Hichame Assi

Current

• General Manager Australia/New Zealand at OctopusTravel.com
• Online Marketing Manager APAC B2C at OctopusTravel.com
• PHD Research Student at University of London

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Past

• Head of eCommerce at OHG (OnHoliday Group)
• eCommerce Consultant at eWaterWays
• Head of eCommerce and Product Dev at TravelPort (Cendant)

• Product Director for Dynamic Packaging at Cendant B2C International (TravelPort)
• eCommerce Manager at OctopusTravel

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Education

• Birkbeck, U. of London
• University of London
• University of London

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Recommended

8 people have recommended Hichame

Connections

272 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• Follow me on Twitter

Hichame Assi’s Experience

• General Manager Australia/New Zealand

  OctopusTravel.com

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Online Marketing Manager APAC B2C

  OctopusTravel.com

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• PHD Research Student

  University of London

  (Educational Institution; Internet industry)

  December 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)

• Head of eCommerce

  OHG (OnHoliday Group)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

• eCommerce Consultant

  eWaterWays

  (Internet industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Head of eCommerce and Product Dev

  TravelPort (Cendant)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  January 2006 — November 2006 (11 months)

• Product Director for Dynamic Packaging

  Cendant B2C International (TravelPort)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  June 2005 — January 2006 (8 months)

• eCommerce Manager

  OctopusTravel

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  June 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Hichame Assi’s Education

• Birkbeck, U. of London

  PHD , eCommerce, Social Networks and Open Innovation , 2007 — 2011 (expected)

• University of London

  MSc , eCommerce , 2003 — 2004

• University of London

  PostGraduate Diploma , eCommerce , 2002 — 2003

Additional Information

Hichame Assi’s Websites:

• My Website
• Follow me on Twitter

Hichame Assi’s Groups:

•    eOffice
•    Guidewire Group's Social Media Insiders
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Online marketing
•    Travel 2.0: Interactive Travel Industry Professionals
•    The Next Web Conference & Blog
•    Middle East NetWork
•    Hotel Online Distribution & Hotel Revenue Management Professionals Group
•    ECOM Experts, e-commerce / online marketing (6500+ Members)
•    Syria Business and Professional Network
•    PPC Marketing
•    ArabCrunch.com
•    Birkbeck Alumni
•    Group Syria
•    Aquent Network
•    eCommerce of Australia & New Zealand
•    StartUpArabia
•    ewaterways
•    Syrian IT Professionals Network

Hichame Assi’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch