Specialties:International Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, General Management, Strategic Planning, Alliances.
Senior executive with experience in both new ventures and large multinational companies in the Enterprise SaaS, wireless service provider, mobile software and semiconductor industries. Proven leader with a solid track record of P&L management. Extensive international management experience includes Brazil, LatAm, US.
MBA in Global Strategy and Management – BSP- University of Toronto Joint Program and a BA degree in Business from FGV – Brazil’s leading business school – with a double major in Finance and Production.
Extensive international marketing, sales and business experience and is an expert in regional start-ups. Native English and Portuguese, fluent in French and Spanish.
Sales Director and General Manager - South America @ • Lead start-up of Telogis in South America
• Develops/manages sales team, sales channels, VARs, partnerships and local supply chain.
• Strategic Business Development in Telematics
• P&L Responsibilty
. Automotive Telematics Business Development From March 2009 to October 2014 (5 years 8 months) São Paulo, BrazilSales & Business Development Director @ • Responsible for start-up of WiseTrack, a key SaaS player in mobile enterprise.
• Prepared company for institutional funding/acquisition.
• Closed major sales of mobile enterprise solutions with VIVO, Coca-Cola and several Exame 500 comapanies .
• Increased sales in 50% year over year.
• Responsible for product & services roadmap, including wireless and IT technology strategy.
• Implemented the in-house software development and services group (15 software engineers).
• Structured sales team & channel partnerships. From January 2004 to February 2009 (5 years 2 months) Sao Paulo, BrazilCountry Director, Consumer Products Group ; Business Development Director @ • US$100 MM in mobile phone sales during tenure, 150% above quota.
• Managed strategic accounts for long-term partnerships and alliances in the wireless telecom industry in South America.
• Developed business applications for Qualcomm patented technologies and related products in Latin America.
• Introducing GPS Location Based Services (LBS) to Brazilian and Latin American wireless carriers and to Brazilian government agencies.
• Co- developed Consumer Products Group strategic plan for Brazil.
• Managed strategic accounts with mobile carriers and conducted business development with industry partners.
• Implemented retail sales channels distribution strategies & supervised marketing efforts; developed sales campaigns with distributors, retailers and carriers.
• Determined product strategy and coordinated value chain alliances. From February 1998 to December 2003 (5 years 11 months)
Certificate, Global Business & Strategy @ University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management From 2002 to 2002 eMBA, Global Management & Strategy @ BSP - Business School São Paulo From 2001 to 2003 BA, Finances and Marketing @ Fundação Getulio Vargas From 1981 to 1985 Tarik Sarhan is skilled in: Native English,..., Fluent French and..., Telematics, Telemetry, GPS navigation, Enterprise Software, M&A experience, Mobile Applications, P&L responsibility, International Sales, Sales Management, Semiconductors, Software Sales, Go-to-market Strategy, Consumer Electronics, P&L Responsibility, English, Product Management, Software Industry, Portuguese, Business Development, Strategy, Management, Telecommunications, Product Marketing, Supply Chain, Mobile Devices, Wireless, Channel Partners, Strategic Partnerships, Pre-sales, Marketing, Cross-functional Team..., Sales, Start-ups, Strategic Planning, Account Management, Mobile Technology, Cloud Computing, CRM, Sales Process, Business Alliances, P&L Management, Sales Operations, Location Based Services, Solution Selling, Professional Services, Contract Negotiation, SaaS, Direct Sales