SUDO Consultants Named AWS Rising Star Consulting Partner of the Year for MENA Region

SUDO Consultants, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, has been awarded the Rising Star Consulting Partner of the Year at the 2026 Regional AWS Partner Awards for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The accolade recognises the AWS Partner that has achieved the highest year-on-year growth in its consulting business.

Award Presented at Dubai Summit

The award was announced during the AWS Partner Summit held in Dubai, where SUDO’s chief executive Hameedullah Khan and chief operating officer Faisal Saleem accepted the honour on behalf of the company. The Regional AWS Partner Awards honour partners that have demonstrated specialisation, innovation and collaboration over the past year, as well as those whose business models have evolved and succeeded on the AWS platform while supporting their customers.

Expansion Across Key Practice Areas

Over the past year, SUDO has broadened its AWS practice to encompass cloud migration and modernisation, managed services, DevOps, resilience, SAP and agentic AI. The firm has also expanded its presence in Saudi Arabia by scaling its office in Riyadh. SUDO assists enterprises and public-sector organisations in building secure, scalable and sovereign-ready solutions on AWS.

Leadership and Client Praise

“This recognition reflects the commitment of every member of the SUDO team and the trust our customers place in us,” Khan said. “Our growth has been driven by helping organisations across the MENA region modernise with confidence, strengthen resilience and turn AI ambitions into real outcomes on AWS. We are proud of what we have achieved and even more focused on what comes next.”

Saleem added: “Sustained growth is built on consistent delivery. Our engineers, architects and operations teams show up for customers every day, and this award belongs to them. We thank AWS for the recognition and look forward to continuing our collaboration to deliver for customers across the region.”

Syed Kareemuddin, IT operations and cybersecurity manager at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Saudi Arabia, said: “SUDO Consultants helped us complete a zero-downtime datacenter exit to AWS, with no disruption to our 24/7 operations. Their expertise and commitment made them a trusted part of our team, and this recognition is well deserved.”

Rigorous Evaluation Process

The winners of the Regional AWS Partner Awards were assessed using a set of metrics designed to measure partners’ performance over the past year. Canalys audited the datasets to ensure all measurements and calculations were objective and accurate. The AWS Partner Network (APN) is a global programme that helps partners innovate, accelerate their cloud journey and fully leverage the breadth and depth of AWS.