Judging Panel

 

Ashwin Venkatchari, Research Director, IDC MEA

Ashwin Venkatchari,
Research Director, IDC MEA

Venkatchari joined IDC Middle East, Africa, and Turkey in 2013 as senior program manager for the firm’s Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions (IPDS) division. Based in IDC’s regional headquarters in Dubai, he is responsible for all IDC’s syndicated research, custom projects, advisory services, and business development activities across the IPDS domain. Venkatchari brings with him rich domain experience within the imaging and printing industry, having spent more than 12 years working in the Middle East and Africa for some of the region’s leading IT distributors.

Moustafa Abd El-Mohsen, Founder/CEO, Shaheen Management Consultancy

Moustafa Abd El-Mohsen,
Founder/CEO, Shaheen Management Consultancy

Abd El-Mohsen is the Founder/CEO of Shaheen Management Consultancy JLT; he is an International Consultant, Master Trainer, Personal Development Expert and an International Judge/Official Assessor for many Certification Processes Worldwide.

With more than 10 years’ experience in the retail sector, automotive field, customer service and the corporate world in various industries; Abd El-Mohsen is a Mechanical Engineer, a holder of a post graduate degree in International Business Management from University of Liverpool and Qualified Trainer from Mercedes-Benz Global Training Academy (Germany-Stuttgart). He was also involved in the appraisals of 450 Sales Consultants, 300 Service Advisors and 150 Managers Worldwide.

Philip Hughes, Middle East Business Start Up Consultant, Pumpkin LLC

Philip Hughes,
Middle East Business Start Up Consultant, Pumpkin LLC

Hughes has been working in the Middle East IT Channel for over 20 years. He has been involved in 4 successful IT related start-ups in that time. His primary skill set is the ability to advise organisations on aspects such as Route to Market and in understanding the simple Business Culture of the region.

Hughes strengths are his core sales and marketing skills and his understanding of the regional route to market, along with the importance of the channel in supporting the needs of IT users from enterprise through to retail levels.

He advises on IT channel issues in the region and has managed a number of successful projects in this field. He also speaks regularly at industry and channel events as well as judging annual channel awards.

He is currently contracted to Enviroserve LLC advising on their major expansion into End of Life Asset Management market sectors.

Pumpkin is an Umbrella Operation bringing independent technology focused consultants together in the fields of Route To Market, Enviromental Processes and certified LEED Engineering & Design.

Sudhir Nair, CEO, SOL Analytics

Sudhir Nair,
CEO, SOL Analytics

With a successful professional career in the Middle East Africa and Asian region over the last 24 years, Nair has been advocating the value of Data Analytics in today’s business context in the Middle East and Asia region. Nair leads a team of professionals passionate in bringing in consumer insights and building the Analytics success story worldwide through its expertise and understanding of client's strategic requirements. SOL Analytics provides Analytics and Consumer insights solutions to leading retailers, distributors and government organisations in the Middle East region.

Prior to establishing SOL Analytics, Nair had a successful professional career at heading Marketing for Nokia Corporation and being the Regional head of Samsung Electronics etc. in the Middle East and North Africa region.




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