AHMED NASR
Acting As PMO & Regional Engagement Lead
Profile summary
A distinguished Digital Transformation Expert and Regional Engagement Leader with over 20 years of experience, driving innovation and operational excellence across FinTech, healthcare, and e-commerce sectors. Adept at leading large-scale digital projects, managing high-performance cross-functional teams, and delivering transformative business solutions. Proven expertise in scaling operations regionally, implementing cutting-edge technologies, and driving strategic initiatives that align with organizational goals. Recognized for creating digital frameworks that enhance customer experiences and deliver sustainable business growth.
Key skills
Professional experience
Leading HealthTech Digital Transformation Across SGH Group in KSA, UAE & Egypt, with USA partners • Driving Digital Transformation: Spearheading enterprise-wide HealthTech initiatives to modernize hospital operations, enhance patient care, and improve clinical efficiency across Saudi German Hospital Group (SGH) in KSA, UAE, and Egypt. • Strategic Partnerships & Innovation: Leading collaboration with top U.S. healthcare technology providers, including Health Catalyst (advanced analytics, AI-driven decision support) and KLAS Research (benchmarking and best practices), to integrate cutting-edge digital health solutions. • Program & Project Management: Establishing and managing a structured PMO framework, ensuring seamless execution of large-scale HealthTech projects, aligning with business goals, and driving measurable ROI. • Enterprise Data & Analytics Strategy: Overseeing the implementation of Health Catalyst’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) & Analytics Solutions to enable real-time insights, predictive analytics, and value-based care models, optimizing clinical and operational decision-making. • AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support (CDS): Leading the deployment of AI-driven CDS tools to enhance diagnostics, reduce clinical variation, and improve patient safety through evidence-based recommendations. • Patient & Provider Digital Engagement: Implementing next-generation patient engagement platforms, including personalized digital health portals, telemedicine, and mobile health applications, enhancing patient satisfaction and hospital efficiency. • Operational Efficiency & Cost Optimization: Utilizing data-driven insights and process automation to streamline workflows, reduce administrative burdens, and enhance resource utilization across SGH hospitals. • Healthcare Compliance & Best Practices: Ensuring alignment with international healthcare quality standards (JCI, HIMSS, MOH regulations), leveraging KLAS Research insights for continuous improvement and benchmarking against global best practices. • Stakeholder & Change Management: Leading cross-functional teams, engaging senior leadership, and managing stakeholder expectations to ensure smooth adoption of digital solutions across diverse healthcare environments. • Key Projects & Achievements: o Enterprise Data & Analytics Transformation – Implemented an advanced Health Catalyst EDW for real-time hospital data intelligence and strategic decision-making. o AI & Predictive Analytics in Healthcare – Integrated AI-driven Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tools, reducing errors and improving physician decision-making. o Digital Patient Experience Enhancement – Launched telemedicine platforms, mobile apps, and engagement portals, improving accessibility and patient outcomes. o Hospital Operational Efficiency Program – Optimized workflow automation, reducing costs and improving hospital resource allocation through technology-driven interventions.
- Implemented an advanced Health Catalyst EDW for real-time hospital data intelligence and strategic decision-making
- Integrated AI-driven Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tools, reducing errors and improving physician decision-making
- Launched telemedicine platforms, mobile apps, and engagement portals, improving accessibility and patient outcomes
- Optimized workflow automation, reducing costs and improving hospital resource allocation through technology-driven interventions
• Profit & Loss Leadership: Managed operating budgets and achieved financial OKRs for Yalla SuperApp, driving consistent revenue growth and profitability. • Business Strategy: Directed business strategy through market mapping, product strategy, data analytics, and client insights, ensuring alignment across leadership teams. • People Leadership: Managed and motivated cross-functional teams, overseeing headcount, budgets, and resources. • Sales & Revenue Management: Enhanced client relationships, closed high-value deals, and implemented up-selling and cross-selling strategies. • Go-To-Market Leadership: Built a world-class Go-To-Market team, ensuring best-in-class B2B and B2C success.
- Profit & Loss Leadership: Managed operating budgets and achieved financial OKRs for Yalla SuperApp, driving consistent revenue growth and profitability.
- Business Strategy: Directed business strategy through market mapping, product strategy, data analytics, and client insights, ensuring alignment across leadership teams.
- People Leadership: Managed and motivated cross
- functional teams, overseeing headcount, budgets, and resources.
- Sales & Revenue Management: Enhanced client relationships, closed high
• SAP S/4HANA Project Delivery: Led the successful implementation of the SAP S/4HANA project, streamlining business processes and enhancing operational efficiency. • Health ERP System: Led the successful implementation of the Araby Hospital which is the same system of Mayo Clinic • Strategic Planning: Developed and communicated multi-year strategic business plans, ensuring organizational alignment. • Mentorship: Advised executive teams on business operations, marketing strategies, and financial planning, enhancing leadership capabilities.
- SAP S/4HANA Project Delivery: Led the successful implementation of the SAP S/4HANA project, streamlining business processes and enhancing operational efficiency.
- Health ERP System: Led the successful implementation of the Araby Hospital which is the same system of Mayo Clinic
- Strategic Planning: Developed and communicated multi
- year strategic business plans, ensuring organizational alignment.
- Mentorship: Advised executive teams on business operations, marketing strategies, and financial planning, enhancing leadership capabilities.
• Spearheaded business development and strategic planning, driving company growth through innovative project management and customer engagement strategies. • Enhanced operational management, ensuring efficient project delivery and customer satisfaction.
- Spearheaded business development and strategic planning, driving company growth through innovative project management and customer engagement strategies.
- Enhanced operational management, ensuring efficient project delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Focal Point: Acted as the liaison between the Berlin headquarters and MENA region companies, overseeing product development. • Office Setup: Established the Egypt office, managing software engineers, account managers, and product managers, moved daily orders from 30K to 7M • Operational Excellence: Implemented tracking features and managed operational excellence programs, enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Focal Point: Acted as the liaison between the Berlin headquarters and MENA region companies, overseeing product development.
- Office Setup: Established the Egypt office, managing software engineers, account managers, and product managers, moved daily orders from 30K to 7M
- Operational Excellence: Implemented tracking features and managed operational excellence programs, enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency.
• PMO Establishment: Built the PMO from scratch, managing projects for African banks and ensuring integration with central banks. • Strategic Dashboard Implementation: Developed a strategic dashboard system for proactive decision-making, increasing organizational net profit threefold. • Project Automation: Implemented Microsoft Project Server on the cloud, managing 300 concurrent projects and optimizing project life cycles.
- PMO Establishment: Built the PMO from scratch, managing projects for African banks and ensuring integration with central banks.
- Strategic Dashboard Implementation: Developed a strategic dashboard system for proactive decision
- making, increasing organizational net profit threefold.
- Project Automation: Implemented Microsoft Project Server on the cloud, managing 300 concurrent projects and optimizing project life cycles.
Successfully managed and delivered multiple software engineering projects and regional engagement, demonstrating strong leadership and technical skills