Khaleelo Khan
Director, Worldwide Telecoms, Media & Gaming Industry, Microsoft Global Black Belt Business Unit
The move
MoveBT → Microsoft
TitleChief Operations Officer, Middle East North Africa & Eastern Med → Worldwide Telecoms Media & Gaming Industry Director
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → Dubai
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE20.2
Total experience33.2 years
Microsoft headcount10,001+ employees
Microsoft industrySoftware Development
Microsoft HQRedmond, Washington
Microsoft typePublic Company
Career arc
- Worldwide Telecoms Media & Gaming Industry DirectorSep 2023 — Present
Microsoft· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Central Eastern Europe Middle East Africa (CEMA) Telecoms & Media Industry DirectorApr 2023 — Sep 2023
- Middle East Africa (MEA) Telecoms & Media Industry DirectorNov 2018 — Mar 2023
- Chief Operations Officer, Middle East North Africa & Eastern Med2013 — Oct 2018BBT· United Arab Emirates
- Head of Business Management, Middle East and Africa2009 — 2013BBT· United Arab Emirates
- Major Deal Transformation Lead, Middle East & Africa2006 — 2009BBT· United Arab Emirates
- Head of Sales & Business Development Global Data Centre Services,2004 — 2006BBT· United Kingdom
- Senior Deal Architect2002 — 2004BBT· United Kingdom
- Senior Solutions Architect, UK1999 — 2002BBT· United Kingdom
- Networks and Internet Technology Manager, UK1994 — 1998
Sema Group plc· United Kingdom
- IT and Networking Trainer, UK1992 — 1994
Network Group Plc· United Kingdom
Education
- University of HertfordshireBSc Hons · Mathematics1988 — 1991
Top skills
Financial PerformanceIP NetworkingITILOutsourcingPeople ManagementRisk Management
About
Lifelong tech career in sales and operations. I'm customer crazy, believe in brilliant teams and passionate about digital transformation. Khaleelo leads the Media and Communications industry sector across Middle East and Africa at Microsoft. He is responsible for the regions industry strategy, accelerating industry cloud adoption, and building the eco-system to extend partner capabilities and skills. He is a change leader working closely with sales and client delivery teams in driving large transformational deals involving technologies such as 5G, Edge, Network Cloud space, etc..