Mohammed Thiab

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.

- 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
- ...

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

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

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.

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.

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