Firas Sleiman, Principal Director - Analytics, Cloud & Strategy

Firas Sleiman

Principal Director - Analytics, Cloud & Strategy

Booz Allen Hamilton

Location
United States - New York
Education
Diploma, TOGAF 9 Certified Enterprise Architect
Experience
28 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :28 years, 3 Months

Principal Director - Analytics, Cloud & Strategy at Booz Allen Hamilton
  • United States - New York
  • My current job since May 2012

Lead the Commercial Analytics, Cloud & Strategy team in Northern America

Lead Enterprise Architect / Director of Technology Program Management at Musanada (Abu Dhabi General Services)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2009 to January 2012

Lead the Abu Dhabi Shared Government Enterprise Resource Planning (SGERP) Program for the Governance Committee of the Executive Council (Abu Dhabi Government). .

Lead the Abu Dhabi Human Resource Management System (HRMS) Program for the General Secretariat of the Executive Council (Abu Dhabi Government). .

Lead the Secure Communications / Secure Government Video-conferencing Program of the Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) and the General Secretariat of the Executive Council (Abu Dhabi Government). .

Managed the Technology Services Program Management division as Acting Director of Technology Program Management, leading over 40 seasoned professionals, and successfully delivering over 7 Government-wide technology programs to 60+ Abu Dhabi Government entities. .

Managed all Enterprise Architecture services for the Technology Services division of Musanada, across all programs and initiatives. .

Lead Associate / Senior Enterprise Architect at Booz Allen Hamilton / Booz & Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2006 to January 2009

Lead the creation and publishing of the IT Architecture & Standards reference book for the Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) as part of the Abu Dhabi e-Government program. .

Lead the Government-Wide Conceptual Enterprise Architecture project for the Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) as part of the Abu Dhabi e-Government program. .

Lead the Enterprise Architecture project of the Integrated Healthcare Network for Mubadala. .

Consulting Manager / Senior Enterprise Architect at Devoteam Consulting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2005 to October 2006

Lead the Government-Wide Enterprise Architecture project of the Saudi Arabian e-Government Program (Yesser). .

Lead the Government Service Bus Architecture & Design project of the Saudi Arabian e-Government Program (Yesser). .

Lead the Government-Wide Enterprise Strategy and Architecture project of the Jordan e-Government Program. .

Senior Architect / Technical Project Manager at IBM / Gulf Business Machines
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2002 to August 2005

Held the position of Senior Architect and overall Technical Project Manager of the Qatar e-Government Program (Hukoomi / iGov). .

Lead the technical and delivery management of the Gulf Organization for Industrial Computing (GOIC) Business Intelligence Portal. .

Technical Manager / Senior Architect at Fasturn, Inc.
  • United States
  • September 2001 to November 2002

Lead the Enterprise Architecture and software development teams on the large B2B Marketplace Enterprise Application. .

Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer at RedSpark, Inc.
  • United States
  • June 2000 to September 2001

Worked as the Team Lead for the software development and enterprise architecture team of the RedSpark B2B e-business application. .

Senior Software Engineer at Autodesk, Inc.
  • United States
  • January 1998 to June 2000

Worked for the AutoCAD 2000 build group, as a Senior Software Engineer, responsible for software coding, testing, integration, debugging, regression and build delivery. .

Researcher / Lab Manager at Santa Clara University
  • United States
  • April 1996 to January 1998

Worked as a Teaching Assistant Researcher and Lab Manager for the Computer Engineering department. Focused my research on robotics and artificial intelligence.

Technical Support Engineer / Lab Manager at Micron Computers / Al Zakira
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 1995 to April 1996

Held the position of Lab Manager, responsible for Software and Hardware installation, troubleshooting and consulting. .

Education

Diploma, TOGAF 9 Certified Enterprise Architect
  • at The Open Group
  • October 2009
Diploma, TOGAF 8 Certified Enterprise Architect
  • at The Open Group
  • December 2007
Diploma, PMP
  • at PMI Project Management Institute
  • September 2005

PMP Certified in September 2005. Contributor to the PMI Project Management magazine with multiple research and articles.

Diploma, IBM Certified e-Business Solution Designer
  • at IBM EDUCATION
  • February 2005

Received the IBM Certification as e-Business Solution Designer.

Diploma, WebSphere Administration and J2EE Application Architecture
  • at IBM Education
  • August 2004

Professional Certification from IBM Education Center.

High school or equivalent, Prince2 Foundation Certificate
  • at Prince2 Project Management Certification
  • March 2003

Attended a intensive workshop on Project Management techniques and methodology. Passed the Prince2 Project Management Certification Foundation exam. Will be taking Practictioner Certification in 2005.

Diploma, Several Certifications
  • at Autodesk University
  • June 2000

Graduated from various Professional classes at Autodesk University, from January 1998 till June 2000, including: UML, Architecture and Design, C++ Programming, Advanced C++ Programming, Java, Advanced Java, JavaScript, Perl, Advanced Perl, PhotoShop, Macromedia Flash, WebSite Development, COM/DCOM/OLE/ActiveX, MFC Development, Advanced MFC, and many others.

Master's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Santa Clara University
  • December 1997

Masters Degree in Computer Engineering, with emphasis on Software Engineering. Placed on the Dean's Distinction list for a general GPA of 3.8/4.0 and a Computer Engineering GPA of 3.93/4.0. Awarded a full Teaching Assistantship with Full Scholarship and Stipend. Taught several Computer Engineering classes and labs, and was a Teaching/Research assistant for 3 Computer Engineering professors, including the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science / Computer and Communication Engineering
  • at American University of Beirut
  • October 1995

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Computer and Communication Engineering. Placed on the Honors List, and awarded a Teaching Assistantship at the American Univesity of Beirut, teaching Computer Science classes to Business and Arts undergrads. Taught various Software Engineering classes and labs to Computer Science students.

High school or equivalent, Baccalaureate in Mathematics
  • at International College
  • October 1991

Received a Baccalaureate of Mathematics (Bacc. Francais) with High Distinction. Ranked 1st in a class of 144 students. Received several awards for excellence in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computers (Basic and Logo programming), Arts, Arabic, French and English literature. Received scholarship from Hariri Foundation to enroll in the Undergraduate Degree at the American University of Beirut.

Specialties & Skills

Management Consulting
Enterprise Architecture
Program Management
IT Management
Project Management / Vendor Management / Project Control
Enterprise Architecture / System and Software Design
Large-Scale Enterprise Software & System Implementation
Team Management / People Development
Program Management / Client & Relationship Management / Strategic Stakeholder Management
IT Strategy / C-Level Government & Corporate Consulting / Executive Steering

Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Lebanese Engineering Association
  • Member
  • January 1998
IEEE Computer Society
  • Member
  • January 1999
IEEE Software Engineering Society
  • Member/Contributor
  • January 1999
PMI
  • PMP - Contributor
  • September 2005
Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects
  • AOGEA Member
  • December 2007