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Snowflake appoints Ali Al-Ismail as Country Manager for Saudi Arabia, to drive expansion in the Kingdom

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Sherpa Communications helped distribute the news as Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, today announced the appointment of Ali Al-Ismail as Country Manager for Saudi Arabia, further highlighting the company’s commitment to growing the local business, being closer to local customers to maximise their data investment and business value with Snowflake’s platform, and aligning to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 to support industries with their digital economic growth. The appointment of Ali follows the company’s recent establishment of its regional headquarters in Riyadh, as well as the local deployment on Google Cloud Dammam (Saudi Arabia) to help customers meet data sovereignty and residency requirements within the Kingdom.

In his new role at Snowflake, Ali will be responsible for the growth of the company’s operations in Saudi Arabia, including developing relationships with customers and prospects — such as government entities and local businesses — expanding the local partner ecosystem, and growing the local Snowflake team. Ali will drive the adoption of Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud across various industries, including public sector, financial services, oil and gas, manufacturing, and retail.

Ali brings nearly 20 years of experience in sales leadership and business development having held senior roles at leading technology companies, including Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, and Alcatel, with a focus on the oil and gas industries, utilities, and mid-market growth companies. Most recently, Ali served as senior sales leader for Oracle in Saudi Arabia, where he built high-performing SaaS sales and channel teams from the ground up and achieved double-digit growth for the company’s cloud solutions. Ali is a graduate with a computer engineering degree from the King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

Upskilling in High-Growth Markets

Doubling down on Snowflake’s commitment to Saudi, and to equip the global workforce with essential skills for the AI-driven future, Snowflake has launched its One Million Minds + One Platform program with the aim of certifying over 100,000 users globally on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud by 2027, and upskilling one million people on data and AI by 2029. The program offers free, live introductory training courses led by Snowflake-certified instructors, providing hands-on experience to empower participants to drive their organizations’ data transformation journeys. In a high-growth market like Saudi Arabia, where 67% of respondents in PwC’s Workplace Hopes and Fears survey believe upskilling will enhance their job performance in the next five years, this initiative aligns with the Kingdom’s vision to build a data-ready workforce and develop a data-driven economy.

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