Haithem M . Alfaraj
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Haithem M . Alfaraj
Engineer , Haitham M . Alfaraj joined STC in 2016 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Technology and Operation . He is responsible for conceiving , planning , operating as well as leading the implementation of transformation projects to improve organisationwide deployment of information technology and communication services and solutions . Previously at STC , Haitham served as Vice President of Operation Sector , where he led challenging transformation programmes that excelled the technical operational performance of STC communication services . Haitham joined STC in 2016 from Etihad Etisalat , Mobily Company , where he was Chief Technology Operations Officer . He spent 11 years with Mobily in leadership positions for infrastructure and service management operations . Prior to that , he worked at Saudi Aramco for four years . He holds a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from King Fahad University in Dhahran , and enrolled in multiple executive leadership programmes from Harvard Business School , INSEAD , and other institutes . Haitham is currently on the board of STC Specialized , STC Solution . He is an experienced technology executive who possesses extensive technology knowledge , strong leadership skills and superb relationship management abilities . Haithem has a well-rounded business foundation with keen strategic insight that allows him to manage relationship building , talent development , and organisation turnaround and realignment activities . He has additional expertise in telecom and information technologies , quality management , infrastructure planning , performance improvement , partner alliances , operations excellence , vendor management , outsourcing strategy , and facility / data center and cloud services .
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