Background

Portrait of Faïz Oumghar

From engineering and field technology to regional commercial leadership and government programmes.

Since 2008, my work has focused on a recurring challenge: how to convert complex technical capability into something governments, institutions and commercial organisations can understand, procure, deploy and sustain.

My career has evolved from civil engineering, geomatics and 3D data acquisition to regional sales leadership, P&L ownership, market creation, strategic accounts and government technology programmes across Europe, Africa and the Gulf.

The journey

Hexagon / Leica Geosystems

France · North Africa · West Africa · Middle East

My journey with Hexagon / Leica Geosystems began in France before expanding across North Africa and the Middle East.

In Morocco, I created and led a regional subsidiary covering North and West Africa, with responsibility for a multi-million-euro P&L and a multi-country team. The role combined market creation, strategic accounts, distribution, technical sales, organisational development and accountability for commercial performance.

This chapter established the leadership foundation that continues to shape my approach: understand the territory, build the right organisation, create local credibility and remain accountable for results.

Wingtra

Head of Sales, Middle East & Africa

At Wingtra, a Swiss mapping-drone company, I developed the commercial operation across the Middle East and Africa.

The mandate included regional go-to-market strategy, partner recruitment and enablement, strategic-account development, technical positioning and sales-team leadership. It required adapting a specialised technology to different procurement environments, customer expectations and indirect-sales models across a diverse territory.

The experience strengthened my ability to build a region from an early stage and connect product innovation with practical market execution.

Today

Space42 · Abu Dhabi

Senior Manager – Business Development & Strategic Accounts, Smart Solutions

My current role within Smart Solutions combines business development and selected strategic-account responsibilities across complex geospatial and AI-enabled markets.

The laboratory and the classroom

Two chapters that predate the commercial track and shaped the way I work.

IRCGN · 2007

When 3D scanning entered crime scenes

Before markets, a laboratory. As R&D engineer at the IRCGN, the forensic research institute of the French Gendarmerie, I led the development of a 3D survey methodology for accident and crime scenes. Le Dauphiné libéré photographed this work at the Laffrey coach crash site in August 2007. A training book for Gendarmerie personnel accompanied the methodology, and the institute issued a recognition for this project in January 2008.

Le Dauphiné libéré front page, 22 August 2007: the survey at the Laffrey crash site
Le Dauphiné libéré, Grenoble, 22 August 2007: the survey at the Laffrey crash site.
ESTP · 2009 to 2015

Teaching 3D laser scanning at my own engineering school

From 2009 to 2015, part-time, I lectured at ESTP, the construction engineering school I graduated from. Theoretical 3D laser scanning courses for final-year students, field application work, and the introduction of the Scan2CAD and Scan2BIM concepts, from point cloud to CAD and BIM models. More than 300 students trained over those six years.

Markets and commercial exposure

Commercial and partner exposure across multiple markets in North Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa and the Middle East.

Core operating markets
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, France
Extended commercial experience
North Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, wider Middle East
Strategic market perspective
Selected Asian markets
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United Arab Emirates

Professional network by country
  • North AfricaMorocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Mauritania · Sudan
  • West AfricaCabo Verde · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Côte d’Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Burkina Faso · Mali · Niger · Nigeria
  • Southern AfricaAngola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini
  • Middle EastTürkiye · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Palestine · Jordan · Iraq · Iran · Kuwait · Saudi Arabia · Bahrain · Qatar · United Arab Emirates · Oman · Yemen

The map represents territories covered through direct responsibility, regional leadership, partner ecosystems or strategic-account activity. The depth and nature of experience vary by market.

Expertise

01Space technology and intelligence

  • AI and GeoAI
  • Earth observation
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • GEOINT
  • Space intelligence
  • Geospatial analytics
  • Computer vision and decision intelligence
  • Government and defence programmes

02Commercial leadership

  • Regional go-to-market strategy
  • Strategic-account management
  • Government and institutional sales
  • Complex capture and procurement cycles
  • P&L ownership
  • Sales-team leadership
  • Market entry and commercial operations
  • Business-development strategy

03Partners and ecosystems

  • Strategic partnerships
  • Channel design
  • Reseller recruitment and enablement
  • Local integrator models
  • Prime-contractor and technology ecosystems
  • Multi-stakeholder programme development
  • Indirect-sales strategy

04Technical foundations

  • Mapping drones
  • Static and mobile 3D scanning
  • LiDAR
  • GNSS / RTK
  • Digital twins
  • Scan-to-CAD / Scan-to-BIM
  • Field data acquisition
  • Reality capture

Speaking

I contribute to conferences, panels and professional conversations on space and geospatial markets, government procurement, regional go-to-market strategy and partner ecosystems across the Gulf and Africa.

Speaking topics

  • AI, EO and GEOINT market development
  • Selling complex technology to governments
  • Building partner ecosystems across the GCC and Africa
  • Turning technical capability into an institutional business case
  • Commercialising emerging space and geospatial technologies
  • Regional market entry and strategic-account development
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