MarTech & CRM Systems Manager · Dubai

I turn slow, manual work into systems that run on their own.

6+ years building CRM, automation and AI systems for marketing and revenue teams. I find the bottleneck, map the process, then build the tool that removes it. That covers everything from HubSpot–Salesforce architecture to complete internal apps.

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24h → 5 minlead first response
250k+contacts, one architecture
3 hrs → 2 min800-group broadcast
6+ yrs
in CRM, automation and digital systems
250k+
contacts across 4 organisations in one HubSpot–Salesforce design
5 apps
products designed and shipped solo
10x
more customer data captured after a tracking overhaul
#1
HubSpot user in the UAE, HubGrader leaderboard 2026
How I work

Problem first. Tools second.

Most teams don't need another platform. They need someone to find where the hours go, then fix that one thing properly. Every project I take on follows the same five steps.

01

Find the bottleneck

Sit with the people doing the work. Time the manual steps. Find the one that costs the most.

02

Map the process

Draw the flow end to end before building anything. Agree on the source of truth for every piece of data.

03

Build the system

A workflow, an integration, or a full app. Whatever is smallest and actually removes the problem.

04

Make it safe to run

Access control, logging, retries, and clear rules for what happens when something fails.

05

Measure and hand over

Before and after numbers, documentation, and a runbook so the team owns it without me.

The four real estate apps below each went through a formal technical due-diligence review, covering architecture, data flow, security controls and a risk register. I build things meant to be audited, not just demoed.
Selected work

Four apps. Four problems solved.

Internal products I designed and built on my own for a luxury real estate group operating in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and the UK. Each one started as a slow, manual process.

Also built

More systems, in brief.

Automations, integrations and growth engines that don't have their own page yet.

4 orgs · 250k+

Enterprise HubSpot–Salesforce integration

Sync rules, lifecycle automation and reporting across 4 organisations and 6+ custom objects each, at millions-of-records scale.

HubSpotSalesforce
24h → 5m

Speed-to-lead engine

Automated engagement and assignment. First response in 5 minutes, and average agent response down from about 24 hours to about 2.

HubSpotWhatsApp API
~5 min

AI lead intelligence & scoring

Combines enrichment, company turnover, seniority, data validity and wealth signals to flag high-value prospects minutes after they submit.

ClayAIHubSpot
4 channels

ICP-driven outbound engine

Finds target companies and senior decision-makers, enriches them, then feeds email, Google Ads, Meta Ads and WhatsApp campaigns.

ClayGoogle AdsMeta
MQL → SQL → $

CRM-to-ad-platform conversion sync

Feeds real CRM outcomes back to ad platforms so they optimise for quality, stage by stage. Lower spend, better leads.

HubSpotMetaGoogle Ads
10x

Data capture & tracking overhaul

Cleaned up data hygiene and event tracking, which gave us ten times more usable customer data for segmentation and journey analytics.

GA4ClarityHubSpot
AEO

Answer Engine Optimisation

Optimised the company site for AI answer engines, and built prompts to track how visible the brand is in AI search.

HubSpot AEOLLMs
50+ clients

Founded and ran a digital agency

Built a 10-person team delivering CRM, web and e-commerce systems, and closed new business at a 90% conversion rate.

HubSpotWebE-commerce
Experience

From agency founder to owning the stack.

Apr 2024 – Present
Current

Senior Marketing Automation Specialist

Sotheby's International Realty · UAE, United Kingdom & Saudi Arabia
  • Lead the MarTech and CRM systems function, reporting directly to the CTO and managing one direct report.
  • Own CRM architecture, customer data, automation, integrations and solution design across 4 regions.
  • Designed and solo-built 4 internal apps now used by marketing, editorial, operations and valuation teams.
  • Cut lead first response from 24 hours to 5 minutes and increased customer data capture 10x.
Project-based
Freelance

Process & Automation Consultant

Independent · Clients outside real estate
  • Redesigned the quoting process for an HVAC contracting company and built an AI-assisted estimator that turns drawing PDFs into priced estimates.
  • Took output from 5 to 30 quotations a day, and let the sales team quote during urgent site visits without a backend estimator.
  • Oct – Dec 2025: moved a corporate training company from disconnected tools to one Zoho revenue system, saving $5,000+ a year in software with 100% lead source accuracy.
Apr 2022 – Apr 2024

Inbound Marketing Specialist: CRM Onboarding & Automation

NEXA Digital · Dubai
  • Architected CRM onboarding and automation for enterprise clients across HubSpot's Sales, Marketing, Service and Operations Hubs.
  • Integrated CRMs with third-party tools through Zapier and REST APIs, and led data migration and cleansing.
  • Built reporting architecture and dashboards for pipeline and funnel visibility.
Dec 2020 – Apr 2022

Founder

Joodstech · Dubai
  • Built and led a 10-person team delivering CRM, web and e-commerce systems for 50+ clients.
  • Ran discovery, solution design and HubSpot implementation from scratch, and closed new business at a 90% conversion rate.
Toolkit

What I build with.

CRM & Revenue Systems

HubSpot (all Hubs)SalesforceCRM architectureLifecycle automationRevOps

Automation & Integration

n8nZapierREST APIsWebhooksWhatsApp Business APIHubDB

AI & App Building

ClaudeLovableAI lead scoringClay enrichmentReact · TypeScriptGit

Data & Analytics

PostgresSupabaseBigQueryGA4Looker StudioMicrosoft Clarity

Growth & Paid Media

Google AdsMeta AdsLinkedIn AdsTikTokSnapchatBrevo

Leadership & Governance

MarTech ecosystem ownershipData governanceRoadmapsVendor managementStakeholder alignment
Recognition

Awards & certifications.

DEC 2025

Chairman's Special Innovation in MarTech Recognition

Dubai Sotheby's International Realty

2026

#1 on the UAE HubSpot User Leaderboard

HubGrader

JUL 2022

Employee of the Month

NEXA Digital

WINNER

P&G TechXperts Award

Procter & Gamble

HubSpot Revenue Operations HubSpot Platform Consulting HubSpot Sales Hub Implementation HubSpot Marketing Hub Implementation IBM Data Science
Amal Jood
About

An engineer who ended up in marketing, and never stopped engineering.

I studied Electrical & Electronics Engineering at NIT Calicut, and my favourite elective was neural networks. The habit stuck: understand how the system works, find where it breaks, fix it properly.

I've run my own agency, onboarded enterprise clients onto HubSpot, and now lead the MarTech and CRM function for a business spanning three countries. These days I also build full internal apps with AI-assisted development, and each one ships with the documentation and controls you'd expect from an engineering team.

Based inDubai, UAE
Works acrossUAE · UK · Saudi Arabia
EducationB.Tech, NIT Calicut
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic
Contact

Got a process that eats hours? Let's talk.

I'm always happy to talk about systems, automation, and the problems behind them.