Tima Elhajj

Tima Media & Consulting

At Tima Media and Consulting, we specialize in elevating the personal brands of CEOs and entrepreneurs in the UAE and KSA, offering comprehensive LinkedIn branding solutions. 

Our mission is to transform the online presence of business leaders by providing an all-encompassing service tailored to reflect their unique voice and vision. Here's how we make an impact:

Personal Branding for CEOs and Entrepreneurs:

☑️ Strategic Content Development: 
Crafted and implemented bespoke content strategies that resonate with the target audience, significantly enhancing client engagement and brand visibility.

☑️ Content Creation and Curation: 
Led a team of experts in creating and curating high-quality, impactful content, ensuring that every piece aligns with our clients' personal brand and business objectives.

☑️ Ghostwriting: Mastered the art of ghostwriting, capturing the unique voice and tone of each client, resulting in authentic and engaging content that fosters genuine connections.

☑️ LinkedIn Profile Management: Offered full-scale management of LinkedIn profiles, from optimizing professional summaries to curating and posting content, driving increased visibility and opportunities for our clients.

Group Coaching Program:

☑️ Entrepreneurial Personal Branding: Designed and facilitated a comprehensive group coaching program aimed at empowering entrepreneurs and small business owners. Through this program, participants learn the ins and outs of building a compelling personal brand on LinkedIn.

☑️ Skills Development: Equipped participants with the necessary skills to create engaging content, strategize their brand's growth, and effectively network on the platform, leading to measurable growth in their online presence and business success.

CEO & Founder

Infinite Financial Group

As an independent business owner my commitment is to the delivery of tangible results that build the financial security of clients and align with their unique vision. I have a passion for my work as a business succession planner and bring energy, enthusiasm and commercial acumen to all strategic planning sessions.

With clients representing a diversity of industries from retail and fashion to property developers, tradesmen and manufacturing I am recognised for an approach that is meticulous and detailed in nature providing professional expertise in the following suite of services: 

•	Family & Business Succession Planning.
•	Self-Managed Superannuation Funds Strategies.
•	Asset Protection & Security.
•	Estate Planning Strategies.
•	Insurance. 
•	Investments. 
•	Key Note Presentations

I thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to work with and educate people to strengthen their financial acumen and am a regular presenter with the South East Business Network, leading workshops to women about superannuation and to business owners about succession planning.

Business Succession Advisor

TIMA Designs

At TIMA Designs I conceptualised the design and development of the Tima Designs fashion label focused on feminine, sophisticated, chic and elegant fashion pieces for the corporate and glamorous woman.

Managing all aspects of the business from design, production and quality assurance to sales, marketing and distribution provided the opportunity to understand the intricacies and nuances of small business development in a highly competitive industry.

The business success was based on a commitment to quality and integrity of design and an innate understanding of the fashion needs of the corporate woman.  This is reflected in the label being stocked in a number of high-end fashion boutiques across Melbourne.

Additionally, in my work I delivered presentations to audiences that included:

•	International Women’s Day – “A World of Fashion”  -a presentation on running 2 businesses in   fashion and financial planning and how to achieve success.
•	Inspirational Women Program on Foxtel, an interview discussion on combining fashion, business and financial planning.

Director

The Heart Link Network

Responsible for leading the Dandenong Chapter of Heart Link, a women’s networking group focused on linking resources, new ideas, products and services amongst professional women.
 
Professional Contributions

Membership Participation: Through ensuring a fun, collaborative and empowering environment I was able to consistently grow the network of members across the chapter.

Leadership: Was able to facilitate strong connections between women in business that helped create opportunities to build their business, knowledge and professional networks.

Network Leader

As a Senior Business Financial Planner I was recruited to build and grow the financial planning services of the Dandenong Business Centre.

Professional Contributions

•	Business Development: Established trust and respect across the banking division, opening channels of communication and ensuring excellence in customer service to internal and external stakeholders which resulted in the considerable growth and contribution of the financial planning division across the Business Centre.

•	Revenue Generation: Steadily achieved growth in clients and portfolio revenue ensuring consistent ranking in the ANZ Top 20 Business Financial Planner leader board.

•	Business Succession Planning: Identified and developed the opportunity to provide Business Succession planning as an additional service/product for the business.

•	Professional Development: Nominated by senior management to complete the SMSF course.

•	Customer Service Standards: I assisted with the development and creation of the Statement of Advice layout for the business client, working across the compliance team to ensure that it was a user friendly and functional planning tool.

•	Management: I was regularly appointed to the acting manager role, responsible for leading and building on the team performance.  In line with this, I participated in a number of management meetings at a state and national level focused on developing the service delivery and product range of the financial planning division.

Senior Business Financial Planner

Westpac

Initially appointed into the Business Direct Division I was subsequently promoted to the Commercial Banking providing strategic financial planning advice to small to medium enterprises.

Professional Contributions

•	Customer Service: I was consistently recognised for my ability to build rapport and trust with a diverse network of clients from sole traders to larger enterprises with increasing complexity of financial planning requirements.

•	Stakeholder Management: Established a strong network of referral/business partners including Relationship Managers, Investment Bankers, Merchant Bankers etc. with recognition for ensuring a collaborative focus on achieving the most optimal outcome for clients.

•	“Ruby Network” Champion: I was highly involved in the “Ruby Network” for Women in Business, delivering presentations and co-ordinating events to educate women on financial planning, particularly in the areas of superannuation, self-managed super funds, insurance and business growth/protection.

Business Financial Planner

As Business Development Manager I was recruited to build the broker network from a zero base.

Professional Contributions

Business Development: Through persistence, determination and excellence in customer service established a dynamic network of brokers that delivered outstanding revenue growth for the business. 

Sales: Consistently achieved high sales results and supported the organisation in the development and marketing of financial products responsive to the market needs.

Business Development Manager

In 2018, I made a big decision. After 16 + years in financial planning, I decided it was time for a change - not because I had the next big thing lined up, but because I felt a deeper calling. 

I wanted to create something that was truly mine, something that could make a real difference. 

So, I sold my financial planning business and took a leap into the unknown.

My journey began with a podcast. The goal? To inspire and educate, to touch lives in a meaningful way. It was a new chapter, one that brought me to LinkedIn to share my thoughts and connect with others. Little did I know, a simple video post in April 2018 would turn everything upside down. 

Suddenly, companies big and small were reaching out, drawn to the unique blend of my corporate background and this fresh, authentic approach I was taking on LinkedIn.

It was a lightbulb moment. The corporate world was hungry for genuine connection, for personal branding that resonated on a human level. 

So, I founded a new venture focused on just that. Helping leaders and entrepreneurs across the globe build powerful personal brands on LinkedIn became my new mission.

Fast forward to today, I've had the privilege of hosting the most successful entrepreneurs on my podcast, speaking at events worldwide, and most importantly, guiding others to find their purpose and voice online.

If you're looking to elevate your personal brand in an elegant and sophisticated way, a personal brand that's both authentic and impactful, send me a DM. 

I'm here to share what I've learned and to help you elevate your personal brand on LinkedIn.

WHAT I DO: I help entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs & C-Suite executives converge their emotional intelligence with their social presence so that they can become “Thought Leaders” in their niche and ultimately create a lasting impact on people’s lives.

WHY I DO THIS:  I am determined to help people find that inner “greatness”. We all have this “greatness” inside of us. Not only do I help my clients find their greatness, I help them reconnect with their “why” so that they can speak through their PURPOSE. 

YOUR existence matters and YOUR message matters. 

WHAT MAKES ME UNIQUE:  The reason why I have been so successful is because I am focusing on my own “greatness” as well as leveraging my “natural gifts” which include communication, education, inspiration and impact. 

THE RESULTS:  As a result, I have grown my network from 500 to 25,000 + in < 3 months, with 2 Million + views on my content, with organic reach, an engaged community (who are advocates of my mission) but most importantly have resulted in quality in-bound leads into my business that has helped my business grown exponentially.

I stood in the Chanel boutique.
Then walked out empty handed.

A few years ago, I set a goal to buy a luxury bag.
It was a bag I “thought” I wanted.

I surprised myself.
I was instantly put off.

You would think it was the price, but it wasn’t.

It was the long queue outside the boutique.
The identical bag on every other shoulder.
The sales associate’s rehearsed pitch about “timeless investment.”
It was so familiar that it no longer looked or felt valuable to me.

The moment I saw how many wanted it,
I instantly didn’t.

And that’s exactly how I operate on LinkedIn.

If everyone has the formula → I don’t want it.
If everyone posts a certain way → I don’t want it.
If everyone talks about the same things → I don’t want it.

I watch others post what works:
“I made $X in Y months”
“The 5-step framework that...”
“Use this hook to instantly go viral”

And yes, it works.
Of course it works.
That’s why everyone does it.

I COULD talk about the money I’ve made.
But I’d rather talk about my values and vision.

I COULD share the hooks that go viral.
But I’d rather post what emotionally draws people in.

I COULD share the proven playbook.
But I’d rather write from a place that actually matters.

To me, when everyone carries the same bag,
it stops being special.
When everyone uses the same strategy,
it stops being strategic.

Maybe this is a flaw in me in others’ eyes.
This stubborn refusal to post what clearly works.

But to me?
This is my differentiator.

It’s about being yourself even when being someone else would be easier.
Even when the formula is right there… proven, profitable.

Some things lose their value when too many people want them,
but your voice is not one of them.

I can’t afford to be like everyone else.

And that’s the same reason I write the way I write.
Show up the way I show up.
Build the way I build.

My clients feel the same way.
They’re leaders who already move with sophistication in the real world, 
and they want their online presence to feel just as refined, true to who they really are.
That’s the work we do together.
Elegance with impact.

So tell me, are you just as stubborn as I am? 😅

Elevating Personal Brands with Elegance on LinkedIn across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the wider Arab region

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My Mama shared a memory with me today, something her mother once told her.

Years ago she had asked my Teta,
"Why do these difficult moments happen in life?"

And my Teta replied with a line so simple and so full of wisdom:
"Because God loves your voice."

It’s beautiful. And profound. I haven’t stopped thinking about it.

Wishing you a beautiful start to the week.

❤️

Vogel Cyber Leadership & Coaching

I bring my nearly 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity field and mix that with my authentic, genuine, and pragmatic approach to provide cyber security leadership and coaching to my clients!!!! 

I am a self-professed positive troll and I believe in the power of uplifting others through my coaching practice and encouraging my coaching clients to explore their hidden dimensions and unleash their inner awesomeness!!!

Let's have an EPIC friendship building convo today!!!

President

Cyber.sc

Providing practical people and process oriented cyber security advisory services to startups, investors, and small/midsize businesses. Cyber.SC specializes in providing cyber security management and expertise to financial service companies and law firms. Cyber.SC provides "on-demand" cyber security services that augment an organization's current capabilities in a way that is less costly and more effective than "traditional" advisory companies. We seek to create trust and not dependency among our clients.

Services include:

• Performing cyber security maturity assessments
• Completing security questionnaires on behalf of clients  
• Conducting security gap analysis
• Developing security remediation and strategic roadmaps
• Providing security leadership in the form of "CISO-as-a-service"

Founder & Chief Strategist

TEC Canada

Joining as part of TEC Canada’s speakers' group sharing cyber security and leadership expertise with executives across Canada.

Cyber Security Speaker Resource

Provincial Health Services Authority

• Developing legacy healthcare system (WinXP) containment strategy and architecture data roadmap
• Developing business case (and mitigation strategy) for protecting HealthCare applications and systems
• Supported a clear strategic and cost savings roadmap of over 2.5M / Annum 
• Performing risk assessments (STRAs) for the following projects:
          • Systems deployed during Children/Women's Hospital upgrade
          • Cerner platform upgrade

Senior Security Consultant (Contract)

Netcoins Inc.

• Provide insight and expert advice relating to cyber security and online operations. 
• Netcoins turns any device into a Bitcoin ATM for retail stores
• Netcoins does all the heavy lifting; stores don't need to maintain any cash or Bitcoin inventory

Internet Security & Operations

CU Training

Cyber security subject matter expert. Providing content and appearing in various security training mechanisms: 

• Webinars
• E-learning modules
• Videos

Cyber Security Evangelist

TELUS (BC Hydro)

Overall Responsibilities
• Chairing security assessment group informing stakeholders of pertinent vulnerabilities and threats  
• Developing threat intelligence strategy  
• Developing comprehensive vulnerability management program   
• Creating web security reports and providing actionable advice based on expert analysis
• Security operation centre (SOC) duties 

Strategic Initiatives
• Providing actionable security advice to BC Hydro stakeholders

Accomplishments
• Reducing average vulnerability remediation time by 20%
• Reducing average number of unpatched systems by over 35%

Senior Security Contractor - Vulnerability Management

First West Credit Union

Overall Responsibilities
• Leading and developing the strategic and tactical information security plans  
• Providing security thought leadership to CIO 
• Managing staff resources in security projects 
• Developing performance indicators relating to PCI & ISO 27001
• Delivering timely reports and metrics to executive management
• Serving as representative on Credit Unions of Canada Security Group

Strategic Initiatives
• Forging key business relationships as IT security business partner
• Creating and overseeing security incident response framework
• Delivering integrated SIEM solution 

Accomplishments
• Forming a positive organizational security culture
• Serving as a brand ambassador within the community
• Appearing as “rising star” in 2014 annual company report  
• Reducing staff phishing click rate from 40% to 3% resulting in $25,000 in indirect yearly savings

Information Security Business Leader

Grant Thornton LLP

Overall Responsibilities
• Performing compliance audits and gap assessments for clients
• Providing proactive mitigation recommendation reports
• Perform risk and threat assessment using industrial leading standards and frameworks

Strategic Initiatives
• Providing actionable advice to clients pertaining to data privacy practices, frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, ITIL, and ISO and compliance requirements like PCI, SOX, PIPEDA, SB-1386
• Conducting business impact assessments

Accomplishments
• Security audit lead on major provincial security program review

Senior Associate, Business Risk Services

Overall Responsibilities
• Performing risk assessments on new business initiatives
• Scouring the landscape for new threats to information security
• Reporting on security metrics and quarterly information risks
• Updating and maintaining documentation for all security controls and processes
• Developing policies, processes, and procedures as it relates to IT security 
• Performing regular audits to ensure security controls operating as intended

Strategic Initiatives
• Performing vulnerability assessments reducing risk exposure
• Developing information risk assessment framework for all business projects 
• Recommending controls to security infrastructure to address threat landscape 
• Establishing mechanism for detecting and investigating breaches in security 
• Establishing effective security awareness program for employees and members

Accomplishments
• Transforming IT security function into trusted advisor role
• Speaking throughout the community and engaging the public by raising security awareness

Security Analyst

Cyber Risk Advisor | Speaker | Coach | #CyberSecurityMatters Podcast Host | Positive Troll | Board Director

Who I am: Father, husband, and supportive friend. I'm a self-labeled positive troll making the world kinder one alliterative filled comment at a time. I post about positive life lessons. 

Who I am: I offer friendship and kindness. I want to be the positive energy in your life!!!!! I want to be your professional hype man!!!!

What I do: I provide actionable, pragmatic and strategic cyber risk management for small and midsize organizations.

What I do: I develop connected human leaders in the disconnected AI era through high ENERGY coaching 

What I do: Perform engaging, highly entertaining and inspiring talks on life, cyber security, and the power of leading with kindness!!! 

If you are still reading this and it resonates deep in the inner fibres of your soul then let's schedule an EPIC friendship building convo!!!! ➡️https://meet-with-dom-vogel.appointlet.com

Random fact: I am the 328x winner of the LinkedIn comment of the day!!!!!!!!

Dominic Vogel

Eight years ago today, my family's world changed forever. 


After years of hoping, praying, and eventually letting go, life surprised us in the most beautiful way. 


The month we finally released our grip on what we thought we needed, our son decided it was his time to join me, my wife and our daughter


Being his dad (alongside his sister) has been the greatest privilege of my life. 


I get to witness, every single day, this incredible little person becoming more himself


funnier, kinder, more thoughtful than I could have imagined. 


His laugh can turn around my whole day. 


His questions make me see the world fresh. 


His heart, already so big at eight years old, reminds me what matters most.


The waiting was hard. 


But watching him grow, seeing the person he's becoming...curious, compassionate, with a sense of humor that catches me off guard and makes me burst out laughing


I understand now that some gifts arrive EXACTLY when they're meant to.


Happy 8th birthday James, my unexpected joy, my daily reminder that the best things in life can't be forced


They simply arrive when the time is right. 


You arrived when your family needed YOU the most


And we LOVE YOU ALWAYS 💚

I Help Manufacturing & B2B Avoid Million-Dollar Cybersecurity Losses | Fractional CISO | 20+ Years Protecting Revenue, Not Networks | No Jargon, No Kickbacks | Proud Dad & Beard Grower

What's Your Care Bear Energy? 💫🧸🧸🌈🌈


Remember Care Bears? Those little warriors who literally shot beams of pure intention from their chests into the world?


That wasn't just a cartoon. 


That was a MASTERCLASS in conscious living!!!!


Every single day, you're broadcasting. 


Your energy, your words, your presence


it's all radiating outward, touching everything in its path!!


The question isn't WHETHER you're putting energy into the world.


The question is WHAT KIND!!!


Are you shooting out cynicism or curiosity?


Judgment or generosity?


Scarcity or abundance?


Fear or possibility?


The world doesn't need more people playing small.


 It doesn't need more hedged bets, more "professional distance," more carefully curated neutrality.


It needs YOUR specific frequency. 


Your laugh. 


Your weird ideas. 


Your unreasonable optimism. 


Your willingness to believe in people before they believe in themselves.


You think that's soft? That's POWER!!!


The Care Bears had it right all along. 


The bravest thing you can do is stand in the center of a cynical world and shoot light from your chest anyway.

So I'm asking you today: What's YOUR beam made of?


Because whatever it is, someone out there needs EXACTLY that ENERGY to keep going!!!


Radiate intentionally. 🌟

Life is a beautiful interwoven tapestry, filled with magically colored threads of love, connection, and kindness. 


This gorgeous tapestry reminds us that everything meaningful in life is about others 💚💚 


It's about the family who supports us unconditionally. 


The friends who laugh and cry with us, and build us up!!! 


The colleagues who collaborate with us, challenge us, and help us grow as humans and as professionals!! 


The strangers who become friends, and the friends who become family. 🤗🤗🤗 


It's about the moments we share The memories we create 


The love we emanate It's about lifting each other up, rather than tearing each other down. It's about empathy, kindness, and compassion. 💖💖💖💖💖 


If you TRULY want to be happy make your life about others 


Create a world that's more loving, more caring, and more meaningful. 🤗🤗🤗


LOVE and APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS ❤️❤️❤️


Dom

Every December, I pull out the same box of Christmas lights


And every December, they're a TANGLED MESS!!


You know the feeling. 


That overwhelming knot of wires that seems impossible to solve. 


You can't even tell where one strand begins and another ends.


Here's what hit me this year while untangling them:


This is EXACTLY what living without purpose feels like!!


When we're unclear on our "why," our days become like those lights...all tangled up. 


We're busy, we're moving, we're GLOWING even... but we're tied up in knots. 


Work bleeds into personal time. 


Priorities overlap and choke each other out. 


Every commitment wraps around three others until we can't see what actually matters.


But here's the powerful part:


The lights aren't BROKEN. 


They're just entangled.


And the solution? You don't yank harder. You don't force it. 


You find ONE END and follow it with patience.


That's purpose.


Purpose is the end of the strand you follow backward through all the chaos. 


It's asking: "Does this meeting serve my mission? Does this project light up my values? Does this commitment connect to where I'm actually trying to go?"


One deliberate untangling at a time.


And when you finally plug in those lights after the work of clarity? 


They SHINE exactly as they were designed to. 


Every bulb has space. Every strand has direction. The whole thing illuminates something beautiful.


Your life is the same way.


You're not broken. You're not failing. 


You might just be entangled.


So here's my challenge as we close out this year: Find your ONE END. That core purpose. That non-negotiable value. That mission that makes your eyes light up when you talk about it.


Then follow it backward through the tangle.


 Say no to what doesn't connect. Create space between what does. 


Be patient with the process.


Because a purposeful life doesn't mean doing MORE!!!


It means UNTANGLING what matters from what doesn't and letting your unique light shine exactly where it's meant to!!!


What's YOUR "one end"the purpose you're following into 2026? 


Drop it below. Let's light each other up. 🎄✨

While everyone's hunting for deals this week, I'm thinking about the BIGGEST deal most businesses are missing!!!


PROTECTING what they've already built!!


I recently sat down with the INCREDIBLE Ashley Smith for her Canada Now podcast and let me tell you this conversation hit DIFFERENT!!!


Here's the hard truth no business owner wants to hear:


"We're too small to be a target" is THE most dangerous lie in business right now.



The threat landscape heading into 2026? It's not what it was even 6 months ago.


AI-driven attacks are getting SMARTER.


Supply chain vulnerabilities are EVERYWHERE.


And most organizations? Still operating in 2005 assumptions.


In this awesome convo with my super friend Ashley, I break down:


✅ The REAL cyber risks every leader needs on their radar for 2026


✅ The leadership blind spots that turn small issues into catastrophic breaches


✅ Simple, actionable steps YOUR BUSINESS can implement THIS WEEK (not next quarter, not next year — THIS WEEK)


Whether you're a founder grinding it out, an executive steering the ship, a board member asking tough questions, or a nonprofit leader protecting your mission — this conversation is FOR YOU!!!


Here's the uncomfortable reality: Cybersecurity stopped being just an IT problem a LONG time ago.


It's now a strategy issue. A leadership issue. 


A SURVIVAL issue!!!!


Massive THANK YOU to the supremely AMAZING Ashley for the platform and the phenomenal questions! 🙌


👉 Ready to stop playing defense with outdated playbooks?


🎧 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gm9vyHuq


Let's make 2026 the year we get PROACTIVE, not reactive!!!


Drop a 💡 if this resonates — and tag someone who needs to hear this message!

The single most powerful life accelerant I've discovered has nothing to do with strategy, networking tactics, or personal branding.


It's this: Treat every single person you meet like they're the most important person in the world.


Not because of their title. 


Not because of what they can do for you. 


But authentically. Genuinely. From a place of real curiosity and respect.


When you're in that meeting with the intern, BE THERE. 


When you're talking to the barista, SEE THEM.


 When you're emailing a colleague, HONOR their time and perspective.


Here's what happens when you make this your operating system:


Trust compounds. 


Doors open that you didn't even know existed.


 Opportunities find you. 


People remember how you made them feel. 


Your reputation becomes your greatest asset.


But here's the thing! 


people can FEEL the difference between transactional attention and authentic presence.


 They know when you're performing respect versus actually giving it.


The secret isn't acting like everyone is important.


 It's recognizing that they ACTUALLY are.


This isn't soft skills. 


This is power skills. 


This is how real influence is built.


Try it this week. 


Watch what shifts.


Treat EVERYONE like they're the most important person in the world ❤️

The greatest spiritual practice isn't escape


We often think enlightenment means rising above the mess of being human. 


That wisdom requires distance. 


That peace demands detachment.


But what if the opposite is true?


What if the real work isn't to transcend our humanity, but to fully embrace it?


The greatest challenge of love and perhaps of living isn't to become deeply spiritual by removing ourselves from experience. 


It's to become deeply human by immersing ourselves in it.


To stay present when things fall apart. 


To remain open when it would be easier to close.


 To meet another person's pain without turning away. 


To show up fully, even when it's uncomfortable.


This is where transformation actually happens


not on the mountaintop, but in the valley. 


Not in isolation, but in connection. 


Not in perfection, but in our willingness to be messy, vulnerable, and real.


The people who've touched my life most deeply weren't the ones who had it all figured out. 


They were the ones who stayed. Who listened. Who let themselves feel. 


Who chose presence over polish.


That's the kind of human I want to be.


Not transcendent. 


Just here. Fully and courageously here. 💚💚💚

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