Previous experience 1
Head of Department of IT at Albarakah investment holding and of Skill Force Security Systems.
Leading a team of 20 specialized engineers and technicians to provide consultancy, implementation, O&M and project management of different IT projects, Physical Security and ELV systems to Mayar FM, ICCC, SkillForce Security, and other companies of the holding in several locations and to external clients in UAE.
Representing the company with clients and suppliers. Recommending IT and security systems software/hardware and applications. Managing suppliers and subcontractors. Coaching teams to learn new soft skills.
Previous experience 2
Vanrise Solutions, key account manager: managing corporate accounts worldwide.
Provide Program management office (PMO) support to IT projects related to billing, revenue assurance and international gateway voice/Data projects. Applying PMI Waterfall and Agile methodologies, in the management of the software lifecycle by supporting the management of the IT teams during the different phases of the Revenue Assurance, Fraud detection, and Digital Signature products with telecom regulators and operators in EMEA, Asia and Africa. Supported the implementation of the Digital signature project in Iraq.
Previous experience 3
TECHNICAL GROUP CAPEX DEPARTMENT MANAGER, IHS TOWERS – TOWERCO. 08-2014 TO 02- 2017
Senior Program Manager supporting CTOs and capex teams in Zambia, Rwanda, Ivory Coast and Cameroon Operations subsidiaries of I.H.S. Towers (previously Africa Towers) managing MTN, Orange and Airtel networks.
Responsibilities included providing leadership, coaching, and trainings to the local teams, while monitoring KPIs, analyzing and reporting programs progress and status to the COO.
Supported local teams in initiating, planning and closing programs successfully.
Recommending and supporting the procurement team in the selection of tower, generators and other site elements equipment. Supporting local program and project managers in solving issues, minimizing risks during the execution phase. Optimized Capex processes and procedures, Support the technical team in implementing standard site drawings. Initiated quality control during the procurement for the towers.
Professional experience
Senior Technology manager (Head of Department, CTO, Program manager, Operations manager) with 30+ years of worldwide experience leading multi-cultural functional, matrix and virtual teams to deliver successfully telecom, security and ICT programs and projects. Holder of Master of Science in Systems / project management and Engineering degree in telecommunications. Certified PMP manager with Field experience in telecom, IT and security systems. ITIL foundation in process.
Specialties / Skills
Leading teams, managing programs and projects. Managing contracts, contractors and suppliers, planning, Data and voice transmission (WAN & LAN), IT infrastructure management.