Engr. Mahmood Al Bastaki
Acting Director of eServices of Dubai eGovernment

OVERVIEW

Managed critical projects in the Dubai eGovernment such as the Contact Center, Payment Gateway and Integration framework among government departments.
He was a senior Engineer in Products & Services Development in Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company From 1999 until 2001.
From August 1993 until August 1999, he worked as Speaker recognition expert in
the Forensic Laboratory of Dubai Police & succeeded in setting up a Voice Analysis Division.
Graduated from the University of Arkansas in USA in the year 1993 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology.
In 1998, he received his Master Degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Digital Signal Processing and Speech analysis from Oregon Graduate Institute in USA. Graduated with honor and distinction.
Keynote speaker and a presenter in various scientific seminars and educational conferences in the areas of eGovernment, telecommunications and electronics.

Tan Kar Joo
Director, Electronic Services Division (ESD)
Info Comm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore

OVERVIEW

Ms Tan Kar Joo is Director, Electronic Services Division (ESD) of the InfoComm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore. As Director (ESD), Kar Joo manages the Public Service Online programme, a programme that focuses on delivery of customer-centric government online services. In her 17 years in IDA and the previous National Computer Board, Kar Joo has worked in various government departments and divisions, and was involved in some major government IT initiatives, including the Electronic Lodgment System for the Land Registry, the Technology Court and the Electronic Filing System for the Supreme Court, and the Driver's Licensing System for the Traffic Police.

Herbert E. Kamensky
Managing Director Comguard

Ms Tan Kar Joo is Director, Electronic Services Division (ESD) of the InfoComm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore. As Director (ESD), Kar Joo manages the Public Service Online programme, a programme that focuses on delivery of customer-centric government online services. In her 17 years in IDA and the previous National Computer Board, Kar Joo has worked in various government departments and divisions, and was involved in some major government IT initiatives, including the Electronic Lodgment System for the Land Registry, the Technology Court and the Electronic Filing System for the Supreme Court, and the Driver's Licensing System for the Traffic Police.

Dr.Ahmed Hamad Al Mohanadi
Director

OVERVIEW

Dr Ahmed Al Mohanadi is the Director of Qatar e-Government Project.

Dr Ahmed is the visionary and instigator of enabling the Qatari Government to provide its services electronically, via the internet, to the citizens, residents and businesses of Qatar, resulting the Government working better and smarter, more efficient and less bureaucratic. By streamlining the operation of Government services e-Government will inevitably break down the barriers between the people and their Government thus transforming the Government to become more citizens friendly. To turn his vision into reality, Dr.Ahmed set about to create something very few countries have yet to accomplish, by using technology to transform the way the Government operates and performs in servicing its people.
Dr.Ahmed's vision is now a living reality with no less than ten (10) Government services now provided on-line. This has been achieved by the inspiration provided by Dr.Ahmed to his talented and dedicated team in the short space of three(3) years with a further 10 services targeted,5 which will also be coming on line in the near future.
This vision is not only transforming the way Government works in Qatar, but also is changing people's lifestyles for the better by placing the Government in their hands. Indeed, today's new generation will have started life the e-Government way with the issuance of Birth Certificates on line, and indeed, will be utilizing the e-services throughout the whole of their lives with education, health, employment, immigration, driving licenses etc.
Thus, Dr.Ahmed's vision has developed into only the delivery of Government services on-line, but an e-lifestyle for the citizens, residents and businesses of Qatar.
Dr.Ahmed has a Ph.D in Electronics Engineering from the University of Kent, as well as a Masters in Electronic Engineering with Honours from the North Carolina Agricultural &Technical State University. He regularly lectures at Qatar University College of Engineering and a member of several prominent Government Boards and Committees in Qatar.

Engr.Rehab Lootah
eServices Provisioning Manager at Dubai eGovernment


OVERVIEW

In charge of business development of eServices , Content, Marketing and Community Outreach.
Manage and coordinate to unify Dubai government department’s synergistic services.
13 years of experience in Information Technology development and projects management
MBA with honor and distinction from Stratford University , USA. B.S in E. engineering , UAE University.
Certifications : Microsoft Certified System Engineer( MCSE ) , Certified APlus, Certified Business Profional ( CBP), eMarketing and Master CIW
H. H. President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Award winner .
Participated in authoring books in computer Science for UAE's Ministry of Education .
Designer and developer of all school management software for UAE's Ministry of Education
 

Bilal Sununu
IT Consultant
General Manager
Business to IT Services

OVERVIEW

Bilal Sununu is a known figure in the IT industry in Saudi where he started the Microsoft operations in the country. During his 8.5-years career at Microsoft, Sununu held several positions in technical and sales groups until he was appointed as the GM in 2001. During his appointment as a GM, Sununu worked on very strategic solutions in the area of security, e-business, and e-government. Sununu also worked very closely with top government, commercial, and IT organizations and is a well-known speaker in Saudi. Prior to Microsoft, Sununu worked in the technical division of several organizations where he lived through the challenges that such organizations has to deal with. Sununu also worked on several strategic consultancy projects for major organizations.
Sununu‘s passion is technology and it’s application in improving the life of people. Sununu also believes that the key to create a successful IT industry is knowledge transfer to the local market through the training of the young generation.
Sununu lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with his wife and 2 kids, and enjoys reading and swimming.

T Mohammed Emir Mavani Abdullah
Project Director E Government
Ministry of Finance and Industry

OVERVIEW

Mohammed Emir is currently the E-Government Project Director for the Federal Government. He has extensive exposure and experience in public sector reforms here and also in Malaysia. He is also involved in the BPR and change managementfor all the ministries.
Mohammed Emir has also work with various BPR projects under the UNDP banner and has been appointed as a consultant to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to undertake BPR projects.

Neil Smith
Head of E-Risk Management
Visa International – CEMEA

OVERVIEW

Neil has been heading up the E-Risk department for Visa International CEMEA for almost 4 years now and has worked with Visa in Fraud and risk management for nearly 6 years. Neil brings a wide experience of knowledge and expertise in both the emerging technology area and also Fraud and risk. Having worked in the industry for over 10+ years he has been associated with some of big players in the payment scheme industry including the ‘Royal Bank of Scotland’ and First Data Corporation’. As Visa is an association he has had the opportunity and pleasure of developingv close relations with Global financial institutions across the world leveraging his knowledge to advise on opertaional and stragtic areas.
The main areas of focus to date is surrounding some of the following topics; Chip and smart card technology, new technologies such as e-commerce and mobile payments along with his expertise in fraud and risk.

Ghazi Atallah
General Manager, Cisco Systems Middle East

OVERVIEW

Ghazi Atallah is the General Manager for Cisco in the Middle East. He is responsible for Cisco's overall strategy in the ME, driving plans and initiatives to grow Cisco's business and overall contribution to the region. Previously he was responsible for Cisco's Service Provider business in the Middle East and North Africa, one of Cisco's fastest growing regions in EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa). Atallah was also previously the country manager for Cisco in Saudi Arabia where he was responsible for growing Cisco’s presence and business in the country. While in Canada Prior to moving to the middle east in 1997, Atallah was chief Architect in the network planning group for Canada’s International Carrier, Teleglobe Canada. Subsequent to that he was the product development manager for ATM and Multimedia technologies in General Datacom's Multimedia R&D labs in Canada where a lot of the initial work was done on Multimedia transport of ATM. He completed his university in Montreal, Canada, holding a degree of Bachelor of Science in Computers Systems. He also holds a minor degree in Business Administration.