// The practice

25 years in. 12 of them in the Gulf.

25
Years in enterprise technology
12 living and working in the GCC
1
Principal, no junior bench
The person you meet does the work
4
Languages
EN · IT · ES · PT
3
Regions, from the inside
Gulf · Europe · Latin America
Portrait of Mario Pucciarelli

// Mario Pucciarelli

"Foreign technology companies rarely lose the Gulf on product. They lose it on the wrong partner, an illegal data assumption, and a 'senior' relationship that was a junior with a title. I watched that happen once, and decided to run it differently."

A well-connected regional group once promised my client high-level access. What arrived were low-level contacts, no go-to-market plan, no reporting, a stall nobody could name until it was undeniable. That's the moment that built The Tek Atelier.

25 years in enterprise tech, 12 in the Gulf, with my own skin in the game the whole way. Things went extremely well. Things went extremely badly. I charge you for knowing the difference in advance.

25 years in enterprise technology, 12 in the Gulf, in-region presence for major US and European multinationals across cybersecurity, AI, IT, and telco. Sales methodology from US multinationals (MEDDPICC, Strategic Selling, Challenger, Value Selling), adapted to the room. Every stakeholder mapped, reported through one CRM, not just the client.

Agentic AI runs the back office. CRM, drafting, translation, consistency checks, a workflow I built and run myself. That time goes back into the one thing it can't do: the relationship that decides whether a stakeholder is with you or against you.

CISSP Aeronautical Engineer Executive MBA · Bologna EN · IT · ES · PT RAKEZ Registered · Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

One principal, no junior bench

The person you meet is the person who does the work. Vetted specialists are brought in when an engagement needs more hands, named and agreed with you upfront. No bait-and-switch to a rotating bench.

Both halves of the problem

A strong technical and regulatory posture is what makes the Gulf deal close, and knowing the region is what makes the posture land with the right buyer. Most advisors work one side of that. I work both.

Three regions, in their languages

12 years in the Gulf, deep roots in Europe and Latin America. Not just knowledge of the markets, knowledge of how deals actually get done, who picks up the phone, and what trust looks like in each.

The same regulatory and stakeholder analysis behind every Diagnostic is published, not gated: read the thinking →

If you're entering the Gulf, or stuck in it, let's have one serious conversation.

No deck. Tell me where you are and where you want to be. I'll tell you plainly whether and how I can help.

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