► Established and maintained robust GRC framework using policies, standards, procedures and guidelines. Aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements adhering to best practices from GDPR, ECC, NIST, ISO27001, PCI-DSS etc.► Identified, assessed, and prioritized IT and cyber risks facing organization. Maintained risk register. Mitigated and reduced impact to acceptable levels. ► Led incident response activities during detection, containment, eradication, and recovery phases. Coordinated cross-functional teams, conducted forensic analysis ensuring effective stakeholders management.► Designed, tested and executed disaster recovery plans swiftly restoring IT systems and business operations. Conducted BIA, user training and testing of BCP & DR plans.► Collaborated across departments to enhance overall security posture and drive culture of security awareness. Managed teams and coordinated with middle and senior management to align security initiatives with business objectives

As a co-founder, I lead the organization from ideation to execution, playing a key role in shaping strategy, driving marketing, and fueling business growth. My responsibilities include overseeing product sourcing and vendor selection from China and Pakistan, managing freelancer-led content creation, and optimizing product listings on Amazon, eBay, TikTok, and Shopify. I specialize in handling Amazon advertisements, PPC campaigns, and leveraging Google Analytics to inform data-driven decisions. Together with my co-founders, we ensure smooth operations across supply chain management, financial planning, customer relations, and exploring new market opportunities.

► Realized 30% annual IT costs savings by implementing centralized computing model and retiring region specific data-centers; easier to support and maintain. ► Achieved 99.99% high availability by redundant leased lines, virtualized environment running on multiple physical servers, scheduled off-site data-replications and automatic backups to guarantee undisrupted business operations in events of potential natural disasters, data corruption, failures or ransomware attacks.► 80% improvement in application response and 60% quicker data processing and analytical capabilities with faster servers and communication lines.Implemented Prophix CPM, SpiceWorks, MS Dynamics NAV 2016 7+ Companies, Upgraded NAVISION 5.0 to 2009, Micros 25+ Cafes, MyInventory, Simphony, Druva InSync, LS-Retail 35+ Boutiques, V-Count Footfall Count, Integration between Micros-NAV, InfoSys-NAV, Shared Calendar, Tableau, PowerBI, VMWare vSphere, Veeam Backup, TaskletFactory WMS

► Led 2 years long 1M AED project to migrated from legacy home-grown InfoSys to MS Dynamics Navision ERP bringing consistency, standardization and accuracy. Fulfilled managements vision of 'Reports at Press of a Button' and 'Zero Dependency in Maintaining the System'. Scope: Financials, Sales, Inventory and Production modules in Bateel Saudi and UAE warehouses. ► Digital transformation in Al-Fakhra, Bateel's subsidiary to provide highest quality dates from the largest date farms in the region. From manual, paper-based records to system generated purchase receipts, sales invoices and production orders. 100% accurate, realtime analytical reports which earlier took weeks to compile and presented to management. ► Integrated discrete inventory, retail and financial systems running in silos. Retail System - Navision, Micros-Navision with necessary reports to reconcile both ends.► Hired and trained IT team to provide application support and help desk to users and management teams spread across GCC countries and within distant regions of KSA.► Closely coordinated with ERP consultants to get timely resolution of ERP issues, customized functionality to bridge functionality gaps and other IT contractors.

► Rescued warehouse and retail system source code written in FoxPro from a rogue programmer and saved countless hours, money and headache.► Designed and implemented a better and reliable inventory management system in Visual Basic 6 on SQL platform bringing stability and accuracy in electronic data processing.► Setup data replication between HO, warehouses and retail stores, developed management information system for instant generation of management reports.