Why attend?
Sitecore User Group Middle East aims to bring together and provide a perfect platform to gain knowledge, network with fellow Sitecore professionals and most importantly, learn how Sitecore can deliver results for your organisation. SUGMEA will take place across the Middle East & Africa.
AWESOME TOPICS
SITECORE EXPERTS
LOCAL & GLOBAL SPEAKERS
Agenda
Open Registration
Coffee/Canapé Break
Closing Remarks & Networking
Speakers
Dharmesh Harji
Dharmesh is now 3 years into his tenure at Horizontal and is responsible for driving the Marketing Strategy across the Middle East & India. He is passionate about Customer Experience and how technology plays a crucial part in enabling brands to reach exceptional levels of CX which helps drive competitive advantage. In 2022, Dharmesh achieved his first Sitecore MVP title and is a proud member and supporter of the SUGMEA.
Atif Unar
Atif Unar is the Principal Solutions Consultant at Sitecore, with nearly a decade at the company and over 20 years of experience in Australia’s digital and technology landscape. He’s passionate about helping organizations across travel, hospitality, and government harness data, content, and technology to create exceptional digital experiences that connect and inspire.
Nimit Patel
A multi-year Sitecore MVP and former Sitecorian, Nilesh is 15-year Sitecore veteran. He is a Technical Solution Architect and Pre-Sales Consultant crafting the best suitable solutions for clients and advising organizations on digital transformation, helping them achieve real business value from their marketing technology.
Hirrah Anwar
Hirrah is a digital transformation leader with 10+ years of experience driving customer experience, service design, and innovation across enterprise and startup ecosystems. She leads the Strategy & Experience Design division at Horizontal across EMEA, partnering with clients across multiple industries, including retail, hospitality, healthcare, financial services, utilities, travel and tourism, and government, to accelerate growth through service design, product strategy, and digital experience platforms like Sitecore.
Edward Stott
Edward Stott is a Delivery Director at Horizontal Digital, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With extensive experience in digital strategy, business analysis, and project delivery, he has led complex digital transformation initiatives across technology, property development, and hospitality. Edward has a proven track record of helping clients optimize digital experiences, leveraging design systems, AI, and frontend development to drive impactful results.
Ahmed Harb
Nilesh Thakkar
A multi-year Sitecore MVP and former Sitecorian, Nilesh is 15-year Sitecore veteran. He is a Technical Solution Architect and Pre-Sales Consultant crafting the best suitable solutions for clients and advising organizations on digital transformation, helping them achieve real business value from their marketing technology.
Joseph Bou Raad
Joseph is a seasoned channel and sales professional with deep experience and knowledge in technology selling across the Gulf region. He is passionate about helping organizations embark on their digital transformation journey while offering the best in the market experience for both their internal and external customers.
George Smith
George Smith is Horizontal’s Managing Director, EMEA. Having worked with some of the largest brands and governments in the world, he now helps businesses build a competitive advantage through digital transformation. George is also a Sitecore Strategy MVP and an experienced agency leader who has worked on some of the world’s largest Sitecore implementations. Having tripled his previous agency’s revenue and expanded its clientele in just four years, George brings a reputation for success matched only by his passion for well-crafted code and client service. He is also an author, rugby player, and former politician.
Lalit Kamboj
Dharmesh Harji
Dharmesh is now 3 years into his tenure at Horizontal and is responsible for driving the Marketing Strategy across the Middle East & India. He is passionate about Customer Experience and how technology plays a crucial part in enabling brands to reach exceptional levels of CX which helps drive competitive advantage. In 2022, Dharmesh achieved his first Sitecore MVP title and is a proud member and supporter of the SUGMEA.
Duaa Abu Gharbieh
Duaa is a Senior Sitecore Consultant, working remotely from Jordan at Switch (Sitecore Platinum Partner) based in Australia. This is her 5th time winning the Sitecore MVP title. She has experience of over 14 years in the Software Development Industry and Sitecore expert for the past 8 years. One of the Women of the Sitecore Group Leadership team and one of the organization committee for SUGJO (Sitecore User Group Jordan)
Joseph Bou Raad
Joseph is a seasoned channel and sales professional with deep experience and knowledge in technology selling across the Gulf region. He is passionate about helping organizations embark on their digital transformation journey while offering the best in the market experience for both their internal and external customers.
Shahla Matar
Connecting global agencies with Sitecore talent as Chief Executive Officer at Tanasuk Technologies.
Abdullah Zaher
Abdullah Comes with 15 years of experience in supporting customers in the MEA and East Europe regions on Martech, Adtech, and Customer experience projects, working for different organizations like Oracle and Sitecore to help organizations use technology to delight their customers through a consistent, omnichannel journey and drive business results.
Sandeep Pote
Arvind Gehlot
Arvind have more than 17 years of IT experience and played various roles throughout his career, starting from Developer, Project Manager, Solution Architect, and now as a Technology lead for Horizontal. Exploring Sitecore experience platform for 7 years now and covered almost all areas of implementation for enterprise applications. His technical background and keenness to work on the latest technology always kept him on his feet.
Ishraq Al Fataftah
Ishraq Al Fataftah is the founder & CTO at ApplezTech, a digital customer experience agency based in Amman, Jordan. Ishraq has played the roles of digital consultant, technology evangelist, solution architect, and technical director during her 16 years in the industry. Community speaker, organizer, sponsor, and 6X Sitecore MVP, Ishraq enjoys bridging the gap between marketing, businesses, and technology and all challenges in between.
Jeremy Davis
Jeremy is a developer and architect for Delete/Kagool in the UK, who’s been blogging and speaking about Sitecore since 2014. You can read what he’s thinking about at jermdavis.wordpress.com, where there’s usually a post every two weeks or so.
Khushboo Sorthiya
Khushboo works as a Associate Tech Lead at Horizontal. She is a Certified Developer with 6 years of experience working on Sitecore. She is a blogger, who shares her technical knowledge with others at https://sitecorecorner.wordpress.com/.
Mohammad Abu-Jaffal
Mohammad Abujaffal is a Technical Director at Nemetos Tanasuk, with 13 years of experience in Software Development using Microsoft technologies. Mohammad has developed and led a team of Sitecore developers to deliver Enterprise Level Sitecore Solutions for local and international clients. His focus is to bring the best practices when developing Sitecore solutions both on-premise and on the Cloud.
Nelson Jesudos
Sitecore Senior Solution Architect and Technology MVP 2024 having around overall 16+ years of experience in Microsoft technologies and around 12 years in Sitecore, Certified with Sitecore 10 .Net developer certification, Sitecore XP 8 Website Development for .Net developer, Sitecore Order Cloud, Sitecore CDP, Sitecore Personalize, Coveo for Sitecore 4 Cloud Certified Developer, Microsoft Azure Administrator, Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, and ITIL Foundation.
Nilesh Thakkar
A multi-year Sitecore MVP and former Sitecorian, Nilesh is 15-year Sitecore veteran. He is a Technical Solution Architect and Pre-Sales Consultant crafting the best suitable solutions for clients and advising organizations on digital transformation, helping them achieve real business value from their marketing technology.
Peter Clisby
Dedicated Sitecore developer having worked with 7 Sitecore focussed agencies, 4 gold and 2 platinum partners. Passionate about analytics and reporting on personalisation as well as other website user exposure/behaviour.
Issy Stephen
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
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