RÉSUMÉ · السيرة الذاتية

Abdullah Al Mubarak

Senior Digital Transformation Specialist — Government sector · Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF / NORA) · Data Governance & PDPL · Digital Maturity (Qiyas)

أخصائي أول تحوّل رقمي — القطاع الحكومي · البنية المؤسسية · حوكمة البيانات · قياس النضج الرقمي

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • B.Sc. Information Systems — King Khalid University
  • Arabic (native) · English (professional working proficiency)
  • Years of experience

    5+

    since 2021, across government and technology

  • Employers

    4

    government entity, university, technology company, ministry

  • Professional certifications

    4

    TOGAF · COBIT · ITIL · Darden

  • Documented transformation projects

    3

    Qiyas · strategy · automation

PROFILE · نبذة

About me

I enable government entities to transform digitally through enterprise architecture (TOGAF / NORA), data governance and compliance (PDPL, SDAIA, DGA), and digital maturity measurement frameworks (Qiyas, Nudhi’).

Bachelor of Information Systems from King Khalid University. I design digital strategies and roadmaps, apply ITIL 4, COBIT and TOGAF, and raise the quality of digital services. My experience spans enterprise architecture, data governance, the regulatory standards of digital government, the international standards ISO 22301, ISO 20000 and ISO 38500, and strategic project management and governance. I focus on practical solutions and a better beneficiary experience.

حاصل على بكالوريوس نظم المعلومات من جامعة الملك خالد. أعمل على تصميم الاستراتيجيات الرقمية وخرائط الطريق، وتطبيق أطر ITIL 4 وCOBIT وTOGAF، ورفع جودة الخدمات الرقمية. خبرتي تشمل البنية المؤسسية، وحوكمة البيانات، والمعايير التنظيمية للحكومة الرقمية، والمعايير الدولية ISO 22301 وISO 20000 وISO 38500، وإدارة المشاريع الاستراتيجية وحوكمتها. أركّز على الحلول العملية وتحسين تجربة المستفيد.

EXPERIENCE · المسيرة المهنية

From development to institutional transformation

  1. May 2025 — presentRiyadh · Full-time

    Senior Digital Transformation Specialist

    Government entity — Riyadh

    • Aligning digital transformation initiatives with the Digital Government Authority (DGA), SDAIA and Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) frameworks.
    • Enterprise architecture under TOGAF and the National Overall Reference Architecture (NORA), and data governance.
    • Measuring and tracking digital maturity through the Qiyas and Nudhi’ cycles.
    • DGA
    • PDPL
    • NORA
    • Data governance
  2. May 2023 — April 20252 years · Full-time

    Digital Transformation Specialist

    Renad Al Majd Group for Information Technology (RMG)

    • Developing digital strategies and roadmaps; drafting and executing operational plans.
    • Applying ITIL 4 and COBIT in IT environments; drafting and reviewing digital policies.
    • Compliance with ISO 22301, ISO 20000 and ISO 38500; contributing to enterprise architecture projects.
    • Digital service quality and beneficiary experience, data governance and engineering, and business process management.
    • ITIL 4
    • COBIT
    • ISO 22301 / 20000 / 38500
    • Beneficiary experience
  3. June 2022 — May 2023Abha · Full-time

    Digital Transformation Specialist

    King Khalid University

    • Activating ITIL 4 in the IT environment and tracking the DGA digital transformation index.
    • Aligning, updating and tracking the IT strategy and the digital transformation strategy.
    • Updating and automating IT procedures, setting policies and controls, and chairing the automation committee.
    • Qiyas
    • ITIL 4
    • Automation
  4. January 2021 — July 2022Remote · Freelance

    Software Engineer

    Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development

    • Systems analysis and software solution development.
    • Systems analysis
    • MongoDB

PROJECTS · المشاريع

Documented transformation projects

  • 01

    May — September 2023

    Raising maturity and compliance with digital transformation policies and standards (Qiyas)

    A working methodology built on an index that measures government entities’ compliance with digital transformation standards and diagnoses their current adoption of digital technologies, supporting their move to the top of digital maturity in line with Saudi Vision 2030.

    • Qiyas
    • DGA
    • RMG
  • 02

    November 2022 — June 2023

    Digital transformation strategic plan for King Khalid University

    Workshops with every entity of the university, aligned with the digital government plan and Vision 2030. Outputs: 6 strategic goals, 16 initiatives, 24 KPIs and 54 projects.

    • Strategy
    • KPIs
    • King Khalid University
  • 03

    August 2021 — June 2022

    Course File Management System

    Digitising the course file for faculty members — course specification, learning materials, assignments, exams and forms — to cut paper use and raise the quality of the teaching process.

    • Automation
    • King Khalid University

CERTIFICATIONS · الشهادات المهنية

Internationally recognised frameworks

  • February 2024

    TOGAF® 9 Foundation

    The Open Group — Enterprise architecture

  • June 2023

    COBIT® 2019 Foundation

    ISACA — IT governance

  • January 2023

    ITIL® 4 Foundation

    AXELOS — IT service management

  • July 2023

    Leading the Modern Day Business

    University of Virginia — Darden School of Business — Digital strategy

SKILLS · المهارات

Frameworks and practices

National and international frameworks and standards

  • Digital Government Authority (DGA)
  • SDAIA
  • PDPL
  • NORA
  • Qiyas
  • Nudhi’
  • TOGAF
  • COBIT 2019
  • ITIL 4
  • ISO 22301
  • ISO 20000
  • ISO 38500

Practices

  • Enterprise architecture
  • Data governance
  • Digital strategy
  • Digital project management
  • Project management office (PMO)
  • Key performance indicators
  • Systems analysis
  • Business requirements
  • Requests for proposals (RFP)
  • Business process management
  • User experience
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Education and languages

  • B.Sc. Information Systems — King Khalid University (2017–2022)
  • Arabic — native
  • English — professional working proficiency

CONTACT · التواصل

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