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3rd Omar Matar ICT Senior Executive, Startup Expert, Internet Entrepreneur. Saudi ArabiaTelecommunications Current Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) Previous VTEL HOLDINGS LTD, Itisaluna, Nour USA Education The Citadel 500+ connectionsAccept invitationSend Omar InMailMore options sa.linkedin.com/in/omarmatar/ Background Summary A senior executive with 20 years of experience in the Telecommunications and IT industries. His international experience extends from the United States to Eastern Europe, the Middle East and East Africa. With his engineering and IT background and operational experience, he skillfully bridges the gap between business and technology. Throughout his career, he has successfully managed a portfolio of projects valued at over $1 billion (USD). Omar has been able to manage very complex strategic partnerships with a practical, win-win attitude and drive to finish. In 2009, he was assigned to be the due diligence project manager from seller side for an acquisition deal by Zain Group. In 2010, he was assigned to manage a 1.6 billion Saudi Riyal joint project with Mobily. His strong leadership and communication skills, and results-oriented drive make him a well sought after change agent for stagnant organizations. Entrepreneurial in spirit, Omar started his first business when he was 25, straight out of graduate school, and quickly grow it into a multi-million dollar venture. He has since founded 4 other startups and invested in several more. Specialties: Contract Negotiations, Strategic Partnerships, Vendor Management, Mergers & Acquisition, Restructuring, Internet Startups, Business Development, Angle Investment, Program Management, Supply Chain Management. Experience Integrated Telecom Company (ITC)VP Business Services Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) June 2010 – Present (3 years 5 months)Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In charge of Strategic Projects, Contracting, Legal, and Procurement & Logistics Departments. (Open)1 project (Open)13 recommendations, including: Emad Sukker Emad Sukker Executive Board Director at Intercellular Nigeria Plc. You meet few people in life who really impress you; Omar is one of them. Omar is highly dedicated, energetic and smart...View Amer Mowafi Amer Mowafi Global Telecom Executive I have worked with Omar at two different companies during the past 4 years. He's a true asset to any organization he works...View 11 more recommendations VTEL HOLDINGS LTDGroup PMO Director VTEL HOLDINGS LTD November 2008 – May 2010 (1 year 7 months)Dubai, UAE; Amman, Jordan. Responsible for the following group startup operations: 1. Tempo: GSM Network in Burundi (East Africa) 2. Maximali: WiMax Network in Georgia (Eastern Europe) 3. iCON: WiMax Network in Armenia (Eastern Europe) 4. Intellecom: WiMax Network in Ukraine (Eastern Europe) 5. Itisaluna: CDMA2000 Network in Iraq (Open)4 recommendations, including: Anwar Harahsheh, CFA Anwar Harahsheh, CFA Director of Commercial and Corporate Finance at Bupa Arabia Mr. Matar understands the fundamental drivers of the telecom businesses. This understanding coupled with his analytical...View Khalid Amayreh Khalid Amayreh Advisor to the Chairman at VTEL HOLDINGS LTD I enjoyed working with Omar during VTEL holdings time, he was a great asset and leader in all projects that we ran together...View 2 more recommendations ItisalunaDirector of Program Management Itisaluna November 2006 – November 2008 (2 years 1 month)Jordan/Iraq Responsible for rollout of a greenfield operator, including: Network Rollout ERP and OSS/BSS Implementation Commercial Readiness Regulatory Affairs Function Quality Management Function. (Open)1 project (Open)4 recommendations, including: Mohammed Qaoud Mohammed Qaoud Director, Wholesale & Carrier Relations at Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) I had the pleasure to work with Omar in the last 3 years; he was the most organized person. His dedication and leadership...View Izdehar Safarini Izdehar Safarini Deputy CEO - Technical , PCI Council BoA at Middle East Payment Services (MEPS) I have known Omar for several years. He is a man of great integrity, extremely dedicated to his work, motivated and...View 2 more recommendations Nour USADirector of Project Management & Support Nour USA July 2005 – November 2006 (1 year 5 months)Virginia, USA; Dubai, UAE; Amman, Jordan. Responsible for managing contracts and delivering projects in the Telecom, IT and Supply Chain sectors. (Open)4 recommendations, including: Bashar Juneidi Bashar Juneidi HR Manager (Middle East & Turkey) at SAS Omar is a take-charge manager, he is just a great person to work with, always there to support and always make big...View Sawla Varouqa Sawla Varouqa Senior Scheduling & Planning Engineer at QBEC Omar Matar was one of the best mangers who fulfills there positions that I have worked with, highly educated, well...View 2 more recommendations Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)Head of Automated Spectrum Management Unit Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) October 2003 – July 2005 (1 year 10 months)Amman, Jordan. Implemented the Middle East's first Automated Spectrum Management System. (Open)4 recommendations, including: Nasereddin Qoujaq: PMP/ PRINCE2/ CISSP/ ISO27001 LA Nasereddin Qoujaq: PMP/ PRINCE2/ CISSP/ ISO27001 LA PMP/ PRINCE2 Practitioner / CISSP/ CEH/ ISO 27001 LA/ ISEB: BA Essentials & Requirements Engineering I worked with Omar regularly when he was at TRC. Omar was always tactful, decision-oriented, organized, resourceful and...View Mutaz Shukair Mutaz Shukair System Engineer at Qualcomm Omar combines unique management and leadership skills enables him to enlighten the project progress, and direct the team...View 2 more recommendations Managing Director Stallion Technologies July 2000 – October 2003 (3 years 4 months)College Park, MD, USA. Overall Operational and P&L responsibility. General Manager (Co-founder) Advanced Systems Resources July 1997 – July 2000 (3 years 1 month)Orlando, FL, USA. During the internet boom, ASR was one of the early starters in online computer hardware sales. With spectacular 10 fold annual increase in sales for 3 years. Courses Independent Coursework Leadership Training for Managers (Dale Carnegie) Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies (University of Maryland) Strategic Planning (LEAD2ACT) Centers of Excellenace (USAID) How to Build a Startup (UDACITY) Finance & Accounting for non-Financial Managers (Dale Carnegie) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Franklin Covey) Honors & Awards Tau Beta Pi The Engineering Honor Society May 1993 Languages EnglishArabic Projects SNFN February 2009 – Present Saudi National Fiber Network (SNFN) 13,000 km national Fiber network. The network is a joint project between Mobily, ITC and Bayanat. (Open)8 team members, including: Omar Matar Omar Matar ICT Senior Executive, Startup Expert, Internet Entrepreneur. Faisal Khan Faisal Khan Network Solutions Chief Engineer-Transmission Planning at Mobily Syed Asad Raza Syed Asad Raza Senior Manager Transmission Operations at CMPak, Pakistan No photo Ahmed Al-Anqari Itisaluna Company Rollout - CDMA2000 WLL Provider(Link) 2006 – 2008 www.itisaluna.com 2 team members Omar Matar Omar Matar ICT Senior Executive, Startup Expert, Internet Entrepreneur. Rami ALYOUSEF Rami ALYOUSEF PM - PMO Specialist Skills & Expertise Most endorsed for... 99Telecommunications 87Vendor Management 65Strategy 61Program Management 37Business Development 31Start-ups 27Procurement 24Negotiation 20Team Management 18Management Omar also knows about... 16Leadership 16Project Management 14PMO 13Wireless 12Project Planning 10Strategic Planning 10PMP 9Contract Management 9Strategic Partnerships 9Broadband 9GSM 8Networking 7Mobile Devices 6Contract Negotiation 5Business Strategy See 17+ Education The Citadel The Citadel B.S., Electrical Engineering 1989 – 1994 Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society), International Student Club, Summeral Guards. (Open)1 honor or award (Open)2 recommendations Jack Fletcher Jack Fletcher Program Manager at DRS C3 and Aviation Company Omar is a man of the highest integrity and honor. I have known Omar for the past 20 years and would trust him in any...View Gilbert File Gilbert File Attorney at Brownlee Law Firm, PLLC Omar was one of my closest and most trusted friends at The Citadel. I frequently had the opportunity of observing his study...View Medical University of South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina M.S., Biomedical Systems Science (Bio-Informatics) 1994 – 1996 Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Image Processing Relational Database Management Activities and Societies: Government Student Association (GSA), International Student Association, Volleyball Team Additional Info Interests Technology, Internet Startups, Entrepreneurship. Personal Details Birthday April 16 Recommendations Received (31)Given (21) VP Business Services Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) Emad Sukker Emad Sukker Executive Board Director at Intercellular Nigeria Plc. You meet few people in life who really impress you; Omar is one of them. Omar is highly dedicated, energetic and smart person. In addition, he enjoys high management skills and professional conduct. I wish him all the best. June 17, 2012, Emad managed Omar at Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) Amer Mowafi Amer Mowafi Global Telecom Executive I have worked with Omar at two different companies during the past 4 years. He's a true asset to any organization he works for by all standards. He's results oriented, focused, technical when the business needs him to be technical, program manager when the business needs him to be a program manager, and above all he's very detailed. Omar can manage very complex projects...more May 2, 2012, Amer managed Omar indirectly at Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) Mouin Abdallah Mouin Abdallah CTO at ITC Skills, Methodology, Maturity, Reliability, Professionalism and Accuracy are my first thoughts when I had to deal with Omar. Omar is a colleague you'd like to deal with, whether on a peer to peer basis, managing or reporting to. You can fully trust his judgment and output. Excellent asset for his company. May 3, 2012, Mouin worked directly with Omar at Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) Adnan Al Naemat Adnan Al Naemat Director, Network Planning and Design at Qatar National Broadband Network (Qnbn) Prior to Omar joining ITC, the project management was done almost on ad-hoc basis; the level of professionally managing projects was, by large, dependent of the assigned PM experience and style of project management. Omar successfully managed to bring the team together and establish distinguished PM approaches through proper categorization of projects and by getting the...more May 6, 2012, Adnan worked directly with Omar at Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) Nader Jadallah Nader Jadallah Founder, Managing Director at Citron Business Solutions & Technology Co. LTD Omar is a successful leader and has unique program management skills. On the other hand, I saw how his team admires him and his leadership, skills, support and attitude. He leads his team by example shown clearly by his performance and accomplishments. From another dimension, he became a role model for us upon having the pleasure to read his poems which show clearly his...more May 6, 2012, Nader worked with Omar at Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) See More Groups Citadel Alumni Association Citadel Alumni Association Join Citadel Class of 1993 Citadel Class of 1993 Join EMEA Executive Search EMEA Executive Search Join Entrepreneurs & Investors Network - شبكة العصاميون والمستثمرون Entrepreneurs & Investors Network - شبكة العصاميون والمستثمرون Join Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Join Jordan's Brain Gain Jordan's Brain Gain Join Leadership Think Tank Leadership Think Tank Join Linking Saudi Arabia Linking Saudi Arabia Join MUSC Alumni MUSC Alumni Join MUSC Graduate Studies Alumni MUSC Graduate Studies Alumni Join Middle East Telecoms Group Middle East Telecoms Group Join Mobily Mobily Join Official Joomla! Users Group Official Joomla! 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