Senior IT Executive · Cybersecurity & GRC · Technical Sales

Infrastructure you can trust. Growth you can measure.

20+ years building secure sovereign cloud & GRC programs — and the sales engines that take them to market across 22 countries.

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Portrait of Mahmoud Ali A. Elsayed
🛡 CISO-grade security 🌍 3 continents 🚀 Founder ×3
Open to CISO · Sales Director · Advisory
Languages Arabic · English · Portuguese
Base MENA — global remit, NDA-friendly
CV by role Security · Sales · Advisory

Career

Companies I've worked with

Two decades from telecom and global operations to Microsoft, Odoo and Omniful — and the ventures I founded.

HAiCapita Founder & CEO · AI transformation · now Omniful Indirect Sales Head — Channel · 2025–2026
Odoo Regional Strategic Partnerships Manager · 2024–2025
Microsoft Territory Account Manager · Sr. Technical Consultant · 2022–2024
TripAdvisor SME — IT Operations, EMEA & LATAM · 2021–2022
Western Union SME — Operations, LATAM (São Paulo) · 2018–2021
ASITS Founder · Technical Operations Lead · since 2009
Teleperformance CX & digital services · training leadership
Concentrix CX & technology · enterprise programs
WE Telecom Egypt · enterprise ICT
FIFA World football · technology operations
CAF African football · technology & events

Expertise

Build × Grow

Technical depth makes the commercial leadership credible — and vice-versa. Hover to see the links.

BUILD Technical

  • Sovereign Cloud Architecturenational & regulated-industry cloud
  • Cybersecurity & GRCISO 27001 · SOC 2 · PCI-DSS · PDPL · GDPR
  • Cloud MigrationAzure · AWS · OCI
  • AI Transformationstrategy, governance, enablement
  • Enterprise NetworkingFortinet · Juniper · Arista · Palo Alto · F5
  • Linux & Open Sourceplatform strategy & migration
  • CRM / ERPDynamics 365 · Odoo
  • Continuity & Pentestingresilience by design

GROW Commercial

  • Channel & Partner Strategyrecruit, enable, scale ecosystems
  • Government & Enterprise Salescomplex multi-stakeholder cycles
  • Go-to-Market Leadershipnew markets, new lines of business
  • Strategic AccountsC-level relationships that renew
  • Vendor Alliancesfluent across the infra, Cloud & SaaS portfolio
  • Solution Consultingthe architect in the deal room
  • Training & Enablement4,000+ professionals since 2009
  • Multi-Region ExpansionLATAM · NAM · Africa · MENA · GCC

Credentials

Certifications & vendor fluency

Certified by

Microsoft AWS Oracle IBM Cisco The Linux Foundation Qualys Fortinet ISACA ISC2 CompTIA
ISO/IEC 27001 SOC 2 PCI-DSS PDPL GDPR

Vendor & technology portfolio

Fortinet Juniper Networks Arista Palo Alto Networks F5 Microsoft Azure AWS Oracle Cloud Microsoft Dynamics 365 Odoo Linux

Global Impact

22 countries. 3 continents. 5 sectors.

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GCC

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman

MENA

Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria

Africa

Cabo verde, DR Congo, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Mozambique

LATAM

Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Paraguay

North America

United States, Canada

Governments

Sovereign cloud & compliance

Financial

PCI-DSS & resilient banking

Healthcare

Data protection & continuity

Oil & Gas

OT/IT & critical infrastructure

Enterprises

Cloud, ERP/CRM & AI

Curriculum Vitae

Three lenses on one career

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Cybersecurity Leadership

For: CISO · Security Director · GRC Executive

  • GRC programs: ISO 27001, ISO 20000, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, PDPL
  • Government & financial-sector transformation
  • Security architecture & pentesting
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Technical & Channel Sales

For: Sales Director · Channel Chief · GTM Executive

  • Partner ecosystems across 5 regions
  • Enterprise & government sales cycles
  • Vendor fluency: Fortinet → F5
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Consulting & Training

For: Advisory · Transformation · Enablement

  • Cloud, AI & digital transformation advisory
  • 4,000+ professionals trained since 2009
  • Enterprise architecture & readiness
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Mahmoud Ali A. Elsayed

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