The Industry Advisory Committee aims to provide strategic direction and industry relevance to the programs and curriculum of the College of Computing and Mathematics to remain current, innovative, and aligned with the evolving needs of the industry.

•Launch Saudi Arabia’s first Hyperscale Cloud Provider•Built Company strategy, structure and Business model methodology and structure, developed Governance, Compliance and Business Policies •First Cloud provider to achieve CST Class C certificate with NCA CCC and ECC Cyber Security Audit•Launched over 90 Different products to address market requirements•Fastest Growing Cloud Offering in 2023 and 2024•Led and Presented the SCCC Company Launch Ceremony, which included Key Government Officials, Strategic Executives and Investors.•Represented and Participated in all major industry Events (Leap, Blackhat, Gartner Symposium, GAIN, Seamless and 24 Fintech) to highlight our capabilities and announce the company’s services and offerings, while also presenting in keynotes and panel discussions.•Launched multiple initiatives to attract different market segments and entrepreneurs.

•Built Company strategy, structure, and Business modeling methodology •Conduct multiple ideation sessions to discover new startup potentials•Developing “Codename: Project $” a new startup in fintech •Developing “Codename: Project Fire” a new startup in social media

•Advisor to the STC Chief Business Officer•Advising on Different Techno/Business models, reassessing current models, and seeing how new technologies can enhance current and future product/offering and long term growth •Leading critical business initiative for STC Enterprise Business Unit across different technology offerings•Part of the committee to assess next generation initiatives and disruptive technologies and building an adaption road map.•Technical/Commercial Lead for multiple critical STC Strategic Projects

•Leading the Product Management and Development of all Digital Solutions: Cloud, Internet of things, Managed Services and Big Data•Developing new Products and Services to enhance the service offering for STC Business and launching new Business models for existing offerings •Leading the Unified Application development strategy consolidating all application development and offshore initiatives under one team utilizing agile application development Methodology •Streamlining Customer experience by continuously enhancing service deliverables and offerings, and defining clear customer KPIs and solutions assurance and success•Enhancing Product Design Architecture and onboarding Process to be more streamlined and quicker to go to market.

•Grew the Cloud BU sales to over 400% YoY growth, exceeding Business Plan objectives in both revenue and profitability, •Expanded Cloud offering to be the Largest Public Cloud Provider in the Middle East•Developing new Services and offerings to the help address Critical customer requirements•Launched Bluvalt the SME based Cloud to address the growing SME Business segment•Enhancing Cloud Go to market initiatives to be more feature rich and at more attractive price points•Streamlining Customer experience by continuously enhancing service deliverables and offerings, and defining clear customer KPIs•Enhancing Support offerings and Managed Service capabilities, enhancing SLAs and Customer experience

Heading BluValt the most ambitious and strategic SME and startup Cloud for the Region.

• Developing and Managing the 17 member Public Sector & Eastern Province Teams in Saudi Arabia covering Defense, Security, Education, Central Government, Healthcare Sectors, in Addition to Enterprise Accounts in the Eastern Province (etc.Aramco, SABIC, SEC & RCJY) managing a $65M+ Enterprise Quota, Building Sales Pipelines, managing forecasts & mentoring team members • Building Cloud Computing Strategies and Solutions for various customers and initiating the journey to the private cloud, positioning IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and IT Transformation Solutions.• Cross Selling various Solutions Spanning from Storage Solutions to Backup and Recovery Solutions, Virtualization, Converged infrastructure, Big Data, Security Solutions & Cloud Solutions as part of the EMC’s diverse portfolio• Solidifying high-level relationships with Strategic Government Accounts in Saudi Arabia and developing multi-year strategic plans• Positioning Big Data and Data Analytics, Software Defined Data Center, Cloud Automation, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Next Generation Solutions

•Responsible for establishing and maintaining new & existing business relationships while presenting FSC’s solution portfolio•Helping Customers consolidate there storage environments, build Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solutions & improve their overall System performance•Discuss various solutions provided by FSC with customers & supporting partners in this regard•Responsibility for the delivery of solutions and the implementation of projects within accounts•Responsible for negotiating contracts with clients and third parties for the supply of products and services

•Responsible for the Performance, Availability and Operation of Mobily’s Enterprise Storage Solution (both EMC & IBM storage solutions) & Enterprise Backup Solution - 200+ TB of Storage & 20+ TB of Backup Capacity for 100+ Servers•Building & Managing Mobily’s Enterprise Storage & Backup Solution Team•Creating & Maintaining Policies to govern the proper use and utilization of the Storage & Backup infrastructure to insure growth stays within acceptable guidelines, protection is highly redundant & performance meets or exceeds expectations•Designing the Disaster Recovery Solution for Mobily to meet the intended RPOs and RTOs•Analyzing Different Solutions to incorporate technologies that better improve performance, fully utilize resources, and cut costs------Distinctive Projects-----•Defining Procedure for Storage / Backup Activities•SAN Storage & Backup Redesign•Framework for Disaster Recovery Implementation•Design of the Remote Backup and NAS implementation

•Outsourced to Saudi Telecom Company as part of EMC²’s Maintenance Contract•Responsible for the Performance, Availability and Operation of STC’s Centralized Storage Project & Centralized Backup Project•Managing STC’s Centralized Storage, SAN and Backup Solution Team (5 Storage Admins, 2 EMC Hardware Engineers and 2 EMC Support Engineers)•Planning Storage Capacity Distribution & Tape Capacity Upgrades •Analyzing Different Solutions to incorporate technologies that better improve performance, fully utilize resources, and cut costs•Insure that the Data Replication for the Disaster Recovery Site between Riyadh & Jeddah is performing at the intended RPO•Conducting POC for New Storage solutions

Software Support and Implementation Engineer •Linux & AIX System Support and Implementation•Tivoli Storage Manger & Tivoli Management Framework Support and Implementation•Linux HPS Cluster 1350 & SP/ Cluster 1600 HPC System Support and Implementation•Enterprise Storage Server(shark), FAStT, NAS and SAN Support and Implementation•Windows OS and Windows Clustering Services Support and Implementation