News: Simplilearn expands its global team, hires country manager and senior director

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Simplilearn expands its global team, hires country manager and senior director

Country manager Asem Rostom comes with experience working in the education management and assessment industry, while senior director Vishal Shah has experience in enterprise sales.
Simplilearn expands its global team, hires country manager and senior director

Simplilearn, the leading certification training providers, has announced the appointment of two key senior leaders: Asem Rostom as the country manager - Middle East and Vishal Shah as the senior director of enterprise sales in the United States. The appointments are aimed to expand and strengthen its teams globally.

An alumnus of Altinbas University, Istanbul, Rostom has experience working in the education management and assessment industry. He brings expertise as senior sales and management executive.

Rostom has previously worked with Cambridge University Press as a MENA IELTS manager and at Pearson VUE as the META manager. He is skilled in business planning, sales, customer relationship management, sales management, curriculum addition, workforce skill gap analysis, and team building. 

Shah will be based in Atlanta, Georgia. He will be managing the southeast region of the United States along with select named accounts across the US. Shah comes with over 15 years of enterprise sales experience and has previously worked with Udemy as the enterprise account executive for the Southeast region.  An alumnus of Kennesaw State University, Shah has previously worked with Coca-Cola, Global Payments, NCR, and Equifax. 

Asem Rostom, country manager, Middle East, Simplilearn, said, “The Edtech domain is growing at an exponential rate and is facilitating easy and accessible education to learners across the globe. While I hope to bring my own knowledge and expertise to the table, I also look forward to working and learning from the larger team of Simplilearn and facilitating the best outcomes for our consumers.”

“I believe that together as a team, we will be able to contribute towards reducing the skills gap globally,’ said Shah.

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