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Al-Riyadh Governorate, Saudi Arabia

• Facilitated drive the Procurement Transformation Program, taking the function from a legacy procurement set-up to centralized function synergising corporate, finance and technology strategies. • Established technology categories for network; IT and operations to improve spend visibility and drive better value. Build capability to enable category management through internal and external resourcing. • Up skilled the existing team to embrace the new procurement policy and frameworks. • Standardized the sourcing process through a 7-step approach using 64 chessboard levers, improving purchasing leverage.• Led the procurement vision and roadmap for the coming 3 years to harness new technology such as AI, RPA, advanced analytics and blockchain. This included benchmarking the procurement function against the global best practices (Assessment of Excellence in Procurement) and drive initiatives to close the gaps.• Executed mega initiatives tracked by the Board with a total spend of $4+ billion, and achieved record savings with direct impact on the bottom line.• Formulated group procurement synergy platform across all STC OpCos and subsidiaries to drive operational excellent and increase buying power for the group. Also initiated a global alliance initiative to help move the procurement function to the next level.• Facilitated drive the Vision 2030 Local Content initiative to boost GDP. This included localisation of products and services, SME development, Saudization, and Innovation.• Led market research for all procurement categories to help with latest market trends and benchmarks. Interface for Procurement Leaders, EIPM and CIPS to share global procurement practices with the team and open doors for continuous category enhancements.• Attained EIPM Procurement Transformation Award and finalists for Procurement Leaders Awards in both EMEA and APAC.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Wireless 3GPP architecture for Core nodes (LTE/EPC, MME, S-GW/P-GW, HSS, PCRF, OCS, VOLTE, IMS, 2G/3G, SGSN, GGSN, MSC, MGW ).• Network Service Applications, Network Activation and Policy for subscriber services & devices.• Technology development initiatives; Small cell/Het-Net, Wifi Offload, IP network evolution, Hadoop database, Big data, SDN/FV• Prime responsible for E2E EPC, VOLTE, Real time charging and Policy• computing architecture deployment.• IP Networking architecture for core service provider IP network infrastructure with Cisco/Juniper routers & switches carrying MPLS VPNs, Signaling (Sigtran and Diameter), Wireless Circuit Switched Voice, Data Internet and other secured enterprise customer traffic.

Toronto, Canada Area

Operating at a senior level within the customer organization in coordination with the sales team and being responsible for delivering technical product strategies and messages to the customer.Cooperation with other support organizations such as the solution managers within the technology support groups (engagement practices) and the Product Units to create proposals and reply to RFP/RFI/RFQ and customer requests. Approaching the customer needs from a business and technology perspective, and supporting the Account Managers in identifying technical solutions that also lend themselves commercially. I am the primary point of contact for the account on all technical solutions and acting as the Customer Solution Responsible (CSR/CTO) on all sales activities.

Toronto, Canada Area

As a member of CTO group, responsible for RFP/RFI/RFQ response, proposal preparation, Product presentations, network design and dimensioning for HSPA/Wireless networks. Worked closely with Sales teams to develop technical proposals to meet customer requirements and articulated Ericsson product Portfolio. Driven Sales Strategy of solutions portfolio within the region towards the Key Account Managements, with close collaborations of Business Unit and partners.Active participant in pursuing new business with all new entrants in Canadian Wireless space.

Montreal, Canada Area

Cultivated significant expertise in wireless mobility and IP technology as a key player within the Global Services Delivery Centre Montreal as lead for Follow the Sun support and system design and integration activities serving the Americas Region. As a Solution Architect within the IP and Core Network Engineering competence area, performed network planning, system design and network performance audits on 3G products and solutions, primarily in multi-vendor networks, including GSM/WCDMA, IP Backbone (MPBN) and IP convergence.

Middle East

-Project ManagementPacket Core (SGSN, GGSN) and IP Network Design and Implementation-Mobile Packet Backbone Networks-Multimedia and Service Layer Products (MMS,MIEP,OSS,Mediation) Integration-Pre-Sales Solutions Management-Product Management New Product Introductions-System support Analyst

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