Dr Zakir Hussain

Dr Zakir Hussain

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  • UniversallyAI Graphic

    UniversallyAI

    AI to Anyone - "Ai as a Service"

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      CyberCrime Policing & Cyber Legal Officer, Public Safety & Security, Meta Crimes, Governance

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      CISO - Cyber- Security, RISK, Intelligence, Threat Landscape, Privacy, GRC, DORA Assessor

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      Forensic - Task Force, DFIR Lab, Contr Room, Intel, Research, University, Market

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      SOC, Threat, Digital Forensic, Incident Response and more

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    Capability Development - Training, Upskill, Cyber Range Labs - Cyber Police University

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    City Advisory - Great Smart City, Great Cognitive City, Cyber Secure City, Cognitive Smart City,

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    Gateway to Startups - Creating Innovation through IP

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      Policing, Law Enforcement

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    Cyber Safe Travel - Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Satellite

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    Malomatia, Qatar

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    Symbions (Toyota, Instancy,Colt Telecom), Fujitsu, Onex (MCI-Wordcom, DMV), Lani

Volunteer Experience

  • Reviewer

    Reviewer

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    - Present 14 years

  • Artificial Intelligence - AI Risks (Attacks & Vulnerabilities)

    Artificial Intelligence - AI Risks (Attacks & Vulnerabilities)

    Cloud Security Alliance

  • Member - Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    Member - Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    World Economic Forum

    - Present less than a year

    Universally AI - Ai For All

  • Digital Assurance Assessor

    Digital Assurance Assessor

    PCI Security Standards Council

  • Reviewer & Assessor

    Reviewer & Assessor

    OWASP® Foundation

  • President-Data Protection Council (Security & Privacy)

    President-Data Protection Council (Security & Privacy)

    Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

    Protecting Tech Stack such as IT, OT, IoT, Metaverse and Emerging Technology. Developed integrated global privacy program for Smart City, Smart Nation and Corporate

  • Director- Regulatory, Compliance, Assurance, Audit and Certification

    Director- Regulatory, Compliance, Assurance, Audit and Certification

    Supreme Quality Council™ (SQC)

    Driving Transformation through Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Regulatory Affairs (GRA), Compliance Assurance, PCI-DSS, Intellectual Property (IP), Ethics, SHEQ Audit and Certification, ISO for Blockchain, ISO-17025-Digital-Forensic (DFIR), ISO-20000-ITSM, ISO-37002-Whistle-Blowing Systems, ISO-31000-Risk Management System, ISO-56002-Innovation Management, ISO-18044-Security-Incident-Management. ISO 22301-Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS), ISO 17021, ISO 17065, ISO 17020, ISO…

    Driving Transformation through Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Regulatory Affairs (GRA), Compliance Assurance, PCI-DSS, Intellectual Property (IP), Ethics, SHEQ Audit and Certification, ISO for Blockchain, ISO-17025-Digital-Forensic (DFIR), ISO-20000-ITSM, ISO-37002-Whistle-Blowing Systems, ISO-31000-Risk Management System, ISO-56002-Innovation Management, ISO-18044-Security-Incident-Management. ISO 22301-Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS), ISO 17021, ISO 17065, ISO 17020, ISO 17025, ISO 21384 for Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS)/Drone Safety Standard.
    ISO TC8 - Ship and Maritime Technology Security- Maritime Cyber Risk Assessment.
    IEC 62443 Cybersecurity for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS).
    Industrial Standards :: NIST SP 800-82, API STD 1164, IEC 62443, ISA 99, ISO 27001, IEC 61511, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-30, IEC 61882, IEC 61508, ISA 84, API 14C

  • Board Member

    Board Member

    CyberSecurity Authority™

    - Present 4 years

    Securing World CyberSpace

  • President

    Project Management Organization

  • Board Member

    Board Member

    Supreme Education Council™

    Education

    Compliance, Regulations, Standards, Assurance

  • Chief Testing Officer (CTO)

    Chief Testing Officer (CTO)

    Chief Testing Officer™

    360° Testing and Securing, Pen Testing, Ethical Hacking

  • Board Member

    Board Member

    MediaPress Authority™

    - Present 4 years

    Supporting Media Press Network Professionals Worldwide.

  • Member

    Member

    Cyber Defense Officer

  • President

    President

    World Business Chambers™

  • Advisor

    ICKM 2008-International Advisory Board (Knowledge Management )

    - 2 years

    Education

    Organized by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) in association with Information and Knowledge Management Society (iKMS), Green Country Knowledge and Information Professionals (GC-KIP) and SIG-KM

  • Non-Profit Board Member

    Non-Profit Board Member

    Philanthropy Consortium

    - Present 7 years

    Location::: Philanthropy means the love of Humanity :::
    Philanthropy Consortium is an Non-Profit Organization with vision to develop human-being for success.
    Advising Local, National, International Non-Profits ,NGOs Chapters with Strategy, Policy, Research, Donor/Sponsor Communications (PR), & Advising CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives.
    Advising on product design for local communities.
    Oversee end-to-end program implementation and coordination for CSR…

    Location::: Philanthropy means the love of Humanity :::
    Philanthropy Consortium is an Non-Profit Organization with vision to develop human-being for success.
    Advising Local, National, International Non-Profits ,NGOs Chapters with Strategy, Policy, Research, Donor/Sponsor Communications (PR), & Advising CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives.
    Advising on product design for local communities.
    Oversee end-to-end program implementation and coordination for CSR projects.
    Advising on CSR/NGO Grading/ Rating Services.

    Mohammed Foundation Board Member.
    Halal Board Member
    Member of the Philanthropic Partnership's office (PPO)

Licenses & Certifications

Projects

  • Control Room

    - Present

    Responsible for the recovery of CCTV for the Counter Terrorism Command and Government Services.
    Implement CCTV Control Room and its Standard Operational Procedure.
    Implemented BS 7958:2015 recommendations for the management and operation of CCTV within controlled environments where data – which might later be offered as evidence – is received, stored, reviewed or analysed.

    See project
  • CyberSpace-Center Of Excellence

    - Present

    Leading Governance, Risk , Compliance (GRC) and Security operations.
    Advising Global information Security operations policies, processes, tools, services, and architectures in different sectors.
    Data Protection, Privacy, EU Data Protection Laws, GDPR, ISO 27000
    Privacy, Anti-Fraud, AML, and Vendor Assurance.
    Cyber Security Tools and Products: Nessus, Nmap, Kali Linux, Burp suite Pro, Metasploit framework
    Investigation: nuix
    Threat Intelligence Platform- Anomali
    Litigation…

    Leading Governance, Risk , Compliance (GRC) and Security operations.
    Advising Global information Security operations policies, processes, tools, services, and architectures in different sectors.
    Data Protection, Privacy, EU Data Protection Laws, GDPR, ISO 27000
    Privacy, Anti-Fraud, AML, and Vendor Assurance.
    Cyber Security Tools and Products: Nessus, Nmap, Kali Linux, Burp suite Pro, Metasploit framework
    Investigation: nuix
    Threat Intelligence Platform- Anomali
    Litigation applications: Catalyst, Relativity, Everlaw, IPRO’s Eclipse.

    Certifications;: OSCP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, GIAC, EnCase
    Perimeter Security: VPN, Firewalls, anti-spam, Data leakage
    Core Security: Kerberos, Radius, RSA, Encryption
    End Point Security: Anti-virus, Device lockdown
    Identity Management: LDAP, AD, Sun Identity Management

    Tools-Cenzic Hailstorm, Burpsuite, Metasploit, Checkmarx, AppScan, WebInspect, Fortify, Nessus, Nmap, sqlmap, OWASP ZAP, Source CheckMarx
    Penetration Testing-Backtrack Kali, Metasploit Framework.
    Security standards- OWASP, CWE, NIST, OSSTMM

    Information Security (ISO27001) Advisory holds Responsibilities:
    Carrying out thorough reviews of information security management systems (ISMS), including ISO 27001. and
    Working with clients to define the scope of an ISMS, Reviewing and production of policies, procedures, and standards

    Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
    Forcepoint CASB
    Skyhigh Networks
    Cisco Cloudlock
    Microsoft Cloud App Security
    Bitglass Cloud Security
    Netskope Active Platform

    Security qualifications
    ISO 27018, SSAE16 SOC II, 27001:2013, CSA STAR, ISO 27018:2014, Privacy Shield, PCI Compliant data centers, ISO 27017:2015, ISO 22301:2012

    Security-Cloud Security (CASB), Security Operations (SIEM, DLP, WAF), Security Testing (Secure Code Testing, Vulnerability Management), and Security Governance (PCI-DSS and GDPR, Security by Design).

  • Forensic Office

    - Present

    Forensic Services

  • GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance)

    - Present

    Risk Management:

    GRC tools: Archer GRC, MetricStream, SAP GRC, Oracle GRC and OpenPages
    Compliance (SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, PCI DSS, SSAE16, Data Privacy etc.)

  • Facility Management Office

    - Present

    As Head of Facility, Manages day-day Facility Operations and
    Monitoring, designing & establishing of process for the effective operations.
    Responsible for all Facility Management related activities such as upkeep and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure.
    Vendor Management and AMC negotiations. Responsible for the purchase and contracts
    Liaison with local and Government bodies
    Client Relationship Management and ensure timely CAM and Rent collection
    Regular interaction…

    As Head of Facility, Manages day-day Facility Operations and
    Monitoring, designing & establishing of process for the effective operations.
    Responsible for all Facility Management related activities such as upkeep and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure.
    Vendor Management and AMC negotiations. Responsible for the purchase and contracts
    Liaison with local and Government bodies
    Client Relationship Management and ensure timely CAM and Rent collection
    Regular interaction with clients to understand their requirements and for conducting audits
    Ensure Safety standards are maintained as per the organizational safety policy and conduct regular safety programs.
    Create and Track checklist of regulatory compliance
    Conduct regular training programs on Facility Management

    Services Offering for clients includes;

    1. Technical Services- CCTV, Fire, UPS, Generator, Plumbing, Solar and Mechanical and Electrical Systems, air conditioning systems, alarm systems, elevators, Central TV satellite systems
    2. Soft Services- Cleaning, Landscaping, Pest, fire-fighting, Security and Safety.
    3. Outsource Service- Certified Facility Consultants
    4. Standards : The Great Facility, ISO 41001:2018, ASTM E2018 - Property Condition Assessment, LEED certification,BCA Green Mark

  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Lab

    AI Lab, Ai Security Lab, Artificial Intelligence

  • Cyber Defence Centre

    To WIN: Know the Enemy and know yourself.

  • IT Audits/ Information Systems (IS) Audits

    Conduct Audit on Key Focus Areas of the business
    Set up internal audit policy
    Conduct IT audits based on international standards
    Research and propose new IA standards and policies.
    Perform audit engagement project management tasks (Planning, budgeting)
    Create audit reports and review supervisors work.
    Follow up on and review Management corrective actions
    Work with executive management and Board of Directors regarding focus area audit activities and findings
    Privacy…

    Conduct Audit on Key Focus Areas of the business
    Set up internal audit policy
    Conduct IT audits based on international standards
    Research and propose new IA standards and policies.
    Perform audit engagement project management tasks (Planning, budgeting)
    Create audit reports and review supervisors work.
    Follow up on and review Management corrective actions
    Work with executive management and Board of Directors regarding focus area audit activities and findings
    Privacy, Anti-Fraud, AML, and Vendor Assurance.
    Process Improvement.

    Plan & Conduct Annual Audits from start to finish, involving review of Systems and Applications, Information Processing Facilities, Systems
    Development, Management of IT and Enterprise Architecture and Client/Server, Telecommunications, Data Privacy and Encryption; and Backups and Disaster Recovery.
    Conducted Audit on
    Digital Banking Audits
    IT Infrastructure Audits
    Cyber Security Audits
    Standards Compliance Audits
    Business Impact Assessment / Risk Management, ISO 27001:2005 Compliance and Monitoring, Internal IT Audit and ISMS Audit
    Developed and implemented of corporate security governance and security strategies.
    Conducts Information Technology audits to determine effectiveness and accuracy of IT controls (Applications, databases, operating systems, data, infrastructure, processes etc.) and ensure compliance with the IT procedures.

    Performs Security Assessments of IT environments against various industry standards and regulations including PCI, Hitrust, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and others.

  • SIEM ( Security Information and Event Management )

    HP Arcsight

  • DATA CENTER

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    Government DATA CENTER
    Command Center with 24x7 teams
    NOC/SOC
    ITSM- IT Service Management (ITSM) based on ITIL best practices of Incident, Problem, Change, Release, Configuration Management and Service Desk
    Data center mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) design and Managing best practices including power and utilities, HVAC, Space planning, Security , Site selection, Architecture design, Floor plans, Cabinets and Cabling.

  • Ai for Police

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    AiforPolice (Artificial Intelligence for Police)

  • Assurance Council - Digital Privacy Officer

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  • Automotive domain Projects

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    Telematics, Infotainment and more

  • Background Check Office

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    Background Check Office Manages Criminal, Credit, Employment & other enhanced screening background checks

  • Business Excellence / Improvement

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    Initiatives/Tools
    Lean Management, Six Sigma, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Balanced Scorecard, Quality Management Systems (QMSs), Total Quality Management (TQM) and Performance Benchmarking

    Framework
    US
Baldrige
Excellence
Framework (MBNQA)
    European Foundation 
for
 Quality
Management (EFQM)
    Singapore Business Excellence Framework
    Japan Quality Award Framework
    Canadian Business Excellence Framework
    Australian Business Excellence Framework (ABEF)

  • Cerner

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  • Cloud Center of Excellence

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    AWS, Azure and Aliyun

  • Cyber

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    Security Incident Response Control Center (SIRCC)
    Incident Management,
    Digital Forensic Investigations (DFI),
    Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI),
    Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
    Penetration Testing, Security Tools & Analytics,
    Compliance Management

  • Digital & Media Project

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    Email Marketing Tools (Eloqua)
    Ad serving tools (DART, Atlas)
    Website analytics tools (Google Analytics, NetInsight, Omniture, Web Trends)

  • ERP Project management

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  • HCM Box

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    Lead HCM Box Implementations with SAP / Oracle / Workday / PeopleSoft HCM / Infor HCM
    Global Workforce Strategy

  • Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)

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  • INNOVATION

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    INNOVATION: Manage Innovation Labs based on Vision,Business opportunities & Enabling technology.
    Develop and managing the organization’s capability to innovate on products, processes and services.

  • IOT Platform

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    Advising IoT platform including IoT Security and conducting audit/assessment for IoT (Internet of Things) projects.

  • Identity Access Management (IAM)

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    National Digital ID
    IBM IAM Stack

  • Legal

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    "Legal Process Automation" including

    Contracts Mgt(Contract Life Cycle Mgt)
    Regulatory Compliance(Audits)
    Secure DataBox (Document Mgt)
    Contract Law, Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Intellectual Property, Patents etc

  • Mobile Apps Lab

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    MobileApps Testing : Appium, Appknox

  • Multi-Site Infrastructure Management

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  • Onshore and Offshore Operations

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    Site Management
    Strategy
    Transition
    BOT-Build, Operate, Transfer
    Shared Services

  • Open Source

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    Open Source Technologies and Frameworks;
    Spring, Hibernate, OAuth, Storm, Memcache/Redis, Queue/Broker services, Map Reduce, Hadoop.

  • People Operations

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    Participated in the development of the organization's plans and programs as a strategic partner.
    Worked on Talent transformation cycle designed to recruit, reward, develop and retain the very best forward-thinking talent in the business.
    Developed and implemented systems, processes and best practices that are scalable across the organization.
    Developed and Maintained knowledge of international HR policies, programs, laws and issues.
    Ensured a strong focus on internal customer…

    Participated in the development of the organization's plans and programs as a strategic partner.
    Worked on Talent transformation cycle designed to recruit, reward, develop and retain the very best forward-thinking talent in the business.
    Developed and implemented systems, processes and best practices that are scalable across the organization.
    Developed and Maintained knowledge of international HR policies, programs, laws and issues.
    Ensured a strong focus on internal customer satisfaction and made work place as Best Employers to Work For

  • Programme Management Office (PMO)

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    Design and implementing business oriented IT Service Delivery Models, Partner / Vendor Governance, Contract governance, IT Project portfolio management, IT Performance Management, IT Business Value Management, Budget/ Financial Management and Change Management for enterprise-wide projects.

  • Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN)

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  • Qatar Sateliite (Es'hailSat)

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  • Qatar's National Center for Information Security (Q-CERT)

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  • Quality Management

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    Process Improvement
    TheQualityOutlook- Assurance & Compliance, Innovation & Improvement, Leadership& Governance

  • R&D/Innovation Hub

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    Computer Vision Assessment
    Deep Learning/ Computer Vision techniques using OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) for Cyber Images, intelligent object recognition, face recognition,human face detection and recognition, image classification, image semantics, OCR, video semantics, Big Data.
    Conducted research of cutting-edge technology and competitor analysis, to propose and implement the most competitive algorithm, enhance and improve key technics, deliver significant features.
    Familiar…

    Computer Vision Assessment
    Deep Learning/ Computer Vision techniques using OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) for Cyber Images, intelligent object recognition, face recognition,human face detection and recognition, image classification, image semantics, OCR, video semantics, Big Data.
    Conducted research of cutting-edge technology and competitor analysis, to propose and implement the most competitive algorithm, enhance and improve key technics, deliver significant features.
    Familiar with deep learning network algorithms such as GAN, RNN, LSTM, and its framework such as Caffe, Torch and TensorFlow.
    Conducted training courses on artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and technology leadership
    Computer vision Research on Image detection & Analysis.

  • Real Estate, Facility & Property Management Market Place

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    RealEstate, Facility & Property Management MarketPlace: Yardi,Workframe, Yardi Breeze, PropertyShark, MRIsoftware

  • Research Interest

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    Research interests:
    1. Capability Maturity Model & PMS for Faculty, Students and for Institutions (Schools, College).
    2. Web3.0 for Education
    3. Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives.

  • Security Architecture Frameworks: SABSA(Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture), and TOGAF(The Open Group Architecture Framework)

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    Security Architecture Frameworks: SABSA(Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture), and TOGAF(The Open Group Architecture Framework)

  • Sidra Medical Research

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  • Specialties

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    Specialties:
    ♦ Solutions Selection & Implementation.
    ♦ Information Security Audit
    ♦ Multi-Site IT Operations (Applications & infrastructure).
    ♦ eBusiness strategies for Education, Corporates,Government.
    ♦ Tele-Education / Broadcasting.
    ♦ Digital Media / ePublishing.
    ♦ Managed learning environments (MLEs): LMS, PLEs, VLEs, Campus ERP, Virtual Campus, Corporate University, ILS.
    ♦ Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM), ITIL, ITSM & Security, PMO, Virtual IT Center, MIS…

    Specialties:
    ♦ Solutions Selection & Implementation.
    ♦ Information Security Audit
    ♦ Multi-Site IT Operations (Applications & infrastructure).
    ♦ eBusiness strategies for Education, Corporates,Government.
    ♦ Tele-Education / Broadcasting.
    ♦ Digital Media / ePublishing.
    ♦ Managed learning environments (MLEs): LMS, PLEs, VLEs, Campus ERP, Virtual Campus, Corporate University, ILS.
    ♦ Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM), ITIL, ITSM & Security, PMO, Virtual IT Center, MIS, Virtualization. ERP- HRMS,Oracle eBusiness,SAP.

  • Strategic Agreements

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    Plans and implements strategic agreements with Leading companies.
    Responsible for the tendering, negotiations and award of key strategic and long term agreements.
    Monitoring on-going agreements & renew expiring agreements on-time.
    Prepare reports or summarize information. KPIs and reporting.
    Work with different project stakeholders and Legal for effective planning and management.
    Review of performance of Contractors and conduct Customer satisfaction surveys for improvements.

  • Supreme Education Council (SEC)

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  • TOLL Engineering & Innovation

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  • The Digital Bank

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  • World Business Chamber (WBC)

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    New services incubation

  • eGov-Government Excellence

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