Samir Hakooz, Founder Most recently Samir led comprehensive negotiations winning over $30 million in contracts from Europe, Japan, SE Asia, and the Middle East. He also led a technology company to profitability for the first time, after 18 months as its leader. He is multi-lingual and has extensive experience in change management, restructuring, and international business negotiations. Prior to Plasma Energy, Samir was the Vice President of sales and marketing for General Atomics Electronic Systems Inc. serving the nuclear industry and the US government with radiation monitoring and control systems and services. Samir's list of clients includes Bechtel, GE, Progress Energy, GlaxoSmithKline, ATT, Duke Power, Nucor, Kawasaki, Kobelco, Digiton, Westinghouse, ABB, BASF, Aramco, DOE and DOD. Samir has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and graduated from The Executive Program at University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, and The Strategic Planning Systems Program at MIT.
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An
international executive skilled in Strategic Leadership and Global
Business Consulting Practice, Samir brings more than 28 years of
experience in global business development, strategic planning, and
technical sales and marketing management serving various industries
with high-tech engineered products including instrumentation, capital
and process equipment, software and services. Samir’s experience
covered a wide range of industries such as chemical, petrochemical,
pharmaceutical, environmental, steel, oil, utilities, and the U.S.
government. His strength is in technology business development and
business turnaround. He was formerly with ChemFirst as Vice President
of sales and marketing for Callidus Technologies, Inc., and as President
of Plasma Energy Corporation.