FeatureSchneider Electric is leading the Digital Transformation of Energy Management and Automation in Homes, Buildings, Datacentres, Infrastructure, and Industries. With global presence in over 100 countries, Schneider is a leader in Power Management – Medium Voltage, Low Voltage and Secure Power, and in Automation Systems. Schneider Electric provides integrated efficiency solutions, combining energy, automation, and software.
In the global ecosystem, they collaborate with the largest Partner, Integrator and Developer Community on the Open Platform to deliver real-time control and operational efficiency. Schneider believes that great people and partners make Schneider a great company and that their commitment to Innovation, Diversity and Sustainability ensures that Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment.
Secure Power division is a major contributor in Schneider Electric’s efforts to leverage digital to make the world more sustainable. The new electric world is heavily dependent on data centres due to the explosion in IoT connected devices and the resulting large amounts of data being generated by business and consumer applications.
Secure Power’s mission continues to be to make data centres as efficient as possible while ensuring always-on availability, without compromising the future of the planet. Key to this is EcoStruxure: IoT-enabled, plug-and-play, open, interoperable architecture, and platform, that includes Connected Products, Edge Control, and Apps, Analytics and Services.
The world has gone remote. Pandemic-driven lockdowns have forced industrial organisations across the globe to quickly adjust to highly unusual working conditions. Some have been more successful at transiting to the new normal than others. Success organisations share something in common – technology. Schneider Electric provides the software, services, digital power, and process physical infrastructure solutions that ease the transition to the world of remotely controlled operations and connected workers.
Schneider Electric has been recognised by Gartner, as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Datacentre Infrastructure Management tools. DCIM software is used to monitor, measure, and manage data centres, covering both IT equipment and supporting infrastructure such as power and cooling systems.
It is intended to help managers achieve maximum energy efficiency and to help prevent equipment problems that lead to downtime. Next-generation phase DCIM solutions take advantage of cloud technology and provide a significant step forward in DCIM capability.
The APC global partner network includes more than 150,000 IT Solution Providers. To ensure partners’ growth, the company continuously builds and improves its partner programs and educational opportunities to offer best-in-class support. This includes best-in-class training, financial resources, and marketing assistance. The company’s Channel Partner Program drives simplicity and ease of doing business. They also prioritise investments in partner profitability and business models, and the program demonstrates a commitment to maintaining or growing the share of revenue generated through partners.
Goals and strengths>> He is passionate about technology, innovation, and digital transformation. And he believes these concepts can create a better, more sustainable world for future generations. Having worked for a systems integrator, distributor, and vendor, he has a unique view of the channel and customers that helps me make the best decisions on their behalf.
Offline>> For Ziad, work balance is a must. He is huge sports fan basketball and football and has organised a basketball team in the company, which plays three times a week. He also enjoys reading and exploring new material on the evolution of technology and sustainability topics as their impact is huge in shaping the future of the local community.
START>> Ziad Youssef oversees business operations across eighty countries in the Middle East and Africa, working with channel partners and customers to deliver the most efficient and effective datacentre designs and Edge Computing strategies for their operations. Ziad reports to Natalya Makarochkina, SVP Secure Power International Region.
Ziad has been with Schneider Electric for a decade, first overseeing the Gulf and now MEA. He has worked with system integrators, as well as on the distribution side with Mindware. In total, he has two decades worth of experience, on the front lines of the technology landscape.
Ziad summarises challenges in three key areas to ensure we provide the right development opportunities for people. Communication with employees is important on short and long-term goals and career development paths to achieve the desired growth ambitions. Coaching and mentoring, this approach in the past was not as structured as it is today in organisations. This is a clear enabler to ensure a good jump start in the next new role, challenge. Motivation, providing the employee with the right motivation and working conditions is key for career progression.
The new electric world is dependent on datacentres due to the explosion in IoT connected devices and the resulting large amounts of data being generated.
