Eddy Abboud

CEO

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GBM Oman

As CEO at GBM Oman, Eddy Abboud helps corporates overcome the challenges they face today and accelerate their digital transformation journey. With his global perspective, entrepreneurial mindset, and 21 years of industry experience in different capacities across Europe, Middle East, and Africa, he is recognized as a leader in the corporate transformation domain. Eddy worked his way up from being an Engineer to earn his seat at the C-Suite table. His career has focused on operation, optimization, and governance, with a highlight on developing and executing business strategies to achieve great customer experience and high-performance culture. Eddy holds a degree in Leadership from Harvard Business School, as well as an MBA in Business Administration.

Nasser Saif Nasser Al-Mahrooqi

Petroleum Data & Analytics Manager

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Petroleum Development Oman

Graduated at Plymouth University UK with BEng in Telecommunication Engineering, over 30 year’s experience in Oil and Gas Industry leading high motivated Petroleum Data and Analytics Centre. My main responsibility is an establishment of sustainable and competitive framework in the areas of human resources management, Technology Innovation, governance that support creativity and Innovation, establishment of an organization that able to respond into future challenges, and market Intelligent foster to TQ company. This model is needed as a vehicle to drive enterprise digital transformation maturation journey . In 2019, I was appointed as the Minister’s office advisor for the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technology. Recently appointed as Oman Advisory Committee for the Development of the Communications and Information Technology Sector member.

Shoaib Niyazi

Industry Leader - Energy, Utilities, Natural Resource & Industrial Manufacturing

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IBM Middle East and Africa (MEA)

Shoaib Niyazi is the Industry Leader for Energy (Oil & Gas), Utilities, Natural Resources & Industrial Manufacturing Industries. Driving Energy Transition, Sustainability, Decarbonization, Circular Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, Oil & Gas 4.0, and Digital Transformation for customers in the Industry. Business lead by him helps customers to embrace new era of business reinvention with "Outside-in" digital transformation and "inside-out" Cognitive Enterprise, enabled by exponential technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Automation, Blockchain, 5G, Hybrid Cloud and Quantum Computing. Shoaib earned his MBA (with Honors) from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Chicago, USA and Bachelor of Engineering (with Honors) in Computer Science and Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Produki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) Bhopal, India.

Yaqoub Al-Maktoumi

Head of Digital Transformation

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OQ

Yaqoub Al Maktoumi is the Head of Digital Transformation Unit within OQ, where he is devoting his 21 years of experience to manage and execute OQ digital transformation strategy. He has extensive experience in business and innovative technology deployments that create the essential business value expected from digital transformation projects. Yaqoub current focus is running DX projects with large impact on business though implementing AI, analytics and IoT Technology solutions. In his current role, he is leading the DX strategy and implementation across Upstream, Downstream, Marketing and renewable energy business unites in addition to the corporate functions of OQ to deliver the required transformation projects Yaqoub is a lead DX counsel for many government entities, including Ministries, governorate offices and authorities supporting them to setup their digital transformation roadmap and strategy.

Jessy El Murr

Certified Media Trainer & Digital Journalist

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Jessy El Murr is a certified media trainer and a multilingual digital journalist who spent over 18 years writing and presenting political, military and digital news stories for international news outlets. A seasoned field journalist and former BBC and Sky News Arabia correspondent, El Murr has recently acquired several media consulting and training projects for government and private entities across GCC countries including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates and the State of Kuwait. El Murr has interviewed a variety of senior officials and international personalities including Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, Georges Clooney and several international and regional dignitaries. El Murr holds a Master’s degree in Integrated Journalism from Emerson College in Boston, MA and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the American University of Beirut.