About
PMO leader who makes the portfolio readable
Since April 2025 I have been building AUC's Digital Transformation PMO: demand intake, prioritisation against strategy pillars, and weekly executive reporting. Before that I ran information systems and digital platforms at AUC for a programme across 34 Egyptian universities, and headed the PMO at Egyptian National Railways' Transport IT, where I first shipped software. I work with PMBOK, COBIT 2019, ITIL 4 and EDUCAUSE research, and I build the reports and tools myself, increasingly with AI.
Skills
What I bring
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Portfolio & PMO leadership
Portfolio governancePrioritisationDemand intakeDecision trackingStrategy-to-portfolio alignmentSteering-committee reportingBudget & resource planningRisk managementRFP & vendor management
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Data & reporting
Power BIDAXTabular EditorPower BI Report ServerExecutive dashboardsExcelSQLPower Apps & SharePoint
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AI for real work
Claude & Claude CodeAI agents & skillsAI-assisted reportingPrompt & workflow designAI video & content production
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Frameworks
PMBOKCOBIT 2019ITIL 4Agile / ScrumGartner researchEDUCAUSE
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Enterprise platforms
SAP PSOracle Fusion CloudMicrosoft Dynamics 365MS ProjectAsanaCanvas LMSLaserficheITSM tools
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Build & teach
FlutterPythonJavaScriptC#SAP ABAPArticulate Storyline 360Training & mentoring
Experience
Where I've worked
The American University in Cairo
Director, PMO for Digital Transformation
Apr 2025 – Present
- Built the Digital Transformation portfolio standard: one project catalogue, demand pipeline and priority quadrants across units.
- Linked every project to the digital-transformation strategy pillars and produced the fiscal-year priority roadmap.
- Set up weekly "portfolio in numbers" executive reporting in Power BI and Excel, by size, area and pillar.
- Introduced demand and decision tracking with the Architecture Governance board.
- Lead steering-committee reporting for enterprise programmes: timeline, UAT, budget and decisions.
Senior Manager, Information Systems & Digital Platforms
2023 – 2025
- Led the RFP and vendor selection for a career-management system across 34 Egyptian universities, aligned with Ministry of Higher Education requirements, through to implementation.
- Oversaw rollout of student-tracking and MEAL platforms at 34 partner universities and 46 career centres.
- Built quarterly Power BI dashboards on programme progress and automated the data flows behind them.
- Managed LMS and document-archiving vendors and ran system gap analyses.
Egyptian National Railways – Transport IT (TransIT)
Section Head, Project Management Office
2021 – 2023
- Led the PMO rollout of SAP PS as the enterprise project system, integrated with a mobile app for project tracking.
- Built Power BI executive dashboards on SAP PS data for real-time portfolio status.
- Prepared budget and financial reports for executive leadership and set PMO documentation standards.
Senior Software Developer
2019 – 2021
- Built web and mobile apps (Flutter) for fare collection, HR and letter management.
Earlier career
2007 – 2019
- Ministry of Transportation Media Center · Egyptian National Railways · Vodafone Egypt · Westwood – Berlitz Language Centers
Consulting & training
Power BI consultant, Saudi government entitiesDashboards and on-premises Power BI Report Server · 2023
Web & mobile consultantLabour-market tracking platform and mobile apps · 2022 – 2023
Senior e-learning developer, Egyptian Banking InstituteProject-based · 2020
Power BI & computer trainerTraining centres in Egypt · 2010 – Present
Education
Postgraduate Diploma, Computer ScienceCairo University · 2022
Bachelor of Arts, TranslationCairo University · 2017
Bachelor of Commerce, AccountingCairo University · 2006
Languages
Arabic (native) · English (fluent)
Let's talk PMO, portfolios or AI at work
The best way to reach me is a message on LinkedIn.