Ziad safi

President/GM/ Senior Vice President/with 30 years’ experience US Domestic, International Business Leadership, Business Development, Sales, Strategy, Operations, Joint Venture, Turnaround Specialist, Merger and Acquisition, Board director, and P&L. Strong Business acumen, goal driven, results oriented, with polished people skills, flexible, driven, with impeccable integrity and ethics.  Seeking an opportunity in Technology/Defense/Aerospace/Intelligence/Security/Manufacturing/
Consulting.
 

⦁ Over $2 B in new business Won/Over $ 600 M in program execution
⦁ Over $1.5 B in cash collected/Over $800 M in offset met
⦁ Sales, Business development, account management, leadership, customer relationship management
⦁ P&L, Strategy, and operational management
⦁ Private Equity investment
⦁ Federal Contracting (Fixed price, cost reimbursement, BPA (Blanket purchase agreement), BOA (Basic ordering Agreement). GSA (General Service administration), GWAC (Government wide IT), IDIQ. FAR 8.4-part15 (contract pricing, small business, tribal, purchase from foreign sources, labor protection), DFAR (security req), CRADA, OTA, DLA, NASA SEWP, etc...
⦁ Strategic relations with US Defense Companies (Boeing, Lockheed martin, Northrop Grumman, L3-Harris, RTN) Multi national (BAE, Thales, Safran, Airbus, Leonardo, Mitsubishi, Dassault, Safran, Naval group, Rheinmetall, Fincantieri, Ruag, Kongsberg, Iveco, Samsung Aerospace, Korean Air, Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) and Hyundai Space and Aircraft (HYSA), Korea Aerospace Industries, Kawazaki heavy industries, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Korea Shipbuilding & Engineering Corp(KSEC), Korea Tacoma Marine Industries Ltd. Hanwha, LIG Nex1, komatsu, Taiwan (AIDC, NCSIST), South America (Embraer, Avibras, FAME Peru, FAMAE Chile, INDUMIL Columbia).
⦁ Direct commercial Sales/Foreign Military Sales/Foreign Military Funding/section 333 authority to build capacity/ITAR trained and experienced (DISAM). 
⦁ Bookings, pipeline, sales force, CRM, and capture pursuits. 
⦁ Proven track record of successfully managing a team of direct (6-12) and indirect (200+) BD/Sales/Managers report.
⦁ Strong diplomatic and negotiation skills. 
⦁ Lived in Saudi, UAE, France, Germany, Turkey, Egypt, Singapore, and Bahrain. Set up offices domestically and internationally. 
⦁ Fluent in English/French/Arabic/some Turkish and German.
⦁ DC/Hill Lobbying, USG, Embassies, think tanks, business groups.
⦁ A high sense of urgency and strong initiative.
⦁ Ability to foster teamwork across different functional areas. 
⦁ Council foreign relations, Heritage foundation, American enterprise Institute, Brookings, Rand Corporation, Center of American Progress, Cato institute, CSIS, BCIU.
 

MS Engineering

Master in Business Administration