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Salem A.

CEO

Singapore, Singapore19 yrs 8 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 10x Google Cloud Certified professional.
  • Led cloud solutions for Fortune 100 companies.
  • Pioneered AI integration in cloud services.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and AI Solutions Architect with extensive leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Team LeadershipData AnalyticsLeadershipCloud SolutionsAi IntegrationSolution ArchitectureAgile Software DevelopmentFinancial Reporting

Other Skills

Generative AITechnical Project LeadershipInformation Technology InfrastructureSAP HANACloud SQLBig DataData EngineeringData ScienceData LakesCloud-Native ArchitectureCloud DeveloperGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)KubernetesCloud InfrastructureTerraform

About

โ˜๏ธ I am an AI and Cloud tech senior leader. โ˜๏ธ I have a long experience helping innovative organisations all over the world build elegant, scalable and secure AI solutions in the Cloud. My skills are far-reaching: AI Agents, GenAI, business development, new teams and partnerships formation, hiring, management & coaching, client success, business transformation, continuous improvement, agile software development lifecycle, enterprise architecture and expertise with an ever-increasing number of technologies. ๐Ÿค– Also, keeping up with the latest tech is paramount so I make sure I never stop learning by (re)certifying as much as I can! ๐Ÿ“‘ I am 10x Google Cloud Certified, the first professional worldwide to collect and re-certify all GCP credentials (check my series IDs), 7 years and counting. https://www.credly.com/users/sam9/badges#credly

Experience

19 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
8 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 9 mos
Current Experience

Databricks

Head of Field Engineering

Aug 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 9 mos ยท Singapore ยท On-site

  • At Databricks, as a senior leader in the Field Engineering organization, I lead and grow a high-performing team of pre-sales Solutions Architects across ASEAN & Greater China, supporting Digital Native businesses, high-growth startups, and Enterprise Commercial segments.
  • Iโ€™m responsible for driving strategic customer engagements that unlock the full potential of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, enabling organizations to build and scale advanced analytics and AI solutions.
  • Key responsibilities and impact areas:
  • โ˜… ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ & ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ 
  • Hiring, mentoring, and empowering a diverse team of technical architects to serve as trusted advisors to our customers and partners.
  • โ˜… ๐†๐จ-๐“๐จ-๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ & ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
  • Collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Partner teams to define and execute go-to-market strategies that drive revenue growth and customer satisfaction.
  • โ˜… ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
  • Ensuring technical excellence in engagements to deliver business outcomes, accelerate platform adoption, and foster long-term strategic relationships.
  • โ˜… ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
  • Championing data and AI innovation across industries by guiding customers through solution design, architectural best practices, and value realization on Databricks.
  • My mission is to help organizations realize the promise of AI and data-driven transformation through the Databricks Lakehouse and its unified capabilities, from ETL and streaming to ML and generative AI.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Team Leadership

Google

Head of Google Cloud Professional Services

Feb 2018 โ€“ Aug 2024 ยท 6 yrs 6 mos ยท Singapore ยท On-site

  • At Google Cloud, I led the Professional Services team across ASEAN & Greater China. I also created and grew the Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure Practice across APJ. My focus was on empowering Fortune 100 companies to leverage cloud solutions for scalable growth and continuous innovation.
  • Key Awards included:
  • โ˜… ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› (๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ) in 2023
  • โ˜… ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐๐’ in 2021
  • Key activities included:
  • โ˜… ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž
  • Led a team of 25 professionals (cloud consultants, strategic cloud engineers, cloud architects, cloud program managers) that deployed cloud solutions to Fortune 100 businesses. Provided expert consulting services on GCP for diverse clients across the UK, Singapore, ASEAN and China, delivering cutting edge and strategic cloud migrations, infrastructure modernization and GenAI innovations. We delivered more than 20 large scale programs ($XM) for Singpost, Indosat, DBS, GoPay, Prudential, KTB, KBank, UOB, SCB, OVO and the Singapore Government across Data, Infrastructure, Distributed Cloud and AI practices.
  • โ˜… ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก & ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
  • Developed strategic programs (USD XXM) that boosted our customer base and project footprint within two years, surpassing regional utilization, bookings and revenue targets by 25%.
  • โ˜… ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
  • Pioneered AI and machine learning integration to enhance predictive analytics for security, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps.
  • โ˜… ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
  • Led a talent development initiative that doubled the certification rate of our 40 consultants, solution architects, program managers and engineers in advanced cloud technologies, including Infrastructure, Security, DevOps and AI, fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptation.
  • โ˜… ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
  • Maintained customer satisfaction (CSAT) at 100% across the region, practices and industries.
LeadershipGenerative AICloud Solutions

Engie

Head of Solution Architecture

Sep 2006 โ€“ Feb 2018 ยท 11 yrs 5 mos ยท London Area, United Kingdom

  • Engie is an established international Utility group. I worked in Paris & London.
  • โ˜… Responsible for the Agile Software Development Lifecycle and Solution Architecture of internal Finance systems.
  • โ˜… Implementation of a group-wide Spend Reporting Solution as part of the Procurement IT Master Plan, to collect consolidated data from all the 432 companies across 5 business regions.
  • โ˜… Implementation of a group-wide Finance Consolidation Reporting Solution (SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud), to enhance planning, budgeting, and financial reporting effectiveness by increasing accuracy and reducing budgeting and financial close cycles.
  • โ˜… Implementation of the head office P2P (Purchase to Payment) system to resolve all the inadequacies of the procurement and accounts payable processes.
Technical Project LeadershipInformation Technology InfrastructureSolution ArchitectureAgile Software Development

Education

Isep - ร‰cole d'ingรฉnieurs du numรฉrique

Master of Science โ€” Computer Science

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