SYED FARAZ MUJTABA
Syed Faraz Mujtaba is Founder & CEO of
DAMSON Group, Chairman of the parent conglomerate Brassden Holdings, and
President of Aal e Muhammad Foundation.
He is also Director with Vannini & Associates USA. Faraz has been advisor to Meta Group AG (Germany), Experton Group AG
(Germany), Dubai Islamic Bank (UAE), The International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),
US Dept. of Justice, Government of United States and various other
organizations.
Syed Faraz Mujtaba is among the global players in the fields of
strategic consulting and business acceleration advisory for more than 20
years. He has worked in Middle East, Europe, Asia Pacific, New Zealand,
and Pakistan at various business development and consulting positions in
multinationals including ASPGulf - Microsoft, MCI World Com, eBay, Fonterra, Meta Group, Gartner, SBFC Group, and Experton Group AG.
Blue Ocean Strategy and Game Theory are his focused areas and became
source for his founding of various consulting groups, incubators, and
startups.
Faraz worked with Meta Group AG Germany as Associate Advisor and was part of
its $162 Million acquisition by Gartner Inc. After a brief stay with
Gartner Singapore, Faraz joined Experton Group AG in Germany, which was
an off-shoot of Meta Group. Faraz managed prominent clientele in Europe
which included Microsoft, Dell, Adobe, T-System, Deutsche Telekom,
Lufthansa Systems, Daimler, VolksWagen, Man, Fujistu Siemens, Accenture,
Vodafone, HP, IBM, Intel, SAP, Symantec, Capgemini, Hitachi Data
Systems, Hilti, Helvetia, Haspa, Sun Microsystem, VMWare, .comdirect,
Die Bahn, BT, Bison, SAS, Arvato Bertelsmann, CA, EDS, Citrix,
Computecenter, Ferrero, NetApp, Universitats Klinikumbonn, QlikTech,
SyskoPlan, TietoEnator, Alte Leipziger, Talanx, Provinzial, Deutsche
Vermogensberatung, Atos Origin, Mewa, West Lotto, Delvag, Altana, Sonic
Software, a:: (Siemens), IDG, Softlab, Julich, GKSS, Solvay, SCS,
Itanium Solutions, Plus, TUVRheinland, LEUG, Ante, K+S, Lurgi, Modine,
Secarom, Arcor, Tandberg Data, Telekom Austria, and Deutsches Zentrum
fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR - German Aerospace Center).
Later Faraz was appointed by Experton Group as Country Manager for UAE
and managed key commercial and government accounts including Ministry of
Presidential Affairs Abu Dhabi, National Archives Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Municipality, Dubai Chamber, Dubai e-Government, Dubai Courts, Dubai
Airports Company, Dubai Aviation City Corporation, Emirates Air, Dubai
World Trade Center, Tourism Development & Investment Company, Road &
Transport Authority (RTA), Emaar, Gulf News, Al-Tayer, Ras-Al-Khaima
e-Government, Cisco, Accenture, Collax, Veritas, StorageTek, Siemens,
Masafi, Oracle, Novell, SyskoPlan, Nycomed, Cognos, Computacenter, dbus,
Comprendium, Trivadis, Hessischer Rundfunk, Controlware, and EMC2.
Faraz also worked as Director Strategic Consulting with Orient MCT in
Abu Dhabi and with IKMAS-ASPGulf for Microsoft Government Solutions to
Dubai e-Government.
In Pakistan, Faraz has trained and consulted CEOs, DGs, directors,
managers and executives of prestigious organizations including Oil & Gas
Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Limited (PTCL), Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO),
Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Rangers,
National Police Academy, National Highway & Motorway Police, Federal
Investigation Agency, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Ministry of
Interior, Planning Commission (Ministry of
Planning, Development & Special Initiatives), Army Welfare Trust (AWT)
and BoD & CEOs of its 18 companies, Ignite - National Technology Fund, Universal Service Fund
(USF) - Ministry of
Information Technology & Telecommunication, Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC),
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (ICCI), Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (RCCI),
Pakistan Natural History Museum, National Commission on Human
Development (NCHD), National Council for Social Welfare (NCSW), Pakistan
Poverty Alleviation Fund, Rural
Support Programme Network (RSPN), Pakistan
Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Pakistan
Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Askari Aviation, Deloitte,
Oracle, Exuberant Group, Coffee Luccio, Next Gen Impact, Dr. A.Q. Khan
Schools & Colleges, Australian Institute of Information Technology, Top
City-1, BF Technologies, representatives from 30 national NGOs,
and senior professors from 27 universities.
Faraz is founder of distinguished business concepts including
Blue Game Matrix (BGM), Business Acceleration & Growth (BAG) Model, Micro-Blue Oceans,
The Lion Selling, Visions of Leadership (VoL), and Nuclear Branding. He has post-graduate qualifications in the
fields of Business Administration, Marketing, and Applied Psychology and
is author of 10 books. He is also a regular speaker at World Strategy
Summit, Financial Technology Summit, Government Technology Summit, and
Oil, Gas & Industrial ICT Summit, managed and organized by World
Development Forum in Dubai, UAE.