Director of IT & Digital Transformation
Al Shuwayer Group of Companies
Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months
Detail-oriented leader with diverse experience in IT fields, Enterprise Resource Planning,
Software Design and Development, Business Analysis & Design and Project
Management.
Interface with all levels of leadership. Effectively handle critical client transactions. Strong
ability to turn around at-risk projects. Lead the organization providing expert business
transformation services and cutting-edge technology solutions to major enterprises
operating in diverse industries. Hold full P&L accountability for ERP project valued at $3
million. Track record of enabling important Fortune 500+ user acquisitions and opening
potential for unlimited revenue. Build and lead cross-functional. Cross-border,
multinational teams of consultants, and IT professionals. Partner with corporate
executive management teams in planning and executing dynamic, enterprise-level
business strategies and initiatives-start-up infrastructures, and organizational
development.
Process Improvement: Improved project processes using CMMI (Capability Maturity
Model Integration) methodologies.
• Cost Reduction: Cut $300K from software development costs by coordinating
activities with other department leaders to share resources and eliminate overlapping
efforts.
• Strategic Planning and Budgeting: Developed $2.4 million budget and strategy for the
CEO to modernize and enhance corporate supply chain system. Cut over 30% from
purchase order processing costs.
• Team Building / Leadership: Overhauled troubled department, improving employee
satisfaction, retention and recruitment of best-qualified applicants. Increased opinion
of leader rating by more than 70%.
Select Achievements:
• Identified, negotiated, and Partner contracts throughout GCC with Oracle. Driving
annual contract return on investment by $2M in four years.
• Built/ lead team of professionals to 300+; knowledge users, power users, business
functional support, and process development experts throughout all the group in
GCC.
• Introduced knowledge management philosophy reducing project training period by
33%.
• Developed and implemented IT policies & procedures.
• Awarded Cybersecurity SACS-002 in the group related to all Aramco ID Vendors.
High-performing information-technology professional. Oversaw and coordinated
technology direction and strategy, process and quality improvement. Managed IT
corporate standards compliance, asset management, project planning and
management, budgeting, forecasting, and customer relationship management. Directed
IT teams in designing, building, implementing, managing, supporting and enhancing key
technologies. Responsibilities included application life cycle development, data
warehousing, business intelligence, customer support, and client relations. Managed
team of 30 technical staff and a budget of nearly $1.5 million.
Select Achievements:
• Oversee all aspects of the design and deployment of corporate information systems.
• Manage 3 IT departments, supervising 20 employees with full P&L responsibility.
• Direct operations for complex and advanced Information Technology environment.
• Collaborate with executive team to design strategies to utilize state of the art
technology to enhance business.
• Resolve escalated system issues utilizing in house staff and third party consultants.
• Handle all recruiting and hiring of upper and mid-level Information Systems managers,
systems engineers and developers.
• Manage all departmental information technology projects and work with Project
Managers on goal attainment.
• Design information architecture with full responsibility for systems security and
business continuity.
• Research, negotiate and prepare IT consulting contracts for third party applications.
• Provide leadership and vision for the Corporate IT department include strategic
planning of information systems.
• Develop strategic direction for the information systems plan including technology
deployment plans and departmental budgets.
Dissertation Name: The impacts of leadership styles on organization performance; A study on Shuwayer Company in the Kingdom of Saudi.