NAJLA AL QASSIMI

Twice a winner of Stevi Gold awards for outstanding acivements, a winner of .Savvy information technology and systems Director with 22+ years of progressive network administration, and well-rounded hardware and software experience. Develops and implements, strategies, policies, and procedures. Manages functional and technological application support. Technical and strategic expert in applying strategic direction, practical implementation to accomplish corporate IT and data security initiatives.

• DMI -Define and setup IT strategic objectives and roadmap to align with DMI vision
• Unify, consolidate and optimize IT resources across DMI entities to increase productivity and achieve cost saving
• Restructuring IT function, setting up roles and responsibilities and building an agile and productive IT team - Enhanced IT functions and operation, adapting security systems, tools and best practices as well as maintaining ISO 2700 certification
• Initiate and execute automation of shared services and core business procedures with innovative ideas and using industry best practices
• Lead and manage the smart transformation & ISR for all sectors - Initiated and successfully deployed new Suggestion Box smart system with innovative workflow
• Plan, lead and manage the execution of DMI participation in major events and exhibitions on behalf of all sectors, become the connected point between all the sectors such DMI participation in Gitex, government achievements and innovation week
• Successfully lead the smart transformation of the DMI services - launched news in braille initiative using the first watch for people with determination, and innovate with us initiative
• Assigned as Dubai Data Leader in DMI and achieved 100% in Dubai Data Compliance reports
• Implementing AI technology in DMI smart services such as albayan virtual assistance as first newspaper smart application with AI technology
• Enhance the IT infrastructure ( 3 data centers) with latest technology and security systems ,and achieved of having DR sites for the critical systems -developed Dubai Media Live smart application , first smart application for media coverage operations in innovative way , the reporter can record, edit and modify the media object that can be publish directly to the website and social media
• Heading the smart transformation committee in DMI and a member of Innovation committee, future foresight committee and budgeting committee - lead Dubai paperless strategy implementation project in DMI and achieved 100% paperless environment
• Albayan & Emarat el youm - Achieved to lead the business to be role model in news room activities
• Being a bench mark The first paperless newsroom in the middle east with innovative workflow and latest technology (smart devices)
• Setting an up to date of technology new newsroom infrastructure & hardware - manage and lead successfully the change in moving to new publishing system and to the paperless environment in a short time t by innovative techniques - Built a call center and implement ITIL slandered in IT help desk services and achieved a customer satisfaction by 95%
• Enhanced Datacenter infrastructure, Built DR & backup practices and achieved in reducing downtimes by 90%
• Adapting business Intelligence solutions and techniques
• Developed text archive system, tawseel system, photo archive & news wire basket.