Data Management & Governance · GCC

Governed data your AI can trust

I enable public and private sector organizations across the GCC to forge data into a governed, trusted asset — the foundation every analytics and AI initiative depends on.

What I do

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Data Governance

  • Data Strategy, Operating Models, Data Policies, Oversight, and Stewardship
  • Grounded in DAMA-DMBOK framework
  • Driving maturity uplift and national regulatory compliance (e.g. KSA National Data Index and SDAIA / NDMO compliance).

Data Management

  • Covering all domains from Data Quality to Data Value Realization
  • Data lifecycle architecture that keeps data usable, interoperable, and AI-ready
  • Includes assessment, remediation, and compliance evidence

Selected engagements (anonymized)

A selection of recent engagements with Saudi public-sector authorities and national operators — client names withheld to respect confidentiality obligations.

Human Resources Ministry

Led the team that reached target data management and governance maturity across 14 domains — meeting NDMO requirements and uplifting the NDI score — and contributed to the data strategy refresh.

National Telecom Operator

Delivered and documented evidence of compliance with NDMO specifications across multiple data management domains — evaluating the current implementation, identifying pain points, defining the target architecture, and building an implementation roadmap.

National Data & AI Authority

Helped define the National Data Index (NDI / نضيء) — the flagship instrument for measuring data management maturity across government entities.

Electricity Sector Regulator

Led the team implementing Enterprise Data Catalog and driving NDI data management maturity — in the Metadata Management and Data Quality domains — from baseline toward the highest level.

National Data Regulator

Delivered a data governance training programme — policies and processes — to multiple government entities, building lasting in-house capability. Repeated 20 times for a total of 1,000 government stakeholders.

Real Estate Authority

Developed an enterprise data strategy aligned with the business strategy, and designed the operating model for the data management office to meet NDMO requirements.

Credentials

  • CDMP Certified Data Management Professional — DAMA International — Master-level score (90%).
  • 30+ years Global experience focused on enterprise data across the telecom industry and the public sector — recognized for innovation and outstanding results.
  • Business + Technology A dual major in economics and computer science — fluent on both sides, bridging the gap between business strategy and technology.

From the blog

Trustworthy AI runs on governed data

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Data and AI advance best in parallel, not in sequence — each accelerates the other. At Aiconomica I run AI strategy, agentic AI, and AI governance alongside the data work, so neither track waits on the other.