Business Association
•    ITIDA
•    GSMA Mobile World Congress (The Official Networking Group)
•    Middle East Technology Recruitment - meait
•    Kariera Managera - Executive careers in Poland
•    Manager Egypt
•    Outsourcing Egypt
•    Sales-VS-Marketing
•    Best Practices in ISVs
•    Scanner Tribe
•    Consumer 360 - Nielsen Egypt 'The Next BIG thing'

Mohamed Alborno’s Honors:

* Best Networking Competition Winner, by XING.com AG.
* Nominated for membership in the International Association of Business Leaders (IABL).
* Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Egypt Section.
* Certificate of Appreciation, Higher Technological Institute, 2002.
* Certificate of Honor, Sunrise English School.
* National Champion, silver and bronze medals.

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