Mahdi Yaqoub Anber, Manager of Engineering Support Projects

Mahdi Yaqoub Anber

Manager of Engineering Support Projects

Mobily

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, Databases and Networking
Experience
23 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 1 Months

Manager of Engineering Support Projects at Mobily
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since December 2014

1. Manage Network Special Business Solution “NSBS” portfolio which includes Mega programs and projects such as (King Abdullah Economic City “KAEC”) and (Saudi Electronic Government ” YESSER”)
2. Solve the critical issues and develop the necessary plans to achieve the objectives of NSBS Dept.
3. Develop the roadmap of NSBS department and set the priorities between programs / projects.
4. Present the required dashboard to the board committee of mega programs / projects.
5. Manage the strategic relationship with vendors and partners.

Program Manager / TDO Manager at Mobily
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2012 to December 2014

1. Increasing the revenue by maintaining the required Time to Market and increasing the completed projects per month.
2. Change the methodology of work to be process oriented and increase the maturity of project management.
3. Develop TDO framework (handbook, EPMO Governance Model, CR process, Escalation process, Templates).
4. Enhance Business / Consumer Product Development Process “PDP” and SLAs.
5. Develop/Manage roadmap of consumer portfolio “100+ programs/projects” quarter based.
6. Prepare / present periodic Dashboard reports to Chiefs level.
7. Evaluate existent EPM tool, provide gap analysis report and develop roadmap for development.
8. Train projects managers and products owners on PDP and TDO framework.

Enterprise Senior Projects Manager and Business Consultant at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2011 to March 2012

Senior Enterprise Projects Manager
Overall project management responsibilities include project planning, prioritization, scheduling, resource planning, tracking, and collaboration. Leading the high-quality completion of systems engineering, software development and enterprise-wide implementation.

(Achievement highlights)
1. Awarded Monthly Excellent Staff:
a. Handle the project individually in short period of joining &
achieve customers’ satisfaction.
b. Taking responsibility of Aramco project at critical time.
c. Hard working on BI 955 project initiation.

2. Managing the BI955 Aramco Project “1st Mega project for
HUAWEI Enterprise world-wide “35m US$”

3. Manager Packet Switching “3G, LTE” projects for STC “Saudi
Telecom Co”.

Program Manager / PreSales at DataServe
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2006 to June 2011

Program / Projects Manager
Overall IT program/Project management responsibilities
1. Real Estate Assets Program (18 projects)
2. Ministry of Finance Program (3 Projects)
3. Ministry of Justice Program (7 projects).
4. Higher Council of Justice project
5. Riyadh Principality Project
6. CITC E Correspondence Project
7. MoJ pre-sales activities
8. Ministry of Defense (Marin Sector) pre-sales activities
9. National Guard pre-sales activities

(Achievement highlights)
1. Playing the greater role in winning the 1st Mega project in the company with Ministry of Justice.
2. Owner of idea of establishing the Back-Log department.
3. Develop PMO processes, policies, templates and manage EPM.
4. Involving in technical/financial response committee of all MoJ / MoF projects.
5. Involving in pre-sales activities for strategic projects.
6. Mitigating risk factors through accurate analysis of similar projects (financial and statistical data).
7. Expecting and managing changes effectively.
8. Defining processes and tools best suited to each project.

Project Manager at Daleel Tech
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2004 to December 2005

Projects Manager (Achievement highlights)
1. Managing 4 projects for Jeddah Municipality Services Agency “JMSA”.
2. Awarded 3 Appreciation Letters from JMSA “Customer Satisfaction and High Performance”.
3. Achieve Paper-Less office at JMSA.

Java Developer and DB designer at Barcelona maritime port and Norwegian Shipping Academy
  • Spain
  • November 2000 to July 2003

1. Design and create Databases Systems. Design and develop Web-Based Application.
2. Design and develop data interchange using XML.

Education

Master's degree, Databases and Networking
  • at Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT),
  • January 2003

Dissertation: An Intelligent Approach for Integrity of Heterogeneous and Distributed Database Systems based on Mobile Agents. Excellent with honor degree

Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma in International Transport and Logistics.
  • at Norwegian School of Management, Norwegian Shipping Academy
  • May 2002
Bachelor's degree, Database, and Web Application
  • at Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT)
  • August 2000

Thesis Subject: Web-Based System for Information Exchange Service of Alexandria Port in Egypt

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning
Cloud Computing
Creating Processes
Program Management
Computer languages: C++, C, Pascal, Assembly, Basic
Java (Servlets & Applets), XML, HTML, SQL.
Software Packages: Aglet Software Development Kit (ASDK 2.0.2),
ECM, BPM (FileNet, eDoX)
SQL-Server (Ver 7,2000), Sybase Power Designer (version 6.1.3, 7, 9), ISA Server,
Remote Admin, VNC, MATLAB and its tool box (Fuzzy Logic, NeuroFuzzy, FuzzyNeuro, Neural Network),
Rulebook for Experts Systems, Case Base Reasoning (CBR).
GIS Packages: DataFactory, ArchGIS, and MapInfo
Microsoft Project Server
UNIX OS (Solaris)
Experience in strategic planning, execution, contracting, negotiating, and change management
Able to communicate effectively with multiple level of stakeholders like, top management, executi
Awareness of Technology, Systems, Applications, Networking, Communications, Telecom and Security
Solid experience of system analysis and design
Extensive experience in system integrations and deployment of new emerging technologies
Extensive experience in Oracle Application technology.
Leadership and motivation skills to manage several mega projects at the same time

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

International Conference on Information and Computer Science.
  • Member
  • November 2004
International Arab Conference on Information Technology.
  • Member
  • October 2003
International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications.
  • Member
  • August 2002
Aglet Organization.
  • Member
  • January 2001
Egypt Engineering Syndicate.
  • Member
  • August 2000
IBM
  • Reseller
  • January 2007
PMI
  • Project Manager
  • December 2008
IEEE
  • Author of Papers
  • November 2004
Six Sigma
  • Green Belt
  • June 2010
Japan Academy Center
  • Program & Project Management
  • July 2010

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma, Green Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Six Sigma
Date Attended:
June 2010
Duration:
48 hours
NT4 Core Technologies (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizon
Date Attended:
August 2000
Duration:
35 hours
PMP 4th edition (Training)
Training Institute:
Rowad Al Etkan
Date Attended:
May 2010
Duration:
40 hours
IT & e-Business, Barcelona, (Training)
Training Institute:
Barcelona maritime port
Date Attended:
May 2002
Duration:
35 hours
Network Essentials (Training)
Training Institute:
American University
Date Attended:
August 1999
Fundamental of UNIX (Training)
Training Institute:
American University
Date Attended:
January 2000
PMP 5th edition (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
September 2013
Duration:
40 hours
Program Managemen (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
July 2010
Duration:
10 hours
NT4 Admin (Training)
Training Institute:
American University
Date Attended:
May 2000
Duration:
35 hours
PMP 3rd edition, (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizon
Date Attended:
September 2006
Duration:
40 hours
Advancing UNIX (Training)
Training Institute:
American University
Date Attended:
August 2000
Duration:
30 hours
IBM Portal Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
IBM
Date Attended:
May 2008
Duration:
10 hours
CA Clarity (Training)
Training Institute:
CA
Date Attended:
March 2012
Duration:
24 hours
ITIL Fund (Training)
Training Institute:
ITIL
Date Attended:
September 2012
Duration:
30 hours
OPM3, (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
January 2014
Duration:
15 hours