During the last five years, I have been studying and learning in the USA, having taken a sabbatical from a very successful Senior IT and Banking career. I wanted to optimise my qualifications and in the last five years, I have acquired both an MBA and MSc , together with Business and Financial certifications.

Now I feel that I have raised my qualifications to the highest level possible, in line with my very extensive and varied business experience.

I am a Senior Computer Science Executive with more than 10 years of leadership experience primarily gained within the technology and financial services sectors.

My experience has been in delivering high-end IT projects through leading substantial multi-national and multi-skilled teams and controlling multi-million dollar budgets.

The range of practical hands-on expertise I possess ranges from being able to identify and solve data infra-structure issues through the use of a complete array of technical skills, including statistical testing, data mining, Big Data technologies as well as systems management.

I am a proven leader and IT project manager with experience in International Finance, Business Analysis, Software Architecture and knowledge of the full suite of languages, ranging from Java and C++ to Python, HBase and many others.

I hold a Computer Information Systems degree from one of the most prestigious universities in Saudi Arabia, and have completed coursework in financial statement analysis, credit, accounting, international trade, strategic marketing, and more - plus, of course my more recent qualifications shown above.

In no particular order, here is a short list of my specialties:

PMO, project management, program management, IT management, banking, financial services, strategic planning, budgeting, process engineering, negotiation, risk mitigation, change management, quality assurance.