Experience

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  SBL

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Strategic Advisor

    • Apr 2024 - Present
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Leading sales and business development for EMEA regions. Focusing on BIM/GIS/AI-ML/digitisation domains.

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  Saudik

  • Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

  • Business Strategy Manager

    • Sep 2023 - Nov 2023
    • Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

    Awarded a sub-contract job by McDermott for Saudi Aramco Off-shore works at Ra Tanura.

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  Aitihad Banadar General Contracting

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Business Strategy Manager

    • Nov 2021 - Sep 2023
    • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    • Built up 7 clients for Industrial Green Field construction portfolio in Saudi Arabia.• Facilitated turn- around of Work Contracts valued over SAR 100 M. • Succeeded in associating with one of the oldest and famed Zamil Group companies - Zamil Projects to co-bid as a subcontractor.• Selected by Parsons Saudi Arabia as the shortlisted contractor for Downtown Development Program (Vision 2030) at 12 sites in the Kingdom. • Appointed by Freyssinet Menard https://www.freyssinet.com/ as their BIM & Structural Design service provider for Pan-GCC projects.• Forged B2B partnerships with 5 overseas specialist service providers including www.ekium.eu (French), www.geokno.com (India) and https://nesdubai.com/ (UAE).• Prequalified and bid for service/project contracts with 4 GES+ Saudi Aramco PMC’s.

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  Tojo Vikas International Pvt Ltd.

  • India

  • Advisor International Business

    • Feb 2021 - Nov 2021
    • India

    Presented proof of concept for as-built engineering by laser scanning to 4 Indian port-shipyard companies.Got first query from Bharati Defense & Infrastructure (Bharati Shipyard) on as-built engineering of ballast tanks of a ship under refurbishment.Authored company brochure focusing the needs of MENA market – targeting an additional 15% market place.

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  Jubail Engineers Contracting Company

  • Jubail, Saudi Arabia

  • Business Development Partner

    • Mar 2019 - Feb 2020
    • Jubail, Saudi Arabia

    Campaigned for overseas Sonatrach Petroleum Corporation (Algeria), https://www.sonatrach.co.uk/ tender bidding.Formed a consortium with Algerian and Saudi electrical and instrumentation contractors.Won back-to-back projects on as-built modeling of 3 no’s Aramco off-shore & on-shore structures.Promoted asset inventory services to over a dozen industries of the Dammam Industrial City I & II.Launched laser scan-based works progress estimation, and BIM compliant as-built models as services.

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  Ruwailan General Contracting Company

  • Al Khobar, Saudi Arab

  • Director Strategy Operations

    • Feb 2016 - Oct 2018
    • Al Khobar, Saudi Arab

    Claimed and obtained 3 change orders, 2 major components de-scoping.Was awarded scope augmentation of 30% by Mustang-Al Haezian for end client SABIC project.Achieved a closure of low current systems project, which was facing penalty conditions.Saved up to 20% running cost by SLA deals with vessel suppliers, equipment rental and marine service companies.Continuously alerted the project managers of contractual risks, boosting the profit margin 5% upwards (2016-2018).Reduced the lag time up to 10% by setting workflows for safety provisions, work permits, vehicle pass, PPE.

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  Ruwailan General Contracting Company

  • Bahrain

  • Operations Manager

    • Jun 2012 - Dec 2015
    • Bahrain

    Forged consortium with 3 Bahraini engineering companies to claim stakes for large ticket Saudi works.Co-bid with Bahrain based Al Hoty Group http://www.alhotybahrain.com/ for Saudi Ma’aden mega project.Succeeded in adding a location exclusive association condition in the sub-contract agreement with one UAE specialist services company.Mobilized multiple teams of IMCA certified Technician divers via Bahrain port, saving the lag time for routing by 15%.

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  Premier Group

  • Manama, Bahrain

  • PMO Manager (Contracts)

    • Jan 2008 - May 2012
    • Manama, Bahrain

    Reduced the reporting time by 10%, using a MS SharePoint based program.Fixed privilege terms for material vendors to reduce the down-time in site delivery by 10%.Used Balanced Score Card technique for vendor selection, downsize the time by 15%.

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  Property Affairs, Royal Court and Premier Group, Bharain

  • West Riffa, Bahrain

  • Project Manager (GIS)

    • Feb 2005 - Jan 2008
    • West Riffa, Bahrain

    Led running of 11 IT service catalogs including GIS, document management, image processing and workflow automation.Implemented RC Land Information System, decision support by Royal Court, reducing the time taken for info and analytics reporting to HM The King, by half.Innovated use of Bathymetric models for estimation of volume of rock-fill.

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  Central Informatics Organization

  • Isa Town, Bahrain

  • Senior GIS Consultant

    • Sep 2003 - Jan 2005
    • Isa Town, Bahrain

    First digital and integrated Nationwide Street Center-line, Building Address and Points of interest geo-spatial database published.Credited for raising a 100% Bahraini team by rigorously coaching and mentoring on GIS production, quality control and integrity testing. Led execution of Bahrain street signage project finish before planned time by around 20 days.

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  MicroCenter Gulf

  • New Zinj, Bahrain

  • GIS Development Manager

    • Sep 2002 - Sep 2003
    • New Zinj, Bahrain

    Added two new ESRI clients in education and homeland sectors. Achieved an increment in sales of annual maintenance contracts of 8%.Successfully sold Saudi Aramco's GIS Department a Web GIS user training program.

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  Avineon India Pvt. Ltd

  • Hyderabad Area, India

  • Business Development Manager

    • Jul 2001 - Aug 2002
    • Hyderabad Area, India

    Was instrumental in awarding of Plant detailed engineering design service (Qatar) to Avineon India.Introduced photogrammetry based country side mapping service portfolio to the group.

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  Intergraph Middle East LLC

  • Salwa, Kuwait

  • Kuwait Municipality GIS Consultant

    • Dec 1998 - Jul 2001
    • Salwa, Kuwait

    Led to winning the bid to provide Kuwait Municipality, a total photogrammetry solution.First to build a prototype on GeoMedia platform, enabling land parcel view and analysis online.Proposed enterprise GIS solution to Kuwait Oil Company.

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  Atallah Systems Ltd.

  • Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • Riyadh Municipality - GIS Analyst

    • Mar 1995 - Nov 1998
    • Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Almost doubled the throughput time, setting Quality Check on photogrammetry data sets. First time, a customized training module was imparted to Riyadh Municipality professionals.