CHANNEL CHIEF
Project and transformation champion
Responsible for spearheading complex transformation projects, Mahdi Alami Hamdan uses a blend of
project management, process understanding and applied technology to consistently deliver results.
Mahdi Alami Hamdan is Technical Manager at
Al Taqnyah Business Solutions
“Mahdi Alami Hamdan is the Technical
Manager at Al Taqnyah Business Solutions,
a diversified application developer and
system integrator. As the technical
manager, he is responsible for pre-sales
of enterprise solutions and sets the
technology direction of the company.
He specifically manages the electronic
transformation projects executed by Al
Taqnyah involving government entities.
His work strengths are his significant
capability in project management and
forte with all things technology. Mahdi
is a certified professional in project
management, EMC Documentum, Adobe
LiveCycle, OMG, and Docuware. He has
a Bachelor of Science degree in General
Engineering and also studied for a year at
Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan.
“I love putting technologies together
to come up with solid proposals, which
I later pitch to clients. Fast proposition
and delivery remains the number one
challenge, where everything is required
quickly with absolutely no compromise on
quality,” explains Mahdi on what gives him
the best satisfaction on the job.
Amongst the most-high profile
projects have been Sudan Judiciary,
Dubai Courts, Mohammed Bin Rashid
Housing Establishment, Supreme
Council of National Security, Hamdan
Awards for Distinguished Academic
Achievement, Maktoum Initiatives for
Legal Excellence, Abu Dhabi Justice
Department, European commission,
Rhodia Chemicals, amongst others.
Handling such complex and prestigious
projects requires a mix of diverse
talent involving deep relationships
with customers, strong understanding
of change management and project
management, understanding of employee
roles and workflow capabilities, ability
to apply technology repeatedly to meet
customer expectations and results.
For Mahdi, the most exciting part of
his career is being a key player in the
electronic justice projects for over seven
plus years and noticing the social impact of
his involvement on the quality of judicial
services delivered to citizens and residents.
He does not adopt any specific
management style to work with his peers
and technology teams. “While my position
requires me to self-direct and micro-
manage, depending on the subordinate, I
do prefer giving them the freedom for self-
direction whenever I can,” he elaborates.
After hours, he destresses by indulging
in playing the guitar, singing and
swimming. For Mahdi, “these are great
stress busters!”
But for Mahdi his real passion remains
in technology and forward looking trends
in process automation. He points out that
Internet of Things and security are the hot
topics of discussion in 2017. However, the
twelve months that he spent getting on the
job training at a power plant in Nagoya,
Japan may soon take him and his career
in an altogether new direction in the not
so distant future. “ I have great interest in
process automation,” is a possible clue on
what lies ahead.
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