EMC appoints 25-year IT industry veteran

EMC yesterday announced that 25-year IT industry veteran Habib Mahakian has been appointed general manager for the Pakistan and the Gulf region. In his new role, Mahakian will be responsible for expanding EMC’s footprint in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the eight maturing markets of the Gulf, including Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen and Oman. He will focus on strategy and business development to extend and further accelerate EMC’s growth in the region by delivering and supporting the full range of EMC products, services and solutions in established and new markets, and enhancing partner and channel relationships.
Mahakian will report to Mohammed Amin, EMC’s senior vice president and regional manager for Turkey, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East region.
Prior to his new role, Mahakian held a number of leadership positions at EMC, including Country Manager of EMC Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the regional director for Pakistan and the North Gulf and Levant regions. Before joining EMC, Mahakian worked at Saudi Business Machines in Saudi Arabia.
Amin said: “Over the last 12 years, Habib has successfully led EMC’s operations across a number of strategic markets including Saudi Arabia (KSA) to help customers and partners develop new opportunities to transform their IT architecture, drive competitive differentiation and business agility. With his wealth of experience and track record of success, I am confident that in his new role Habib will help drive EMC’s growth in the region even further, while cementing our position as trusted partner to our customers and channel network across the region.”