Senior Business Development Executive | GCC Market-Entry Strategist | AI Automation Architect

Mohamed Altahan

20+ years closing enterprise deals across the GCC — and the hands-on ability to build the AI systems that now run those operations.

20+ years · Heavy Equipment & Real Estate · n8n · RAG · Voice AI · GCC Market Entry

Mohamed Altahan

The Intersection

Breaking into the GCC enterprise market doesn't just require access—it requires deep operational credibility, relationships, and flawless execution.

Over the last 15+ years, I have acted as a dedicated "hunter," building B2B pipelines and closing high-value deals across the UAE, Qatar, and Egypt. Operating within heavy machinery, commercial real estate, and industrial manufacturing, I've directly driven AED 1B+ in enterprise revenue and managed complex cross-border partnerships.

But as a builder at heart, I noticed a recurring bottleneck: the most effective sales and operations teams were constantly slowed down by manual lead research, document processing, and CRM maintenance. I didn't just want to manage that problem—I wanted to engineer the solution.

Today, I bridge the gap between commercial strategy and technical execution. I design and deploy production-grade AI environments and low-code infrastructures that eliminate manual work. My current technical stack includes 54+ live production workflows, integrating n8n, pgvector RAG systems, and Voice AI agents that automate complex business processes from end to end.

Core Expertise

B2B Enterprise Sales

GCC Market Expansion

AI & LLM Engineering

Automation & Orchestration

Selected Work

Systems running in production. Client names withheld under NDA — references available on request.

Lead Qualification

Production-hardened AI lead qualification

Problem

Inbound leads arrived as raw form submissions with no triage. A Fortune-500 engineer with no budget and a founder ready to buy landed in the same undifferentiated pile.

Built

A pipeline that enriches every inbound lead, scores it against the client's ideal-customer profile, routes it by tier to the right channel with a follow-up task, and writes an auditable record — unattended.

Outcome

A manual triage step removed entirely. Sub-minute lead-to-notification. Zero duplicate alerts by construction, and any failure reaches a human with a link to the exact failed run.

Read the full case study
Voice AI

Bilingual Arabic / English voice agent

Problem

GCC customers expect to be answered in Arabic. Most voice automation handles English well and Arabic badly, so calls fall back to human agents.

Built

A conversational voice agent that handles both languages natively, holds context across a call, and hands off cleanly to a human when it should.

Outcome

Calls handled end to end in Arabic without falling back to a human operator, with clean handoff when escalation is warranted.

Knowledge Retrieval

Enterprise RAG over company knowledge

Problem

Expertise lived in people and scattered documents. When staff left, it left with them — and answering routine internal questions consumed senior time.

Built

A retrieval system over vetted company material, so answers are grounded in approved sources rather than a model's guesswork — and institutional knowledge stays with the business.

Outcome

Over 10,000 document queries served, with answers traceable to their source.

Detailed technical write-ups available on request.

Professional Track Record

2023 - Present SoftecNova (Consulting Practice) 54+ Production Workflows

Senior Business Development & AI Solutions Architect

  • Operate an independent global contracting practice bridging enterprise BD strategy and technical AI deployment.
  • Design and orchestrate 54+ live production workflows using n8n, automating complex business processes, lead generation, and CRM synchronization.
  • Develop bilingual (Arabic/English) conversational Voice AI agents and enterprise RAG systems for intelligent data retrieval.
  • Advise industrial SMEs on GCC market entry, combining go-to-market playbooks with the automated digital infrastructure needed to scale.
2015 - 2023 Independent Practice · MENA Region

Business Development Consultant & Corporate Trainer

  • Consulted for corporate enterprises and SMEs on regional market entry, revenue pipeline optimization, and sustainable B2B sales strategies.
  • Trained corporate sales teams on high-stakes B2B negotiations, modern account management, and complex project bidding.
2011 - 2015 Emirates Cities · Sharjah, UAE AED 8 Billion Project Ecosystem

Senior Business Development Manager

  • Drove commercial sales for Tier-1 developers including Emaar, Damac, and Tatweer across the GCC.
  • Secured supply agreements for landmark installations within an AED 8 Billion project ecosystem including the Burj Khalifa.
2007 - 2011 House of Equipments (Arabtec) · Dubai, UAE AED 1 Billion Annual Revenue

Business Development Manager / Corporate Sales Manager

  • Contributed to AED 1 Billion in annual revenue at the region's 2nd-largest construction equipment dealer.
  • Negotiated and secured exclusive regional distribution rights with international manufacturing partners, doubling the company's active product lines.
2005 - 2007 Emirates Cities · Sharjah, UAE $10 Million First-Year Contract

Sales & Marketing Manager

  • Executed a highly successful B2B market entry strategy for Qatar, prospecting and securing foundational anchor accounts from scratch that generated over $10 Million in first-year contract value.
  • Closed long-term, high-value supply agreements with leading construction firms and commercial developers throughout Abu Dhabi and the Northern Emirates.
2002 - 2005 Eissa Group · Cairo, Egypt Expanded 7 → 37 Countries

Marketing Team Lead (Export & Logistics)

  • Led global B2B trade logistics and international marketing for the region's largest furniture exporter.
  • Expanded the company's export footprint from 7 to 37 countries by establishing robust international distributor networks.

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