Serving as Group Chief Information Officer at Packages Group with business interests of the group include Packaging, Insurance, Pharma and Real Estate.Development and execution of extensive 5-year roadmap for digital transformation and cyber security.Leading one of the largest SAP Transformation Plan in Pakistan to upgrade all group companies (excluding Insurance) to S/4 HANA.Work closely with IGI Insurance (Life, General and Securities) to drive customer growth by leveraging data.Collaborate with Mahana Wealth (investment management company) to drive customer growth.Establish ROI through business case for each initiative identified under the digital transformation plan.

Responsible for an annual IT budget of over 25 Million dollars.Development and execution of extensive 5-year roadmap for digital transformation along with ensuring Cyber Security.Establish ROI through business case for each initiative identified under the digital transformation plan.Restructure IT to ensure readiness to execute on planned digital transformation roadmap.Analyze ticketing data, satisfaction surveys and team statistics to improve IT operations.Setup dedicated IT Governance, Security and Mobility teams.Implement an IT advisory and change review board to ensure compliance with ITIL and ISO standards.Setup Big Data platforms to centralize internal and external sources of data.Invest in teams and products to run state of the art BI and Analytics teams.Deploy IoT use cases and establish project structure to achieve short, medium and long-term sprints for delivering value to business.Partner with data science teams to establish a COE within the IT/business organization.Develop a mobility strategy, setup mobile distribution and orchestration platforms Rolled out a 4 star rated consumer app used by over 300K consumers.Finalized Smart Grid/Meter MDM/NMS vendor with business and ensured project success by aligning internal support teams to work on integration with native and SAP ISU systems.

Leveraging IT to help business achieve its Key Performance Indicators. Key areas include Manufacturing, HR, Sales, Supply Chain and After Sales Services.Responsible for upgrade of current Oracle ERP system from version 11i to version 12.Establishing Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to keep track of manufacturing activities on run-time basis.Establishing of IT Enterprise Architecture to ensure IT plays a key role in business decision making.Setting up of Analytics department within IT to ensure prompt tracking of business processes.Visibility of Key Performance indicators brought down from monthly basis to real-time basis.Upgrading of IT infrastructure (including switches, SANS and Servers) with an investment of 0.3 Million USD.Setting up of Project Management Office to track IT initiatives. The role also extends to tracking of business initiatives using the governance practices of PMI (Project Management Institute).Setting up of Helpdesk responsible for serving user base of 3,000.Implementation of Microsoft SharePoint to automate workflow processes.Reduction in average approval time of different work processes from 3 days to 2 hours.Implementation and support of Microsoft Dynamics ERP in Retail Business.

Currently working as head of Enterprise Application Services (EAS) Department reporting directly to Chief Information Officer responsible for following activities: Leading EAS (Enterprise Application Services) Department, responsible for providing support to Business in SAP ERP, SAP ISU, SAP BW and Legacy System. Responsible for recruitment within IT Department of technical and business resources. Setting up of Business Analysis wing within IT Department that is primarily responsible for coordination between IT and Business. Working as Project Manager for SAP ISU Project t

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