Driss Temsamani

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Driss R. Temsamani
إدريس التمسماني
e-banking, Big data

Driss R. Temsamani (

American activist.[1] public speaker, stand up comedian, author, and managing director at Citigroup[citation needed] in his role as Latin America Regional Digital Channels and Data Head.[2]

Early life

Temsamani was born in

Driss emigrated to the United States in 1986. where he established TelQuel Magazine. Years later, Temsamani enrolled himself in business studies. He is a holder of an MBA from Ohio State University, an Executive MBA in Industrial marketing from IAE Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires, Argentina and an Executive Leadership from Harvard.[5]

He is currently based in

Miami, Florida
where he lives with his wife.

Authorship and lecturing

Temsamani writes about a broad range of topics. In 2004, he was one of the first Moroccan Americans to publish a book in the United States along with Laila Lalami. His book Rewind, a drama story of the human spirit's struggle to find happiness while away from home, was released in 2005.

As a marketing strategist, Temsamani has participated in many industry conferences lecturing about and promoting the theories of "DNA Marketing" and the "Art of Marketing". His specialities include the concepts of diversity marketing and emotional experience.[6]

Citigroup career

Temsamani is Director of Strategic Planning at

e-Commerce division based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8]

Temsamani started his Citigroup career as a Senior Consultant in 1995 coming from

Globe Magazine and Worldcare International Insurance.[9]

Community Organization

Driss Temsamani is involved with the Moroccan American community on a broad range of social and advocacy topics.[10]

Back in 2003, Temsamani co-founded the Morocco Foundation. A year later, he founded and became President of SOS Morocco.[11]

Temsamani has been president and Board Director of the Moroccan American Coalition since 2008.[12] Later in 2009, he founded the Moroccan Americans for Fritchey Movement.

Driss is also the Founder and President of the 361 Degrees Institute, a Moroccan American think-tank for Demographic Research & Development based in the United States.[13][14] In 2012, Temsamani founded the Maghreb Growth Foundation.[15]

Awards

Driss Temsamani is the recipient of The Jerry Goldenberg First place award for direct marketing in 2002 and The Strathmore Who's Who Leadership Millennium Award in 2000. He was named Visionary of the Year by Compaq in 1999.[16]

References

  1. ^ aspeninstitute.org - PNB-NAPEO Announcements at US-Maghreb Entrepreneurship Conference
  2. ^ Citi Named Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Bank in Fourteen Latin American Countries By Global Finance
  3. ^ "La organización territorial del Protectorado español en Marruecos". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  4. ^ A Critical Investigation of the Opposition of the Rifi Confederation led bij Muhammad bin Abdelkarim el Khattabi to Spanish Colonial Expansion in Northern Morocco 1929-1925 - C R Pennell #1
  5. ^ Le Maroc a besoin de personnes qui vont au-delà d’eux-mêmes
  6. ^ AMPA - p.9
  7. ^ Biography, P. 3
  8. ^ Citibank Prepares 2nd Wave Ebusiness Rollout
  9. ^ The Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad
  10. ^ Interview about the 2011 Moroccan Elections on Al Hurra TV
  11. ^ Stolen Innocence: Inside the Shady World of Child Sex Tourism Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine abcnews.go.com
  12. ^ Les MRE caressent toujours le rêve américain - Bladi.net
  13. ^ "Moroccans living in USA believe in the American dream"
  14. ^ "USA - Morocco Remittances Research Report"
  15. ^ The Maghreb Growth Foundation Provides Financial Support for Young Moroccan Entrepreneurs
  16. ^ AMPA network