Yousef Baroum

Key Deliverables as Deputy minister

, Smart Cities initiative & secretary general digitization committee
•Value Proposition: leading the development of the national strategy for smart cities in the major 5 cities in the Kingdome, and developing the digitization strategy for the municipal sector in order to unifying the efforts and to minimize the cost of ownership with the direct stakeholders, leading the Digital Components in Smart Cities projects to expedite the cities transformations covering Roads Initiatives, Building & Public Utilities, Flood Initiatives, Waste Management Initiatives

•Strategies & Policies Alignment: Maintaining continuous alignment of kingdom cities plans with strategic business objectives, and made recommendations to modify the plans & Procedures to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent
•IT Management: Handling service design, delivery and capacity planning to meet the business requirement and expectation. Developing the initiatives of smart cities by the National Transformation Plan;
•Quality Assurance & Control: Monitoring and ensuring quality work which compiles well with safety norms; maintaining first-level quality assurance to confirm work within discipline and in accordance with the plans, specifications and industry standards
•Project Management: Managing complete portfolio of projects including cost budgeting, planning and execution of projects; performing tasks within a project-scoping document. Completing the Projects as per PMO framework and guidelines. Managing the IT & Telecom systems projects (concept to commissioning)
•Liaison & Coordination: Accountable for understanding the development and implementation plan for smart city projects linked to Economic Affairs Council.
•Team Management: Monitoring teams in the development of cutting-edge solutions; mentoring and training staff members to enable them to perform effectively. Creating and sustaining environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team members

, IT Data Center (Dec 2011- April 2012: VP of ICT in Ministry of Labor

Value Proposition: meticulously developed and executed the IT Strategy and aligning to Business Strategy to exploit maximum value from IT investment performance

Key Deliverables:
•Provided the organization with a state of art technology IT infrastructure along with it linked all the placement centers and the country management officer. Business transformation using business and IT experience to revitalize business processes and deliver high performance cost effectively
•Hired and trained IT managers and successor planning and accountable for integrated Orders, point of sale, HR and payroll with general ledger; ERP implementation; development of bait assawadah job portal
•Developed KPI's for the management to help achieve their goals and compilation of Business Plan for the IT Restructured the IT division and associated departments to maximize productivity and reduce IT costs

IT Smart City initiative
Value Proposition: Developed innovative, fact-based and achievable Information Technology (IT) strategies and operating models to enable business growth in the city. Drove continuous professional services process improvement and efficiency while establishing high standards for engagement quality and delivery; worked on the development of the bid requirements and technical specifications for smart cities initiatives and supervision. Prepared standardized specs for the implementation of corporate governance initiatives

•Strategic Planning: Developing, documenting, maintaining, and communicating the internal IT technologies strategy. Advising senior management on strategies and policies to minimize associated risks; building strategic technology roadmap in line with organizational strategy. Determining the basic components needed to implement the initiatives and identify the responsibilities of the implementation by the National Transformation Plan
•Strategies & Policies Alignment: Maintaining continuous alignment of IT plans with strategic business objectives, and made recommendations to modify the plans & Procedures to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent
•IT Management: Handling service design, delivery and capacity planning to meet the business requirement and expectation. Developing the initiatives of smart cities by the National Transformation Plan;
•Technical Support: Providing both Strategic and Tactical support to the concerned department. Providing innovative expertise, consulting, design, implementation, and leadership in the realization of the benefits of IT technologies for the departments; working on the development of the bid requirements and technical specifications for smart cities initiatives and supervision
•Quality Assurance & Control: Monitoring and ensuring quality work which compiles well with safety norms; maintaining first-level quality assurance to confirm work within discipline and in accordance with the plans, specifications and industry standards
•Project Management: Managing complete portfolio of projects including cost budgeting, planning and execution of projects; performing tasks within a project scoping document. Completing the Projects as per PMO framework and guidelines. Managing the IT & Telecom systems projects (concept to commissioning)
•Liaison & Coordination: Accountable for understanding the development and implementation plan for smart city projects linked to Economic Affairs Council.
•Team Management: Monitoring teams in the development of cutting-edge solutions; mentoring and training staff members to enable them to perform effectively. Creating and sustaining environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team members

Highlights:
•Successfully established Network Department in the hospital besides development of standard procedures and functions for the IT Network Department; establishment of V-SAT Video Conferencing between the hospital and Mayo Clinic, John Hopkins University.
•Played crucial role in the development of department KPIs besides establishment of state-of-the-art network between Riyadh and Jeddah; setting up the IT User Support Department in the hospital besides establishment of standard procedures and functions in the department
•Certificate of Appreciation from CEO, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, for success of the
•International E-Health Conference & Exhibition
•Certificate of Appreciation from Chairman, E-Health Conference; Certificate of Appreciation from Chairman, Saudi BioTech 2002 Conference; Certificate of Appreciation from Chairman, International Cardiovascular Conference (ICC); Certificate of Appreciation from Chairman, International Integrated Medicine Conference
•Certificate of Appreciation from the Hospital