ZYAD HYTHAM

Project: NAZAHA

Duration: September 2023 – Current

• Executed the foundational data migration for the Enterprise Architecture (EA) repository, successfully importing all essential components (processes, applications, capabilities, and standards) into the iServer platform.
• Developed and refined complex EA models within iServer, utilizing the tool for end-to-end mapping and visualization to support strategic decision-making for Nazaha.
• Strengthened strategic focus by collaborating with stakeholders to define and prioritize business use cases, ensuring all initiatives directly supported organizational objectives.

Project: MCIT QATAR

Duration: October 2025 – Current

• Developed and executed a comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Plan, defining communication strategies and interaction protocols for key internal and external stakeholders across multiple government programs within MCIT.
• Conducted detailed Stakeholder Analysis for critical digital transformation initiatives, identifying key influencers, assessing their interests, and mapping their level of support to inform project strategy and risk mitigation..
• Performed a Maturity Assessment of current IT and governance capabilities, providing the foundational baseline data used by the leadership team to prioritize strategic investments and phased improvement projects.

Project: General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GEOSA)

Duration: November 2023 – November 2024

• Elevated strategic planning by conducting a detailed maturity assessment across multiple domains, identifying critical gaps and prioritizing improvement areas in alignment with EA standards.
• Optimized data gathering through structured data collection sheets, ensuring stakeholder inputs were consistently captured and leveraged for accurate analysis.
• Enabled informed decision-making by delivering a comprehensive current state assessment report that outlined risks, opportunities, and recommended next steps.
• Strengthened EA alignment using iServer to develop models and diagrams that visualized current processes, systems, and data flows, ensuring consistency with national digital architecture frameworks.

Project: National Development Fund (NDF)

Duration: October 2024 – October 2024

• Accelerated enterprise transformation with a thorough EA maturity assessment spanning data, applications, technology, and IT operations, pinpointing priority areas for enhancement.
• Increased operational transparency by performing a structured As-Is analysis, documenting architecture components, capabilities, and interdependencies for more efficient resource allocation.
• Boosted organizational insights through carefully designed data collection sheets and EA questionnaires, ensuring decision-makers had accurate information.
• Reduced risks and inefficiencies by executing a gap analysis that exposed capability shortfalls and misalignments, shaping a clear path to an optimized future state.
• Guided strategic change with EA models and diagrams in Sparx Enterprise Architect, aligning current-state processes and data flows to national frameworks.
• Advanced NDF’s digital goals by building a detailed EA roadmap, mapping out key initiatives that supported transformation and complied with national standards.

Project: Decision Support Center (DSC)

Duration: January 2024 – January 2025

• Enhanced organizational intelligence by leading a modeling team to document the entire enterprise architecture in Sparx Enterprise Architect, providing a centralized knowledge base for decisions.
• Increased alignment and compliance through precise documentation of structure, processes, risks, KPIs, and RACI matrices per national EA requirements.
• Ensured data accuracy by collaborating with architecture and business teams, validating inputs to produce reliable, cross-referenced documentation.
• Maintained high-quality outputs as Head of Modelers, overseeing team deliverables, upholding rigorous modeling standards, and driving on-time completion.
• Fostered a culture of innovation by conducting a Qiyas-based innovation performance analysis, benchmarking existing processes and identifying untapped potential.
• Optimized strategic roadmaps through reviewing and aligning innovation initiatives with DSC’s priorities, recommending improvements that maximize value creation.

Project: INFATH

Duration: June 2024 – June 2025

• Streamlined enterprise visibility by documenting the current state of all four EA layers (Business, Application, Data, Technology) in iServer, creating a holistic view for stakeholders.
• Promoted agile transformations with future state architecture models aligned to organizational strategy, digital goals, and national frameworks.
• Resolved operational gaps using layer-specific gap analyses, identifying critical issues and recommending targeted improvements across processes, systems, data, and infrastructure.
• Drove strategic initiatives by defining projects to close identified gaps, linking them to tangible outcomes and broader enterprise objectives.
• Enabled execution planning via Gantt chart roadmaps, visually sequencing key initiatives with clear timelines and dependencies.
• Guaranteed governance compliance by capturing models in iServer, maintaining high traceability and consistency, and supporting robust EA oversight.
• Advanced organizational innovation through Qiyas evaluations, identifying shortfalls in INFATH’s current innovation practices and suggesting solutions to drive growth.
• Strengthened data-driven culture by collaborating with cross-functional teams, validating innovation data, and presenting actionable steps to boost INFATH’s innovative capabilities.

Project: THIQAH

Duration: November 2023 – June 2024

• Enhanced enterprise-wide data governance by conducting a thorough As-Is data analysis, pinpointing critical process gaps and mapping data flows to drive cross-unit collaboration.
• Accelerated data-driven transformations with logical data models aligned to business needs and governance standards, ensuring a robust foundation for future-state architecture.
• Strengthened strategic focus by collaborating with stakeholders to define and prioritize business use cases, ensuring all initiatives directly supported organizational objectives.
• Improved performance visibility by identifying and documenting KPIs, enabling leadership to effectively measure data quality, operational efficiency, and business impact.

Project: Personal Data Protection Law Internal Project

Duration: January 2025 – February 2025

• Minimized compliance risk by leading a comprehensive IT environment assessment to achieve 100% alignment with the Saudi PDPL, safeguarding internal systems and data practices.
• Elevated organizational data security through the development of robust data protection policies and procedures, covering classification, access management, and retention per PDPL standards.
• Fostered a compliance-centric culture by co-creating a PDPL training course, raising employee awareness and ensuring consistent adherence to data protection mandates.
• Embedded regulatory best practices into daily operations by collaborating with stakeholders to design practical, enforceable PDPL-compliant processes.

Project: THIQAH

Duration: June 2025 – September 2025

• Established a departmental ownership model across Thiqah departments, mandating their role as Data Owners for compliance oversight and the sustained maintenance of the Record of Processing Activities (ROPA)
• Led the full data classification initiative for all internal and external assets, successfully applying the NDMO Data Classification Scheme to identify and prioritize Personal and Sensitive Data.
• Developed and executed a comprehensive ROPA by auditing over core business processes, ensuring compliance with PDPL principles and providing a documented baseline for regulatory audits.
• Formalized operational procedures and Polices for managing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) and data breach incidents, ensuring the organization achieved readiness to meet PDPL's strict mandatory response timelines.

Project: Ministry of Agriculture

Duration: June 2025 – August 2025

• Designed and implemented a comprehensive Data Quality Roadmap for the Ministry of Agriculture, defining the strategic phases, resource allocation, and measurable objectives to enhance the reliability of critical agricultural datasets.
• Developed and enforced 180+ specific Data Quality Rules (covering completeness, consistency, validity, and accuracy) in collaboration with business units, significantly improving the quality score of core operational data.
• Architected and documented a complete Enterprise Relationship Diagram (ERD) using the Sparx Enterprise Architect tool, serving as the foundational blueprint for data model governance and alignment across multiple departmental systems.