Sammy Haroon

Current

• Managing Director at The RBR Group

Past

• Partner at Acara Global, LLC.
• Director at Procter & Gamble
• Consultant - Product Development at CheckFree Corporation

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Islamabad College for Boys

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Executive Office

Websites

• Blog
• Publication "Open Innovation"
• Media Coverage

Sammy Haroon’s Summary

Executive in product and service development delivering tangible results. Leadership through creativity driven breakthrough innovation. Focused on managing and creating new or existing businesses.

Recent Keynotes, Seminars:
➢ Copenhagen, Denmark - Innovation Leadership
➢ Tel Aviv, Israel TheMarker Innovation Conference, “Open Innovation: Connect & Develop - A Global Reality”
➢ Dubai, UAE American University - Dilemma Management
➢ London, UK A.T. Kearney, “European Best Innovator”
➢ Islamabad, Pakistan Riphah University “Innovation & Entrepreneurship”
➢ U.S.A Highlights:
• Georgia Institute of Technology - Rapid Product Development, Designing Engineering Systems
• University of Texas McCombs School of Business, MBA “Innovation in Virtualization / Modeling”

Charter Member - The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the world's leading non-profit entrepreneurial organization.

Fluent in English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, some Arabic. Deep understanding of Middle Eastern, Asian and various Western European cultures.

Sammy Haroon’s Specialties:

1- Products and Services - focus is design, development, marketing, commercialization and globalization
2- Technology Innovation - focus is new technology development, application to existing businesses and new business models

Sammy Haroon’s Experience

• Managing Director

  The RBR Group

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 1998 — Present (11 years 6 months)

  Flattening the World through Int'l Ventures, Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
  
  USA
  -Developing and leading the global commercialization business for an autonomous underwater vehicle and associated services company
  -Advisor on marketing, IP and funding to a biotech, a wireless products and a SAAS company
  
  Gulf (GCC) / EU
  -Enhancing consumer experiences through Strategy Advisory to CEO, RAK College of Dental Sciences and Hospital-UAE
  -Advised Race World-KSA on marketing strategy for a $50m project and Saudi Arabia’s 1st FIA accredited organization
  -Developed JV with Marketing Consulting Services and Copenhagen Business School delivering Instant Innovation Technology™ service
  
  Global Academia
  -Continuous knowledge exchange to grow intellectual wealth as permanent guest lecturer at Georgia Institute of Technology developing Masters courses, leading grants/funding acquisition. Senior Advisor to the Int'l Product Creation Network – a consortium of Georgia Tech, HP, TU - Eindhoven, MSC Software and IIT

Sammy Haroon’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Degree: Philosophy of Science & Technology 1989 — 1991

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Degree: Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering 1986 — 1991

• Islamabad College for Boys

  Degree: Faculty of Science & Engineering 1980 — 1986

Additional Information

Sammy Haroon’s Websites:

• Blog
• Publication "Open Innovation"
• Media Coverage

Sammy Haroon’s Groups:

•    Georgia Tech Alumni Association
•    P&G Alumni Network Association
•    Dubai Business Network
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    User Experience
•    NASA Pro Racing