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Harris Zane

Harris Zane

Business Leader

Summary

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Experienced in strategy, planning and operations. Skilled in developing and executing business plans to maximize profitability, streamline operations and maintain compliance with industry regulations. Proven people leader motivates and optimizes staff performance and productivity.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
6
6

Years of management experience

Work History

Managing Director

Cloud Ace Singapore
10.2022 - Current
  • Reduced operating cost by 17% within the first quarter by optimization of resources.
  • Devised and implemented innovative and marketing campaigns to promote products and services.
  • Spearheaded successful business development initiatives aligned with company's strategy and core competencies.
  • Led change and transformation across business areas to deliver benefits and align company resources.
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
  • Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs.
  • Monitored and coordinated workflows to optimize resources.
  • Updated and resolved incidents and managed accessorial charges objectively while maximizing profit.
  • Prepared annual budgets with controls to prevent overages.
  • Handled challenging customers and clients to assist employees and maintain excellent customer service.
  • Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.
  • Tracked trends and suggested enhancements to both challenge and refine company's product offerings.
  • Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tool that increased operational quality.
  • Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
  • Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
  • Trained new employees on proper protocols and customer service standards.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
  • Reduced financial inconsistencies while assessing and verifying billing invoices and expense reports.
  • Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
  • Monitored office workflow and administrative processes to keep operations running smoothly.
  • Documented processes and drafted SOPs to comply with regulations and company policies.
  • Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.

Regional Sales Manager

Tufin Inc
ASEAN
09.2021 - 10.2022
  • Achieved regional sales objectives by coordinating sales team, developing successful strategies, and servicing accounts to strengthen business relationships.
  • Collaborated with senior executives to evaluate performance in regional area and develop strategies to expand revenue generation.
  • Exceeded sales quotas and increased profitability through effective sales strategy and business planning.
  • Managed team of 6 regional sales representatives and consistently achieved high sales targets.
  • Liaised with sales, marketing, and management teams to develop solutions and accomplish shared objectives.
  • Collaborated with upper management to implement continuous improvements and exceed team goals.
  • Managed accounts to retain existing relationships and grow share of business.
  • Built relationships with customers and community to establish long-term business growth.

Regional Account Director

Tripwire Inc (Belden Inc)
Belden
06.2017 - 04.2021
  • Created robust sales plans and set territory quotas.
  • Motivated team of 7 account executives to achieve and surpass competitive sales targets.
  • Strengthened market penetration and position by developing and implementing creative promotional strategies.
  • Forecasted annual, quarterly and monthly sales goals.
  • Implemented systems and procedures to increase sales.
  • Coordinated full sales operations within assigned region.
  • Channels Team Management
  • Pre Sales Team Management
  • Post Sales (Implementation/Support) Team Management
  • Marketing Team Management

Security Consultant

Check Point Software
09.2015 - 06.2017
  • Developed reasonable and cost effective recommendations for security improvement.
  • Assessed security compliance, security program organization, policies and procedures, general risks and vulnerabilities.
  • Met with existing customers and prospects to discuss business needs and recommend optimal solutions.
  • Retained excellent client satisfaction ratings through outstanding service delivery.
  • Created professional sales presentations and seminars to effectively demonstrate product features and competitive advantages.
  • Developed and delivered engaging sales presentations to convey product benefits.
  • Trained and mentored new sales representatives.
  • Utilized CRM software to manage customer accounts and track performance metrics.
  • Negotiated contracts with clients and developed relationships with key personnel.
  • Generated new leads through networking and attending industry events.
  • Managed customer accounts to secure customer satisfaction and repeat business.

System Engineer Team Lead

Xtremax Pte Ltd
04.2015 - 09.2015
  • Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
  • Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
  • Provided professional services and support in a dynamic work environment.
  • Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
  • Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
  • Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
  • Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions.
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
  • Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.

Police, Patrol Officer

Singapore Police Force
09.2006 - 04.2015
  • Perform various stints in various departments in the, force, primarily at Central Police Station
  • Cultivated leadership skills, people management, dynamic problem solving and an infinite list of various priceless skill set
  • Received countless commendations from the Commander of Central Police Division in forms of Commander’s Award

Manpower Department (Special Projects)

  • Spearheaded a special project in ensuring accurate capture of attendance time for officers
  • Wrote a program in C language to enable attendance taking via bar code scanner and data to be saved into the database remotely
  • Project was a success and currently still being utilized for attendance taking for major deployments
  • Gained invaluable experience and acquired soft skills like people management, conflict-resolution, decisive decision making
  • As SPF were geared towards the service sector, gained customer service etiquette
  • Also held a supervisory role as a patrol in-charge
  • Coach and lead new officers
  • Well verse in Singapore’s Criminal law, Employment Act and various statues
  • Well verse with investigation techniques and specific fact findings.

System Administrator

SGHub Internet Services
02.2003 - 06.2006
  • Infrastructure & Hardening Team
  • Assist in the start-up of this small internet company based in Singapore providing web and email hosting
  • Managed servers of Redhat Linux and FreeBSD distro and started with a 1U rack server space and grew exponentially within a year to a 12U rack server space
  • Maintained a secure, intrusion free server for a straight 3 years with an overall maintenance downtime of 14 hours
  • System hardening and firewall policy adjustments
  • Penetration testing on a regular basis.
  • Designed proactive preventive maintenance schedules to prevent unnecessary downtime and hardware faults.

Education

MBA - Business

Murdoch University
Australia
07.2018 - 02.2020

Skills

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Interests

Crypto Mining

Timeline

Managing Director

Cloud Ace Singapore
10.2022 - Current

Regional Sales Manager

Tufin Inc
09.2021 - 10.2022

MBA - Business

Murdoch University
07.2018 - 02.2020

Regional Account Director

Tripwire Inc (Belden Inc)
06.2017 - 04.2021

Security Consultant

Check Point Software
09.2015 - 06.2017

System Engineer Team Lead

Xtremax Pte Ltd
04.2015 - 09.2015

Police, Patrol Officer

Singapore Police Force
09.2006 - 04.2015

System Administrator

SGHub Internet Services
02.2003 - 06.2006
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