Technical skills
Experience in designing and selling data-center transformation and storage solutions. In-depth knowledge of storage related concerns in the data-center. Experience in supporting customers with data center consolidation projects in various environments such as ERP, messaging…
Management
Experience in managing and developing a dispersed and virtual team.
Business development
Experience in channel development and enablement: Partner training programs for Africa, Awareness and Knowledge Transfer events for System Integrators.
Marketing
Experience in managing several industry events: ENSA@Work, Microsoft Tech’Ed, Gitex (Dubai), SitExpo (Casablanca)…
Storage Product Marketing Manager for Africa.
Farzad Nobar
Senior Consultant, Technical manager
Villeneuve-Loubet, France
Farzad Nobar | English | French |
Schools attended |
Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (DEUG, BA) |
Since 2005: Hewlett-Packard |
Manager - SI Technical Alliance Team
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Manager - SI Technical Alliance Team – Hewlett-Packard EMEA Management of the EMEA and country team providing technical support to the main Global System Integrators (Accenture, Capgemini, AtosOrigin, Deloitte, BearingPoint, CSC, EDS) • Presales technical support to major EMEA system integrators • SI Partner enablement through knowledge transfer and awareness programs • Support to alliances in the development of go to market initiatives Key achievements • Setup of Compaq’s regional headquarters in Casablanca. Server & Storage BU Manager in charge of the development of the Server and Storage business for Compaq in North & West Africa. • Technical marketing. Contribution to several industry events including ENSA@Work 2004 and 2005, HP’s annual Enterprise event (5000 attendees) where I was in charge defining the content of the business and technical sessions (more than 500 breakout or workshop sessions) • Transformation and enablement of the Compaq Channel in North & West Africa moving from volume to value sales (Alpha Servers, Storage…) • Leading several IT transformation & Storage projects. Experience in winning several large deals in North & West Africa (Meditelecom, Societe Generale, Ecobank, Barid al Maghrib, Roche, BMCE, CNSS, Itissalat, ABN Amro, WafaBank, Banque Populaire, Sonabel, Bouygues, Cote d’Ivoire Telecom, Air Liquide, Monetique Tunisie, City Bank) | |
Industry: Computer services |
2001 - 2005 : Hewlett-Packard |
Senior Storage Consultant
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Senior Storage Consultant – EMEA & Team Lead (HP, France) • Customer workshops, proof of concepts, benchmarks • Architecture of storage solutions in complex heterogeneous environments • Events Support and Technical Management (Microsoft Tech’Ed, IT Forum, ENSA@Work...) • Onsite customer installations of emerging technologies and products • Training of professional services staff, partners and country presales • Technical support of complex problems & Large bid support • Team leader of the Compaq storage team during the HP-Compaq merger | |
Industry: High Tech |
1998 - 2000 : Compaq - North & West Africa |
Product Marketing Manager
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Product Marketing Manager - Enterprise Servers and Storage In charge of business development for the Server and Storage products in North & West Africa. Based in Casablanca - Morocco • Channel enablement & Training • Marketing and joint activities with ISV partners • Events Support and Technical Management • Large deal support for major African customers | |
Industry: High Tech |
1992 - 1998 : Geoimage |
Software Engineer
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Development of image processing specifically for the processing of satellite or aerial photography Sales, events, installation and training | |
Industry: Telecom Operators |
Interests |
Ski, Mountain Bike, Squash, Volley Ball |
