New York Institute of technology

New Enlglish school

Business & Technology; Tangible Innovation

Scale+ is an innovation and venture development firm, connecting startups & SMEs with the local and world’s leading corporations, entrepreneurs and governments.Scale+ is MENA's outsourced R&D and M&A arm, helping businesses collaborate, innovate and Excel

Scale+

Partner

Ojabox is a cloud based project collaboration platform, helping creative teams to host and manage their projects through visual control of all the files, tasks and people, with a state of the art review tool that enables users to review documents, videos and 3D models easily on the web.Helping teams, clients and freelancers store and manage their projects on the cloud, track and control changes, manage version control and ensure security & encryption of files.Our review tool helps users review images, documents and videos frame by frame, as well as saving half the time of creative visual projects by sharing the work for instant comments and feedback in 3D on the web. Its also a great way to showcase the progress of work with the client and share the work simply with a link to efficiently finalize more quality work in less time.We aim to empower creators, and believe in creating miracles !

OjaBox

Founder

<a href="http://www.wearevr.meWeAreVR">www.wearevr.meWeAreVR</a>, a creative agency providing highly technical solutions to organizations using Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Holograms and Interactive 3D.

WeAreVR Studio

Worked with several government organisations, corporates and technology startups as a business consultant, providing business planning, project management, financial planning as well as creating presentations and pitch decks that helped companies in Dubai & Jordan to raise investments, implement business objectives and prepare scalable strategies.

Freelance, self-employed

Independent Business Consultant

- Designed a training department serving over 40,000 employees  to a government security organization, the project covered designing a strategy, operating model, organization structure, high-level workforce plan, technical competency, balance score card and cascading of KPIs as well as an implementation action plan •Delivered an HR Audit to one of the top Banks in Jordan, the audit covered alignment of HR strategy, policies and procedures to the organizations direction, and update all HR processes based on international best practice.•Managed an HR Audit project for a multinational bank to align policies, procedures and employees roles based on the updated strategy.•Managed a project to update of one of UAE’s leading bank’s organization structure and align it to their strategic direction, as well as designing of a workforce plan & model, updating job descriptions, technical competencies and value-based behaviors mapping for all the roles within the bank•Developed an organization structure, workforce analysis and identification of roles and responsibilities to one of the top Real Estate Development organizations in the Middle East.

Aon Hewitt

Business Consultant

Program/Project Management•Established an enterprise project management office covering projects with a total value over USD100 million. Actively involved in overseeing the management of the Office to ensure achieving strategic direction•Managed the customer service department program for a high profile organization in the Middle East, through setting up projects road maps, defining projects based on strategic direction, and aligning efforts and coordination with rest of departments, as well as running key projects that have major impact on the organizations strategic objectives•Project managed the implementation of the strategy of a major government client across the United Arab Emirates. This included the development of progress report templates, mentoring and coaching on the application of project management tools and methodologies, as well as quality review across the Emirates•Introduced budgeting software to the UAE Ministry of Finance. In addition to project managing the introduction of the tool, was actively engaged in familiarizing employees with the tool and supporting its development•Delivered a series of introductory workshops on the principles of project management. Held a series of sessions with over 200 senior ranking officials across the United Arab EmiratesStrategic Planning & Performance Management •Developed strategic plans based on desk-top review, benchmarking, workshops and focus groups for a variety of organizations in the GCC •Used a variety of tools (including PESTLE/ SWOT) to develop a strategic plan comprised of a series of initiatives aligned with the strategic priorities of organizations of over 20,000 employees•Designed a performance management framework and manual as well as a series of measures with corresponding targets aligned with the strategy•Identified a series of innovations in government (including in the ICT sector) that were launched across the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates

Project Manager

Research and Data Analysis•Member of the team assigned to conduct an impact assessment of Jordan’s information communications sector. This included developing a database of the information communications sector (commodities, imports/ exports/ graduates..etc)•Conducted a desktop review and a series of interviews on the labor market in Jordan’s development zones. The study was within the scope set by USAID’s community development programme•Undertook detailed market research, analysis and training needs assessment in Jordan’s refugee camps. The final report(s) were submitted to the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Ali Jaradeh