Professional Engagements

Mohammed Thiab
Professional Profile

Dec 2008 Millennia-Vision Consulting 1

In a Nutshell


What Counts ?

• Results-driven enthusiastic professional
• Change Management consultant/moderator for business owners,
top and middle management positions
• Proven Track Record of success & achievement
• Excellent thinker, learner, leader (& follower)
• Scalable/adaptable on-target “helicopter approach”
• Structured, systematic analytical and logical mind
• Well-established experience, discipline, maturity & wisdom
• Strong presence/connections in the ME/GCC region
• Key/Strategic initiatives & Large/Complex Projects focus
• Mastering Business, technology & culture (BTC) challenges
• Optimal Performance for value maximization


Professional Brief

• UOT Control Systems Engineer (1979)
• Early control & IT jobs in Jordan (1979-1981)
• 17 year ICT/MIS expertise with SBM/IBM (1981-1998)
• Millennia-Vision Consulting (1998 – Now)
– MV-BTC for key/strategic initiatives
– MV-P3M for large/complex projects & programs
– MV-AIO for ultimate performance & maximum value
– MV-TCS training , consultancy & services reciprocation business
engine to deliver maximum value solutions
• Clear and unique differentiators & strengths
• Regional coverage/International reach
• Huge customer base/references throughout the region
• Focus on banking, telecom, utilities & government sectors


Professional Credentials

• Business Process Management Group (BPMG) membership
• BPMG Business Process Improvement-Special Interest Group (BPI-
SIG) membership
• Professional Risk Management International Association (PRMIA)
membership since 2001
• Strohl Systems : Business Impact Analysis (BIA) certification
• Strohl Systems : Living Disaster Recovery Planning System
(LDPRS) certification
• International Association for Project and Program Management
(IAPPM) membership since 2004
• IAPPM: Certified Project Manager (CPM) in 2005
• IAPPM: Certified Project Director (CPD) in 2009
• Various Memberships : SCS, BITS, JCS, ACM, IEEE, ….


Career Spotlights

• Top-1 Performer at IBM SE school training(1990)
• Prominent speaker, presenter & writer on topics of expertise
• Ongoing active professional memberships with numerous
regional/international entities
• Testimonies / Recommendations from customers, colleagues &
peers from all over the world
• Rich LinkedIn Resources
– 700+ direct connections (personal LinkedIn network)
– 3,000+ direct connections ( via LinkedIn groups)
– Owner/Moderator of 8 specialized groups with thousands of professionals worldwide
• Full capitalization on Google capabilities
– Several GMAIL specialized accounts with auto-archiving possibilities
– Google calendaring and SMS mobile notification
– Google full MS Office compatibility
– Google groups, sites and blogs
– Google event/alert service for special interest topics


Career Path Milestones


SBM (IBM) Experience

• 17 years in Saudi Aramco Environment (1981-1998).
• IBM S/370 mainframe (HW, SW, System & Network aspects)
• Various Positions include Customer Support Engineer, Advisory
Program Support and system engineer)
• 60+ IBM official training courses totaling 500+ education days in
Europe, USA, middle-east and far east
• Open systems, distributed & client server computing
• Country-level Y2K program manager
• Strong participation in local/regional professional events
• 9 formal/informal awards including top-performer rating and
excellence achievement awards


Entrepreneurial Initiatives

• Millennia-Vision Consulting (owner/founder)
• Housing Bank (IT Service Centers Manager)
• Conquest Data Corp (Middle-East Operations Manager)
• Microgate Digital Solutions (Vice President, Middle East)
• ComNet Spectrum (10% equity shareholder & Board Member)
• Tameema Technology Services (Key Accounts Manager)
• Computer Associates Middle East (Aramco Account Manager)
• ProAsset Arabia (senior founding partner & ICT Director)
• Agility for Training & Consultancy Services (Partner)
• Associate/Affiliate with 10+ business entities throughout the
region


Sample Engagements
In Descending Order


Advanced Electronics Company

• Client : Advanced Electronic Company (AEC), Riyadh, KSA
• Year: 2009
• Project: Operational alignment with AEC corporate strategy
• Purpose: To support AEC growth strategy through proper
alignment of the 15 departments/units with the corporate strategic
direction.
• Solution: Using industry standard/best practice balanced
scorecards, strategy maps and key performance indicators along
with Millennia-Vision methodologies and tools
• Role: educator/advisor and facilitator for developing department
level descriptors, analysis of the inter-dependency and cause-effect
chains, development of the department-level strategy maps, and
investigation of the performance metrics and KPI’s in use at
department level & their significance to the corporate


Alinma Bank

• Client : Alinma Bank, Riyadh, KSA
• Year: 2008
• Project: Program Management Office (PgMO)
• Purpose: To help the bank ensure proper coordination and
execution a total of 150+ projects (including 57 IT projects) to
launch the newest and largest bank in kingdom.
• Solution: Program Management Office (PgMO) on-site to help the
bank manage corporate/department levels programs & projects
necessary for the commercial launch of the bank
• Role: Implementation and vendor coordination manager for the IT
side (non-integration and integration vendors) to ensure the IT
systems and services are properly integrated and tested per
customer acceptance criteria.


Diyar United Company

• Client : Diyar United Company (DUC), Kuwait
• Year: 2007
• Project: efficiency/effectiveness improvement
• Purpose: To help DUC get over its “opportunity hunting/fire
fighting“ ad-hoc model into a better structured and more proactive
operational mode focused on desired results.
• Solution: Revise current internal processes & procedures for
potential performance bottlenecks, issues and barriers towards
highly efficient & effective performance
• Role: work with corporate level management and key departments
to identify business model descriptors, key pain and gain issues,
analyze the interdepartmental relations and dependencies, and
propose an action road map for improvement


Housing Bank for Trade & Finance

• Client : Housing Bank (HBTF), Amman -Jordan
• Year: 2007
• Project: Project Management Process Methodology
• Purpose: To provide a new methodology, process and forms for
new project requests, evaluation, approval and prioritization for
execution
• Solution: Devise a new framework based on the bank strategy to
be the basis for newly developed process and associated forms to
control and automate this procedure.
• Role: Review current project management practice regarding
project request and reflect the new changes/improvements on this
practice in terms of process and forms. Revision of new and existing
(unapproved) requests and help the different departments adopt the
new method.


Al-Ahli Bank Master Card Center

• Client : Al-Ahli Bank, Amman-Jordan
• Year: 2006
• Project: Valuation of IT and business assets within the MasterCard
center at the bank
• Purpose: Facilitation of intended acquisition of the center by Visa
Jordan
• Solution: Purchase value, book value, replacement value of the IT
assets (Servers, PC‟s, network, printers, system software licenses,
banking applications licenses, transaction gateways, special
devices, …) plus the business aspects (revenues, operational
expenses, profits, customer base, …)
• Role: complete IT inventory review, validation and verification,
market investigation, valuation assessment, business performance
review with the center and the bank finance department, and final
assessment.


Bank Of Jordan

• Client : Bank of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
• Year: 2006
• Project: DW/BI vendor/response evaluation and selection
• Purpose: To help BOJ evaluate and select winning contender for a
major DW/BI system implementation based on vendor/solution
responses to an RFP from BoJ for that systems.
• Solution: Devise a weighted scoring system for evaluation and
assessment of the vendor responses to the subject DW/BI RFP
• Role: Proposing the elements of the scoring system based on
technical and commercial considerations for the different contenders
for this business, execute the evaluation process, call for
clarifications and vendor solution/proposal presentations and make
recommendations accordingly


Central Bank Of Jordan

• Client : Central Bank of Jordan, Amman-Jordan
• Year: 2005
• Project: Secure Facility User Guide (SFUG) for CBJ operations
• Purpose: To help CBJ prepare a detailed secure facility user guide
(SFUG) that covers physical, information and IT security
• Solution: Based on ISO 17799 security policy and internal central
bank regulations and mandates, the subject SFUG document was
prepared in Draft version for CBJ adoption
• Role: Development of the SFUG document depending on the
subject ISO 17799 policy, internal documentation, interviews with
key positions in the bank as well as physical site vists and
inspections.


ASEZA/AZEM Project 2

• Client : Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Customs
• Year: 2007
• Project: ICT/IS integration platform for ASEZA Customs
automation
• Purpose: To help ASEZA customs develop the technical platform
for special automation RFP of the customs operations including
special communication and instrumentation tools
• Solution: A high-level technical architecture specification was
developed for the automation, integration and optimization of the
ASEZA customs operation based on UNTCAD/ASSYCUDA system
• Role: conducted the full assignment including talks and
negotiations with local (vendors/Jordan Customs) and international
(UN) agency.


ASEZA/AZEM Project 1

• Client : Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
• Year: 2007
• Project: ASEZA ICT/IS Strategy Review (2007 – 2012)
• Purpose: To revise the ASEZA/MIS strategy for 2007-2012
• Solution: A comprehensive strategy review was conducted using
MV-DMD/MV-BTC methodologies and other MV internal techniques
and tools including SWOT analysis for ASEZA internally and in
comparison to neighboring competition.
• Role: conducted the full review leading towards the revised ICT/IS
strategy and action roadmap for top management review and
consideration.


eStarta Solutions

• Client : eStarta Solutions; Amman-Jordan
• Year: 2005
• Project: Public Sector Innovation Center (PSIC) initiative
• Purpose: To develop new breed of public sector applications on
selected Microsoft technologies and platforms, launch these
applications Government of Jordan ministries, and expand the use
throughout ME/NA region.
• Solution: Select target applications, decide on desired functionality,
size the effort, recognize the assets value in these applications,
estimate revenues, costs and profits over the estimated lifetime of
these new applications
• Role: local consultant role with eStarta to work with the eStarta
team on this study and produce the desired report


AES-256 Voice Encryption

• Client : US ARMY, Washington, USA
• Year: 2006
• Project: AES-256 based voice encryption (world first)
• Purpose: To design, develop and build special wireless radio
communications utilizing AES-256 based encryption
• Solution: a design team was established to develop the encryption
software, and prototype wireless communication devices were built
in Raleigh, NC to show the solution
• Role: Technical advisor and design facilitation consultant for the
overall project including activities in Jordan and in Raleigh North
Carolina.


Open Safe Commerce (OSC)

• Client : New York Ports Authority, NY, USA
• Year: 2006
• Project: Open Safe Commerce (OSC) Initiative
• Purpose: To secure imports from a list of selected countries where
US imports goods from; Jordan included.
• Solution: for container shipments, a special custom-built “black-
box” was used to host a variety of sensory and communication
devices to sense, monitor, measure, record and transmit any
„abnormal‟ conditions inside the container throughout the whole
journey.
• Role: work with local (Jordan) government (customs) and private
entities (exporters) to ensure acceptance, understanding and proper
dealing with this solution.


Egyptian Arab Land Bank

• Client : Egyptian Arab Land Bank (EALB), Amman-Jordan
• Year: 2003
• Project: Quick overall IT review
• Purpose: To help EALB review its internal IT status in terms of
hardware, software, technology obsolescence, in house skills,
network/system management and work environment
• Solution: The subject IT review was conducted on-site at the bank
HO and it included site visits to sample branches, tailored
questionnaires forms and meetings/interviews with key staff
positions in the bank
• Role: Full preparation and execution of the engagement leading to
the formulation of the quick IT review report, findings and
recommendations.


Saudia Airlines Catering 2

• Client : Saudia Airlines Catering (SVCAT), Jeddah, KSA
• Year: 1999
• Project: Y2K contingency planning (business and IT)
• Purpose: To ensure continued operations - even at degraded
levels – to provide contracted services to airlines using Jeddah and
Riyadh airports catering units
• Solution: Scenario-driven risk identification, impact assessment,
mitigation actions Comprehensive contingency plan preparation for
all sections and services
• Role: Full execution of the engagement across the entire SVCAT
business model / organization. Development of the contingency plan
and training/rehearsal on its execution.


Saudia Airlines Catering 1

• Client : Saudia Catering (SVCAT), Jeddah, KSA
• Year: 1999
• Project: Y2K application/data remediation
• Purpose: This was a saving effort for a well-known Saudi company
to move forward with the Y2K remediation efforts for applications
and data on IBM AS/400 systems
• Solution: A US specialized company was brought into the picture
and through their AS/400 migration tools, we were able to deliver in
10 days what was not possible other wise in 40 days and more
• Role: I was the maestro of the whole effort between Jeddah,
Amman and NJ, USA


Islamic Development Bank 2

• Client : Islamic Development Bank (ISDB), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Year: 1999
• Project: Y2K external review/audit and testing
• Purpose: To help ISDB IT department ensure their Y2K remediation
was conducted at its best including full system testing end-to-end.
• Solution: Complete review of the application portfolio of the bank,
Y2K remediation efforts, baseline input/output data and results, test
scenarios and procedures, test data and expected results at all
possible test points in the Y2K transaction path.
• Role: Full preparation and execution of the subject engagement .


Islamic Development Bank 1

• Client : Islamic Development Bank (ISDB), Damascus, Syria
• Year: 1999
• Project: Y2K “contingency planning” awareness workshop for ISDB
member countries
• Purpose: To help ISDB member countries (19 English speaking
countries) become fully aware of the need for Y2K contingency
planning (Plan-B)
• Solution: A complete 3-days workshop material was prepared and
the course was given to country representatives of the nineteen
ISDB member countries
• Role: Full preparation and of the course materials and
execution/delivery of the course.


Saudi Aramco CC&OS

• Client : Saudi Aramco (CC&OS) tower
• Year: 1993
• Project: IBM 3172-001 LAN Gateway Implementation
• Purpose: To install totally redundant, fault tolerant and workload
sharing LAN Gateway to IBM S/370 mainframes
• Solution: A joint SBM/IBM LaGaude (France) implementation effort to
implement the required gateway function with specially configured IBM
3172-001 gateways with S/370 channel adapters and 4 token-ring
adapters each.
• Role: That project was part of a 3-months consultancy engagement in
Saudi Aramco CC&OS side following a very strong endorsement from
Aramco (Andy Tauros)


Saudi Aramco Expec

• Client : Saudi Aramco (EXPEC)
• Year: 1994
• Project: IBM 3745/3746 High-speed Fiber-Optic/Frame-Relay Wide
Area Network (WAN) Implementation
• Purpose: To install middle-east first high-speed WAN/LAN using
fiber-optic and frame relay network covering 5 major locations in Saudi
Arabia using IBM 3745/3746 as Token-Ring to IBM S/370 mainframe
gateways
• Solution: IBM 3745/3746 gateways with wide-area, local area and
mainframe connectivity and special fiber optic G.703 interfaces.
• Role: Design/configuration of the IBM 3745/3746 gateways, pre-sales
support, implementation and after sales technical support.


Current Focus Areas
Hot Opportunities


Public/Private Partnership

• Focus Area: Public Private Partnership (PPP) ventures
• Description: Private sector steps in to cover for public sector
shortages in funding and/or technical/managerial capabilities to provide
badly needed public services on win–win basis for both sectors.
Government entities will fulfill their mission in availing such services to
the public and private sector has a profitable investment throughout the
operational license period.
• Target Markets: Limited funding situations (Poor countries) and/or
limited HC capacity (possibly rich countries)
• Value Proposition : Identify such opportunities, determine
requirements, lobby and promote feasible solutions, build consortiums
and affiliations to facilitate and action these opportunities
• Initiative: Utilize national/regional/international connections with key
active players to become a „catalyst‟ for materializing these
opportunities


Saving Failing Companies

• Focus Area: Saving Failing Companies
• Description: Failing companies (specially family business entities in
the GCC countries) are suffering the consequences of the current
financial crisis and their own „personal/family‟ style of running business
calling for action to save and protect them from complete failure
• Target Markets: Medium size companies in the GCC region suffering
from the above situation and having no clue how to overcome their
difficulties.
• Value Proposition : Based on clear tangible, quantifiable and
measurable results from this initiative, we will step in for a pre-
determined period of time to save these entities for a percentage of
their equity.
• Initiative: Use of MV-BMD methodology along with proven Balanced
Scorecard, KPI and strategy maps along with quick win and tactical
solutions to produce desired results


O3 Excellence

• Focus Area: Excellence in Overall Optimized Organizations
• Description: Leveraging the quality/excellence model to state-of-art
optimized overall organizations for maximum value attainment.
• Target Markets: Medium/Large customers regardless of
geography, economy sector, industry or business type
• Value Proposition : Capitalize on what organizations have already
got in house to maximize value attained through revised and
improved business model descriptors, practices and disciplines
• Initiative: Employ Millennia-Vision internally developed and proven
techniques along with industry best accepted practices to optimize
the overall performance outcomes


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