Dr Tabish Asifi Email & Phone Number

Dubai, AE

London, GB

Welcome to QI-Lab (Quantz Innovations Lab FZE), where we're redefining the future of digital excellence. Led by Dr Tabish Asifi, a thought leader in Digital Transformation, Governance, and Risk, the mission of QI-Lab is to empower businesses to navigate the complexities of today's digital landscape through the power of Automation and Innovation. With over.

Business Bay, Dubai, AE

As the Principal Consultant & Advisor at Credo Technology, I specialize in delivering strategic advisory and consulting services in the realms of AI-driven solutions and IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). My role involves guiding organizations in adopting cutting-edge AI technologies while ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory.

Dubai, AE

• STRATEGIC
• Lead the definition, implementation, and communication of the organisation’s IT strategic frameworkand direct the creation and review of an IT strategic plan to support business requirements.
• Establish appropriate guidance to enable transparent IT related investment decision-making.GOVERNANCE
• Lead the establishment and maintenance of a function that provides a consistent and integrated approach to IT governance in line with the organisation's corporate governance requirements.
• Development of IT Governance Strategy and Roadmap for the MAF Holding with respect to its DigitalTransformation aspirations.
• Identify and resolve key IT / Technology function related governance issues across the group withsupport from the CIO forum and Digital council. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

• I provide specialized advisory & consulting in below mentioned areas (aligned with standards like NESA, ISR, ADSIC, ISO 27001, NIST, ISO 20000, PCI DSS, ITIL v3 & COBIT 4/5):
• IT Governance Strategy and Road-map Development (for both IT and ICS environment)
• IT Audit and Information Risk Assessments (for both IT and ICS environment),
• Alignment with IT best practices (ISO, ITIL) and UAE regulatory requirements (NESA)
• IT Governance and Value reporting (Cobit 4 or 5)
• ICS specific cybersecurity solutions and consultingHave been engaged in high value government projects related to Cyber-security, Information Risk Assessment and NESA/ISO 27k compliance (some of my recent projects.

• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Was responsible for the transformation and alignment of the group and its subsidiaries with the leading Global IT standards.
• Significant focus was on improving the posture of the organisation in terms of operational excellence, and IS risk exposure.
• It included development of an enterprise governance model, in alignment with business priorities, as well as development and implementation of IT policies, standards, and controls in compliance with applicable local.
• Was recognized across the group as an outstanding performer for 2015 and received significant reward and recognition.
• Moved the group IT function, in the last 2 years, from an ITSM process maturity rating of 1.53 to a level of 3.20 on a scale of 5.00. (accessed and reported by an independent Dubai-based vendor- UniG.)

Worldwide, OO

• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for the compliance and risk management of the IT function for all Deloitte FAS offices in the region.
• Responsible for development of Security Road-map & strategic IT security plan aligned with the guidelines and standards from Deloitte UK.
• Implementation of incident and change management practices for the IT operations.SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Was part of Deloitte's global Wide Area Network (GWAN) Initiative. Successfully helped in implementation of it across all the Deloitte FAS offices (UAE, Kuwait, KSA) within a year with full compliance to the security.
• Developed a proper Disaster Recovery Plan from scratch. Got the acceptance from the regional Deloitte compliance group in UK and the Deloitte FAS offices were certified as being compliant on DR.

Dubai, AE

I did IT Audits and IT Advisory engagements for their clients under the specialist advisory services department. Some of the major ones were - Dubai RTA (ISO 27001) and AW Rostamani group (pre ERP Audit to asses’ readiness of the business in terms of the needed process maturity, skills gap, systems upgrade and resource costs), IS Systems (Governance Risk.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, AE

As an IT Admin (Auto Loans Dept.) I was responsible for the IT operations and support for the department and Compliance with the overall Bank IS Security policy and procedures. I also played a key role in many of the technology-centric projects being implemented across the retail banking departments (not just limited to Auto loans).Some of the most.

My main focus area was on providing consultative role in Data network related projects. I was primarily involved in Capacity planning, Network design and documentation, System security and Audit and also occasionally in providing second level incident management support. Got a lot of exposure to best practices for handling complex, multisite.

Palo Alto, CA, US

Doctor'S Degree, Digital Transformation

Executive Certification Program, Digital Strategies For Business: Leading The Next Generation Enterprise

Executive Program, Digital Strategies For Business: Leading The Next-Generation Enterprise

Mba, It

Btech, Bachelors Of Technology- Industrial Automation