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Bashar Bashaireh

Area Vice President @ Cloudflare | Leading Revenue & Go-To-Market Across AI-Powered SaaS, Cybersecurity & Cloud Platforms | Enterprise Scale, Multi-Market Operations & High-Performance Teams
22.1 yrs experienceInformation Technology & Services
Jan 2026

The move

MoveMicro Focus → Cloudflare
TitleCyberRes MD & Head of Emerging Markets (MEA, CEE, Russia, Israel, CIS, Brazil, RSA) → Area VP Emerging Markets, MEA
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRooted in UAE★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageArabic, English
Years in UAE19.5
Total experience22.1 years
Cloudflare headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Cloudflare industryComputer and Network Security
Cloudflare HQSan Francisco, California
Cloudflare founded2009
Cloudflare typePublic Company

Career arc

  1. Area VP Emerging Markets, MEAJan 2026 — Present
    Cloudflare· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  2. Area VP Middle East, Türkiye & North AfricaJul 2024 — Dec 2025
    Cloudflare· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  3. Head of Middle East and TürkiyeFeb 2022 — Jun 2024
    Cloudflare· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  4. CyberRes MD & Head of Emerging Markets (MEA, CEE, Russia, Israel, CIS, Brazil, RSA)Feb 2021 — Jan 2022
    Micro Focus· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  5. Chief Executive OfficerSep 2019 — Aug 2020
    StarLink - Trusted Cyber & Cloud Advisor· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  6. Regional Director and General Manager - Middle EastJan 2017 — Aug 2019
    Symantec· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  7. Regional Director and General Manager - Middle EastFeb 2016 — Dec 2016
    Symantec· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  8. Vice President - Middle East, Türkiye & Africa (META)Apr 2015 — Feb 2016
    Unify· Dubai, UAE
  9. Regional Director - Gulf & PakistanJan 2014 — Mar 2015
    Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  10. Senior Regional Director - Middle East & PakistanJan 2013 — Jan 2014
    Fortinet
  11. Regional Director - Middle East & PakistanJan 2010 — Dec 2012
    Fortinet· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  12. Secretary GeneralAug 2008 — Jan 2010
    Ministry of Communications & Information Technology· Jordan· Contract
  13. Country Manager - Middle EastMar 2007 — Jan 2010
    Fortinet· Dubai, UAE
  14. Regional Manager - Middle EastFeb 2006 — Mar 2007
    3Com· Dubai, UAE
  15. Regional Manager - Middle East, Turkey & North Africa (METNA)Jun 2004 — Jan 2006
    SecureComputing· Full-time

Education

Languages

  • Arabic · Native or bilingual
  • German · Professional working
  • English · Native or bilingual

Top skills

Pre-salesChannelInformation SecurityVirtualizationNetworkingTeam Leadership

About

I lead a multi-market business at Cloudflare, responsible for revenue growth, go-to-market execution, and organizational scale across AI-powered SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud and digital transformation platforms. My role focuses on building durable growth engines, combining infrastructure expansion, enterprise GTM strategy, regulatory alignment, and sales leadership development across complex and diverse markets. This includes overseeing multi-country teams, partner ecosystems, and large enterprise and public sector customers operating in diverse regulated environments. I operate at the intersection of commercial execution and operating discipline, with responsibility spanning revenue ownership, sales leadership development, forecast rigor, and market expansion. I work closely with the ex

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