EMC expands Mohamed Talaat's role, adding Egypt and Libya to district operations

In this role, Talaat will be responsible for driving the overall strategic development of EMC's business in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Libya, continuing the growth of EMC operations and strengthening EMC's strategic customer and channel partner relationships.

He will also be responsible for helping customers accelerate their journey to the cloud and capitalise on the massive opportunity that cloud computing and Big Data represent.

Talaat, who is based in EMC's offices in Riyadh, will continue to report to Mohammed Amin, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager responsible for EMC's sales efforts in Turkey, Emerging Africa and the Middle East (TEAM) and Europe East.

Talaat brings more than 20 years of experience in enterprise IT solutions and business management to EMC, having held a number of senior positions in the region.

Prior to joining EMC in 2010 as General Manager for Saudi Arabia, Talaat spent four years at Microsoft Saudi Arabia as Regional Director, Strategic Alliances, Middle East and Africa and more than 12 years at Oracle Egypt.

Mohammed Amin, Senior Vice President for TEAM and Europe East, EMC, "Talaat is a proven and successful executive whose efforts have helped grow EMC's revenues and market-share in Saudi Arabia over the last two years. I look forward to seeing him bring his excellent leadership and experience to Egypt and Libya, which are important markets for EMC. We are very much committed to helping our customers in the region leverage the game-changing potential of cloud computing and Big Data."

Mohamed Talaat, General Manager for Egypt, Libya and Saudi Arabia, EMC, "I am very proud to have been given the opportunity to lead EMC's operations in one of our most important markets. My priorities as General Manager of EMC in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Libya will be to exceed our customers' expectations and enable them to realize their business objectives with an increased return on their IT investments. I also look forward to working closely with our local channel partners to help accelerate their customers' journey to the cloud."