What was actually built.
Programmes, institutional systems, governance frameworks and funded research — the work behind the job titles.
Learning that did not exist before.
Degree programmes, tracks and courses designed from scratch, plus the national training portfolio I lead today.
- B.S. in Software EngineeringPrince Sultan University
Full undergraduate curriculum designed and taken through approval, aligned to IEEE, ACM and ABET standards.
- M.S. in Software EngineeringPrince Sultan University
Graduate programme architecture, course sequence and learning outcomes.
- M.S. in Cybersecurity EngineeringPrince Sultan University
Graduate programme built to serve national demand for security engineering talent.
- Digital Transformation trackPrince Sultan University
A new specialisation track connecting software engineering education to institutional transformation practice.
- Six new coursesSE 411 · SE 311 · SE 415 · SE 489 · SE 495 · CYS 402
Software construction, requirements engineering, group dynamics and professional practice, DevOps engineering, software entrepreneurship, and secure software engineering.
- SDAIA Academy programme portfolioSDAIA · 2026–present
Advanced training programmes, bootcamps and professional certifications, with quality assurance, assessment and certification frameworks held to international standards.
Quality, technology and structure.
- Quality Management System & accreditationPrince Sultan University · 2020–2024
Institution-wide QMS plus assessment and evaluation frameworks; the basis for ISO certifications and national and international academic accreditation.
- Enterprise resource planningPrince Sultan University · 2015–2019
ERP implemented across finance, accounting and human resources, with a continuous IT planning process serving faculty, staff and students.
- Preparatory Year Program restructuringPrince Sultan University · 2018–2020
Rebuilt the student journey end to end and established the PYP as an independent department.
- College of Space & Aviation SciencesPrince Sultan University · 2024
Founded as its first dean: academic vision, governance structure and founding programme architecture.
- Teaching & Learning Center expansionPrince Sultan University
Faculty development programmes extended campus-wide to lift teaching practice.
Making delivery predictable.
The operating machinery — architecture, portfolio governance, lifecycle controls and pipelines — that decides whether strategy ships.
- PMO playbookTahakom · 2024–2026
A governing playbook for the full project lifecycle, with governance audits, maturity assessments and remediation roadmaps to protect project value.
- Enterprise architecture maturityTahakom
Raised EA maturity and clarified the governance operating model so technology investment tracked corporate strategy.
- CMMI-aligned SDLCTahakom
Policies, processes and the software development lifecycle rebuilt with CMMI-aligned quality controls and measurable maturity gains.
- CI/CD-enabled DevOpsTahakom
Toolchain and delivery pipeline modernised, improving delivery speed, traceability and software quality.
- Enterprise AI capability ecosystemTahakom
Enterprise training programmes, competency-based certifications, recurring AI townhalls and academia–industry partnerships embedding ISO-compliant standards into smart-mobility and public-safety solutions.
Problems with an owner.
- Dynamic capacity provisioning for cloud networksKACST-funded · 2017–2018
As principal investigator: a scalable architecture that adjusts network resources to changing demand, using machine learning to optimise performance and cut resource waste.
- Customer-service ticket root-cause analysisMajor Saudi telecom operator · 2016
Led the analysis of ticketing patterns behind a high rate of repeated tickets, then implemented corrective measures that reduced recurrence.
- Billing platform migrationNISC · 2013
Led the migration of an enterprise billing-management system from client–server architecture to web services.
- Strategy formulationCYBEX, Prince Sultan University · 2023–present
Methodology selection, multi-stakeholder workshops and full documentation of vision, mission, goals and initiatives.
- Software process improvementSoftware development company · 2018
Process analysis and new tooling that improved development speed and quality.
Writing in public.
54 essays on AI strategy, software engineering practice, governance and higher education, published in English and Arabic on Medium and LinkedIn.
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