سمير شهاب

Responsibilities:
• Manage and define Projects scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables.
• Oversee and execute a diverse range of projects, including Transformation Projects, IT
Implementations, Business Process Re-engineering, Feasibility Studies, etc.
• Leads delivery team and interfaces with vendors and other stakeholders.
• Manage risk, performs mitigation planning and address issues, and facilitate change within
specific projects by implementing effective risk, issue, and change management processes.
• Monitor project budgets and compile regular status reports.
• Collaborate with others to leverage learning and lead in building and sharing knowledge with
all projects team members.
Key Achievements:
1. Project: Core Banking Transformation (FLEXCUBE to Temenos T24)
Budget: USD $20mn
Vendors: Multiple vendors
Resources: + 85
Objective: Core Banking transformation from legacy Flex cube system to T24 R22 in order to
decrease operation cost, improve operation efficiency EOD/EOY, growth in business, and
comply with new Central Bank of Egypt regulation
2. Project: Disaster Recovery Renovation
Budget: USD $7mn
Vendor: Multiple vendors
Resources: +70
Objective: Rebuild Disaster Recovery and fine-tune and optimize recoverability process, secure
Third-party and DMZ zones to strengthen the DR infrastructure against potential threats and
enhance overall cybersecurity posture, build DR network segmentation, validate IT resiliency
for RTO, RPO and conduct DR live during official working hours, conduct partial failover
scenarios
3. Project: IT Change and Release Management
Objective: Process reengineering, manage IT Change and release Management CAB, and
address Central Bank findings
4. Project: Bank of Uganda Digital Transformation (a subsidiary of Bank du Caire)
Objective: Implementation of Internet Banking and mobile banking
5. Project: Temenos Infinity
Objective: Implement new digital internet banking “Temenos Infinity”
6. Project: ISO 22301
Objective: Implement business continuity standard ISO 22301 (Phase.1 Branches and Contact
Center)

Conduct business and IT project/RFC feasibility study
Plan, direct and co-ordinate activities of multiple projects
Define project scope, objectives, staffing, resources, risks and Quality
Day to day progress control and monitor
Manage vendor relationships including negotiating and controlling contracts
Manage and control project budget
Develop and present reports to project board
Maintain communication with project stakeholders and manage expectations
Evaluate projects and assess results

Achievements:
Corporate Internet banking
T.24 core banking upgrade assessment
Microstrategy business intelligence
Oracle FCCM
Bancassurance
Side SafeWatch v3.4

Delivered projects:

- A-IRB program (Advanced Internal Rating Based Approach) program (Electronic Credit Application, Rating Attribution, Early Warnings, and Credit Monitoring)
- RWA Risk Weighted Assets “Basel III”
- FATCA
- Disaster Recovery site in Turin feasibility study
- AlexBank Datacenter design and implementation at smart village
- Intesa SanPaolo procurement centralization program
- Oracle Financial Accounting Hub
- Avaya Contact Center
- CR-ISP (Customer Relationship -IntesaSanPaolo)
- Design and build Intranet websites for PMO, Procurement, and ISO.
- IP-Telephony System solution
- 3G network Backup Solution for braches
- SMS integration solution
- Microsoft Active Directory - Oracle ERP System integration

All Pre Sales Activities including Solution Designing, Bill of Material (BOM), and Costing.
•Solution proposals and presentations to the customers.
•Coordination with principal for successful completion of presales activities.
•Design/review and approve project implementation plans.
•Provide technical support services to customers
Key Projects:
•Sahel wel Sahra Bank LAN, VOIP and optimization solution.
•Ministry of electricity data center design

Delivered projects:
- MCIT (The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) LAN, VOIP and security design
- ALSTOME LAN and VOIP infrastructure design
- ALICO LAN and VOIP infrastructure design