Abbas Alidina is the founder of Logicks.com, an Internet Marketing Agency that executes online campaigns for organizations in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA).
With over 10 years of consulting experience in Internet Marketing, Abbas has developed strategies and executed projects for global brands including: McDonalds, Honeywell, Motorola, Bell Canada, Devon Energy and Aviva Insurance.
Growing up in Toronto, Canada, Abbas started his Internet Marketing career at a young age by developing and promoting websites for local small businesses. He is an early adopter of Internet Technology and was a Featured Blogger on the Most Valuable Network, the world’s largest sports blog.
Abbas has a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada and executed an Online Customer Acquisition study for the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia.
Prior to moving to Dubai, Abbas was a Consultant with Deloitte & Touche in Toronto. He consulted on multiple projects with the Canadian Government and 2 of Canada’s leading banks.
You can reach Abbas through any of the following.
Akanksha Goel is a marketing futurist and the founder of Socialize, UAE’s first dedicated social media agency and training house, headquartered in Dubai.
Before moving to Dubai, as the Marketing Director for the Sherazade group, she headed STUFF Magazine, a leading consumer technology publication as its Editor in Singapore. She has also consulted on special projects with the TATA Group and TAJ Hotels, across India.
Akanksha frequently speaks and conducts marketing trainings across Asia and the Middle East. She counts companies like the MediaQuest Corporation, Murdoch University, Samsung Electronics, HP, IIR and Swarovski amongst her many clients. Akanksha also helped organize South East Asia’s first Podcamp and was co-creator of theDigital Media Across Asia wiki. In her free time, she organises Tweet-ups and other networking events for entrepreneurs and conversation-starters in Dubai.
Akanksha’s thoughts about social media and marketing have been featured in Knowledge@SMU, The Gulf Marketing Review, as well as the Six Pixels of Separation Podcast and news-sites like Emirates Business 24/7, Zawya and Finding Dulcinea.
Akanksha Goel
Direct: +971501058912
Office/Fax: +97144307153
Dubai 487177
Amir has over 11 years on the online world. His first online venture started in 1999 was a severe disaster leading him to $100,000 in debt and taking him three years to pay off. His second venture led him to winning the European prize for innovation and working for clients such as Google, Xbox, Oracle and Samsung.
He has worked for corporates, his own startups as well as government. Currently he advices on internet and marketing strategy to companies based in the Middle East.
Amir has an MBA with Distinction in Leadership from IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. A First Class (BSc Hons) in Computer Science with Business and Management from the University of Manchester, UK and an International Baccalaureate from The International School of Brussels, Belgium. He is also a graduate of Anthony Robbin’s Mastery University and a certified NLP and Hypnosis Practitioner.
Carol is an enthusiastic, energetic and versatile learning and development consultant, Master Trainer and professional speaker who has recently published her first book – “Hitting the Wall…..and breaking through!” She manages and runs her own successful training and development consultancy and has a wide resource of tools, techniques and processes to galvanize others into becoming actively involved in their own personal development and specializes in leadership and Neuro-linguistic programming.
With a strong personal interest in holistic development, much of Carol’s work includes accelerated learning techniques. She is an NLP Certified Trainer (American Board of NLP), Trainer of Hypnosis & Time Line Therapy® and has trained with some of the best presenters in the UK & US including Steve McDermott, European Business Speaker of the year in 2003 and 2004.
Carol is also a certified Master Firewalk Instructor and Certified EQ Practitioner (Emotional Intelligence) and has shared these tools and techniques in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She communicates well in a multi-cultural environment, relating easily to all levels of an organization and specializes in leadership, management and change. Her seminars and workshops are informal, creating a fun and relaxed environment, yet sharply focused, developing delegates’ long-term strategies for personal development and growth.
Dariush Soudi, has certainly had an eventful life. from his humle beginnings in Iran to running large organizations in the UK. So called, making it, losing it and making it back again. Dariush is a business Doctor who specialises in practical simple methods on how to sell and increase the profitability of you and your business.
Dariush’s clients range from large corporates to successful individuals. He is passionate about improving peoples lives through his unique sales and marketing techniques. His work is original and gets results. Bring your sales questions with you and walk away with solutions, strategies and you will be guaranteed to be inspired.
Dariush will be providing you with at least 5 tools and methods which you will be able to use the very next day to enhance your professional life and maybe even your personal life.
Since 1994 he has worked with thousands of individuals from over 80 nationalities in more than 45 different countries. Words like inspiring, exciting, riveting, sensitive and dynamic are usually written on participants’ evaluations after they have experienced Ernesto. After his presentation you’ll feel inspired, amused and most important, ready to apply the tools that will transform your business and your personal life forever!
Today Ernesto is an Author, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Consultant, Coach, and Accelerated Learning Practitioner. He is often sought after of his expertise in the fields of peak performance, business development, internet marketing personal finance and organizational success.
eCommerce, Outsourcing & Internet Productivity
Khuram Iqbal stands out of the crowd with his unique blend of knowledge, experience and educational background in Commerce, Business Processes, Information Technology & Financial Accounts and fulfills his promise to always bring the best to his Clients & Audiences for over 10 years.
His Success story starts from winning himself the Gold Medal in M.Com (Masters in Commerce), leading him to further polish his professional skills and enhance his practical knowledge about business processes as CA (Chartered Accountant), along-with various intensive trainings in Information Technology from South Africa, Singapore and Argentina, accompanying graduation in computer science.
Being founder of Wisdom IT Solutions LLC, he has discovered new horizons and his business has penetrated Global Markets with its exclusive products & services like comprehensive Web Solutions, innovative eCommerce Projects, Internet Marketing Strategies and online Money Making Techniques, ERP Implementation & Consultations etc. and satisfying his clients in UK, USA, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, UAE and other gulf countries.
Khuram’s 10 Years of practical business experience makes his public speaking & presentation approach more interactive and his professional market practices make it more interesting as he brings real-time example from your day-to-day business situations. He will be sharing his business success stories and providing step-by-step guidelines to establish your own online ecommerce business which will enable you start making money by using latest business techniques. This 1 hour session can be the best available opportunity to innovate your business practices, enlighten your mind with new ideas and think out of the box. You can also seek Khuram Iqbal’s professional advice to resolve your business issues and discuss the solutions with new perspective.
With over 15 years of practical experience in sales, marketing, entrepreneurship and training, Nuridin Islam is a business strategist, corporate educator and consultant in the fields of Learning & Development, leadership, sales, the art of communication and financial intelligence.
Nuridin Islam is a Personal Growth & Financial Intelligence Visionary who has established, actively lead and inspire more than 45 financial intelligence clubs worldwide in some of the major cities like: Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow, Cairo, Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, Sarajevo, Beijing, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Kuwait and Johannesburg among many others with a total of 14,000 active members. Those financial intelligence communities provide financial literacy and intelligence through the latest educational technologies, Neuro-Linguistic programming, board games and the power of teams and communities.
As one of his key competencies, Nuridin Islam incorporates the business applications of psychology & NLP, Hypnotherapy together with financial and business education. One of Nuridin Islam’s major competitive strengths is the formulation of the organizational and personal return on investment (ROI) on training & educational activities. Nuridin Islam founded and managed the training departments of some major multinational companies in various industries like pharmaceuticals, advertising, Dotcoms, NGOs, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas.
Nuridin Islam is a motivational speaker, author and education consultant, a certified Neuro-linguistic programming trainer and a master practitioner in hypnotherapy and time line therapy from the American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Nuridin Islam delivered corporate training and consulting projects in sales, management & leadership, communication and personal growth as well as financial intelligence in more than 20 countries across the Middle East, Canada, Asia & Latin America with over 5000 corporate and individual graduates. Nuridin Islam resides in Dubai, UAE with his wife Amal and three kids, Ali, Ahmed and Hassan.
Ramez started his career in direct sales at age 19 while studying International Business at Villanova University in Philadelphia, USA.
He continued in that industry for 15 years achieving the “Hall of Fame” status, a milestone reserved for the very best in the company. His career exceed $14 million in sales.
In 2004, he entered the corporate world to gain more international exposure and joined Unilever Foodsolutions. As their Regional Sales Training Manager for Asia, Africa and the Middle East he has taken his vast experience around more than 20 countries where he has designed and implemented a Global Sales Training Program.
In 2007 he was appointed the Head of Sales for the G.C.C. and turned around a troubled division for that same company. After reaching the ranks of Business Head in 2009, he decided to pursue his passion in professional speaking, training and inspiring others to reach their potential in life.
He is a highly accomplished professional with a focus on sales and leadership as he believes that those are fundamental skills for life.
He speaks 4 languages including Arabic, French and Spanish.
Mehraj comes from Sri Lanka and have worked for Multinational Corporations such as ABN-Amro Bank, Unilever and 3M USA. He currently works as the Social Media Manager for a leading Food Supplies Co here in Dubai. He is considred the go to guy for event marketing and the last event which he promoted, the Dubai Dance Festival he managed to fill 1600 seats all through the efforts from using Social Media. Areas he covers include Social Media Strategies, Facebook Tactics, Event Management Marketing, Rejuvenating websites, Social Media Marketing, Understanding Social Media ROI, Social Media Lead Generation and Social Media Campaign Management. In addition to these he is also a Motivational Coach and a Trainer in Respiratory Protection in Health and Safety.