Executive profile · 20 years
Zia UL
Regional Sales VP / General Manager
- Enterprise AI
- SaaS & platform GTM
- ANZ & MENA
Enterprise GTM and regional business leader with 20 years of experience building repeatable market-entry, strategic-account and partner motions across software, services, AI, industrial technology and cloud-adjacent platforms in MENA and ANZ.
Evidence of enterprise impact
Scale, operating discipline and customer value
The current resume shows a consistent pattern: regional scale-up, stronger revenue visibility, larger partner leverage and technology-to-business-value transformation.
Scaled ANZ into a larger recurring-revenue business
$1.1M → $7.8M
ANZ ARR grew from US$1.1M in 2022 to US$7.8M in 2025, alongside US$14.2M in FY2025 ACV.
Professional experience
Twenty years from engineering to regional GTM leadership
Experience spans enterprise AI, SaaS, developer platforms, industrial automation, asset intelligence, software-defined test, robotics and computer vision.
Unity Technologies
General Manager and Head of Sales & Business Development (MENA and ANZ)
Enterprise AI, developer-platform and real-time 3D SaaS company with $2B in annual revenue.
Bosch Rexroth (part of Robert Bosch GmbH)
Director of Sales & Business Development (ANZ)
Industrial automation, software and AI connected-factory businesses with €6.45B in annual revenue within the €91B Bosch Group.
Endress+Hauser
Senior Sales & Business Development Manager (ANZ)
Global process automation and industrial technology company with approximately US$3B in annual revenue.
National Instruments (now part of Emerson)
Sales Engineering Manager (ANZ)
Global engineering software, SaaS and AI automation technology business with US$1.3B+ in annual revenue.
Multiple Technology Companies
Systems & Sales Engineer
Progressed from engineering and R&D roles into customer-facing sales engineering, establishing the technical foundation later applied to enterprise GTM leadership.
- Built experience across software, machine learning, embedded systems, IoT and cloud-hosted platforms.
- Led R&D on real-time autonomous-vehicle systems using machine vision, embedded software and obstacle-avoidance logic, building production-grade systems in technically complex environments.
- Developed multiple IoT/embedded solutions and filed a provisional patent application for an active damping mechanism in carbon structures.
Executive skills
A searchable operating system for regional growth
Fourteen skills from the current resume are organized so a hiring leader can scan the breadth quickly, filter by operating theme, then open the detail that matters.
Commercial & Operating Planning
Commercial & Operating Planning
Own regional bookings, Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), revenue and new-logo targets across MENA and ANZ, translating corporate objectives into territory, segment and seller-level plans. Partner with Finance and Revenue Operations on annual operating plans, headcount, sales capacity, investment cases and regional P&L, balancing growth with margin, discount discipline, contract duration and revenue predictability.
Sales Organization & Talent Leadership
Sales Organization & Talent Leadership
Build and lead regional teams across Enterprise and Commercial AEs, SDRs/BDRs, Account Management, Sales Engineering and Partners. Coach sellers on prospecting, discovery, qualification, pipeline creation, account strategy, executive engagement, business cases, competitive positioning, negotiation and close, while tracking quota attainment, ramp, productivity, retention and internal progression.
Forecasting, Pipeline & Sales Productivity
Forecasting, Pipeline & Sales Productivity
Own regional revenue commitments to global leadership, providing clear visibility into forecast, pipeline, risks and corrective actions. Measure performance across revenue per AE, pipeline generation, coverage, Average Contract Value (ACV), win rate, sales-cycle duration and conversion, using regular pipeline reviews, opportunity inspections, field coaching and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to improve execution.
GTM Strategy & Market Segmentation
GTM Strategy & Market Segmentation
Develop differentiated go-to-market strategies across Enterprise, Mid-Market, Strategic Accounts and installed-base customers. Refine Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), account prioritization and coverage models using Total Addressable Market (TAM), industry opportunity, customer evidence, competitive dynamics and whitespace; test and scale successful GTM plays across the region.
Territory & Strategic Account Planning
Territory & Strategic Account Planning
Design territories and segment accounts across Strategic, Enterprise, Commercial and Growth tiers. Build account plans that map executive, technical, financial, operational and procurement stakeholders, identify whitespace and competitive risk, and align resources around the highest-value opportunities.
New-Logo Acquisition & Market Penetration
New-Logo Acquisition & Market Penetration
Establish new-logo acquisition as a core regional growth engine with clear account targets, pipeline expectations and executive sponsorship. Coordinate Marketing, SDRs, Alliances and leadership around account-entry strategies, targeted outbound and lighthouse customers that can accelerate broader market penetration.
Installed Base, Retention & Expansion
Installed Base, Retention & Expansion
Own customer retention, renewals, upsell and cross-sell alongside new-logo growth. Segment the installed base by ARR, strategic value, product adoption, growth potential and renewal risk, with visibility into Gross Revenue Retention (GRR), Net Revenue Retention (NRR), logo retention, churn and expansion ARR.
Strategic & Complex Deal Leadership
Strategic & Complex Deal Leadership
Personally lead the region's largest, most strategic and competitive enterprise opportunities, acting as executive deal sponsor and mobilizing Sales, Solutions, Product, Engineering, Professional Services, Finance, Legal, Security and Partners to remove blockers and progress complex buying cycles.
Enterprise Deal Structuring & Negotiation
Enterprise Deal Structuring & Negotiation
Build mutual action plans aligning customer and internal stakeholders across technical validation, business case, procurement, legal and executive approval. Develop multi-year commercial structures spanning subscriptions, consumption, professional services, support and partner delivery, with commercial scenarios aligned to customer adoption and measurable business value.
Partner & Alliance Strategy
Partner & Alliance Strategy
Build joint GTM and account plans with consulting partners, systems integrators, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and technology alliances. Run QBRs covering pipeline, revenue, strategic accounts and joint initiatives, using partners to generate demand, extend market coverage and support complex enterprise opportunities.
Cross-Functional GTM Leadership
Cross-Functional GTM Leadership
Align Sales, Marketing, Product, Solutions, Customer Success, Professional Services, RevOps, Finance, Legal and Partners around regional priorities, strategic opportunities and customer outcomes, influencing resources and stakeholders beyond direct reporting lines.
Executive & Value-Based Selling
Executive & Value-Based Selling
Build multi-threaded relationships with C-suite, technical and business stakeholders and coach teams to connect technology investment to measurable outcomes including productivity, growth, cost reduction, risk management and transformation. Use executive sponsorship and business-case development to increase deal quality and strategic relevance.
AI-Enabled Sales & Market Leadership
AI-Enabled Sales & Market Leadership
Embed AI and analytics into account research, opportunity preparation, forecasting, pipeline inspection and seller productivity. Use data to identify high-propensity accounts, deal risk and expansion potential, while helping customers connect AI adoption to operating-model transformation and measurable business outcomes.
Continuous Improvement & Sales Governance
Continuous Improvement & Sales Governance
Use win/loss analysis, customer feedback, pipeline data and market intelligence to improve sales methodology, positioning, account prioritization and execution. Maintain disciplined operating rhythms and repeatable playbooks that support predictable growth as the business scales.
Technology & transformation
Technical credibility that supports executive GTM
The resume connects commercial leadership to AI, digital twins, software platforms, industrial data, robotics and intelligent test systems—helping translate technical capability into operating outcomes.
Enterprise AI & AI-enabled operations
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Synthetic data and model-training requirements
- Runtime inference, systems integration and security
- AI-enabled operating-model transformation
Digital twins, real-time 3D & simulation
- Digital twins and simulation
- Real-time 3D developer platforms
- AR/VR transformation programs
- Multi-year executive-sponsored adoption
Industrial IoT & predictive operations
- Connected-factory and IIoT solutions
- Predictive maintenance and condition monitoring
- Asset intelligence and remote monitoring
- Operational data for anomaly detection and decision-making
Robotics, autonomous systems & computer vision
- Robotics and machine vision
- Autonomous systems and obstacle avoidance
- Computer vision and quality inspection
- Real-world measurement for AI model validation
SaaS, platforms & recurring revenue
- Enterprise SaaS and developer platforms
- Subscriptions and recurring-revenue models
- Cloud-adjacent platforms
- Professional services and partner delivery
Software-defined test & engineering platforms
- Software analytics and machine learning
- Model training, signal classification and anomaly detection
- Training-data acquisition
- Intelligent test and control applications
Education & professional foundation
Engineering depth behind the commercial leadership
Formal engineering, professional standing and ongoing executive development underpin the ability to engage technical, operational and commercial stakeholders credibly.
Master of Engineering · 2012
The University of Adelaide, Australia
High Distinction · 6.74/7.0 GPA · Endeavour Postgraduate Award · Top of ClassElectronics and Software Engineering with major in Robotics and Machine Vision.
Bachelor of Engineering · 2006
High Distinction · 3.84/4.0 GPA · University Gold Medal · Presidential Award · Valedictorian · Siemens Gold MedalElectrical & Telecommunications Engineering with major in Software and Computer Vision.
Professional standing & development
Professional Engineer, Engineers Australia.
Executive developmentMBA-level coursework, digital business transformation program, ongoing executive training in sales leadership, AI, cloud, IoT and GTM strategy, plus multiple sales-performance, employee-of-the-year and professional-distinction awards.
Conversation
Regional growth leadership across enterprise AI, SaaS and platforms
Australian citizen with 20 years of experience across ANZ and MENA, open to relocation for the right opportunity.