Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

Entrepreneur / Recruitment Director, Dubai. Passionate about all things Digital, Recruitment, Tech, Startups, Golf & of course Football -Everton FC!!! Dubai, United Arab Emirates Joined June 2009

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

At Discovered MENA we have 9 areas of expertise across Digital and Technology. On each of our discipline pages we try to provide as much info as possible, you will find an overview, the type of positions we cover, latest positions (updated daily), key con…lnkd.in/fkfSqAJ

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

When you deliver for a pretty hard to please client (in their words) and they ask you if you can help on some global positions! Of course we can! First up, is a cracker! We are looking for a Head of the Digital Centre of Excellen…lnkd.in/fEcixHx lnkd.in/fkY5t_5

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

Could this be the the future of gaming, entertainment, live events combined? The insanely popular Fortnite (by Epic games), hosted their first virtual concert inside their game. The result they got 10 million concurrent players during the event! #gami…lnkd.in/fx4cqGZ

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

Huge news in the startup world, Bayut a PropTech startup, receives a 100mil USD investment, this is hot on the heels of PropertyFinders 120mil USD recent investment announcement. Looking forward to see how these investments drives…lnkd.in/fnn_3aH lnkd.in/fMgEbeM

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

The start to the year at Discovered MENA, could not have gone any better so far. The Digital and Tech scene is the UAE is rocking! We have been briefed on record number of positions and had the most amount of offers for our candidates in a single month.…lnkd.in/fkXe-wg

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

The future of ecommerce is really starting to heat up and looking forward to where this journey will take us. The experience with Mobile and AR is getting more and more immersive. Here is Nike's new app in action. Nike Air Max are my go to for Nike, so wi…lnkd.in/f_s8Q2F

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

Alawwal bank has partnered with leading global tech firm, Reaktor, to train it’s entire workforce on the potential uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in banking. Will we see more of these partnerships in the MENA region, that…lnkd.in/fyXQR7c lnkd.in/fKt6EB9

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

New report says UAE shoppers are the biggest spenders online in MENESA region at $1,648 with third highest growth projected through 2020 at 29.6 percent. lnkd.in/f4QbRaX

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

Deloitte's recently published Digital Disruption Index (2019) United Kingdom, is a very good and insightful read. I would love to read something similar for the UAE and see how we compare. Some of the highlights include: - Digit…lnkd.in/fVmcmYM lnkd.in/f99vuHD

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

The common mis-conception is Dubai is really expensive and most professionals could not afford to relocate here, we have wrote numerous articles and blogs stating how this is not the case. Latest data from Numbeo's, Cost of Living…lnkd.in/fsNbErs lnkd.in/fVU2HwC

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

The UAE really has some brilliant home grown public companies and at Discovered MENA we are delighted to be able to partner with some of these to supply Digital and Tech talent to help them them grow further. Discover how we help these and how we could h…lnkd.in/frB9Acg

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

UAE-based online classifieds website dubizzle has been fully acquired by Naspers, a South Africa-based investor through its subsidiary OLX Group. lnkd.in/fAAFm9K

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

At Discovered MENA we have half of our team working from home/ remotely today. CV's sent, interviews confirmed and offers out all before 10am. Plus 2 of the team have had calls with US based candidates at 7am and 7.30am this mornin…lnkd.in/fZRv6CZ lnkd.in/gpYw8ES

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

Blockchain, called the “tech breakthrough megatrend” by PWC¹, is rapidly gaining broad acceptance. According to IDC, global spending on this innovative technology is expected to reach $2.1 billion in 2018.² Across the globe, industries are investigating w…lnkd.in/fPuPGSe

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

Banks digital drive in the UAE; The digitisation drive to use new technologies to replace routine roles with apps and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technology. 2018 was a big year in this transformation, can expect an even…lnkd.in/f9vKfkN lnkd.in/fkUMcJm

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

It's cold, dark and a bit gloomy back in Europe with lots of uncertainty. So now could be the perfect time to bag your bags at the start of 2019 and head to the land, where it's sunny 365 days per year, there is a host of social and leisure activities add…lnkd.in/gzr9x6v

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

For the the tech geeks out there like me CES 2019 is just around the corner. Here's all the major tech we're expecting to see at the biggest tech convention of the year! What are you looking forward to seeing at CES 2019? #in…lnkd.in/gwg4s34 lnkd.in/gRiXG-m

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

UAE's online travel sales in 2018 set to reach nearly $2bn New research shows online travel sales are being driven by growing population, shift towards digital services. Mobile sales are also up 25% year on year. With increasing…lnkd.in/fJsKqpp lnkd.in/fSgV-fB

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

Want to help disrupt a global industry in sunny Dubai. We are looking for a hands on super senior Tech lead / Technical Architect ideally 10-15+ years experience. If you are a Full Stack Architect across .Net, Angular, JavaScript and Typescript and have…lnkd.in/fwCa6J3

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Mark Carson @Mark_DXB

7 years ago

What a year the past 12 months has been! We have added our first employees, moved office, broke records and signed up some of the regions biggest organisations to partner with us. With this, wishing everyone a Happy New Year and here's to brilliant 2019.…lnkd.in/f857HUN