IT Director
Statistics Center - Abu Dhabi
Total des années d'expérience :11 years, 4 Mois
Ensure the seamless operation and diligent maintenance of organizational information
systems, infrastructure, and technology platforms, including AI and cloud solutions, to
uphold their robust performance and reliability.
Identify and rigorously evaluate emerging technologies and trends in AI, machine
learning, and cloud computing, strategically leveraging their potential to augment
organizational efficiency and growth.
Lead the formulation and enforcement of comprehensive IT policies, procedures, and
best practices, with a relentless focus on achieving regulatory compliance.
Build and manage high-performing IT teams by recruiting top-tier talent and fostering
their development through rigorous training and focused mentoring, with an emphasis on
AI, machine learning, and cloud skills, cultivating a culture of continuous learning and
growth.
Manage the IT budget by identifying and prioritizing IT projects and investments,
channeling resources into initiatives that promise substantial value to the organization.
Represent the organization in various external forums and events, such as industry
associations and conferences, to maintain a positive and professional image while
fostering valuable relationships.
Drive innovation and digital transformation within the organization by spearheading
initiatives that leverage AI, machine learning, and cloud technologies to ensure a
competitive edge, foster business growth, and adapt to the evolving digital era.
Develop a comprehensive end-to-end statistical ecosystem, incorporating AI and
machine learning models, to facilitate data-driven decision-making and strategic planning
within Abu Dhabi.
Steer the definition, evolution, and upkeep of the enterprise technology architecture,
encompassing a robust and adaptable framework that caters to the organization's
evolving needs.
Conceptualise and establish the target state architecture for data platforms, ensuring an
optimal, scalable, and future-proof infrastructure.
Augment the existing infrastructure by integrating the latest technologies, fostering
innovation, efficiency, and resilience in the system.
Establish rigorous standards, policies, and processes for technology architecture.
Promote the efficient use of shared services and supporting technologies, fostering
consistency and integration across the organization.
Built a strategic cloud adoption strategy for the organization, leveraging the benefits of
cloud computing to drive flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
Take charge of budget planning for the IT Department, ensuring optimal allocation and
utilisation of resources to maximize benefit realisation and promote fiscal efficiency.
Develop a comprehensive end-to-end statistical ecosystem that incorporates AI and
machine learning models to facilitate data-driven decision-making and strategic planning
within Abu Dhabi.
Direct the articulation, construction, and sustenance of the enterprise technology
architecture, while providing expert advice on a wide spectrum of technology and
infrastructure matters.
Evaluate and recommend solutions and projects, ensuring the appropriate utilization of
applications, technologies, patterns, and methodologies, thus maximizing efficiency and
value.
Promoting the efficient use of shared services and supporting technologies to foster an
integrated and streamlined IT environment.
Oversee the enterprise technology architecture for major initiatives/projects,
guaranteeing alignment with the organizations strategic goals and operational needs.
Foster cross-functional collaboration with other architects across the organization to
develop and implement industry best practices, enhancing overall technological
proficiency.
Identify and seize opportunities to refine enterprise-wide solutions, tools,
methodologies, processes, and procedures, driving continual optimization.
Establishment of digital architecture government architecture
governance project, framework & guideline to support Abu Dhabi
Government be efficient
Manage the Abu Dhabi digital government architecture governance
project
Lead the development & maintenance of the enterprise architecture
repository
Stakeholder engagement and data gathering of Abu Dhabi
government departments data
Create strategic and technical baseline
Define the current & target architecture
Development of multiple enhancement opportunities that will result
in a significant cost saving for the Government of Abu Dhabi
Represent the organization in multiple committees (internal and
external)
Perform rigorous studies based on leadership requests, and provide
recommendations
Ensure the alignment with the General Secretary of the Executive Council on the strategic direction of the e-Gov
Lead the evaluation for ICT initiatives, the list of related entities, and the external communication plans for initiatives launching
Review and approve the toolkit and templates to implement the initiatives Ensure that workshops are conducted in an effective way to launch initiatives and share toolkits and templates
Lead the process of receiving budget proposals from entities, consolidating SME and entity-specific feedback and preparing final report
Lead the process of compiling list of initiatives for entities, collecting and evaluating information from entities and building the implementation status report
Lead the process of gathering information from ADGEs, and analyzing and reviewing artifact received
Lead the identification and revision of ICT opportunities, and the creation of the target conceptual architecture
Lead the analysis of ADGE ICT Architecture, opportunities and policies
Develop of the annual operating plan and budget
Manage to the development of the related Strategy and Business Cases
Lead the development, documentation, continuous improvement of the processes & procedures in line with the Enterprise Process Model and in collaboration with ADSIC’s business design authority
Oversee the definition the operation and service level requirements
Review to the development of all periodic reports prepared by the reporting staff and facilitate their preparation within the schedule
Support and participate in projects/ tasks related to areas of responsibility
Perform any other duties related to the job as assigned by System Architecture & Development Director
Supported the RFP writing and Vender evolution for Abu Dhabi portal
upgrade and the enterprise service bus
Led the implementation of new eservices in the Abu Dhabi portal
Managed the G2G services integration across Abu Dhabi government
through the Enterprise Service bus
Abu Dhabi government departments budget analysis for 2013 & 2014
Abu Dhabi Portal Operation & enhancements
Managed the transition of 25 Government Departments to a newer
Enterprise Service bus platform and ensure the services continuity
Ensure that the Enterprise Service Bus has highest security control in
place, in collaboration with the Security team
Managed the onboarding of new governmental organizations to the
Enterprise Service Bus
Courses: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Applied Computer Vision, Data Mining, Modeling & Simulation, Smart Computer Graphics & Bioinformatics