ICT Projects Director / Head of GRC Consulting Practice
BIRTH Creative Catalysrt
Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months
Head of projects & consulting practice including but not limited to Enterprise ICT Infrastructure, Security, Audit, Governance, Digital Business Transformation, Cloud Computing, Process Analysis Design & Re engineering, Development of Web & Online based business solutions.
Responsible for managing the three main pillars of the practice: people, delivery and sales enablement.
Design & Build Enterprise Information Security Architecture & Management System.
Cyber Security Strategy, Risk Management, Threat Identification, Vulnerability Assessment & Monitoring, Intrusions Monitoring/Detection/Prevention, Periodic Security Audits, Response Planning & Incident Management.
Assess, maintain and develop policies, processes, procedures, internal controls, , compliance and audit for the governance of ICT infrastructure, local/Wide area networks, Business Applications, Physical, Digital & Cyber security, Database systems, SLAs in line with internationally accepted standards.
International Standards (ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 22301, PCI-DSS, ISO/IEC 20000)
Technology Industry Frameworks & Best Practices (COBIT, NIST, SANS, ITIL)
National Industry Standards (NESA, ADSICv2, ISR, DHCC, DIFC)
UAE Federal Laws & Regulations (3/1987, 3/2003, 1/2006, 5/2012), Dubai Law 23/2006
Telecommunication (TRA) Specific Regulations
Accountable for operational/financial metrics and overall business results of the practice.
Responsible for maintaining and ensuring quality of the practice delivery.
Lead and orchestrate customer facing consulting practice & digital transformation engagements.
Build relationship on C level with senior client leaders and key stakeholders
Develop client business conduct methodologies into the latest technologies enablement and best utilization.
Identify opportunities where new services and applications can provide benefit to the client’s business or address the client’s existing challenges..
Design and prepare detailed ICT technical & coomercial proposals in response to requirement/RFP
Lead client meetings related to proposed solutions at Pre & Post Bid Meetings
Work with clients throughout proposal development phases:
Business opportunity identification and assessment
Requirements & needs
Feasabile alternatrive options
Solution design
Pre-proposal preparation
Technical proposal development
Commercial proposal development
Post-submittal & Contract negotiations
Managing consulting projects lifecycle (Initiate, Plane, Execute, Monitor & Control, Closure)
The Corporate Project Office | PMO is the central area that provides both leadership and hands-on service delivery. This includes providing advice, assistance, monitoring and assurance for EAI program &/ project managers. The Director role is a high-profile position that works to ensure that:
Projects and programs are operating in alignment with corporately accepted policies, frameworks and methodologies
Project managers and program offices are supported in meeting corporate project management requirements.
The project management policy is implemented at appropriate governance structure.
Project management frameworks and methodologies adapt and evolve in line with ongoing organisational needs
Tasks
Manage, Advise and mentor EAI project managers and program management.
Monitor and assure significant EAI projects’ management approach and operation.
Support projects in meeting their strategic, tactical & operations requirements.
Be the source of authoritative advice regarding how projects are managed based on corporately accepted policies, frameworks and methodologies
Support the identification and management of cross-project dependencies.
Lead three teams within the CPO | PMO:
The Project Office team, which provides services in areas such as project finance, benefits realisation, documentation requirements, reporting, quality, contracts, cost control, human resources, …etc
The Program/project management team, which provides direct project support for projects managed within the EAI Corporate Operations Program.
The business analyst team, which provides feasibility study and analysis for new/current projects and opportunities.
PMO Director of Kuwiat Information Network (KIN) a high speed, flexible, redundant, full-tolerance, secure, expandable, multi-protocol, open-standards digital ICT infrastructure that will provide computer network inter-connection among all governmental institutions and will ease sharing of information resources and flow, exchange, and use of information between these institutions.
Provide technical consultancy &/ support on: Routers, Switches, Bridges, Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, Web-Content switching, Caching, Load-Balancing, DNS, Proxy, Wireless LAN, VoIP, VPN, VLAN, PKI, Sniffers, Firewalls, IDS & Vulnerability Assessment technologies.
Provide Consultancy on IBM Mainframe, Local area networks, wide area networks, IS security, Internet, Cryptography, and high-end data communication systems, ICT projects …etc to large corporate sectors, ministries and other governmental institutions in Kuwait as part of MOP role and commitments.
Identify, Design & Implement adequate ICT infrastructure and architecture including LAN, MAN & WAN in the government agencies in the state of kuwait
Provide Consultancy on Audit Management, Planning and Organization of IS, Technical Infrastructure and Operational Practices, Security & Protection of Information Assets, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Business Application System Development, Acquisition, Implementation and Maintenance & Business Process Evaluation and Risk Management
Manage & Superintend Enterprise ICT Projects life cycle activities (Initiating, planning, execution, monitoring & control, closing) according to PMI.org book of knowledge.
Kuwait E-government project consultant.
Design and implement an Integrated and secured Web-enabled Access to MOP host (IBM Z/800) utilizing IBM Webshpere Host Integration solution, IBM Tivoli Access Manager for E-Business & Tivoli Risk Manager.
Prepare the RFPs & supervise the building of the E-Government first portal in the state of kuwait (www.egov.gov.kw) in a three tier security architecture model.
Design a consolidated secure architecture to integrate Minstry of Planning and other governmental bodies Wide Area Networks with remote sites covering the whole state of Kuwait .
Web-enabling and full implementation of TCP/IP on IBM Z/800 mainframe hosting major state scale applications.
Explore the technicalities of diverse scenarios & implement the migration of the MOP S/390 SNA private WAN to IP virtual private WAN through service providers with more than 200 remore sites utilizing IPsec 3DES security protocol.
Studying, Evaluating & Auditing ICT yearly budgets and requirements for ministries and other governmental bodies & institutions in the state of Kuwait.
Preparing ICT Request For Proposals for LAN, WAN, Portals and PKI at MOP.
Design and implementation of LANs and WANs at MOP through the four phases of network management life cycle (Analysis & Specification, Design, Implementation & Maintenance)
Prepare Minstry of Planning-Kuwait report in the International Summit for Information Societies.
Design and Implement Remote Access Authentication to MOP network through Cisco Secure TACACS AAA server.
Set the specifications for implementing Public Key Infrastructure solution at MOP.
Administer, Monitor & Support existing LAN, WAN communication & security equipment (Cisco high-end routers, ISDN Access servers, Web-content Switches, Checkpoint & Cisco PIX Firewalls, Gateways, L3 Switches, IDS, Hubs …..).
Supporting IBM Mainframe - SNA Communication (S/390): VTAM, Netview, Netview Access, NPM, NCP, JES, OSA and IBM eNetwork Communication Server
Provide technical support on ATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and IBM Token Ring Networks.
Designing and Implementing TCP/IP Networks.
Replacing IBM Front End Processors (FEPs) with High end Routers.
Exploring and Evaluating new ICT(Networks and Telecommunication) products and technologies.
Provide consulting services on developing a coherent competent business strategy.
Providing consulting services to Teleccom. /Service Providers to Develop:
* Network & Security Managed Services solutions.
* Data Center & Disaster Recovery Business sloutions.
* Professional Services.
* Internet value-added services.
Provide consulting services during the PDCA cycle of the followings:
preparation and proposal evaluation & selection.
ICT Budget Preparation & Auditing.
E-government Consultant.
Generic ICT Consulation & Auditing.
ICT Strategic Planning.
Data Calssification.
Information Security Policy Consultation & Development.
E-enabling KISR Consultant.
Design & Develop an ICT budget follow up application.
ICT RFPs preparation and proposals evaluation.
LAN/MAN/WAN & security consultation.
Techincal Documentation.
Cerificates PMP, CISA, CISSP,CCAI, ISO 27001 LA, ITIL CERTIFIED