Arun Balaraj

Director of Operations

20.9 yrs experience

Mar 2025Added 3 days ago

The move

MoveA'Soud Education → Maplewood Canadian International School

TitleBusiness Head → Director of Operations

LocationOman → Abu Dhabi

Cross-border moveYes · Oman → United Arab Emirates

Native languageEnglish, Kannada

Years in UAE13.5

Total experience20.9 years

Director of OperationsMar 2025 — Present
MMaplewood Canadian International School· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
Business HeadMar 2024 — Feb 2025
A'Soud Education· Oman· Full-time
Business Manager (OSM)Jan 2021 — Dec 2023
Aldar Education· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
Head - Strategy and Business DevelopmentJan 2015 — Aug 2020
CCHICAGO Maintenance and Construction Co. L.L.C· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Vice President OperationsFeb 2013 — Jan 2015
ZZaya Real Estate Development Company· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Regional ManagerJan 2011 — Oct 2012
G7 InfoTech Private Limited· Singapore
Head - OperationsMar 2009 — Jan 2011
OOptimus Technology and Telecom· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Operations Manager - COMDec 2005 — Mar 2009
Regus
Customer Service AssistantJan 2005 — Aug 2005
Jet Airways
Quality and Verification AnalystNov 2003 — Nov 2004
Minacs (Transworks)

Mahatma Gandhi University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) · Operations Management2013 — 2015
Bangalore University
BA · Economics1999 — 2002
Aptech, Bangalore
Higher Diploma · Software Engineering1997 — 1998
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
· Strategic Thinking: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage2018 — 2018