Essay CIO Award of the Year
The CIO is worth nominating due to his outstanding contribution into the close integration of information technologies into the contemporary business at the regional level. The CIO is handling one of the biggest Ports in the Gulf region and he is managing the automation of the port and all the special port systems. In such a way, his contribution into the development of the Gulf economy and business activities can hardly be underestimated because the port plays the crucial part in the economic development of the entire region. In fact, the port is a bridge that links together the Gulf and the rest of the world. At the same time, the CIO has reached a tremendous success in recent years developing the port infrastructure and information system. The automation of the port and the special port system has allowed the port to increase the transfer of cargos substantially. Hence, the automation and special port system are key factors that boosted the economic development of the region and the business development of the port in particular.
He also did great achievements and savings on the major port construction by saving millions of dollars in refining the scope of work and restructuring of the requirements. Such changes allowed the port to save costs substantially, while local and international companies have grown interested in shifting their business activities to the port, instead of looking for other ways of transportation their products within the Gulf or from the Gulf to other parts of the world and vice versa from the world to the Gulf. At the same time, saving costs achieved by the CIO is the perfect example of the integration with business because companies are interested in low costs they spend on the port’s services regularly. Therefore, the CIO saved costs and stimulated business activities in the area.
In this regard, IT projects completed on time have played an important part in the achievements of the CIO. The automation and the special port system are grounded on information technologies used by the CIO to facilitate the work of employees and to increase their performance along with the performance of the port. The automation is grounded on a brand new information technology introduced in the port that minimizes the involvement of people into the operations conducted by the port and increases their effectiveness.
In addition, he managed the project of building one of the biggest datacenters and planning to move from traditional IT model to IT as a service model. The IT service model implies that IT are not a mere tool but they are the model, which companies can use to develop their business, to improve logistics and to introduce other improvements in their performance.
At the same time, the CIO is a true leader, who heads his team to success. The CIO has created an IT team that develops and introduces new technologies and changes aiming at the improvement of the information flow in the port downward and upward. In addition, the IT team enhances communication between the port and its customers. The IT team is a strategic driver for the port development because the IT team generates new ideas and introduces innovations that accelerate the business development of the port and the local area.
