Alex Jones

Business Development Executive

Dubai, United Arab Emirates8 yrs 2 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over 8 years in global technology recruitment.
Expert in building Data & AI teams across multiple regions.
Focused on enhancing Data maturity in the MENA region.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data & AI recruitment expert with a focus on Fintech and Cybersecurity.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data & AiExecutive SearchData AnalyticsCyber Leadership

Other Skills

AI SolutionsApache SparkArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Intelligence (BI)Causal InferenceCommunicationCyberCyber DefenseCyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)CybersecurityData AnalysisData ScienceData Warehousing

About

Alex has over 8 years of experience in global technology recruitment and executive search, offering a consultancy data-driven hiring approach. Dedicated to empowering organisations with the very best Data & AI talent 📊 He currently heads up the Data & AI sector at Discovered MENA and has a track record of building Data & AI teams in the UK, US and EMEA for entrepreneurial start-ups through to global multinational companies in the Banking, Blockchain, Crypto, Fintech, E-Commerce and Consultancy industries. Aiming to add honest value and knowledge to this community and looks to make an impact on Data maturity across the MENA region 📈 Data & Analytics Data Science | NLP | LLM | Experimentation | Causal Inference | GenAI | Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, AI Engineers | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Computer Vision | Data Architecture | Data Engineering, Business Intelligence | Data Product | Software, Data Management | Data Quality | Data Governance | Data Privacy | Heads of | Directors | Chief Data Officer | Time Series | Experimentation Data Scientists |

Experience

Discovered mena

2 roles

Senior Talent Partner - Data & AI Lead

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

For years, we've been at the forefront of the region's digital and technology landscape, helping to turn start-ups into unicorns, digitalising governments and global businesses, and supporting the hyper-growth of some of the biggest names in the world.
Our team live and breathe digital. Their knowledge, passion and commitment to supporting the growth of our clients have won us awards and made us who we are today.
Founded in 2016, Discovered was created in order to change the conventional recruitment stigma and stereotype. Designed to offer employees the trust and freedom required of a modern-day employee whilst focusing on building communities and networks, and creating lasting relationships with our partners, rather than transactional business.

Data & AIExecutive SearchRecruitment

Talent Partner - Data & AI Lead

Jul 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Shortlist recruitment limited

2 roles

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Data Analytics & Cyber Leadership

Promoted

Dec 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

No Bull. Just Great Talent.
We are ShortList Recruitment. The IT recruitment experts in matching the best and brightest brands with outstanding IT talent. I helped clients build teams from the ground up within Cyber Security, Data & Analytics, DevOps and IT Leadership roles for a variety of organisations in the FinTech, Professional Services and Technology space.
ShortList is one of the leading IT recruitment agencies who boast a highly skilled team that have extensive hands-on IT experience. We pride ourselves on partnering with the best employers in the UK and Austin, TX.
We spend time getting to know our clients and understanding their specific recruitment needs. We then use a combination of our extensive networks and strong IT domain knowledge to source and select the best possible talent, exceeding the expectations of our clients every time.
We focus on cultivating strong, long term relationships so our clients trust we will deliver for them whenever they need us.
We recruit IT professionals for both permanent and contract opportunities and cover the full spectrum of technology roles.

Data AnalyticsCyber LeadershipRecruitment

Recruitment Consultant - Data & Cyber Security

Oct 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Acuma group

Recruitment Consultant - SaaS Sales & Technology(US/EMEA)

Nov 2017 – Oct 2018 · 11 mos · Chester, United Kingdom

Acuma Group specialise in executive search, selection and recruitment of senior sales, executive leadership and technical professionals within the Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Healthcare and Technology industries.
Solutions:
Retained & Executive Search
Contingency Search
Contract Solutions
Business Consulting