Sam Rizk

• Relaunched Altibbi Pregnancy and Maternity app with a new set of monetization channels and worked on adding key features that doubled the engagement rate. • Increased the digital payments adoption by 57% and repriced the telehealth packages, bringing in 1.6X revenue. • Managed the programmatic advertising team that brought in 3X last year's revenue by offering new ad slots that brought in more revenue. • Analyzed the usage of Altibbi’s power users and interviewed them to develop a strategy to acquire more of those users and package new offerings that cater to those users specifically. • Doubled the conversion from organic traffic to subscribers by working on multiple initiatives, including migrating to Whatsapp as a chat platform, removing unnecessary displays, prioritizing what to be shown in Saudi, and automating reports.

• oversaw the implementation of pharmaceutical partnerships and worked on customer success and project delivery. • Doubled the # of daily subscribers in KSA using paid channels with a Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) of less than $5. • Spearheaded a new SaaS product from an early stage into 6x growth in 18 months. Built telesales and on-the-ground sales teams of 50 FTEs and managed daily performance. • Proved the concept of our next big thing by bringing in a 6 figure USD contract after turning around a pilot project with a Fortune 500 company targeting healthcare providers in GCC and Levant.

Dawaya.com, an Online Pharmacy Startup serving Egyptian Consumers | Topdoctors.me, a medical directory with more than 29,000 listed doctors. • Transformed the P&L from loss to profitability and reinvested the extra cash to grow the company and hire more resources. • Increased our B2C revenue by partnering up with five local pharmacy chains across Egypt to maximize commission on online sales. • Added new revenue stream by tapping into a B2B model, where we serve pharmaceutical companies' digital presence. • Managed a strategic partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to offer exclusive discounts on our platform. • Oversaw an outsourced technical team implementing a roadmap focused on improving the User Experience, matching Search Engine Optimization standards, and developing back-end modules that streamlined daily business needs.

• Grew the sales of a family-owned company by 55% YoY, doubling the profitability. • Negotiated an exclusivity partnership & distribution deal in the Middle East and North Africa region with a German original equipment manufacturer. • Expanded into other industry verticals to improve the company’s position and add more diversification to the portfolio. • Held the company’s P&L and maintained healthy profit margins.

A digital marketing startup owned by the same employer as Enlight & DARE'n'DEAL • Co-launched a company that went cash positive in its first year. • Came in as employee # 2 and took the company to 30 FTEs within a year. • Co-created marketing campaigns’ proposals to new and existing customers for a wide range of businesses, supporting the sales team to reach eight-digit sales (EGP). • Collaborated in “dubbizle” launching a campaign in Egypt, which grew their fan page on Facebook to 1 million fans in 2 months while reaching 28th place in the most visited websites in Egypt according to Alexa traffic rank.

A Groupon.com Clone (Startup) that raised 1.65 million USD, owned by the same employer as Enlight • Launched the operations in Riyadh, built a team, and forged partnerships with local service providers. • Hired a replacement to overtake the role, and equipped him with the tools to succeed.

A Groupon.com Clone (Startup) that raised 1.65 million USD, owned by the same employer as Enlight • Joined a company as employee # 6 and left it when it had over 120 FTEs across Saudi Arabia and Egypt. • Rotated on different departments, co-leading the teams to grasp the business sense • Contracted and established relationships with eight local service providers to run the daily business at the market’s most competitive price. • Led a team of 10 members to create the content and manage the relationship with our partners to reach record productivity of publishing six deals per day. • Initiated a daily newsletter that improved customer retention and conversion rate.

• Increased productivity of the factory by 30% by eliminating bottlenecks. • Implemented an inventory-level monitoring process to ensure a high level of productivity. • Introduced a cost analysis sheet to every SKU we sell to support the BD when renegotiating renewals.

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