Samer Daouk

Executive Director, IT & Digital | Dubai Holding Entertainment @ Dubai Holding

About

Senior technology leader with over 18 years of experience leading the implementation, execution, management, and completion of multimillion-dollar transformative technology projects for industry leaders. Proven ability to manage numerous high-pressure projects and initiatives simultaneously while managing cross-functional teams, external suppliers, and third-party teams across different time zones. Particularly adept at handling projects including the migration of legacy systems and their integration with other ancillary solutions in order to guarantee the organization's application architecture operates effectively. Technology Leadership | Digital Transformation | Strategic Advisory | Data and Analytics | Culture | Change Management | Innovation | Emerging Technology

Country

United Arab Emirates

City

Dubai

Industry

Technology, Information and Media

Skill

Agile Methodologies, Project Management, Management Consulting, Software Project Management

Experience

senior project manager, consultant

farber group

2016-7 - Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

project manager, consultant

sap

2013-1 - 2016-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

senior business solutions architect, consultant

greater toronto airports authority

2012-8 - 2013-9 · 1 yr 2 mos

Provided insight during the development of digital solutions to understand business needs and meet requirements. Developed architectural and solution pricing assessments to provide key details prior to project commencement

senior business systems analyst and project manager, consultant

blackberry

2010-5 - 2012-5 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Joined as a senior business systems analyst, gathering and analyzing requirements to identify, develop, test, and implement new solutions and system enhancements. Transitioned into project management role, managing concurrent IT projects with multiple resources, developers, QA analysts, and stakeholders, adhering to Agile best practices.

business systems analyst, consultant

western canada lottery corporation (wclc)

2009-1 - 2009-8 · 8 mos

business systems analyst, consultant

timeplay inc.

2007-8 - 2008-11 · 1 yr 4 mos

qa project lead

amaya

2006-3 - 2007-6 · 1 yr 4 mos

implementation project manager

visiant health

2009-8 - 2010-5 · 10 mos

Manage project implementations, coordinating with development teams to meet project deadlines, delivering: Insurance Sales & Billings, Claims Systems, and Insurance EMR systems; and manage client engagements. Medical Insurance Billing Implementation (BlueCross Blue Shield Michigan and Independent Health New York) Implemented medical insurance billing module including configuration of insurance product premiums while incorporating local state subsidies for Medicaid and Medicare products; analyzed billings adjudication (commercial and Medicare invoice adjustments) logic, process design, implementation and testing

management consultant

litcom

2013-9 - 2015-12 · 2 yrs 4 mos

principal consultant

mangowave consulting

2007-1 - Present · 19 yrs 9 mos

* Management Consulting firm helping organizations manage new technology implementations with in-depth functional knowledge of leading enterprise applications. Services include: * IT Project Management and Service Delivery * Business Technology Strategy * Industry Specific Business Systems Analysis * Business Intelligence * Enterprise Application Implementation and Integration Services * IT Assessments

project lead and business systems analyst, consultant

mccarthy tétrault

2016-1 - 2016-12 · 1 yr

* Directed implementation of eProcurement project – Proactis P2P, for Vendor Management Office; led design sessions to draft functional and technical configuration requirements * Streamlined legal business analysis processes through implementation Irdium BI to improve reporting and insights within firm around profitability and matter budgeting