04 · Career Journey

From the workshop floor to the executive suite

Every role, every result, in the detail it deserves. From operations, quality and manufacturing leadership at GE to a $1B+ portfolio across 13 countries at ACWA Operations.

  1. Feb 2024 to Present

    Vice President, Operations & Projects · ACWA Operations

  2. Dec 2022 to Feb 2024

    Projects Executive Director · ACWA Operations

  3. Oct 2019 to Dec 2022

    General Manager · ACWA Operations (NOMAC)

  4. Feb 2019 to Sep 2019

    Country Operations Manager · GE Healthcare

  5. Jun 2014 to Feb 2019

    Sales Operations Manager · GE Healthcare

  6. 2008 to 2014

    Early Career: Operations, Quality and Manufacturing Leadership · GE Aviation & GE Power & Water

05 · Experience in Detail

Leadership at portfolio scale

The complete record, role by role, exactly as it happened.

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Vice President, Operations & Projects

Feb 2024 to Present

ACWA Operations · Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Africa & Asia

I lead business operations spanning turbine technology, generator repair, OSIS and customer facing P&L teams. I govern a $1B+ portfolio across 13 countries.

Highlights

  • Governs a $1B+ portfolio across 13 countries, directing four regional business units and their P&L teams.
  • Executes growth strategy and the project pipeline across multiple regions, governing HSE performance, revenue delivery and contractual obligations within the $1B scope.
  • Aligns cross functional teams across turbine technology, generator repair and OSIS units, ensuring on budget delivery across multi stakeholder projects in 13 countries.
Executive discussing operations with engineers beside a gas turbine

Projects Executive Director

Dec 2022 to Feb 2024

ACWA Operations · Global

I held overall responsibility for global project execution, strategy and operations on an $800M portfolio across multi country operations.

Highlights

  • Directed an $800M portfolio across multiple countries, achieving a 97.4 customer satisfaction score across global operations.
  • Expanded the long term service agreement portfolio to 27 GW of capacity, managing the LTSAs across multi country operations.
  • Led execution of major technical service projects, aligning strategy, budgets and resource planning across regional teams.
NOMAC Saudi Arabia operations review in a boardroom

General Manager

Oct 2019 to Dec 2022

ACWA Operations (NOMAC) · Saudi Arabia

I led NOMAC's generation services business in Saudi Arabia with full P&L responsibility across strategy, operations and commercial functions.

Highlights

  • Established the Saudi Arabia business unit, managing full P&L and revenue targets while driving growth across multiple service lines.
  • Drove execution across several strategic CapEx initiatives, ensuring delivery aligned with client requirements and operational plans.
  • Strengthened recurring revenue sources through expanded transactional services and long term contracts across the portfolio.
GE Healthcare Saudi Arabia operations presentation

Country Operations Manager

Feb 2019 to Sep 2019

GE Healthcare · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

I led country operations for GE Healthcare's full portfolio in Saudi Arabia, managing P&L, sales revenue, supply chain and operational delivery.

Highlights

  • Managed country P&L including sales revenue, contribution margin and orders booking, unifying operations with the national portfolio objectives.
  • Unified channel partners and stakeholders, ensuring alignment across deliverables, revenue targets and operational execution.
  • Standardized the order to remittance process across order intake, project planning and KPIs, coordinating delivery across multiple forecast cycles.
GE Healthcare team reviewing MRI scans

Sales Operations Manager

Jun 2014 to Feb 2019

GE Healthcare · West & South Saudi Arabia

I managed the complete order to remittance cycle across contract fulfilment, project execution and customer management for the regional operations.

Highlights

  • Coordinated order to remittance operations across contract fulfilment, cost and productivity, covering the regional commercial activity.
  • Converted the regional sales pipeline into order backlog delivered against the annual operating plan, supporting quarterly commitments and forecast cycles.
  • Elevated customer experience as measured by Net Promoter Score and operational KPIs, strengthening engagement across cross functional teams.
Engineers inspecting a jet engine in a maintenance hangar

Early Career: Operations, Quality and Manufacturing Leadership

2008 to 2014

GE Aviation & GE Power & Water

I progressed through operations, quality and manufacturing leadership roles, including OML Crew Leader, where I managed generator and gas turbine rotor and bucket repair operations, Cell and Product Group Leader, where I ran a $24M aircraft component business with over 40 employees, and Supplier Quality Engineer and Value Operations Engineer roles focused on supplier qualification and plant productivity.

Highlights

  • Reduced repair cycle time from 180 days to 32 days while maintaining zero recordable injuries and zero quality escapes.
  • Secured Saudi Aramco and Saudi Electricity Company gas turbine bucket repair qualifications, establishing a new capability in Saudi Arabia.
  • Delivered $185,000 supplier savings by resolving a fuel manifold yield issue and led GE38 engine component qualification for the first engine test.
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