Business Development / Lead Startups
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I am a successful business administrator with entrepreneurial skills and expertise in leading business Start-Ups and business development. I have built a career over a period of 33 years with variety of experience including working on Deepsea Ships, Deepwater Drill Ships, in an Engineering Consultancy Company, working in Financial Trading Industry and in Upstream O&G Service company.
Skills & Strengths • Sector agnostic, capable of learning and adapting • Develop and implement Business Plans with PL responsibilities • Build & lead effective team • Business development in mature or immature markets • Build Predictive Mathematical Models Oil & Gas Position –
Country Manager Aug 2022 - Current Company – GET Global Group Location – Muscat GET offers comprehensive turnkey outsourced services for critical OPEX elements in upstream oil and gas operations across MENA, USA, and Guyana. As a key responsibility, I spearhead the development of business in Oman, managing relationships with target clients and regulatory/compliance authorities. Additionally, I provide oversight for on-ground operations and effectively manage local partnerships.
In May 2023, I successfully led the team in securing a new contract with the largest oilfield services company. This contract encompasses a wide range of services, including Expertise Based Services, Procurement & Supply Chain Services, and Maintenance Services. The deal holds the potential to generate annual revenue exceeding $20 million.
Financial Trading Position - Portfolio Manager Jan 2016 – April 2022 (6 years) Company - Professional Traders Group (PTG) /Fortune Folio Location - Dubai PTG and Fortune Folio are Proprietary Trading company involved in Financial Trading. I worked with PTG from 2016 to 2019 as Senior Quantitative Analyst with a mandate to deliver Trading Models based on Artificial Intelligence. In 2019, I Founded Fortune Folio with a mission to launch a Trading Desk based on fully automated trading system trading algorithmic strategies.
During my tenure, I successfully built and led a high-performing team comprising data scientists, quantitative analysts, and quantitative developers. Implementing an effective R&D and Innovation process, I identified statistical inefficiencies in financial price data and transformed them into robust mathematical models. Utilizing artificial intelligence, I developed advanced trading models.
Through my R&D process I built a proprietary technique to find patterns in data which can be used to develop and optimize predictive mathematical models.
• Gas &
• Maritime Industry Position - General Manager Middle East, South Asia &
• Africa Jan 2007 – Oct 2015 (9 years) Company - C-MAR Group (UK) C-MAR Group is a British company offering various Services to the Marine section of Oil &
• Gas Industry. I Worked with C-MAR Group in Singapore (1 y), London (2 y), Mumbai (4 y), and Dubai (2 y). With PL responsibilities, I Started-Up following Verticals of C-MAR’s business in Mumbai &
• Dubai.
1. Carry out ‘Failure Modes &
• Effects Analysis’ (FMEA) for DP Ships 2.
Engineers for Sub Sea maintenance services on Deepwater Drill Ships 3.
Institute accredited ‘Dynamic Positioning Training’ for Ship Captains and Mates For Mumbai &
• Dubai Start-Up, • I created a well-defined business operating plan • I built a team of Naval Architects, Ship Captains, Subsea Engineers (team of 15 members) • I carried out Business Development Due to varied nature of different verticals, I got the opportunity to build relations and develop business with Shipping companies operating in O&G industry, with Deepwater Drilling companies and with Shipyards.
Asia region I steered the FMEA Services from 0% to 50% market share within 3 years.
Ships/Oil Rigs 1990 to 2006 (16 Years) • I have worked on various Deepwater Drill ships & Semi Submersibles based in Brazil and West Africa as Dynamic Positioning Operator. I was amongst first few Indians Certified to operate DP System on Drill Ships. • I have worked on a wide range of sea going ships as Mate including Crude Oil Tankers, Product Tankers, Bulk Carriers Gas Carrier, and OBO.
April 2003- March 2004 (1 year full time) Blackpool and Fylde College, UK Higher National Diploma (Nautical Science
