Yousif Almutawa is the Chief Information Officer of DP World

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Yousif Almutawa is the Chief Information Officer of DP World, Accelerator Program Director of TURN8, former VP of Du and also worked in the IT Management team for Dubai eGovernment.

Bio

Yousif Almutawa is the Chief Information Officer of DP World, responsible for all Information Systems and Information Technology management.

Prior to joining DP World, Mr Almutawa worked for du, a telecommunications service provider in the UAE, as Vice President for Fixed Access Network Implementation. He played a key role in the buildup and formation of Du’s telecom infrastructure.

Mr Almutawa also spearheaded the Programme Management Office for the Telecom Department at Dubai Internet City, which later became part of du. As a telecoms professional, he was responsible for the rollout of next generation networks for new real estate developments across Dubai. His function included streamlining overall projects and programmes within the organisation at its early startup stage.

He has also worked and successfully contributed his expertise as a member of the IT Management team for Dubai eGovernment during its startup phase.

Mr Almutawa holds a BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from California State University, Sacramento, USA. His past roles also include an eBusiness Consultant, a Systems Integrator and an Internet professional for various companies in California.

About DP World

DP World has a portfolio of more than 65 marine terminals across six continents(1), including new developments underway in India, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Container handling is the company’s core business and generates more than three quarters of its revenue. In 2013, DP World handled 55 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent container units). With its committed pipeline of developments and expansions, capacity is expected to rise to more than 100 million TEU by 2020, in line with market demand.

DP World has a dedicated, experienced and professional team of around 30,000 people serving its customers around the world, and the company constantly invests in terminal infrastructure, facilities and people to provide quality services today and tomorrow, when and where customers need them.

In taking this customer-centric approach, DP World is building on the established relationships and superior level of service demonstrated at its flagship Jebel Ali facility in Dubai, which has been voted “Best Seaport in the Middle East” for 20 consecutive years.

About TURN8

TURN8 is a seed accelerator program organized by DP World and powered by Innovation 360. The program is designed to encourage innovative entrepreneurship worldwide, starting with Dubai. TURN8 seeks ingenious ideas that can be refined and brought to market through a 120-day seed accelerator. Visit https://turn8.co.

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(Business Director of Sk & SK Sons, A Family Business Empire Specialized in Trading & Manufacturing)

Lean about the Logistics challenges for the Manufacturing Industries in Africa and the Middle East

Learn About the Petrochemicals, Rubber, Bicycles and Tire related Manufacturing Industries in the Middle East, Africa, and South West Asia

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Sawan Kotecha, is a business director running a successful business empire for his family which is specialized in manufacturing, exports and trading, his family runs different business which is spreading over Africa, Middle East and South West Asia.

About Sk & SK Sons

SK & SK Sons, is a sister firm of a larger conglomerate based out of Singapore, KANEN ENTERPRISE.
SK & SK Sons was founded in 2010 with the identification of an exponential growth in petrochemicals; rubber and tire related manufacturing industries in the Middle East, Africa, and South West Asia. Recent years have seen increased volatility in the tire raw materials costs due to trends in world oil. We at SK & SK Sons are committed in providing sustainable and affordable products with the lowest possible volatility to ensure our clients a further stable cost of production in the various related manufacturing industries they represent. SK & SK Sons has been a speculator and growing its customer base in the tire, rubber, and petrochemical industries through its various much mature businesses to name a few are Sawan India Overseas, a manufacturing and exporting house of bicycles and bicycles tires since the 1990’s in Punjab, India. Charu Mining Est., the mining and refinement of copper into copper cathodes in Congo. Being associated over a span of over 20 years in an industry, our management has created strong supplier and customer relationships and furthermore in 2010 entered the market by strategically placing themselves in the global center of their suppliers and customers which is Dubai, UAE.

https://www.sawanin.com/

https://www.skandsk.com/

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• What your companies Manufacture, export and trade in?
• Where’s your factories and trading businesses located?
• Who’s your main customers and where they are located?
• Do you focus mainly on wholesale or retail and why?
• How many products patents do you have? Can you describe for us some of these inventions?
• Which business you prefer bicycles,or trading in natural rubber, carbon black, rubber processing oil, polymers and Grease. And Why?
• How many people employed in your factories and trading businesses?
• Your network is covering many countries all over the world can you give us some examples of those countries and what are the logistic challenges that you facing between those countries?
• The expansion of your companies is targeting which markets? And Why?
• What are the major opportunities and threats for the businesses that you are involved in?
• From which university you received your MBA degree?
• How much your MBA costs in terms of time and money?
• Why you decided to do an MBA?
• Is the MBA was beneficial to run the family business?
• What the MBA have changed in you?
• Don’t you think that there are many other more efficient ways to learn instead of doing an MBA like using mentors and through other learning channels like books and other resources?
• If you go back in time would you do it, yes or no why?
• You are a running a family business, so now you are the new blood for the company, is the family accepting the new school style of management, any challenges that you are facing in that’s regards?
• Take us through your typical working day?
• What are the Top 3 apps that you use on your smart phone?
• What are the habits that you are trying to develop to stay efficient?
• What are your top 3 favorite books?
• What are the top 3 people that you are inspired by? 
• What are the things that make you happy?
• How people can find you or contact you?

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