The International Research and Development Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (RDPETRO) is one of the largest oil and gas conference in the world, held in Abu Dhabi: 9-10 May 2018.

Load-Me was present at the conference where Sebastian Stefan, the Co-Founder and CEO of Load Me, presented the company as a smart and innovative solution in Oil & Gas Industry.

RDPETRO is fully dedicated to research and development, a two-day event that saw approximately 4,000 registrations from global experts across the oil and gas industry and other innovative sectors, to discuss and identify solutions to a range of industry challenges created by the rapidly evolving energy market.

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A graduate engineer in mechatronics with an entrepreneurial background, started his career as a logistics coordinator for General Motors, and in 2006 become an entrepreneur, founded an insurance broker, and later an outdoor advertising agency in Bucharest, Romania.

In 2011 moved to Dubai to play an important role for a major transporter, this position opened the way to the Middle East logistics where he discovered many challenges in a fast-growing market. As a problem solver stepped forward and built www.Load-Me.com the first Transporters Marketplace in the Middle East.

Sebastian Stefan

2014

December 3

CEO/Founder Load-Me

2014 – Today

Founded www.Load-Me.com, which is the Transporters Market, the first online marketplace for freight exchange in the Middle East, it is using the power of internet combined with GPS tracking and smartphones apps to connect efficiently load owners with available trucks in their area. It is actually an online marketplace for shipments and trucks where you can find transport for your goods or you can load your empty trucks.

2012

December 3

Sales Manager – Tarwada Cargo Transport

Dec 2012 – Dec 2014 – Tarwada Cargo Transport by Heavy Trucks (TCT)

Increased the sales by identifying new leads, new opportunities and secure new clients. The new contracts with top players from the industry supported the TCT expansion which has doubled the fleet from 80 to 160 trucks within 12 months. This role revolves around good communication, new product developments, plan and review the marketing team and being responsible for the marketing policy.

2011

December 3

Branch Manager – LIVESCALE LLC

Sep 2011 – Dec 2012

I start-up the business in UAE with ongoing market research, competitor analysis, prices benchmark, administrative and HR support. Within one year only I lead the company to become one of the market leaders bidding successfully for real estate projects of the largest developers in GCC and the most prestigious consultants.

2010

February 3

Senior Area Sales Manager – Citroen

Feb 2010 – Aug 2011

I developed and implement a marketing plan to increase the market share and to adapt the business to the financial crisis. I review all sales activity and marketing team activity. I led the vision, strategy and business planning process for the Romanian market.

2008

January 3

Founder/CEO – URBAN SRL

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
Providing metrology services for the water meters of residential buildings, the company fight with a strong competition and launch the service on a small market to create disruption with lower rates and having a more efficient management.

2006

December 7

Co Founder / General Manager – ASISST – Insurance Broker

Dec 2006 – Dec 2008

Manage to build a profitable network of successful agents that had great results and secured a good market share. Successful agreements with car dealers, boosted the company revenue from the first month.

2005

September 7

Training Coordinator – General Motors

Sep 2005 – Sep 2007

After the great results that my team had in sales, I was recruited by General Motor to conduct the training for all the 42 Chevrolet dealers from Romania. In total, more than 350 salesmen were trained sales techniques for each new model launched by Chevrolet.

2003

July 7

Logistics Coordinator & Sales Manager

Jul 2003 – Sep 2007 GM Dealer for Chevrolet &Opel – Victoria Total SRL
I coordinate, train and manage a sales team of 15 people during the economy booming and we increased the sales by 300% each year. The company had the best sales from all the dealers in South-East Europe winning many awards.

Dubai Startup Hub is the entrepreneurship support arm of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Market access program offers a valuable support to all startups applying and it is a game changer that would help the startups attract other corporate customers. In the first step of the program, the startups and SMEs were invited to submit ideas and solutions that solve key challenges faced by the participating organizations: Dubai Chamber, flydubai, Emirates NBD and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The winner startups got to sign one-year contracts with these leading corporates and organizations.

On this occasion, Load-Me CEO Sebastian Stefan signed an MOU (Memoranda of Understanding) with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The deal is for advertising, Load-Me offering Fiat a shortcut towards their target audience in the Middle East through its online platform: Load-Me Transporters Marketplace.

The other deals closed at the Dubai Startup Hub:

• – Dubai Chamber signed an MoU with online marketing agency Digital Falcon to boost Dubai Startup Hub’s digital presence
• – flydubai sealed a strategic agreement with cybersecurity startup VUL9 to deliver security staff monitoring and related services to the airline’s offices across the UAE
• – Emirates NBD signed an MoU with VUL9 for the bank’s cybersecurity projects

Load-Me Winning 1st Place in World Future Energy Summit for the Air Quality improvement

Load-Me has been selected as one of the finalists for the Clix Program in World Future Energy Summit Abu Dhabi 2018. Its plan was to create awareness about the unnecessary pollution generated by the trucks which are running empty on the roads between loads and to present the solution to substantially diminish the emissions of carbon dioxide.

After a brilliant pitch presented by Sebastian Stefan, CEO and co-founder of the company, Load-Me took home the greatest prize: 1st place for the Air Quality Improvement, thus getting a worldwide recognition for the efforts of keeping a green planet and reducing the carbon dioxide emissions.

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The fast developing industry of telematics is getting increasingly fascinating for the entire world. There is a noteworthy market growth for telematics in the entire Middle East and Africa regions, making these areas of special importance for the industry. Accordingly, the Telematics Conference Middle East and Africa is the ideal place for all interested to see the further improvement in the field and watch global trends in telematics, logistics and transport.

The Telematics Conference took place in Dubai, UAE – on 8-9 March 2017 and had close to 150 participants from Middle East, Africa and other countries from all over the world. Among them:

• – Governmental institutions in the areas of transport, logistic and telecommunications
• – Experts in the area of telematics solutions
• – Software and hardware development companies
• – Production companies
• – Logistics companies
• – Transport companies
• – M2M service providers

What was new in 2016 for Load-Me

2016 introduced a series of new features for the benefits of both Shippers and Transporters, a totally new and improved user Dashboard, an Android application and as a major change: LoadMe.ae became Load-Me.com in the first step of the internationalization of the platform.

• User Rating: both Transporters and Shippers can rate and review their business partners.
• Response rate: it is visible now how fast a shipper or transporter usually responds to the offers.
• New Dashboard: easy to use, all needed information at hand and faster communication.
• Improved search algorithms: faster and more exact searches for your desired truck or load.
• Load-Me now covers a larger area in the Middle East: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq.
• Introducing LoadMe mobile application for Android devices: easy to use app connected with your Load-Me web account and Dashboard
• Dedicated sales team in Dubai: help and support is just a phone call away from you. Not only customer service but dedicated account managers you can meet in person.

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