C-Suite Technology Executive
Chief Information Officer Digital Transformation Executive Cybersecurity & Data Governance Leader
Leading institutional transformation from governance and strategy through secure, measurable execution.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Executive Profile
A C-suite technology executive with more than two decades of leadership across higher education, government, and technology ventures in Saudi Arabia. At Saudi Electronic University he holds three concurrent executive mandates — Chief Information Officer, General Manager of Digital Transformation, and General Supervisor of the Data Management Office — directing the university's entire IT, information-security, and data-governance ecosystem in alignment with national digital transformation objectives.
A governance-first leader, he combines deep technical grounding with a proven record of building governance frameworks, directing major infrastructure programs, negotiating large-scale technology contracts, and cultivating partnerships with government and sovereign entities — turning strategic direction into secure, measurable execution.
Current Executive Mandates
Saudi Electronic University — Riyadh
February 2025 — Present
Leads the university's entire IT, IT-governance, and information-security ecosystem, ensuring continuous alignment with national digital-transformation and regulatory frameworks, and embedding risk-management frameworks into operational and academic processes.
Scope: Information Technology · Information Security · IT Governance · Risk Management
Role detailsSeptember 2024 — Present
Owns the digital transformation roadmap end-to-end, converting top-level strategic vision into technology and operational initiatives with tangible institutional impact.
Scope: Transformation Strategy · Sovereign Partnerships · Regulatory Compliance
Role detailsJune 2026 — Present
Founded the university's Data Management Office and provides executive administrative and technical oversight, mandating the institution's approved standards for data governance, quality, classification, and protection.
Scope: Data Governance · Quality & Classification · Data Sovereignty
Role details20+
Years of leadership
3
Concurrent executive mandates
11
Years of independent consulting
First
In class — Higher Diploma in Cybersecurity
1998
Technology career since
Competencies
Board-level supervision of information-security posture, policy, and institutional risk appetite.
Directing responses to national audit bodies (Diwan); aligning operations with national cybersecurity and data frameworks.
Founding an enterprise Data Management Office; mandating standards for data quality, classification, and protection.
Translating national-level vision into funded, delivered technology roadmaps.
Steering enterprise risk management, business continuity, and emergency & crisis management structures.
Overseeing complex data-center estates and governing cloud computing environments.
Managing large-scale technology contracts, bid evaluation, and capital/operating spend efficiency.
Chairing enterprise governance committees; building digital adoption culture and technical talent pipelines.
Professional Experience
Most recent first — full details in the downloadable CV.
June 2026 — Present
February 2025 — Present
September 2024 — Present
June 2022 — September 2024
January 2022 — June 2022
February 2020 — January 2022
March 2013 — March 2024
Governance Leadership
Selected committee mandates at Saudi Electronic University.
7 committees
1 committee
9 committees
Consulting Practice
Independent IT & Management Consulting Practice
March 2013 — March 2024
An independent consulting practice founded and sustained for eleven years in parallel with his executive roles, delivering senior-level training and advisory services to public- and private-sector clients across Saudi Arabia — deep, durable standing across the Saudi IT sector.
The practice supported clients' current operations and future growth through technology portfolio and project strategies.
Earlier Career
Early entrepreneurship in web hosting, domain registration, and infrastructure — plus government contract and land-protection administration.
2014 — 2020
Emirate of Al-Qasim Province
Chaired the Al-Badi'ah Center and the Government Land Control & Encroachment Removal Committee, protecting public land assets in Nabhaniyah Governorate.
2013 — 2014
Donia Al Ebticar Company
Full P&L oversight of the Riyadh branch, directing financial, administrative, and web-services operations.
2003 — 2013
Asus Computers
Founded and scaled a pioneering technology venture; negotiated government contracts, delivered web and data-center infrastructure projects, and led international trade operations.
1999 — 2003
e4Host & Arabian Advertisements Network
Among the earliest pioneers of Saudi Arabia's web-hosting and domain-registration market during the internet's formative expansion.
1998 — 1999
Al Awael Company
The start of the professional journey in the technology sector.
Credentials
Qassim University
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
Project Management Institute
Contact
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