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ABOUT RED GOAT

Senior expertise.No holding-companytheatre.

Alaa Hassan, founder of Red Goat Digital, at his desk with a laptop

Red Goat is a founder-led advertising partner for brands and retailers that need senior thinking, clear accountability, and a growth system built around the business—not agency layers.

  • 01FOUNDER-LED
  • 02SENIOR-OPERATED
  • 0325+ YEARS EXPERIENCE

THE PERSON BEHIND RED GOAT

Senior experience.Built in the work.

Alaa Hassan, founder of Red Goat Digital, seated in a navy suit against a light backdrop

Alaa Hassan has spent more than two decades helping ecommerce brands and retailers grow. The experience comes from being close to the strategy, the numbers, the channels, and the decisions that move the business forward.

At a glance

25+ Years
Ecommerce & growth experience
$1B+
Revenue driven
300+
Brands scaled
15+
Industries served

What that means for your business

  • 01

    Senior people on the work

    You work with people who can make a decision and move things forward.

  • 02

    A plan built around your business

    The strategy starts with your product, customers, goals, and numbers.

  • 03

    Clear answers, not agency noise

    You know what is working, what needs to change, and what happens next.

  • 04

    One connected growth partner

    Strategy, creative, ads, and reporting work together around the same goal.

THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WORK

25+ Years buildingEcommerce growth.

From early ecommerce to growth roles, education, and Red Goat today—the experience behind the advice is built on the work itself.

Alaa Hassan, founder of Red Goat Digital, seated with a laptop
  1. 2000

    GRADUATED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

    The technical foundation behind a career in ecommerce and digital growth.

  2. 2001

    JOINED iNETVIDEO.COM

    Started building ecommerce and digital growth experience from the ground up.

  3. 2011

    iNETVIDEO.COM REACHED THE IR 500 AND INC. 5000 LISTS

    Part of the growth journey behind recognised ecommerce performance.

  4. 2014

    LAUNCHED ECOMMERCE TRAINING ACADEMY

    Created practical ecommerce education, training, and coaching.

  5. 2015

    JOINED BEYOND THE RACK AS GLOBAL MANAGER

    Expanded hands-on experience inside high-growth ecommerce operations.

  6. 2016

    JOINED LINEN CHEST AS DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL MARKETING

    Led digital marketing work for a major Canadian retailer.

  7. 2019—2025

    FRACTIONAL GROWTH CONSULTANT

    Supported brands including Mackage, Dynamite, Garage, and more.

  8. 2025

    LAUNCHED RED GOAT

    Bringing the full experience into one founder-led growth partner.

ON THE STAGE. IN THE ROOM. ON THE WORK.

The system has beenshared well beyond Red Goat.

Alaa has spoken at ecommerce events internationally since 2005, across the United States, Canada, and Australia, and has led workshops and webinars for entrepreneurs, brands, and ecommerce communities.

01 / Global Ecommerce SpeakingArchive of Alaa Hassan speaking on stage at ecommerce conferences including eTail, IRCE, Catalyst, Retail Global, Internet Retailer and MTL+Ecommerce

GLOBAL ECOMMERCE SPEAKING

Speaking and event participation across the United States, Canada, and Australia since 2005.

02 / Workshops & Webinars

Live participant sessions
Participant grid from an ecommerce webinar delivered with hub.brussels
Participant grid from an ecommerce webinar delivered with the Caribbean Export Development Agency
Training content
Collage of ecommerce course and training presentation screens from recorded lessons
Webinar programmes
Webinar programme screen: 3 Proven Methods to Improve Ecommerce Conversions
Webinar programme screen: 7 Ecommerce Email Marketing Tactics to Increase Traffic & Sales

WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS

International and private webinar programmes, including collaborations connected to the Caribbean Islands and the Belgium Consulate in New York.

EVENTS & ORGANISATIONS

Shared with the ecommercecommunity.

Alaa has shared ecommerce strategy, advertising insight, and practical growth education with retail events, industry organisations, and commerce communities internationally.

  • IRCE
  • Retail Global
  • eTail
  • ChannelAdvisor
  • eCOM MTL
  • MTL + Ecommerce
iNetVideo.com

Business growth proof

Helped take iNetVideo.comto the Inc. 500 & Inc. 5000.

Alaa helped build the growth strategy behind iNetVideo.com’s recognition on the Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 lists—combining ecommerce execution, digital marketing, and commercial discipline.

Inc. 5000 America’s Fastest-Growing Private CompaniesInternet Retailer Top 500 e-Retailer

03 / Coaching & Training

Ecommerce Training Academy logo

Ecommerce Training Academy.

A practical education platform built to help ecommerce teams improve strategy, advertising, conversion, and growth execution through structured training, coaching, and community learning.

  • 01Structured courses
  • 02Live coaching
  • 03Practical implementation
ecommercetrainingacademy.com
Ecommerce Training Academy member platform showing the academy navigation, course content, upcoming coaching events and community area

THE TEAM

SENIOR PEOPLE.ONE TEAM AROUND THE WORK.

Red Goat brings the right people around each growth problem—from strategy and creative to media and optimisation. You get a focused team that knows the business and stays close to the work.

FOUNDER-LED. SPECIALIST-BACKED. BUILT TO MOVE.

The Red Goat team: five senior operators standing together

BUILT ON 25+ YEARS OF REAL GROWTH MARKETING EXPERIENCE.

Alaa Hassan, founder of Red Goat

Not another agency speech. Promise.

You do not need another agency tossing around buzzwords and sending you reports that do not mean anything.

You need a partner who actually understands business and knows what it takes to grow a brand in the real world.

I spent the majority of my career on the client side. Running marketing, managing budgets, and being accountable for results with my own name on the line. Not as a consultant. As the person responsible for growth.

One thing became clear across all of it: growth is amplified by advertising. Specifically digital advertising. It is the one channel where you control the audience, the message, the offer, and exactly how much you spend. Done well, it amplifies everything else you do in marketing.

After years of advising and coaching brand owners and marketing leaders, I launched Red Goat to put that belief into practice. Today, I am fully dedicated to building the kind of agency I always wished existed when I was on the other side of the table.

At Red Goat, we build the advertising system around your business. Your calendar, your offers, your audience, your goals. No layers of account management. No junior teams running your budget. Just senior thinking, hands-on execution, and a clear focus on results.

If you have worked with agencies that overpromise and underdeliver, you are not alone. That is exactly why I built Red Goat.

Alaa Hassan

Founder, Red Goat