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Riyadh, Sa

Saudi Arabia

Aviation | Corporate Excellence Department Establishment-Supported Saudia Group ("Saudi Arabian Airlines") in establishing and operating a corporate excellence department on the holding level. Designed the organization structure, target operating model, performance management framework, roles & responsibilities of the dept. Supported Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) in enforcing GRC practices through frameworks' development & deployment. Assisted Saudia Airlines in studying and optimizing the Aircraft Turnaround Process of its A320/321 fleet at JED HUB. Identified SLA, SOP, and governance related gaps between the holding and its managed SBUs

Saudi Arabia

Municipal Services & Urban Development | Digital Products Excellence Department Establishment-Supported Riyadh Region Municipality in establishing & operating a digital products excellence center as part of digital transformation efforts. Conducted a corporate-wide business capability modeling to map-out current sectoral business needs. Deployed and managed a team of 10 product managers, 2 change management and training specialists, business relationship managers, and system analysts to activate the department. Assisted Riyadh Region Municipality in achieving 10th place in KSA’s 2023 digital transformation measurement cycle by DGA. Collaborated with business sectors to achieve Riyadh’s digital transformation strategy goals under the leadership of H.R.H. the Mayor of Riyadh. Partnered with public and private entities (e.g., TGA, Tahakom, MOI, MOMRAH, Ejada, PIF, Remat Al Riyadh) to deliver robust and sustainable digital transformations across urban planning, operations & maintenance, compliance & environmental sustainability, projects, customer experience, investment, and societal engagement

Saudi Arabia

Water Utilities | Back-Office Establishment, Roll-Out, & Sustainability-Established and sustained NWC's back-office functions across 6 operational clusters in KSA. Mapped customer care processes using the APQC Level 4 framework from request submission to resolution. Assessed field operations for customer care and identified lean-driven improvement opportunities. Redesigned customer care operations, integrating customer centricity, excellence, and lean practices. Enhanced water distribution sector performance in KSA, aligning with global best practices in water demand, quality management, customer service, and organizational excellence

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

M.S. Thesis | Evaluative screening of kinetic models for simulating the performances of oxidative coupling of methane catalysts- Screened various literature published models for simulating the performances of OCM catalysts- Compared between radical-considering and radical-omitting kinetic models- Tested out different ODE solvers and successfully optimized two models in MATLAB R2020a- Revealed limitations with two models from a mechanistic perspective - Provided recommendations for future enhancement

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Research Project | Modeling a Hollow Fiber-Membrane Bioreactor in COMSOL 4.3A- Simulated flow inside a single reactive hollow fiber-membrane passage inside a bioreactor- Described the transport phenomena occurring within a single reactive hollow fiber-membrane passage - Mathematically modeled both the mass and momentum transfer inside the system

Dhahran, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

Research Project | Sulfur Recovery: Catalytic Unit Activity Prediction Model- Developed an Aspen HSYSY simulation of a Sulfur Recovery Process- Successfully simulated the conversion profile around the main Reaction Furnace- Successfully simulated the conversion profile around the main Catalytic Converter- Developed a time dependent, kinetic-based deactivation model of the Catalytic Unit- Accurately predicted the deactivation behavior inside a Catalytic unit - Used a data-driven model in Excel, a time dependent model in MATLAB, and a stagnant model in Aspen

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Senior Year Design Project | Bio Distillates Production- Developed an Aspen HYSYS simulation of a proposed hydrotreatment process- Established optimum feed conditions to prevent high temperature rise in the reactor

Thuwal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Research Project | Screening of competing heat transfer fluids- Screened competing products to the Dowtherm in the Middle Eastern market- Prepared Excel sheets summarizing the properties of Dow’s most important heat transfer fluids

M.S. Chemical Engineering

B.S. Chemical & Biological Engineering