Chief Operating Officer at the Central Bank of the UAE since September 2019, United Arab Emirates. He has been the Executive Director of the Central Operations Sector at the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship since November 2015, the Chief Information Officer at Al Hilal Bank since July 2013, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the ICT Fund . He served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology Management at the University of Wollongong in Dubai between 2009 and 2018, an IT Advisor at the Abu Dhabi City Municipality between 2009 and 2013, an Assistant Professor at the American University of Sharjah between 2008 and 2009, and the Chief Information Officer at Dubai Holding between 2001 and 2009. He also held the position of Chief Operating Officer at TECOM Group between 2001 and 2004, Chief Operating Officer at eHosting DataFort between 2001 and 2004, and Information Security Manager at Emirates Telecommunications Group ( Etisalat ) between 1997 and 2001, in addition to his work at ZADCO between 1995 and 1996. He has over 22 years of experience in the field of information technology. He holds a PhD in Computer and Information Science in 2008 from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom, an MBA in 2003 from the American University of Sharjah , and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering in 1995 from the University of Washington.