Chief Executive Officer
Arabic Computer Systems
Total years of experience :39 years, 9 Months
CEO to one of large systems integrators in KSA. Responsible to turn around the company.
In charge of the entire business with P&L, top/bottom-line responsibilities.
- Restructure the company and participated in securing investments with the right value add to the growth of the business.
- Participated in the evaluation and acquisition of another logistics company to complement the offering.
- Participated in attracting international business partners.
- Responsible for long term business plan, growth and profitability of the business.
- Lead and transform it into a world-class competitive, scaleable and sustainable business operations.
Allied Nationals LLC is formed by a set of business savvies who bring a mesh of experience and network within the Saudi Arabia region. With more than 20 years experience by each of the four, while diversity is a key component to this combination, Allied Nationals enjoys an excellent reputation of high ethics and profound business and personal relationship. In the span of its short existence, Allied Nationals kept a clear focus on what it wants to do.
Allied Nationals LLC positioning itself to be the local faucet to filter and qualify international players by facilitating good-fit local partner(s) and by rendering services directly with the international players around providing local capabilities, localization, culture awareness, and business code of ethics and conduct relative to the region. We take on projects with international players to ensure ease and success of the partner team engaged in the region.
Resourceful business and technology leadership in:
- Drive for continuous improvement
- Customer service
- Cost reduction
- Practical problem-solver
- Entrepreneurship
- Lead generation
- Help Saudi market entrants to find the right partners
- Over twenty five years of consulting, technology and general management experience.
Ensure the long term success through short and long-term planning by identifying market opportunities and developing right-fit partnerships.
Focus in building the company from inside with immediate mandate in establishing organizational structure befitting the purpose of the company with proper integration of all the departments, different sites, locations, and operation areas and participating of setting the strategy of the company.
Focus on establishing systems for all areas of operations, technical, financial, all mining operations & mining related, HR, IT, etc. by properly identifying the systems and establishing org. structure.
Prepare all procedures, policies and process mapping that will govern the quality and efficiency between all departments within the organization.
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General Manager capacity responsible to bottom line and to stabilize the company through attracting and retaining the right talents in the Management and Information Technology (ERP/SAP) Consulting.
Heading the support division with responsibility for a post implementation support.
Setup the units processes and procedures.
Prepare project proposals for prospect clients.
Managing a team of 18 SAP consultants in different modules.
Played a major role in marketing FBTC services due to the networking and association with many decision makers in the market.
SAP Central Region project manager for High Tech and Healthcare and Media Sectors.
SAP Material Management Team Leader for the roll-out companies of AFG in the High Tech, Healthcare and Media, and Consumer Products and Entertainment Sectors.
Setup the SAP Support unit to provide assistant to the companies that went live on SAP.
Communicated the procedures to the end users and formed the team structure to provide the post-live support.
Seconded (3-day per week) to the Saudi B2B initiative to head the IT Infrastructure and Security team.
ABAP/4 development support for data migration, enhancement, interfacing, reporting, and support to the SAP project undertaken by AFG.
Managing the training, preparation and data migration issues.
Managing the Legacy Systems during the transition to the SAP new environment.
Managing and deploying the Desktop Support function for all of AFG units.
Preparation for the SABIC-wide SAP implementation.
Involved in the selection of a pre-configured solution and part of the evaluation team who conducted a visit to USA (April 1999).
Participated in creating the Consolidated IT organization structure and in the short-listing of the proposed implementation team.
One full cycle implementation of SAP R/3 version 2.2x modules.
Upgrade of SAP R/3 version 2.2x to 3.1x
Delivered Y2K Compliance to Process Control Systems and Business Information Systems in October 1998. Project was launched on April 1997. Ar-Razi was the very first company to be announced as Y2K compliant in SABIC.
Headed the IT department and implemented major enhancements in the Network and introduced added-value solution to the business.
Acted as a change agent in the TQM exercise. I delivered lectures; facilitate discussion groups, worked as a coach and a mentor during the process.
My intro to IT world started through a government grant by SADCAD where I finished my B.Sc. and M.Sc. in computer science. Finished Diploma 86, Bachelor 91 and Master 92 shuffling between work and school.
Started as a developer then moved through the ladder to become the Data Center manager and Technical Support head.
Participated and headed some committees like:
- Disaster Recovery,
- Customs SADCAD Strategy Direction committees.
- Negotiated and reviewed SADCAD operation contracts.
- Reviewed and standardized the helpdesk operation.
Completed in 1.5 years only GPA 3.5/4
GPA 2.7/4
