
Vertical Account Manager, IBM Qatar
United Arab Emirates

Vertical Account Manager, IBM Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Intelligence and drive for excellence to develop a strong intellectual capital, to create a superior value proposition, and to draw new perspectives through a broader vision of the competitive landscape of today's and tomorrow's globalization.
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Hakim BENNIS
bennis@gmail.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Responsible of a portfolio of medium to large accounts in TREC sector (Tourism, Real Estate and Construction). Working closely with clients, consultants, and contractors to achieve all operating objectives including sales, revenue, GP, and customer satisfaction targets for the assigned sector. Maintaining, improving and growing existing client relationships and increase revenue by up-selling and promoting IBM and Cisco products. Developed strategies to maximize sales target within the assigned sector. Responsible for reports of account planning and pipeline forecasting to management personnel on a quarterly and half yearly basis. Managing a long sales cycle and exceeding yearly sales quota.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
Contracted to research and design a policy covering all the aspects of information security for critical data in the bank sector. Computer and network risk analysis and identification (ISO 17799). Write-up of procedures, guides and policies for information security. Diagnosis of security loopholes. Disaster recovery planning.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GLE; Banking industry)
May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)
Contracted for the study and implementation of a redundant and scalable solution to connect two branches between France and Poland using ATM over SDH. Identification and centralization of the requirements. Design of infrastructure solutions within the bank’s specifications.
Master of Science, Information & Communications Technology Management, 2004 — 2006
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineering, 2000 — 2004
Water sports, Photography, Traveling, Jazz, Cooking, Apple fan.
ForbesLife member
2nd Prize in Network Design at the “Phi Beta Lambda Florida State Leadership Conference”, 2003