ICT Consultant
Communications and Information Technology Commission - CITC/KSA
Total years of experience :42 years, 2 Months
During more than 8 years at CITC as an ICT Consultant I have been involved in different high level business activities, which can be summarized as followings activities:
- Developing strategies and business plans and proactively participating in developing the first and second five year strategies, the first and second ICT National Plans (NICTP), IT strategy and Broadband Strategy for Saudi Arabia.
- Developing policy and regulatory frameworks and public consultations related to various CITC issues such as: Interconnection, Numbering Plans, VoIP and IP Telephony, Carrier Selection, Unbundling, Quality of service and quality of experience, Wireless and mobile systems (LTE, WiMAX and WiFi), and many others.
- Advising on the best transformation strategy, and projects needed for CITC to meet the challenges of ICT developments in this decade.
- Participating in and managing many CITC projects: Internet strategy, Internet development plan, IPv6 Deployment, Anti-SPAM policy framework, Internet usage in KSA, ICT market study, Strategic HRM, IT development for SMEs, and many others.
- Analyzing current and future frequency assignments. Evaluation the Frequency Spectrum Pricing policy, and developing new pricing formula to be implemented in the future.
- Defining training needs, and building training sources database and training plan, and Participating in SHRM project.
- Actively participating in all 15 National IPv6 Task Force for KSA meeting, and in all other activities related to IPv6 deployment in Saudi Arabia, and participating at V6 Conference in Paris, February 2012.
- Researching and analyzing the Global ICT key indicators and Indexes and continuous updating and analyzing those indicators for Saudi Arabia, and the Region.
- Capacity building of the CITC talent through coaching, workshops, disseminating of relevant documents and materials.
- Developing studies in various ICT issues such as: Competition policy, Universal Service Funding, Local hosting and cloud computing, Big data challenges, OTT and encryption methodologies, VoIP regulation and many others.
- Participating as a key note speaker in several ITU workshops, and attending several seminars and workshops.
I have been recruited by the International Telecommunications Union to establish and lead the Arab Center of Excellence (CoE/ARAB) for the purpose of building ICT capacity building in the Arab Region. My duty station was in Damascus - Syria, then moved to Muscat - Oman. During 4 years in this position, the followings have been achieved:
- Establishing and managing the CoE/ARAB : developing the strategy; planning, implementing and evaluating workshops, forums and conferences.
- Coordinating the full range of the Arab Centre of Excellence functions and activities.
- Develop and implement proposals for policy, operational strategy and financial system of the Arab Centre of Excellence.
- Developing business plans, program sustainability arrangements and promotion strategies.
- Preparing and presenting more than 30 presentations in various ICT, HRD, and capacity building issues.
- Contributing - as an expert matter - to the Regional and International workshops and conferences in various fields: Telecom policies and regulations, Frequency spectrum Management, Internet Security, VoIP, Wireless Technologies and Services, VSAT and Satellite Communications, Strategic HRM, Talent Management, Change Management and other topics in Human Capital Management field.
- Representing ITU at several Regional and International events.
- The main outputs are: 35 Regional workshops; 10 International and Regional meetings; 30 Presentations and case studies; 3000 participants
For more than 2 years of working at Saudi Telecom Company at its training Center as a consultant, I have been actively involved with various development and training activities, of which the main are:
- Planning and coordinating training activities for the Integrated Customer Management System - ICMS Project.
- Developing training courses and conducting training in the field of Satellite Communication, Marketing, HRM/HRD, Restructuring, TQM, Change Management, Capacity Building and many others.
- Coordinating and promoting and developing training methodologies and applications and adopting advanced training methods.
- Revising and, improving training materials in various HR and Telecommunications disciplines.
- Benchmarking and adopting the best in class training and capacity building methodologies and practices.
- Advising the administration, coaching instructors, and performing several tasks related to various HRD, capacity building and training issues.
I have started my professional life as a Satellite Communications head section and Diploma Program supervisor, where I have carry out the transformation of JTC training center in to a Telecom College, and promoted to the position of Training Director and Dean of Telecom College in 1990. During 17 years at Telecom College I have performed various managerial, developmental and educational activities, among them are:
- Leading the establishment of the first telecommunications college in Jordan, including the development of the curricula.
- Directing and managing educational and training activities of the Telecommunications College, and managing several projects in the field of telecommunications, and training.
- Actively participated in formulating telecommunications strategies for JTC during the restructuring period.
- Developing several course materials, lecturing and conducting training in various telecommunications and management fields.
- Developing and implementing policies and practices in the areas of HRM/HRD, Organizational and Managerial Development (OMD), with emphasis on Change Management, Human Resources, Re-engineering, and Capacity Building
- Coordinating ITU, and industry training activities and projects for JTC.
- As an ITU field Consultant, Evaluating the training programs and the ITU training project for Saudi Telecommunication centers in Riyadh and Jeddah.
- Representing JTC, and participating in several regional and international meetings and conferences.
- Participating at several local, regional, and international training programs.
Leading the establishment of the first telecommunications college in Jordan, including the development of the curricula
Developing several course materials, lecturing and conducting training in various telecommunications and management fields.
Participation at several local, regional, and international training programs.
PhD in Technical Sciences, Moscow, Russia Major - Telecommunications, Thesis: Electro magnatic Compatability of TelecommunicationSystems
MSc In Radio Communications, Moscow, Russia Major - Radio Communications, Thesis - Satellite Communications Systems