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Jitesh Goradia

IT Director | Invest in Luxury | Bachelor of Technology - IT
18.3 yrs experienceReal Estate
Nov 2022

The move

MoveOumolat Security Printing DarGlobal
TitleHead of IT Infrastructure, Operations and Security IT Director
LocationAbu Dhabi Dubai
Career arcRooted in UAE
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageHindi
Years in UAE15.4
Total experience18.3 years
DarGlobal headcount201-500 employees
DarGlobal industryReal Estate
DarGlobal HQDubai
DarGlobal founded2017
DarGlobal typeSelf-Employed

Career arc

  1. IT DirectorNov 2022 — Present
    DarGlobal· Full-time
  2. IT Strategy and Security Advisor / IT ConsultantJun 2020 — Jul 2023
    London Business School / Khaleej Digital· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Contract
  3. Head of IT Infrastructure, Operations and SecurityAug 2015 — May 2020
    Oumolat Security Printing· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  4. Group Head of ITFeb 2013 — Jul 2015
    Cyrus Group of Companies· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  5. Group Head of IT and ProjectsApr 2012 — Jan 2013
    BDC Holdings· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  6. Regional IT ManagerOct 2007 — Mar 2012
    dmg :: events· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time

Education

Languages

  • Hindi · Native or bilingual
  • English · Full professional

Top skills

GovernanceBusiness IT AlignmentERPManagementEnterprise IT StrategyProject Planning

About

Positioning organizations for scale has been my single-minded focus over the past decade. A commercially astute enterprise architect, I have extensive experience aligning business and IT strategies by preparing Data, Applications and Technical architecture based on the business architecture/strategy. With over 14 years of UAE experience, I have worked for a wide variety of businesses and ownership models. Some of the business outcomes directly attributed to IT initiatives led by me: - Helping a British multinational B2B Trade Exhibitions firm scale up 15x manpower and 3x number of shows; which in turn helped the firm consolidate itself as a market leader in under five years - Substantially increasing topline through 13% higher customer retention for a UAE based Asian family-owned holdin

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