Zul-idris

Senior Consultant - Digital Healthcare, Go-to-Market Strategies and Business Advisory

Professional Experience

With over 25 years of core experience in business strategy and marketing, predominantly focusing on technology, telecoms and digital
domains, I am passionate in sharing my expertise with organizations and industries that aspire for sustainable growth in the digital age.
I have delivered various impactful projects across Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia the rich exposure that enables me to form sound
and balanced views in approaching certain specific subject matters. Personally, I am highly driven in working with future talent in
honing their innovation thinking and skills, to prepare them for their professional environment.

Skills and Experience

Developing and implementing strategy:

Lead and deliver the “Digital Framework Malaysia Healthcare Travel” addressing the digitalization of key touch points across medical tourism industry, focusing on foreign patients’ experience. the framework is to be effectively adopted across all participating member hospitals in order to retain the position of Malaysia being the preferred medical travel destination globally with winning patient experience being at the core of the proposition. Champion and successfully deploy strategic initiatives such as Malaysia international fertility referral centers in China, Malaysia as Asia’s hub for Hepatitis-C treatment, international-level installation of insight; a highly anticipated yearly global medical tourism conference assembling professionals, partners and players in medical tourism, healthcare and non-healthcare sectors.

Chief Strategy Officer, UMW Technology:
Drive and implement the diversification strategy of the UMW Group’s business direction with technology as the new vertical. Executed UMW’s technology investment fund of more than USD50 Mn n the North America. Successfully negotiate and, conclude UMW’s maiden investment in its first tech company–a New York- based leading tech & media co-working company, Spark Labs which hosts start-ups and growth tech companies. Steer the co-working space occupancy rate with the US counterpart to achieve 100% from Year 1 target of 74% – leading towards revenue improvement even in Year 1. Successfully establish UMW’s first ever US-based entity, UTech Americas Inc. – a long-term investment vehicle targeting high growth tech companies in the North America.

General Manager, Telekom Malaysia (TM New Media & TM Net):
Lead the business transformation around IPTV/media and advertising business for Telekom Malaysia’s new media vertical encompassing offering of the business of IPTV, Online Services and Advertising. Streamline the media business (IPTV and advertising revenue based), resulting close to 3x in revenue from USD30Mn in Y2012 to USD85Mn in Y2015.Key founding member of BlueHyppo.com portal that morphed into today’s “Unifi Home Broadband” by Telekom Malaysia. Among key highlights were securing partnerships with more than 50 key content and media partners across the region and the globe –the very credential that supported Telekom Malaysia in winning its 3G license (mobile arm) from the Malaysian regulator.

Senior Business Consultant, Ericsson Business Consulting:
Lead, advise and launch various strategic marketing key projects and Go-to-Market (GTM) within mobile telecoms in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) through interaction with C-Level management, concerning their overall telecoms/mobile strategy and propositions to ascertain market leadership (revenue, market share, brand equity & services). Operators; O2 (UK/Ireland), Vodafone (Ireland), Meteor/Eircom(Ireland), Telefonica (Spain), Zain Group (Sudan), Safaricom (Kenya) and MTN Group (Nigeria). Plan and execute GTM programs in launching innovative mobile services by considering marketing value-chain; market research, service conceptualization, value proposition, pricing, marketing communication, sales, distribution channels and customer support/care.

Areas of Expertise

Industry Expertise

Education

Professional Memberships and Certifications