Mohammed Thiab, Founder / Chief Consultant

Mohammed Thiab

Founder / Chief Consultant

MV Consulting

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
42 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :42 years, 8 Months

Founder / Chief Consultant at MV Consulting
  • Jordan
  • My current job since September 2003

Freelance consultancy model working on high-level topics and executive agenda items affecting business/technology/cultural alignments towards maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

Clients include private sector banking, government, and international aid (USAID, UNDP, ... ) initiatives & projects in Jordan and middle-east in general.

Most Recent Projects at MV Consulting
  • Jordan
  • My current job since August 1981

- Academic Governance Framework (AGF) for AMSI
- Performance Management System for Universities for AArU
- Senior PMO manager for vendor coordination for Alinma Bank
- SAP end-user training program Manager for SEC
- Jordan & Lebanon Sales forum Event facilitation
- Quick Overall Assessment (QOA) for EALB
- PSIC initiative for eStarta Solutions
- ICT/IS strategy revision for ASEZA
- DW/BI vendor selection for BOJ
- BC/DR project proposal for GNPOC
- BC/DR (treasury system) proposal for NCB
- Secure Facility user Guide (SFUG) for CBJ
- Project Portfolio Management methodology for HBTF
- ASEZA customs renovation/integration architecture
- ICT/IS assets valuation for Al0-Ahli Bank (MC/Visa merger)
- Y2K workshop for ISDB member countries
- Y2K contingency planning workshop for IIR, Dubai
- Y2K master planning with ComNet Spectrum
- Y2K contingency planning preparation for SVCAT
- Y2K external audit for ISDB IT Department
- Open Safe Commerce Project for USAID
- ...

ICT Director at ProAsset Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • June 2002 to October 2003

In charge of setting directions, developing new business model frameworks and methodlogies and working on several key offerings from BELLid, Legato, MicroTrend, and others.

Saudi Aramco Account Manager at Computer Associates Middle East
  • Saudi Arabia
  • June 2001 to May 2002

Special assignment between CA-ME and Tameema technologies to take over Saudi Aramco Account Manager Position amid the migration from legacy systems to open source SAP (R/3) computing.

Forrester Research TechRanking Service promotion and execution in Saudi Arabia

Middle East Operations Manager at Conquest Data Corp
  • Jordan
  • February 1999 to June 2000

This was a high-authority level position with CDC focusing on AS/400 software conversions specially for the Y2K and Euro conversions.

During this period, we had couple significant engagements in Saudi Arabia worth over US$ 1.2 MM for some IBM blue shops.

IT Service Centers Manager at Housing Bank for Trade and Finance
  • Jordan
  • September 1998 to February 1999

Short term engagement on contract basis for one year.

Responsibilities included everything relating to the ICT/IS infrastructure including; operations, operations support, systems programming, communications and networking, ATM network, branch automation, training,

The environment included a prime site and an alternative site connected by fiber optic cable and running IBM S/390 mainframes, AS/400 and others.

With this comprehensive responsibility for everything in ICT/IS below the applications layer, I had 6 units and over 60 employees reporting in a critical phase focusing such projects as Y2K conversion/contingency planning and the bank corproate intranet implementation.

Country-Level Program Manager at Saudi Business Machines (IBM Saudi Arabia)
  • Saudi Arabia
  • October 1981 to August 1998

IBM mainframe HW/SW support positions, networking and network management system engineering, client/server computing, Internet computing and Y2K programme (country-level)

Most work with Saudi Aramco, the largest oil producer in the world and the regionsflagship in state-of-art IT and communications.

Core skills through 60+ formal training in USA and Europe, and track record achievement, recognition and awards

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at American University of London
  • July 2002

Total credits scored based on real life experience and professional contributions higher than Masters degree level and few points short of PhD level

Bachelor's degree, Control & Systems Engg
  • at University Of Technology
  • July 1979

A blend of control engineering and systems analysis/design utlizing mathematical models, numerical methods, analog/digital computers ,,, etc to analyse and study control system theory and practice

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Computer Society
  • member
  • January 1993
Jordan Computer Society
  • member
  • January 1996
IEEE
  • member
  • January 1993
ACM - Aramco chapter
  • member
  • May 1994
IAPPM
  • Certified Project Manager
  • January 2005
BPMG
  • SIG member
  • November 2005
PRMIA
  • member
  • August 2004