Ryan ALHARBI, Head of Processes and Excellence

Ryan ALHARBI

Head of Processes and Excellence

Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology, Major (Enterprise System)
Experience
12 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months

Head of Processes and Excellence at Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since September 2019
Senior Business Analyst Specialist at Tamkeen Technologies
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since February 2018

• Planning and Defining scope of work for business requirements
• Working with stakeholders to gather requirements
• Identifying, investigating and analysing procedures, business processes and work practices
• Gather and use work data to help in Requirements analysis and refinement
• Performing requirements analysis
• Developing requirements and producing Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
• Working as part of a cross-functional agile (SCRUM/Kanban) project teams ensuring high-quality delivery is at the heart of the delivery process from requirements definition to delivery
• Identify and evaluate inefficiencies
• Recommend optimal business practices, system functionality and behaviour
• Working with key stakeholders to enhance/implement solutions to meet the business needs
• Creating user and training documentation
• Conducting formal training classes
• acting as a central reference and information source, providing guidance and assistance in the system project decision making process.

Business Analyst at International System Engineering -ISE
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2017 to January 2018

• Improve efficiency of business processes and tasks.
• Provide a central point of contact between Customers and Requirements Capture.
• Setting standards for process documentation.
• Making maximum use of available resources in meeting requirements with existing constraints.
• Developing project plan by identifying the scope, resources, cost and timeline.
• Ensure all approved projects are scheduled and delivered according to business needs.
• Capture business requirements by using requirement gathering techniques with stakeholders.
• Report progress to customers and colleagues, to agreed standards.
• Ensure issues and risks are reported to customers and colleagues, as appropriate.
• Identifying, developing, reviewing and enhancing work practices, procedures and Business processes.
• Using real data to ensure accurate requirements analysis and refinement.
• Ensure the continuity of daily business operations by assist risks and propose optimal workarounds by make sure of implementing permanent solutions.
• Engage existing and new customers to establish clear and concise business requirements against a declared problem statement.
• Ensure that all projects are reported on, to agreed standards, on a weekly basis.
• Creating User manual and training materials.
• Performing training classes for new systems’ users.
• Conducting User Acceptance Test (UAT) sessions with stakeholders.
• Support solution delivery to ensure smooth run of go-live.
• Provision of advice and encouragement in the personal development of junior Business Analysts.

Business Analyst Specialist at Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency - SAMA
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2016 to April 2017

Requirement Management
• Define scope of work for business requirements
• Conduct and facilitate workshops with stakeholders
• Gather and Elicit Requirements
• Analyze problems and root causes that affect process performance
• Gather and use work data to help in Requirements analysis and refinement
• Translating and simplifying requirements
• Building Business Requirement Document (BRD)

Solution Development and Implementation
• Participate in choosing the best solution
• Work with key line of business executives to enhance/implement solutions to meet the business needs
• Working closely with developers to ensure the success of the project
• Manage UAT session with stakeholders
• Support the delivery of the solutions and ensure smooth run of go-live
• Ensure the continuity of daily business operations and assist risk, propose workarounds whenever is needed and make sure of implementing permanent solutions
• Represent project stakeholders with the developers (and vice versa) throughout the process

Business Process Analyst at Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency - SAMA (Central Bank)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2012 to May 2016

Working in analyzing the current work process in the whole organization and find ways to improve and develop it. Also, working as Business analysis and that by studying and analyzing new processes, software, tools and any improvement that the organization might need.


Process Documentation:

• Maintain Enterprise Process Architecture (EPA)
• Discover all As-Is processes across SAMA and locate them in Enterprise Process Architecture.
• Collect & analyze information about As-Is processes from stakeholders.
• Model As-Is process workflow & review it with stakeholders.
• Create As-Is process manual & review it with stakeholders.
• Publish As-Is process workflow & process manuals in Excellence Portal.
• Do A Quality Assurance check for every process before publishing it
• Analyze workforce to organizational units
• Models “as-is” and “to-be” business processes using EPC and BPMN2.0
• Conducts interviews with various business organizational units to gain insight on current state of processes.


Process Improvement:

• Conduct workshops with process stakeholders in order to improve the process using BPTrend Methodology
• Determine & schedule processes that are subject of improvement.
• Conduct workshops with all process stakeholders.
• Analyze process, list all problems & root causes of problems that affect process performance.
• Suggest solutions to eliminate all problem root causes.
• Redesign process according to findings & best practices.
• Update To-Be process workflow & process manuals in the Portal.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with the client, management, and team members.
• Created and deployed KPIs to measure adoption rate of new process improvements.
• Identified opportunities for improvement in operational performance.


Process Performance Measurement:

• Define KPIs for To-Be processes.
• Receive & analyze process performance report sent by process owners.
• Monitor current & target process measures.
• Report process performance to top management.


Process Implementation:

• Redesign selected "to be" processes in line with SAMAnet, mainframe and any other interface.
• Ensure the conduct of user-acceptance "business-side" testing of the automated process, and coordinate with IT if required.
• Review reports on the overall performance of automated systems and seek continuous improvement


Process Improvement Team Leader


Quality Assurance and Knowledge Management:

• Establishing Quality Assurance and Knowledge Management Division

Wholesale Business Supervisor at High Quality Establishment
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2004 to November 2004

Managing the Business and control the business data and finance.

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology, Major (Enterprise System)
  • at Queensland University of Technology
  • July 2012
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Major (Information System)
  • at Queensland University of Technology
  • July 2010

Information Technology with Major of Information System.

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Specialties & Skills

Business Process
Business Process Design
Business Analysis
Business Process Improvement
Windows OS
Web 2.0 Tools
Business Process Improvement
Apple OS
Business Analysis
Business Process Modelling
Signavio
Enterprise 2.0
Microsoft Office
Business Process Management
Change Management
Leadership

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified International Change Manager- CICM (Training)
Training Institute:
LEORON
Date Attended:
August 2014
Certified International Change Manager- CICM (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2014
Mastering People Management & Team Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Oxford Management
Date Attended:
January 2016
Advanced Presentations And Public Speaking With High Personal Impact (Training)
Training Institute:
Informa Middle East
Date Attended:
December 2015
Advanced Business Writing (Training)
Training Institute:
Meirc Training and Consulting
Date Attended:
November 2015
Business Intelligence: Data Analysis and Reporting Techniques (Training)
Training Institute:
Meirc Training and Consulting
Date Attended:
October 2015
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Queensland University of Technology
Date Attended:
February 2015
Improving Processes Training Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Leonardo Consulting
Date Attended:
November 2013
Measuring Processes Training Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Leonardo Consulting
Date Attended:
October 2013
The Effective Facilitator Training Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Leadership Strategies
Date Attended:
September 2013
Business Process Modeling and Notation 2.0 (BPMN2.0) Training (Training)
Training Institute:
BIC Platform Training
Date Attended:
May 2013
BIC Platform Training (Training)
Training Institute:
GBTEC Software and Consulting AG
Date Attended:
May 2013
Training Course in Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN!2.0) (Training)
Training Institute:
Queensland University of Technology
Date Attended:
November 2011
Executive Training SAP Business By Design (Training)
Training Institute:
Queensland University of Technology
Date Attended:
June 2012
Conference in Mastering SAP Plant Maintenance (Training)
Training Institute:
Event Group
Date Attended:
November 2011
Seminar in Business Process Modelling and Notation (BPMN2.0) (Training)
Training Institute:
Queensland University of Technology
Date Attended:
November 2011
Enterprise Process Architecture (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
Business Process Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Training in Business Process Modelling and Notation (BPMN2.0) (Training)
Training Institute:
Queensland University of Technology
Date Attended:
November 2011
Modelling Excellence Seminar (Training)
Training Institute:
Leonardo Consulting
Date Attended:
September 2013

Hobbies

  • Modelling
  • Travel