DTP hires new guns to meet growing business needs

Saif Al-Qumzi, who served a three-year term as Vice President of Development for Net Construction, an acknowledged industry leader in maintenance, has joined DTP as Director, Business Development looking after government and private sector accounts in Abu Dhabi. Al Qumzi will also be responsible for developing new business opportunities in the market.

"I am looking forward to my new post at DTP, and am very excited about the future business opportunities for the company," said Al-Qumzi. "My current aim is to promote DTP Group divisions, which include consulting, solutions and Internet business and ensure high quality service to meet our customer needs at competitive pricing levels, as well as develop new business opportunities" he continued. "It's all about helping clients meet their needs and being invited back to help on their next challenge."

Saeed Al-Banna, appointed as Director of Business Development overseeing DTP's business in Dubai, was a manager at the Al Banna Group of companies, and has experience in the banking sector where he has headed the Burj Al Arab branch of the Commercial Bank of Dubai. During his tenure at the bank, Al-Banna also held the title of Customer Relations Officer.

"The IT sector has always been of great interest to me, especially the Internet space which I believe will become the business platform of the future," commented Al-Banna. "Innovative technology solutions are much needed in the government and corporate sectors, and especially in the small and medium business space, and is essential for long term economic growth" he continued. "DTP is well equipped both on the human resource and the technology solutions side to continue the growth we have experienced so far, over the next 2 years."

Kevin Hibbett, who joined DTP from the outset, has now been promoted to Operations Director for the entire DTP Group. Hibbett has 13 years management experience and was previously Operations Director for an international coffee company. He will now be responsible for implementing and sustaining quality across the group.

"Having moved into IT from a catering management background, specifically gourmet coffee, I have brought with me a passion for quality. I have spent many years in search of perfection in both products and services with the ultimate aim of exceeding customer expectations and I see this as the driving force behind DTP's ethos 'of doing IT better,' said Hibbett. "I have great expectations of how the Middle East information technology market will evolve over the next few years and am looking forward to playing an active part in making DTP a regional leader."

Dubai Technology Partners has four core divisions - DTP Solutions, DTP Consulting, DTP Networks and DTP Webfire. All of these are firmly establishing themselves as the leaders in there fields by applying the DTP approach and ethic of being 'up close and personal' with ALL its clients to there everyday business, in terms of clients, partners, suppliers and staff.

DTP's CEO James Forbes comments that DTP is about people, "the people we deal with as customers, the people we deal with as partners and fundamentally the people we have on our team. We simply have a people focus, we can't help it, our business would not excel and certainly would not exist without them."