Intelligent Tech Channels Issue 01 | Page 77

CHANNEL CHIEF Improve and adapt Ayman Al-Bayaa, CEO of STME His reasons to enter the technology industry? Quite by chance A yman Al Bayaa, Chief Executive Officer of system integrator STME has over 25 years of IT experience across the Middle East. Prior to joining STME he worked at Saudi Arabia based systems integrator, Alfanar IT for over ten years. He was also responsible for setting up the first internet service provider in Egypt in the early nineties. Al-Bayaa reflects on his two most memorable achievements across his career. The first achievement was early in his career when he decided to move out of back office into the business side of operations. He soon clinched one of the largest strategic deals for the company he was employed with at that time. Another achievement he proudly looks back on is when he successfully realigned another business within a few years. Al-Bayaa equates the characteristics of the technology industry with his own personal value system. These include being dynamic, rising to the challenge, being alert, ready to change, and constant focus on quality. His reasons to enter the technology industry? Quite by chance. His management approach with his team is simple, to give them space to grow. He believes in creating a healthy environment for his team to inno