Information Technology & Services - Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Advisory services for international expansion across EMEA territory, including technology strategic investments, IT architecture, authoring business plans, or conducting due diligence on projects involving IT services, software, or hardware. Provide robust & trusted counsel to CxO, typically CIO & CTO, yet also CFO or Chief Legal Counsel.• Craft novel IT solutions + curate innovation programmes• Create or evolve programs for enterprise policy + strategy for Information Assurance, Process Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC), Cyber Security, and protecting Critical Infrastructure.• Define strategic architecture, technical standards, transformation & process optimization across the enterprise.• Enhance agility & cost alignment of technology services spanning multiple business units.• Undertake maturity assessment for Information Assurance. Enable Governance audit & reporting.Interim management consulting for entrepreneurs seeking to grow their startup businesses - specifically ahead of entry into new market and/or soliciting new funding, often by augmenting the resiliency & scalability of their technology platforms.Example project (yet to be released to market = stealth mode):• Led technical architecture & plans for data-driven personalized healthcare solution.• Mobile application development (React-Native Expo), middleware integration (WSO2), services implementation (Docker/Kubernetes deployment).Partnership with consultancy entities to guide and project manage international expansion of client's services. Applying expertise in de-risking programmes in order to accelerate deal agreement & execution - specifically those involves novel technologies or complex partnerships.Additional activities supporting technology transfer between academia and industry. Extensive experience in partnership with leading UK & EU academic research establishments.