Leadership Arc

From engineering to enterprise executive

A career built through deliberate progression: hands-on software engineering, then platform architecture and system design, followed by team leadership and delivery management, then organizational transformation and culture change, and now enterprise executive accountability spanning strategy, governance, and institutional scale. Each stage expanded the aperture—from writing code, to designing systems, to building teams, to shaping how a financial institution operates.

Recognition

Tech100 — Strategic Leader of the Future

Saudi Arabia Edition. Recognized for enterprise integration leadership and digital transformation contributions in KSA's financial sector.

Jun 2025 — Present

VP, Enterprise Integration

Saudi Investment Bank • Riyadh

Mission: Position integration as an enterprise-wide strategic capability—connecting systems, partners, and business lines to enable institutional agility and growth.

Scale: Team of 40+ specialists across integration engineering, architecture, and delivery.

Selected Impact:

  • Defined and own the enterprise integration strategy across core banking, digital channels, regulatory interfaces, and partner ecosystems
  • Driving real-time, event-driven connectivity to eliminate system silos and accelerate time-to-market for new products
  • Established architecture governance and platform standards that align technology investments with institutional priorities
Sep 2023 — Jun 2025

Acting Head of Integration

Saudi Investment Bank • Riyadh

Mission: Modernize the bank's IT infrastructure and launch digital products during a critical period of transformation.

Scale: Full ownership of integration platform, digital product launches, and regulatory compliance programs.

Selected Impact:

  • Launched consumer-facing digital products that expanded the bank's mobile and travel service offerings
  • Deployed real-time transaction monitoring, reducing fraud risk by 35%
  • Enabled open banking compliance—consent management, third-party onboarding, and regulatory readiness
Apr 2021 — Aug 2023

Digital Services Manager

Saudi Investment Bank • Riyadh

Mission: Create and lead a Digital Factory to deliver the bank's first modern, cloud-native applications.

Scale: Built and managed a team of 25 engineers, analysts, and project managers.

Selected Impact:

  • Delivered the bank's first microservices-based application with full continuous delivery and agile execution
  • Established a DevSecOps culture that became the standard for all new development
Dec 2019 — Apr 2021

Integration Manager

Saudi Investment Bank • Riyadh

Mission: Architect and govern enterprise integration platforms that enable secure, real-time data exchange across banking systems.

Scale: Enterprise-wide platform ownership, API strategy, and CI/CD adoption.

Selected Impact:

  • Introduced API monetization strategies that contributed to an 8% increase in annual profits
  • Drove CI/CD pipeline adoption, modernizing the bank's software delivery lifecycle
Jul 2018 — Dec 2019

Senior Integration Developer

Saudi Investment Bank • Riyadh

Mission: Redesign the integration platform for scalability and lead zero-downtime migration of legacy systems.

Selected Impact:

  • Completed zero-downtime platform migration, ensuring uninterrupted service continuity across all banking operations
Oct 2017 — Jun 2018

Senior Integration Developer

Zenith • Riyadh

Enterprise integration and service architecture consulting.

Dec 2014 — Sep 2017

Senior Integration Developer

ELM • Riyadh

Government-scale integration for national digital platforms, including the Absher platform and national payment infrastructure.

May 2014 — Dec 2014

Senior Software Engineer

Arabian Centres • Saudi Arabia

Enterprise process automation and platform integration.

Jul 2012 — Apr 2014

Software Engineer

SSSProcess • Jordan

First engineering role. Enterprise process automation and solution delivery.

Education

Academic Background

B.Sc. Software Engineering

Al-Balqa Applied University • Jordan • Graduated July 2012

GPA: 3.09 / 4.0

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