Reem Turky, Planning and digital transformation manager

Reem Turky

Planning and digital transformation manager

Ministry Of Culture - Saudi Arabia

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology Managment
Experience
23 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months

Planning and digital transformation manager at Ministry Of Culture - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2022
Associate director at KPMG
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2021 to December 2021
IT Planning and Governance Manager at National Development Fund
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2020 to April 2021

Overall management of planning and implantation of Strategy, Quality, Financial, Supplier, Portfolio, and Resource Capacity and Capability management. In addition, provide advice on IT governance, strategic planning, and risk, contributing to strategy and policy formulation to inform decision making and achievement of NDF digital transformation to ensure technological innovation and IT structure that will enable effective operation, improved user experience.

Technology Zones & Communities Expert at Ministry of Communications & IT
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2020 to August 2020

Defining, analyzing, and monitoring ICT’s sector trends, and being familiar with sector- specific laws, policies, and regulations, particularly in Technology zones, clusters, research & technology parks, emerging technologies, and digital citizenship.
• Study the proposals, topics or difficulties referred to it, and submit proposed solutions and actionable plans.
• Preparing RFP, reports, and presentations in Arabic and English.

Senior Specialist, Emerging Technology, Performance & Strategic Management at King Abdullah University of Sciences & Technology
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2018 to January 2020

Conduct development, implementation, and continuous improvement of KAUST IT’s Enterprise Performance & Quality Management Frameworks including Strategy, Business Planning and Business Performance Frameworks. Lead the development of a holistic approach to strategy, performance, and quality measurements & management. Including but not limited to:
• Identification & promotion of new and emerging hardware, software and communication technologies and products, services, methods and techniques and the assessment of their relevance and potential value as business enablers, improvements in cost/performance or sustainability.
• Aligning emerging technologies with organizational IT strategies and plays a key role in implementing solution and collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders and work across-functional teams in the development.
• Implementation of a strategic investment appraisal and decision-making process based on a clear understanding of cost, risk, inter-dependencies, and influence existing technologies and business activities, enabling measurement and objectives.
• Support initiatives through implementation, including tracking progress, designing, and monitoring key metrics, tracking performance against milestones, and providing change management guidance.
• Set the direction of Strategy & Performance Measurement Process, including the information gathering, data analysis and ensures timely submission of the Up-to-date statistics (KPI scorecards, budget, and delivery status summaries etc.) and required IT performance and management reports.

PMO Head at King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2010 to January 2018

Leading the programs and projects management, including setting deadlines, prioritizing tasks, and assigning team members to various deliverables. Analyzing financial data, including project budgets, risks, and resource allocation. Providing financial reports and budget outlines to IT Leadership. Other responsibilities, includes but not limited to:
• Leading the PMO Establishment
• Managed the implementation of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) system
• Establishment of KPIs, governance framework, and artifacts for PMO
• Develop IT governance, policies, and procedures.
• Implementation of Dashboards, Timesheet Reports, Projects customized reports for IT and Enterprise Application management
• Created the department’s strategy.
• Appling Project Management Institute (PMI) processes standards to ensure that all projects documents are complete, up-to-date, and stored appropriately.
• Planning the allocation of department’s resources (budget and human resources)

Manager of Ladies Department and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program at Ministry of Water & Electricity
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • November 2007 to July 2010

Perform and conduct all the statistical and studies required for improving and measuring the performance of various departments within Ministry of water & Electricity in Jeddah and Riyadh.

1. Established the ladies department of water awareness & conservation
2. Established communications and contacts in the community (Universities, schools, private & public sectors)
3. Conducted many water awareness trainings, workshops, and technical lectures
4. Conduct a statistical study on the water usages in Jeddah city
5. Conducted the customer services and customers satisfaction surveys
6. Raised the level of water awareness in the community in different sectors

Manager of Ladies Department and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program at National Water Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2008 to July 2010

Managing the ladies department for Water Awareness and conservation, and leading all the projects of water awareness and conversation.
1. Managed CSR’s team and planned the activities of new established department
2. Established Corporate Social Responsibility Department.
3. Planned and executed the Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
4. Analyzed the web presence of NWC and suggested ways of improvement
5. Assisted in planning the marketing of NWC’s website
6. Conducted many marketing research studies for NWC and its level of services
7. Conducted many marketing and CSR events and campaigns
8. Conducted the most effective marketing campaign

Web Master/Web Developer at Nesma Holding Company Ltd.
  • Saudi Arabia
  • September 2006 to November 2007

Developing & Mastering Nesma Companies' websites, Intranet and coordinate with all Nesma Companies.

1. Developed and maintained 15+ websites for NESMA companies
2. Analyzed the business needs of NESMA companies in regards to web presences
3. Conduct quality reviews on NESMA companies and implement the best web development practices on NESMA companies websites
4. Updated NESMA companies websites
5. Created NESMA Intranet site
6. Analyzed and enhanced the usability of NESMA companies website

Web & Form Developer at Zedan Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2006 to September 2006

1. Developing and designing web sites.
2. Designing forms for Optical Mark Reader
3. Assist in developing Databases for Optical Mark Reader Programs
4. Developed and maintained clients’ websites
5. Analyzed the contents of clients’ companies in regards to web presences
6. Updated the websites’ contents

IT, Marketing Head of Departments at Beauty and Wellness Saudi Company Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2005 to February 2006

1. Full responsability of IT department
2. Assist in Accounting and Auditing
3. Full responsability of Marketing and Telemarketing

Administrative Assistant II at King Khalid National Guard Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2003 to August 2005

1.Provide full administrative and secretarial support for the Section Head, and secretarial support for Adult Medical Oncology staff physicians and nursing staff, as required
2.Take and transcribe minutes of all Section meetings, and other meetings as required.
3.Prepare and distribute monthly, annual and other reports, as required
4.Prepared slide and overhead presentations as requested
5.Participate in research activities including data input and extraction, photocopying printed documents, typing documents, maintain files, maintain electronic filing system of reference materials
7.Typing patient educational materials in English and Arabic
8.Plans and organizes

Customer Service Assistant at BUPA Middle East Company (ASAS Health Care)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2002 to November 2003

1.To Process claims on Falcon System for initial receipt through to approval within specific guidelines
2.To Process new business, from initial policy set up through to dispatch of fulfilled members packs
3.Adjudicate outpatient claims within agreed guidelines and understand how to proceed when a claim falls outside the laid down criteria
4.Accurately input claim details to Falcon in accordance with written procedures ensuring particularly that the financial element of the claim is correct. In this respect, clear understanding is needed of the network providers billing process; accurately interpreting the appropriate discount structure and invoice items by service type
5.Set up new contracts and input members details to Falcon in accordance with written procedures
6.Assist with fulfillment of the policy and members packs when required
7.Amend the policy and members records in accordance with requests from our client and issue replacement documentation
8.Respond to customer queries in writing and over the telephone in a professional manner
9.Proactively seek to means to provide an excellent level of custoner service.

Web developer at Net People Company-a division of 3I company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2000 to September 2001

Developed web sites, by using HTMl, JavaScript, PHP MySQL languages. used Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks for graphic designes

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology Managment
  • at University of Sunderland
  • July 2009

Master of Information Technology Management, University of Sunderland, U.K. Thesis title: Building a Mechanism for Developing E-Customer Complaint Solution (Integrated with Services Desk) for NCB. Grade: Very Good (B)

Diploma, ASP.NET
  • at Millennium Institute of Technology & Management
  • March 2007

40 training hours

Diploma, Diploma Of Oracle Database programming
  • at New Horizon Institute
  • June 2003

GPA= 4.79 of 5.0 Best Graduation Project

Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences & Statistics
  • at King Abdulaziz University
  • June 2002
Doctorate, Business Administration
  • at University of Southampton

Strategic Visionary Management

Specialties & Skills

MS Project
Program Management
Project Management
Agile Project Management
c++ (cpluzpluz) programming lanuage
Fortran 90 Programming Languge
PHP/MySQL
Peal/CGI
HTML coding
Oracle SQL
Typing 50 wpm
Oracle PL/SQL
Data Analysis & Design
Commuincation Skills
Customer Services Skills
Reports Writing Skills
Medical Terminology
Internet Expert
Microsoft Office 2013 (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Publisher)
Photosho CS
ASP.NET
Visual Basic.NET
Javascript
Statistical Research
Strategic planning and execution
Projects & Programs Management Skills
Leadership Skills
Business Analysis
Portfolio Management
Microsoft Project Management Professional
SAP CRM
SAP Solution Manager
Training
MS Project Server
Vendor Management

Social Profiles

Personal Website
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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

IEEE
  • Students Activities Chair, Students Chapter Vice Chair of IEEE Saudi Arabia-Western Region Section
  • February 2004
IEEE_Computer Society
  • WIN (Women in Engineering) Vice Chair of IEEE Saudi Arabia-Western Region Section
  • February 2004
PMI
  • Member
  • April 2007
ISACA
  • Member
  • October 2020

Training and Certifications

ISO 9001:2000 Awareness & Documentation (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Council of Engineering & Federation of Engineering Institution of Islamic Countries
Date Attended:
April 2007
Duration:
24 hours
Enterprise Project Management 2013: Power Users Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Lean Six Sigma- Green Belt Training (Training)
Training Institute:
British Quality Foundation
Date Attended:
December 2011
Duration:
240 hours
Lean Six Sigma- Black Belt Training (Training)
Training Institute:
British Quality Foundation
Date Attended:
January 2016
Duration:
240 hours
Advanced Leadership and Management Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Knowledge Economy City
Date Attended:
October 2016
Duration:
125 hours
Cloud Computing Success Factor Course (Training)
Training Institute:
KAUST
Date Attended:
May 2017
Duration:
24 hours
Mini-MBA Boot Camp for Scale-Ups (Training)
Training Institute:
Babson Collage
Date Attended:
January 2018
Duration:
50 hours
Digital Transformation Series (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
January 2020
Duration:
45 hours
Certified Strategy and Business Planning (Training)
Training Institute:
KPI Institute
Date Attended:
February 2021
Duration:
30 hours
Cloud Computing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2015
Six Sigma Green Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
April 2016
PMP Trick of the trade training course (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2010
Valid Until:
March 2010

Hobbies

  • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
    with 97% score