Akrum Shawky, Delivery Management Manager

Akrum Shawky

Delivery Management Manager

Microsoft

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration (MBA)
Experience
25 years, 11 months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 11 months

Delivery Management Manager at Microsoft
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since September 2015

Responsible for the end-to-end service delivery within Microsoft Services Premier and
Microsoft Consultancy Services in Qatar.
• Manage a portfolio of USD 14M in Premier business and a delivery portfolio of USD 24M of
Microsoft Consulting projects.
• Represent Microsoft Services throughout the deal phases whilst demonstrating a critical
partnership with Presales and Sales.
• Serve as the single point of accountability and escalation point for all Services customers.
• Direct people management responsibility for both MCS & Premier delivery resources and
supervises the services delivery of their assigned team members.
• Drive customer satisfaction, services revenue growth & profitability, reviewing and approving
Services Delivery Plans for customers in the assigned portfolio.
• Presales and Sales support for new Microsoft Technologies such as Azure, Machine Learning,
IOT, CRM, Data Insights, Big Data, Digital Transformation, Cyber security, etc.

Head of IT at Qatar Petroleum International
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 2013 to October 2015

• Contribute to overall strategic planning within QPI and at Group level
• Influence top management in setting priorities for effective use of IT resources and capabilities
• Develop and maintain strategy, architecture, standards and policies within QPI
• Maintain vision of how IT will support business direction, relationships and working practices
• Work closely with QPI business units to understand requirements and propose pragmatic solutions that meet the requirements of business and are consistent with the overall Strategy'

Director (Risk Assurance Services) at PwC
  • Qatar
  • July 2010 to March 2013

• Risk Assurance Services leader (RAS) in Qatar, which covers Project Assurance, Internal Audit, Information Security, Business Resilience and Risk Management
• Middle Markets leader in PwC Qatar. Develop relationship with SMEs across different industries
• Information Technology and Project Assurance leader for Qatar and Kuwait offices
• Established the RAS team and service offerings in Doha, setting up strategic targets for the team, managing the RAS unit budget and targets, and delivery of various service offerings
• Involved in portfolio management for cross-industry clients including government, oil & gas, telecom etc. Focusing on development of PwC Services offering Qatar

Director (Advisory) at PwC
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2008 to June 2010

• Set up a team of consultants in aligned to PwC strategy to cater to the Middle East region and provide PwC services including, business process improvement, strategy setting and implementation, performance monitoring and KPIs
• Guided the development of Technology & Project Management service offerings. Development & maintenance of relationships with targeted clients in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar & Libya
• Performance of advisory assignments in the areas of Project Management, Strategy, Governance, Technology Infrastructure planning, Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR), Systems selection, implementation and integration, Information Security and Risk Management

Senior Manager (Performance Management) at PwC
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2006 to April 2008

• Provide performance improvement services to a number of clients in the middle-east, including strategy formulation, process mapping, governance framework development, and organization restructuring
• Set up IT Effectiveness team in the Egyptian Office including formulation of service & product offerings for the unit. Identification & creation of new business opportunities and setting up of profitability goals for the Advisory department
• Understand issues facing the different clients, and propose possible technology solutions to address these issues. Provide project assurance over the implementation of these solutions

IT Manager at PwC
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2002 to December 2005
IT Manager at Egypt for Information Dissemenation
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2001 to November 2002
IT Analyst at Egyptian Stock Exchange
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 1998 to August 2001

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration (MBA)
  • at American University in Cairo
  • January 2006
Master's degree, Computer Science
  • at American University in Cairo
  • June 2003
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at American University in Cairo
  • January 1998

Specialties & Skills

Science
Business Process
Performance Improvement
Management
IT Infrastructure and Support
Consulting

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2008
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2006
Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT�� (CGEIT) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009