Abdullah Mashari is the CEO, as well as the major stockholder, of our newest Franchise organization - The Ertyad Training Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  
A former member of the Saudi National Guard in the late 1980's, Abdullah's broad background of experience includes work in the dairy processing / distribution business where he  served as General Manager and Partner.  After negotiating a successful sale of that organization, he moved on to get involved in the sales management focus with leading  IT hardware and software integration company in Riyadh, where one of his key responsibilities and achievements, among many, was the start up of an intensive training program for his IT sales team.
Before becoming the CEO of the Dale Carnegie Franchise in Saudi, Abdullah served  as the Vice President of HR and Services from 2003 to 2006 at the JARIR Bookstore, the leading retailer of Books, office supplies, IT hardware & software in the GCC Countries in the mid-east (GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council).
Abdullah is a graduate of the Executive MBA Program from the King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals and he earned a BA in Economics from Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia USA.