Middle East Technology Excellence Awards

Fadi is an experienced and accomplished digital and cyber consulting leader, with over 20+ years of consulting experience in leading Digital strategies development and implementation, Cyber Security strategies development and implementation, technical consulting, system integration and security implementation, in the Middle East covering Government, Telecom and NGO sectors.

He previously led the development of multiple Digital, Technology, eGovernment and Cyber Security Strategies in the government, telecom and financial sectors. Such projects include:

• National Digital Government strategies for a number of countries in the middle east
• Digital and eGovernment strategies for a number of Government organizations
• Digital Laws and Regulations for central governments and government entities in the ME
• Digital Identity Strategies
• Data Governance and Architectures for a number of Government entities in the region
• Cyber Security Strategies for a number of Government organizations
• Large transformation PMOs such as a BSS transformation PMOs in Government and Telecom sectors.

Amit Tenglikar is an Associate Director in BDO UAE’s Technology Advisory Services practice, having more than 13+ years of experience in providing information technology (IT), cybersecurity, data security internal audit services to varied clients across India, Middle east and south-east Asia.

He consults clients on IT risk management, cybersecurity, information governance, data security and provides advice to resolve complex technology and cybersecurity challenges. He advises clients on best practices for handling information throughout its life cycle, from creation or collection through disposition. He has extensive experience in working with organizations’ internal audit teams and audit risk committees, to deliver highly complex cybersecurity audit and assurance engagements to clients across UAE.

He has served clients in various sectors including UAE Government Agencies & wealth funds, Indian State Government Agencies, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Real Estate, Power Utilities, Aerospace, Education and Manufacturing sectors. He also has a strong technical base in cyber and data security domains backed with various certifications including CISSP, CDPSE, CISA, CISM, ISO 27001 LI, CEH and ITIL certification, which helps him to analyze complex problems holistically and suggest simple / cost effective solutions to clients. Amit has a unique combination of experiences from multiple companies including experience in KPMG, Dell Services  and Accenture.

Glen is the Technology and Cyber Practice Partner at Grant Thornton UAE leading the Grant Thornton team to deliver Digital and Cyber Transformation projects across the UAE. 
 
Glen has over 20 years’ experience in delivering Technology Transformation, Information Security/Cyber and Risk projects for Government, Defence, Energy, Telco and Finance Sectors. Throughout his professional career Glen has been involved with standards and regulatory bodies in developing policies aligned with resource as well as digital transformation. This is supported by his experience as an entrepreneur with 3 startups to his resume and working with leading edge technologies and implementing strategies for the adoption of these technologies from a business transformation and security perspective.
 
In addition to his technology experience, Glen also has successfully delivered Cyber and Security focused strategic leadership, Information, Technology and Security Risk Management, Threat Intelligence, Cyber, Cyber Investigations, e-Discovery and Biometrics projects for Government, Defence, Aviation, and Security Sector. 
 
Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Glen led the Cyber practice at one of the Big Four firms in Saudi Arabia in addition to leading transformation and cyber establishment projects for senior government departments at a national level.
 
Glen has worked with clients in the Asia-Pac, US, UK, EU, and Middle East and broader MENA region including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Jordan.

Professional Summary & Experience

Leading a Team which involves services like Tax, Transfer Pricing, ESR, Outsourcing Services, Accounting, IT Consulting and Software Developments. His wide experience helps clients to identify the pain areas for IT setup at micro level. He is designing the integration between multiple software in one organisation. He is into Business Intelligence and management reports for decision making and various analysis of the product. Assisting clients in Measuring the productivity of the department and over all organisation. Assisting the client from beginning to evaluate ERP requirement, Choosing appropriate ERP, Selecting vendor for
ERP, Monitor ERP implementation.

Since last 30 years, Mr. Binit is catering industries with system design of ERP, IT Project management, Business advisory and measure organisational growth by evaluating IT investment. Providing his service as functional consultant, managing the outsourcing for IT activity, Accounts and Payroll.

Professional Experience

• Dr. Swamy is passionate about consistent customer value delivery and a strong advocate of Business Transformation through purpose built Industry specific Digital  Platforms that cleverly blends the Domain Knowledge, Industry best practices, Technology best practices, collaboration suite, Real-time analytics and Real-time governance for comprehensive value driven and tangible business transformation with built in performance management.
• Dr. Swamy has been the driving force behind Digital Platforms  and assets of Baker  Tilly Infotech for TravelTech, TaxTech, HealthTech and AgriTech to drive mass scale adaption across Industries and Governments. 
• A thought leader, and a strong advocate of Systems of engagement and innovation to  develop sustainable technology adaption through pre-built digital platforms.
• He possesses uncanny knack of winning Customer confidence to create common  conviction across the board in and value delivery while effectively marshalling in order  to ensure thorough participation for effective collaboration of limited resources.
• Dr. Swamy has unique blend of commendable persistence, perseverance, persuasive  capabilities which were successfully demonstrated in winning high-levels of customer  confidence and loyalty.. 
• Dr. Swamy is on a mission to mend the boundaries of the social enterprise and Digital  Technologies through digital  collaborative platforms to elicit synergy, equitable, inclusive, efficient and optimal distribution  and utilization of all resources – Man, Material, movable and immovable assets and  natural resources.