Khalil Damisi

Director of Sales & GTM EMEA & APJ | RSA G&L Champion | Helping Enterprises Govern Access, Reduce Risk & Stay Compliant | RSA Saudi General Manager

Saudi Arabia4k followers
RSA Securityex-EMCex-Digital Signal Corporation

With over 25 years in the cybersecurity and IT space, I specialize in Identity Governance and Access Management (IGA/IAM), helping enterprises transform how they manage digital identities, reduce risk, and ensure compliance.

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As Director of Sales & Go-To-Market for RSA’s Governance & Lifecycle (G&L) platform, I lead regional growth across EMEA and APJ, working with global partners and enterprise clients to deliver tailored, scalable identity strategies. I’ve supported Fortune 500 clients, major banks, and public sector organizations on their journeys from legacy identity systems to modern, policy-driven governance models — combining technology with measurable business outcomes. If you're looking to enable secure access, streamline certifications, or rethink your IGA program — let’s connect. 🔑 Keywords for alignment & search optimization: Sales Management | Services Sales | Account Management | Business Development | Service Delivery | Strategic Planning | Motivating People | Building Strong Teams | Conflict Resolution | MBA | Customer Focused | Crisis Management | Managing People | Managing P&L | Profit and Loss | Margins | META | MENA | EMEA | Emerging EMEA | APJ | USA | Worldwide | International | Global

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  1. RSA SECURITYJOB
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    2. Dir of Worldwide PS Delive…
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    3. EMEA & APJ Identity Servic…
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    4. Senior Mgr, Identity Pract…
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    5. Senior Mgr, Global Service…
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  2. EMCJOB
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  3. DIGITAL SIGNAL CORPORATIONJOB
    1. Country Dir
      1Y 7M
  4. SYMANTECJOB
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      3Y 3M
    2. Sr. Principle Business Cri…
      2Y 6M
    3. BD Mgr
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  5. NTC NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANYJOB
    1. Account Mgr
      2Y 3M
  6. UBM UNITED BUSINESS MACHINEJOB
    1. System Eng
      1Y 2M

Time in market 24Y 2MOpen 5Closed 11Stints 16

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  1. Job: RSA Security — Director of Sales and GTM, Identity Governance and Lifecycle, International Region; RSA Saudi GM · 2024-02 – present
  2. Job: RSA Security — Director of Worldwide PS Delivery & Go to Market & RSA Saudi General Manager · 2022-02 – 2024-02 — As the Global Director of Professional Services Delivery & Go-to-Market at RSA, I specialize in translating strategic vision into operational excellence. Accomplishing booking plans consistently, I've elevated customer success and satisfaction, earning recognition as a top-performing leader. My focus involves spearheading groundbreaking provisional service sales and delivery teams, delivering significant business impact. My market acumen has driven the development of innovative offerings, propelling our services business into an eight-figure powerhouse. Leading a high-caliber team across 30+ countries in Asia, Africa, Europe & the Americas, I foster a culture of innovation that extends beyo…
  3. Job: RSA Security — EMEA & APJ Identity Services Director · 2021-02 – 2022-08
  4. Job: RSA Security — Senior Manager, Identity Practice - EMEA · 2016-10 – 2021-02 — Leading the Identity Professional Services Business unit across EMEA. Full responsibility of the services business including: • Responsible for Services Sales: Managing a team of services sales personnel - Quota Carrying. • Responsible for Revenue generation and delivery: Managing a team of consultants- Carrying a revenue quota and billable utilization targets. • Driving Service Partners partnership and enablement. • Responsible for P&L. Carrying a Margin Target. • Driving Services Presales activities.
  5. Job: RSA Security — Senior Manager, Global Services, EMEA South · 2015-11 – 2016-10
  6. Job: EMC — Senior Manager, Idenitity Practice EMEA- RSA · 2015-11 – 2022-01
  7. Job: Digital Signal Corporation — Country Director · 2014-03 – 2015-10 — Saudi Arabia Country Director at Digital Signal Corporation, a leading provider of 3D long-range facial recognition technologies and Biometrics.
  8. Job: Symantec — Regional Manager- Emerging & Mediterranean, Business Critical Services · 2010-11 – 2014-02 — Leading BCS organization to grow business & increase customer satisfaction while maintaining margins. Working closely with country sales managers to align local sales plans to global BCS plan. All objectives are achieved through working with my direct reports. In this role I'm responsible for managing 3 teams ( BDMs, BCAMs & BCEs) BDM responsibilities: • I run a team of sales specialists who identify, propose, quote & close new business & renewals • Built $18M business from $500K (from less than 10 clients in KSA & Egypt to more than 150 clients in every major country across the region) • Maintained 45%+ profit & exceptional customer satisfaction ratings • Outperformed quotas every year i…
  9. Job: Symantec — Sr. Principle Business Critical Account Manager · 2008-04 – 2010-10 — • This was a dual role in terms of service delivery and BDM. • Under BDM I was leading all BCS sales activities in MENA region including but not limited to Managing pipelines, negotiating contracts, working with partners and distributers. o Partnering with account managers to propose and position BCS. o Have grown the business from less than 10 clients to more than 42 clients in less than 3 years. o Over achieved the entire Emerging growth targets out of MENA. o Over achieved targets and expectations in MENA ( 200% YOY for 2 years) • Under Service Delivery role, I have maintained 100% renewal ( did not lose a single account, record break…
  10. Job: Symantec — Business Development Manager · 2007-03 – 2008-04 — Develop annual plan for growing business in the Saudi government Sector in line with Symantec’s strategic sales plan. Work with sales specialists and business leaders to execute the plans. Responsible for new account development & expanding existing accounts through business to business sales of Symantec software licensing, appliances & services to enterprise and large-enterprise accounts • Managing & driving revenue through complex, multiple go-to-market strategies to meet & exceed sales quota • Executing complex sales & effectively manage the sales process & activities • Working with the Country Manager to develop &implement specific customer account & opportunity plans in support of co…
  11. Job: NTC National Technology Company — Account Manager · 2004-11 – 2007-02 — • Develop NTC growth and business plan within Saudi Arabian Private sector. • Working closely with business liens managers to achieve the overall Business plans. • Driving the presales teams to deliver POC’s and respond to RFPs. • Responsible for projects scoping and pricing. • Was involved in developing overall company strategy and product portfolio. • Led “go to market” strategy of specific business lines. • Landed the first and only international contract.
  12. Job: UBM United Business Machine — System Engineer · 2002-06 – 2003-08 — • Served as a technical resource providing on site support for “ATM Diebold machines and IBM servers” • Worked under pressure and achieved SLA targets. • Maintained periodic maintenance health checks. • Managed and deployed spare parts. • Maintained high customer satisfaction.
  13. School: Coventry University — MBA, Masters of Business Administration
  14. School: Jami'at Al-Ulum wa Al-Tiknolojia Al-Urdunia — BSC, Computer Engineering
  15. School: PMP Official Trainning Center — Project Management
  16. School: Coventry University — Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology

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Strategic PartnershipsCEOsCustomer Service ManagementDirect SalesTalent ManagementInternational SalesGlobal DeliverySocial SkillsCloud ComputingDisaster RecoveryService DeliveryProfessional ServicesService ManagementStartupsProject ManagementCommunicationIdentity and Access Management (IAM)Account ManagementStrategic PlanningBusiness Development

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