Karim Bishay
MBA in Non-Profit Management from Boston University School Of Management (2010), Masters of Theological Studies from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School Of Theology (2008), General Manager at Engineering for Supplies & Consultancy Co. since 2002.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.linkedin.com/in/karimbishay |
| Skills: | Business, English, French, Languages, Management, Sales, Spanish |
| Location: | Boston, MA, USA |
| Groups: | Global Social Venture Competition, Global Social Venture Competition 2011, Global Social Venture Competition GSVC 2012, [INACTIVE] Global Social Venture Competition 2009-10 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Boston University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | ENGINEERING FOR SUPPLIES AND CONSULTANCY CO. |
| Position: | General Manager |
| Time period: | January 2002 - Present |
| Description: | • Designed and implemented business plan to capture a large area of the water desalination, sewage line cleaning and pumping markets. Within three years ESC captured over 12% of the pumps market, 8% of the water desalination market, and 70% of the sewage cleaning market.
• Hired and trained the management, sales, and office staff, which grew from 8 in 2002 to 106 in 2008 • Researched and managed the process of establishing the corporate office, workshop and manufacturing plant. • Influenced and coached senior management to adopt a more collaborative team-based decision making management style. • Headed the research and negotiations which led ESC to securing importing rights and eventually the sole agency in Egypt of over 8 American, European, Chinese, and Japanese manufacturers of submersible pumps, sewer-line cleaning equipment, and water desalination plants. • Increased capital through an aggressive sales plan and negotiations with credit providers and suppliers from $150,000 in 2002 to $12.6M in 2006. • Determined the prices of stocks and individual tenders based on competition and market analysis. • Negotiated major sales tenders with government municipalities from twelve countries, major distributors and contractors, personally securing over $8M in sales. |
| Employer: | St. Raphael House Homeless Family Shelter |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Employer: | ENGINEERING FOR MODERN EQUIPMENT |
| Position: | Assistant Sales Manager |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2002 |
| Description: | • Directly trained and retrained sales staff for a more aggressive and technically proficient sales strategy.
• Held sales and research seminars with major clients in 4 countries, 18 cities, updating them on new products, pricing, and suggested designs for pumping stations. |
| Employer: | INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES |
| Position: | Full-time Intern |
| Time period: | December 2008 |
| Description: | • Conducted and coordinated over 40 hours of interviews and produced an outline for an inter-Orthodox social services cooperation network based on the information collected
• Led an extensive research and analysis of Egypt and the humanitarian aid and relief capabilities of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and assessed the possibility of partnership with IOCC. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Boston University |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | Non-Profit Management, MBA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Kung fu, tennis, canyoneering and SCUBA diving. |
| Hobbies: | Travel,, capoeira. |
| Clubs: | Public and Non-Profit Management Club President - BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Theatrical director of the Howard Café theater company - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO |
| Awards: | Received the Who’s Who of American Graduate Students Award - HOLY CROSS GREEK ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
Won Best of the Best Brand Management Team Award out of 24 teams (Entire class).- BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT |
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