Tarik Al-Ani

AI@Work | GTM | Shaping the future of work

United Arab Emirates2.2k followers
Microsoftex-Ciscoex-CableFree Solutions Limited

I consider myself lucky to have been involved in some of the most innovative Cybersecurity projects across EMEA, witnessing them from conception to after implementation.

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Now enter the age of AI, helping organizations leverage the power of AI to solve their unique business problems, reduce costs, and drive net-new value creation through a high-powered workforce. This point of infliction demands a close alignment with our partners to help our customers apply effective adoption and change management strategies that are human-centric. Work, communication and collaboration are changing rapidly. To succeed in this new world of work, organizations will need to be flexible and change almost everything about how they operate. At Microsoft, we don't claim to have all the answers, but we believe in learning from the times, using data, not opinions, to make decisions. We want to offer useful data, insights and technologies that help our customers, partners and communities adapt to this change.

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  1. MICROSOFTJOB
    1. GTM Strategy Lead, AI Busi…
      5M
    2. AI Workforce Global Black…
      1Y 10M
    3. Productivity & Employee Ex…
      2Y 11M
    4. Cyber Security Lead
      2Y 11M
  2. F5JOB
    1. Senior Channel Mgr - Gulf…
      1Y 11M
  3. CISCOJOB
    1. Security Sales Channel Lead
      3Y 2M
    2. Cybersecurity Sales Specia…
      1Y 8M
    3. Busniness Mgr - Commercial…
      2Y
  4. CABLEFREE SOLUTIONS LIMITEDJOB
    1. EMEA BDM/ PM
      2Y 5M

Time in market 19YOpen 3Closed 8Stints 11

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  1. Job: Cisco — Cybersecurity Sales Specialist · 2012-03 – 2013-11
  2. Job: Cisco — Security Sales Channel Lead / Gulf Region - GSSO · 2013-11 – 2017-01
  3. Job: CableFree Solutions Limited — EMEA BDM/ PM · 2007-08 – 2010-01
  4. Job: Cisco — Busniness Manager - Commercial segment · 2010-02 – 2012-02
  5. Job: Microsoft — GTM Strategy Lead, AI Business Solutions | EMEA · 2026-03 – present
  6. Job: Microsoft — AI Workforce Global Black Belt · 2024-05 – 2026-03
  7. Job: Microsoft — Productivity & Employee Experience Senior Specialist | Government & Enterprise | UAE · 2021-06 – 2024-05
  8. Job: F5 — Senior Channel Manager - Gulf & North Africa · 2017-01 – 2018
  9. Job: Microsoft — Cyber Security Lead | Government & Enterprise | UAE · 2018-06 – 2021-05
  10. School: Royal Holloway, University of London — MSc, Information Security
  11. School: University of the West of England — BSc, Software Engineering

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MakeCybersecurityACMChannel PartnersManaged ServicesSolution SellingWirelessConsultingCisco SecurityCloud SecurityMiddle EastInformation SecuritySecurity ComplianceVoIPTelecommunicationsVirtualizationMentoringPublic SpeakingArtificial Intelligence (AI)SaaSNetworking

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