Loay Mohamed Ibrahim Aly, Senior Project Manager - E-PMO

Loay Mohamed Ibrahim Aly

Senior Project Manager - E-PMO

The Royal Commission for AlUla

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
17 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 3 Months

Senior Project Manager - E-PMO at The Royal Commission for AlUla
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since May 2023

Managing programs and projects for the Ministry:

❖ Managing programs and projects:
➢ Correspondence management system, Document DMS, and Archiving Management Solution OpenText - (Program) On-site
➢ ChatBot Implementation - (Program) On-site
➢ Enterprise Architecture Implementation Bizzdesign - (Project - Hybrid) On-site
➢ Vehicle Management Solution - (Project - Hybrid) On-site
➢ Implementation of the Microsoft Customer Relationship Management CRM - (Project - Waterfall) On-site - 100% Completed
➢ Government Affairs Protocol & Ceremonial Set-up - (Project - Waterfall) - 100% Completed


• Lead the project team on-site or remotely by developing and motivating team members to meet project goals while adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Ensure that the overall program aligns with and supports achieving strategic objectives by managing all aspects of multiple related projects.
• Develop and improve best practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships for the organization in order to expand, mature, and enhance these capabilities.
• Establish estimates and a detailed project plan for all phases of the project objectives according to schedules.
• Manage the day-to-day activities and resources of the project.
• Lead Steering Committee meetings and Kick-off for all Projects, and Products.
• Review project performance and complete performance reviews.
• Provide status updates regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Understanding the interdependence between technology, operations, and business concepts, as well as demonstrating a functional aptitude for helping of achieving strategic goals while adhering to the best practices.

Senior Project Manager - PMO at Omnix International
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2021 to April 2023

 Managing all programs and projects for the Saudi Arabian regions:
 Digital Transformation & Innovation Programs, Projects, Products and Solutions:
1) E-Services and Digital Unified Customer Profile & Unified Frontend SSO for SASO, Government Administration (Program-Agile & Hybrid) “On-site & Remotely”
o Directly Managing Programs & Projects:
 SSO Services for the Ministry which include 20 application and service.
 Customer Satisfaction Platform for the Ministry.
 SLA for the Services matching with the criticality of the provided applications and services.
2) Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services” IICS” for Red Sea Development Company, Hospitality Industry (Program-Hybrid) “On-Site & Remotely”
o Managed the Project Include:
 Automation for four Services for Learning Management Systems on SAP Success Factor.
3) Microsoft Power Automate - Insurance "Platform" for Rasan, Internet Marketplace Platforms Insurance Services (Project-Hybrid) “On-site & Remotely”
4) Robotic Process Automation “RPA” UiPath Implementation for Sadara, Chemical Manufacturing (Project-Hybrid) - Completed “100% Remotely”

 Smart Infrastructure Programs, Projects, and Solutions:
5) Installation & Configuration of Room Booking and Access Control Systems for Government Expenditure & Projects Efficiency Authority “EXPRO, Government Administration” (Project-Waterfall) - Completed “On-site & Remotely”

• Leading Omnix International PMO, Operations, and Customer Success division in Saudi Arabia directly reporting to the PMO Head.
• Lead the project team on-site or remotely by developing and motivating team members to meet project goals while adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• "Coach, Facilitate, Mentor, and Teach" Agile for transformation, adaptation, and support, the project and product development for applying agile practices, and empowering the teams to become self-organized and accountable regarding the project and product goals to achieve the project or product vision.
• Strategically prepare and decide which approach will be implemented through the project or product lifecycle and assign them to each phase with the dependencies based on the size of each project or product implementation and selecting the method like the "Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid" approach we will follow to maximize the values to the business.
• Ensure that the overall program aligns with and supports the achievement of strategic objectives by managing all aspects of multiple related projects.
• Develop best practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships for the organization in order to expand, mature, and enhance these capabilities.
• Establish estimates and a detailed project plan for all phases of the project objectives according to schedules.
• Manage the day-to-day activities and resources of the project.
• Preside Steering Committee meetings and Kick-off for all Programs, Projects, and Products.
• Review staff performance and complete performance reviews.
• Provide status updates regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Understanding the interdependence between technology, operations, and business concepts, as well as demonstrating a functional aptitude for helping clients achieve their strategic goals whilst adhering to industry best practices.
• Determine the Statement of Work and Specifications for required goods and services as well as manage all aspects of project and program engagement, including planning, relationships with external vendors, communications, budgets, change, risks, and issues, while delegating and managing deliverables with team members and stakeholders.

Information Technology Project Manager at Alkifah Holding
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • March 2016 to December 2021

• Reporting to the EPMO to ensure compliance with the Project's strategy, timeline, budget, requirements, values, and consistency of processes across the projects to ensure delivering and tracking for the success of related projects Through the "WRIKE" tool.
• "Coach, Facilitate, Mentor, and Teach" Agile Project Management practices for transformation and support, the project and product development for applying agile practices, and empowering the teams to become self-organized and accountable regarding the project and product goals to achieve the project or product vision.
• Strategically prepare and decide which approach will be implemented through the project or product lifecycle and assigning them to each phase with the dependencies based on the size of each project or product implementation and selecting the method like the "Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid" approach we will follow to maximize the values to the business.
• Establish IT projects-related governance framework, policies, procedures, and templates.
• Developing and maintaining the information technology plans, which outline project status, individual tasks, milestones, completion estimates, track outstanding deliverables, and resource allocation.
• Develop comprehensive project plans that merge customer requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
• Implementation Upgrade to "SAP S/4 HANA", as an upgrade for the Current System "SAP Business One" for modules (FICO, MM, HCM, PS, PP, SD, ETM, PM, CRM, DMS, BI, Solution Manager, Success factor, Fiori App’s) as a Project Manager using SAP Activate Methodology for the implementation.
• Implementation of COST-OS Enterprise Cost Estimation Software for tendering and estimation departments.
• Develop in-house application “Alkifah Project System - KPS” as internal development software for managing the operation work and sub-contracts activities.
• Implemented Autodesk 360 document management cloud service tool for business document collaboration with our clients, suppliers, and project operation teams to digitalize our documentation and with the proper workflows to keep all operation teams updated and notified about designs and layout modifications immediately.
• Manage the effective achievement of the IT department objectives through setting individual objectives, managing performance, developing staff, and providing formal and informal feedback in order to maximize overall performance and team motivation.
• Monitor and control organization’s technology landscape, IS services, applications, networks, security, servers, desktops, storage, connectivity, etc., various technology platforms for security architecture, vulnerabilities, breaches and investigate violations in case of an event.
• Audit the IT systems in order to identify gaps and defined architecture formulate improvement proposals and communicate them to relevant parties, create awareness of systems analyze the current state and problems of the systems as well as potential future threats.
• Assess and recommend tools and techniques to automate information systems processes.

Authorized Training Partner at CertiProf
  • United States - North Miami
  • February 2021 to December 2021

Providing authorized training by CertiProf for the below certifications:
• Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate (SFPC™)
• Scrum Master Professional Certificate (SMPC®)
• Scrum Product Owner Professional Certificate (SPOPC™)

IT Supervisor & Project Manager at UEFCON (Upper Egypt for Concentrates) (Food & Beverage)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2013 to February 2016

• Project Manager & System Administrator for ERP System Openbravo:
Finance, Warehouse, Sales, Purchasing, Production, Maintenance, Planning, Quality
• Applying project management methodologies to the company strategies and new projects.
• Manages and maintains core business automation applications or technology infrastructure elements ensuring availability, reliability, and performance.
• Managing, install & configure Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter R2 Hyper-V Servers: Domain Controller Server, Additional Domain Controller, Antivirus Server, File Server, and Veeam Server for Backup.
• Rearrange & Planning Minya Factory Infrastructure “Main Datacenter, Servers, Racking System, UPS, etc.”.
• Create and implement disaster recovery plans and procedures for the data center.
• Implementation of an IT strategy for the organization and evaluating new technologies.
• Setting policies and standards complied with corporate main goals.
• Manages financial aspects of the IT department, including purchasing and budgeting, vendors for projects.
• Oversee provision of IT Support team in four locations & maintaining connectivity and stability.

IT Specialist at Bericap Egypt Manufacturing B.E.G (Global Plastic Closure Industry ,FMCG)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2010 to June 2013

• Implementing SAP Modules (FICO-MM-PP-PM-QM-SD).
• Managed High Availability and Business Continuity Program.
• Evaluating, Designing, Configuring, installing, maintaining, and supporting systems hardware and Software.
• Managed, planned, designed, monitoring of the infrastructure Project Bericap Egypt New Factory on 6 October.

System Analyst & Service Support at Misr Solutions (IT Solution Architecture , IT)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2009 to April 2010

ERP Implementation, System Analysis, Database Check, Document & Process Workflow, System Enhancement, Follow up with Customers Requirements, Support of Service.

Claims & Customer Support at Prime Health (Medical Insurance Company , Insurance)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2007 to March 2009

Customer Support, Claims Issues, Resolve Problems On Claims, Validate Contract & Policy.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at High Institute Of Computer Science & Information System
  • May 2006

Graduation Project : Development of Railway in Egypt using (Oracle 10G) DataBase and Forms Grade of project : Good

Specialties & Skills

Information Management
Project Management
IT Operations
Network Administration
Network Security
Virtualization
IT Service Management
ERP System
Cisco Technologies
Startups / Expansions
Data Center Design
Disaster Recovery
Data Migration
Infrastructure
Systems Improvement
Network Architecture
Technical Support
System Administration
Project Managment
Network Design
Backup Solutions
Microsoft Technologies
Office 365
Finance
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Business Process
Enterprise Risk Management
Project Management Office (PMO)
IT Business Plan
IT Infrastructure Management
Collaborative Problem Solving
Business Development
Agile Project Management
Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
ERP Software
Excellent Documentation
Business Process Improvement
Quality Management
Business Analysis
Business Strategy
ERP Implementations
Oracle ERP
Software Project Management
Project Planning
Risk Management
Time Management
Feasibility Studies
Strategic Planning
SAP ERP
Data Center Management
Business Performance Management
Information System Audit
Project Implementation
IT Consultancy
IT Business Strategy
ERP Systems Implementation
Excellent Documentation & Reporting Management
Project Management Lifecycle
IT Security Systems
SAP Implementation
Agile & Waterfall Project Management Methodologies
IT Consulting
Confidence, Assertiveness
Motivating
IT Audit
Active Listening
IT System Administration
Team Work
Datacenter Management
Responsibility
Negotiation
Teamwork
Teamleader
Software Design
IT Automation
Operation Management
Organizational Leadership
Budgeting
Presentation Skills
Data Analytics
Solution Implementation
service delivery
servers
MS Projects
SAP S/4 HANA
Scrum Master
G-Suite

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

CertiProf.com
  • Authorized Certified Agile Training Partner 2021
  • January 2021
Project Management Institute "PMI"
  • CAPM Practice Exam Development
  • July 2022

Training and Certifications

Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
Project Management Professional (PMP)® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2023
Digital Business Transformation Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2022
Professional Scrum™ with Kanban I (PSK I) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2022
Cybersecurity Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2021
Project Management Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Lean Foundations Professional Certification™ (LFPC™) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2021
Certified Insurance Industry Fundamentals™ (CIIF™) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2021
P3O® Foundation Certificate in Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2021
Agile Explorer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2021
Digital Transformation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2021
HarvardX LEAD1x: Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2021
Introduction to RPA and Automation - Diploma of Completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2021
RPA Implementation Methodology Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2021
Business English Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Everyone's Smart University
Date Attended:
June 2021
Scrum Professional Scrum Master (PSM II®) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2021
ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Associate™ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2021
Certified ISO/IEC 20000 IT Service Management Associate™ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2021
Certified ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Associate™ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2021
PMI KICKOFF Agile Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management Institute PMI
Date Attended:
April 2021
PMI KICKOFF Waterfall Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management Institute PMI
Date Attended:
April 2021
Professional Agile Leadership I (PAL-I®) Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
DevOps Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
Certification in Agile Scrum Essentials (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
Foundations of Business and Entrepreneurship (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Certification in Agile Manual and Automation Testing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Certified Associate In Scrum Fundamentals™ (CASF™) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
LifeLong Learning (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Six Sigma Yellow belt Professional (SSYB) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) by SCRUMstudy (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Authorized Certified Agile Training Partner 2021 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2021
Valid Until:
December 2021
Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate - SFPC™ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Valid Until:
February 2023
Business Value-Oriented Product Owner (BVOPO®) Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2021
Scrum Professional Scrum Master (PSM I®) Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Scrum Master Professional Certificate - SMPC® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Valid Until:
February 2023
Certified Senior Agile Project Manager (IAPM) / CSAPM (IAPM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2021
Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2021
Product Owner Certification Prep & 160+ Prep Questions (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2020
Scrum Cert Prep + Scrum Master + Agile Scrum Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
BIM 360 Document Management (Training)
Training Institute:
LEORON Professional Development Institute
Date Attended:
September 2019
Duration:
16 hours
Deeply Practical Project Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2019
Finance for Non-Finance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2019
Finance for Non-Finance Professionals (Training)
Training Institute:
Meirc Training & Consulting
Date Attended:
April 2019
Duration:
30 hours
Cert Prep Project Management Professional PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
PMP Exam Prep Seminar - PMBOK Guide 6 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Lean Technology Strategy: Moving Fast With Defined Constraints (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Lean Technology Strategy: Starting Your Business Transformation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Lean Technology Strategy: Building High-Performing Teams (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Lean Technology Strategy: Running Agile at Scale (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Agile Software Development (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Lean Foundations (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Devops Foundations Lean And Agile (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Motivating and Engaging Employees (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Ken Blanchard on Servant Leadership (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
General English Conversation (LOUGHBROUGH International Training Company) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2011
Valid Until:
August 2011
Project Management Consultant From American Institute Of Professional Studies (AIPS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
January 2012
Leading Effective Teams (Quest Human Development & Change Agents) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
June 2012
Yat Professional Diploma in Graphic Design (Training)
Training Institute:
Yat Training Center
Date Attended:
March 2010
Duration:
84 hours
Yat Professional Diploma in Web Design (Training)
Training Institute:
Yat Training Center
Date Attended:
June 2010
Duration:
90 hours
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching (CSCO12360426) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
September 2016
CompTIA A+ Certified ce (COMP001020475152) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
October 2015
Cisco Certified Network Professional ,CCNP (Training)
Training Institute:
Computek Training Center, Mar 2015 – Jun 2015
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
120 hours
ORACLE SQL / PLSQL 10g / Forms / Report 10g / DBA 10g (Training)
Training Institute:
Emak Academy
Date Attended:
June 2008
SAP HR050 Human Capital Management Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Jupiter2000
Date Attended:
July 2016
Duration:
40 hours
Being an Effective Team Member (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
First Aid & Fire Fighting (Kimanil Industrial Consulting) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
March 2012
ISO 9001:2008 Sessions (Training)
Training Institute:
Bericap Egypt Manufacturing
Date Attended:
December 2010
Duration:
20 hours

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