Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting DataFort
Yasser Zeineldin is the CEO of eHosting Datafort (eHDF), the region’s leading IT outsourcing and advisory services provider and a member of
TECOM Investments.
Under Yasser’s leadership the company is focused on delivering a comprehensive range of IT outsourcing services, carrying out its expansion
plans and further improving the value and total cost of ownership for its customers. The industry is witnessing an important transformation
to SaaS; Software as a Service, and Cloud Computing and EHDF will be at the forefront of this transformation.
Yasser Zeineldin has over 22 years of professional experience from holding various management positions in the GCC region, Egypt and the US.
He is particularly regarded for implementing key technology solutions across the oil and gas, telecommunications, manufacturing, banking,
retail and public sectors.
Associated with TECOM Investments since September 2008, Zeineldin was earlier the Executive Director – Business Development, reporting to
the Group CEO. He continues to be a member of the Management Committee, Investment Committee and Board Member in a number of investment ventures.
Prior to joining TECOM Investments, Zeineldin was the Regional Director at Microsoft Gulf, responsible for managing multiple teams that are assigned
to oversee operations across the government, education, communications, financial, energy and the corporate general business sectors. The Partner
Management Group and the Technology Specialists Group additionally came under his purview. He was also a member of the Worldwide Government
Industry Core Strategy team, and a member of the Worldwide Partner Executive Council.
Yasser Zeineldin has also been the Regional Manager for the government sector for Microsoft Middle East Africa (MEA) comprising 79 countries.
As a senior member of Microsoft MEA leadership team, he was responsible for strategic business development as well as working with various
governments in the region to help address their key socio economic challenges. In his capacity as head of Microsoft’s Middle East Solutions
Council and Global Alliances, he interacted closely with various industries in the region, and helped shape Microsoft’s strategy to better
serve its customers and partners.
Zeineldin has also served as the Regional Marketing Manager for Microsoft Gulf and East Mediterranean, guiding a regional team responsible
for product management, public relations, marketing communications, events, customer relationship management, community affairs and other
related functions.
Before joining Microsoft, Zeineldin led the communication giant AT&T’s operations in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. He took up the role
after moving back from a special assignment with NCR/Teradata, a global technology company in the US, where his primary focus was on developing
the market for Business Intelligence and Parallel Processing Systems in Latin America and the MEA region.
Yasser Zeineldin moved to the Gulf region after etching a successful career graph in Egypt and the US over a period of 6 years.
In addition to a solid background in high end business intelligence and decision support systems, Zeineldin is particularly recognized for
his strategic thinking, people management and leadership skills, and has a track record of creating high performance teams and businesses
where colleagues successfully realize their full potential.
Yasser Zeineldin has a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications from the Ain Shams University. He rates swimming, photography and reading as his
most enjoyable hobbies.