Group CIO
ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC
Total years of experience :31 years, 5 Months
Reporting to the Group CEO, building the technology vision for an +80 years age group that achieves $ 3 billion turnovers/year through: +100 legal entities across 45 countries, +20 production facilities and +15 k employees.
Creating the digital transformation road-map through a well-established technology organization, process and right capabilities.
Creating the proper awareness and partnership across the C level towards achieving the DX strategy.
Responsible for defining and implementation of IT governance of: policies/procedures, product, service, and project/program/portfolio governance.
Oversee the selection of the appropriate technology components and liaise with global technology vendors and outsourcing partners.
Highlights:
Build a new technology organization capability that match the best practice of IT value chain and shift from a product organization to a skill driven organization.
Build Cloud transformation roadmap program with Oracle global team for the entire group covering the main LoB: manufacturing and engineering that unify and centralize 10 ERP on-preemies instances.
Building IT infrastructure shared service center that achieved seamless operation and an optimized resources’ utilization across the group.
Building the IT business solution center of excellence as a shared service center taking care of ERP/CRM rollout across 15 operational countries and 30 Commerciale countries for around +70 legal entities that resulted 4 times saving of the outsourced cost.
Innovate IoT driven solutions that enable Industry 4.0 in one of the big cable manufacturing facility in the region (Egytech Cables Egypt) where it has been recognized by IDC (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/janburian_dx-idc-digitaltransformation-activity-6608083549838983168-HIFK)
Support the technology setup for Elsewedy family’s - privately owned - two companies in Education and Insurance fields
Reporting to the CEO, build three years digital transformation strategy/plan that address both business objectives and technology trends.
act as a senior member of the leadership team accountable for overall organization’s IT operations.
Accountable for driving and delivering programs and projects of change management to facilitate DX execution.
lead the digital evolution and act as the sole relationship executive with the broader LoBs.
Responsible for strategic plans for technology-driven solution development, enterprise IT architecture / infrastructure integration, and IT capability optimization.
Highlights:
Transforming the IT dep into a real business partner that can talk business language to enable a sustainable growth.
Building the IT center of excellence as a shared service center taking care of ERP rollout across 4 countries/ 16 legal entities that resulted 4 times saving of the outsourced cost.
Innovate IoT solution for Bio Assets monitoring and tracking that is unique for the poultry business.
Project management and technology design/implementation of the new green field HQ smart building that is 6k sq m.
Reporting to the VP/MD and leading a team of over 150 resources through 6 senior direct reports to align IT infrastructure and business systems with long-range business objectives.
Managing IT leadership in transformation of IT infrastructure and processes, implementing industry best-practices for telecommunications leader.
Responsible for strategic plans for technology-driven solution development, enterprise IT architecture / infrastructure integration, and IT capability optimization.
Involved in defining and implementation of IT policies/procedures, product, service, and project portfolio governance.
Spearheading vendor/partner selection, negotiation and management, building relations with corporate partners.
Performing team administration routines as well as team development and people management for improvement of team productivity.
Highlights:
Enabled next-generation capabilities, including big data, mobility, and cloud solutions.
Successfully implemented private/public cloud infrastructure that transformed IT department into profit center and saved 20 % of IT budget.
Implemented the 1st big data (Hadoop) in telecommunication in Egypt’s Telecommunication sector through a complete in house approach using R&D methodology
Providing completion to the e-billing/collection project for enterprise business unit, contributed in decreasing the collection cycle/bad debt positively.
Reported to the COO and led a large team of over 100 resources for regional consultancy, transforming consulting practice while delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
Accounting to built new CRM Siebel team for local & regional markets and new BI/DWH team for Oracle and SAS technologies.
Responsible for development of strategy & business plan for the enterprise solutions unit across Egypt & Gulf operations besides ensuring compliance to KPIs in project delivery.
Involved in pre-sale, consulting, engagement for strategic accounts, partner relations, vendor selection, negotiation and management of the same.
Spearheaded objectives setting and performance appraisal sessions to team members apart from managing sales & pre sales activities for major and strategic accounts.
Highlights:
Defined and implemented consulting and engagement strategies within E£500M consultancy/SI.
Efficiently turned around 3 at-risk projects in Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Successfully launched Consulting Resource Hub in Egypt and established Siebel CRM and Oracle / SAS Business Intelligence (BI) / Data Warehousing (DW) consulting teams
Significantly improved consulting practice profitability as well as transformed the delivery model to make the business profitable
Efficiently managed regional consultancy, transformed consulting practice while delivering enterprise-scale solutions
Played instrumental role in planning and launch for high-growth, $100M telecommunications start-up.
Managed solution / application development, integration, and implementation, overseeing IT team of 20+; recruited, hired, and trained all IT applications staff. Defined and introduced IT policies and procedures. Collaborated across product development life cycle. Assisted IT Director with IT staffing / budget plans.
• Facilitated start-up through Oracle ERP and Billing solution implementation; created road maps for all major business applications, ensuring compliance and advising on best-practices for redundancy and high-availability
Advanced from lead consulting track to practice management role within E£100M Oracle Solution Consultancy
Successfully revamped consulting practices to optimize engagement quality, project delivery rate and practice profitability
Delivered various critical Oracle ERP / CRM solutions for regional telecom, aviation, and oil / gas industry leaders across Egypt and the gulf, including Egypt’s Ministry of Finance, Cairo Airport Company, Central Bank of Syria, spaceTel, and Tunisiana
Played a key role in launching internal Consultants School to produce new trained consultants at low cost.
Led business solution development and delivery within E£1B maritime and shipping logistics provider.
Delivered enterprise business solutions, forging business cases, road maps, budgets, schedules, project management frameworks, and reporting channels. Played integral role in IT budget (OPEX / CAPEX) planning.
• Directed solution development for Egypt’s first private port, implementing port management and Oracle ERP systems under aggressive, 7-month deadline; deployed maritime, financial, and business intelligence (BI) solutions. Created technical documentation, user manuals, and performance management dashboards.
• Earned recognition from Oracle for seamless integration, implementation, and launch of Oracle Financials
Spearheaded implementation of Oracle ERP solutions across 15 business / operational sites.
Led business solution planning, roadmapping, development, integration, and launch for Oracle ERP modules
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: PLATFORM STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
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