Shabih Hasnain | Digital Transformation & AI Enablement Leader

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Transforming Enterprises Through Technology & Intelligence

Shabih Hasnain is a seasoned AI Transformation and Digital Strategy Leader with over two decades of proven impact across construction, energy, aviation, and public infrastructure.

Most recently serving as Sr. Manager of Digital Transformation at El-Seif Engineering & Contracting in Saudi Arabia (Dec 2023 – Jul 2026), Shabih led enterprise-wide AI platform adoption, intelligent automation, and data modernization initiatives — delivering measurable outcomes including the recovery of hundreds of hours per week through automation and real-time C-suite visibility.

His career spans programs of extraordinary scale, including a $10B+ Abu Dhabi International Airport Expansion and a $20B+ Al Raha Beach Development. He has deployed enterprise platforms to thousands of users, migrated terabytes of critical data, and built governance frameworks that align entire organizations around a single source of truth.

Shabih bridges the gap between business complexity and technology possibility — translating organizational challenges into scalable AI and digital solutions that create sustainable competitive advantage.

Shabih Hasnain

Digital Transformation · ME & North America

Expertise & Services

What I Deliver

End-to-end capability across the digital transformation lifecycle — from AI strategy to enterprise implementation to operational excellence.

Each engagement is defined by a single commitment: measurable outcomes. Not just deliverables, but transformations you can quantify — hours recovered, costs reduced, decisions accelerated, and platforms adopted at scale.

From solo advisory to leading cross-functional teams of 5+ analysts and data scientists, the approach is consistent: understand the business problem first, then build the solution that fits.

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AI Enablement

AI Strategy & Roadmapping
AI Adoption Programs
Agentic AI & Workflow Design
n8n Process Automation
Copilot Implementation
Claude & ChatGPT Solutions
Intelligent Assistants

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Digital Transformation

Digital Governance Frameworks
Business Process Optimization
Change Management
System Integration
Data Literacy Programs
Platform Adoption

📐

Project Controls

Cost Control & Forecasting
Primavera P6 Scheduling
KPI Framework Design
Executive Reporting
Earned Value Management
Risk Analysis

☁️

Oracle & Cloud Solutions

Oracle Unifier Implementation
Oracle PCM & Contract Mgmt
Data Migration Strategy
REST/WSDL API Integration
ECOSYS & Primavera Connect

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Business Intelligence

Power BI Dashboard Design
Tableau Reporting
SQL Data Modeling
Denodo Virtual Data Layers
Data Warehouse Migration
Executive Analytics

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PMO & Governance

Portfolio Management
Program Controls Standards
Governance Framework Design
Digital Policy Alignment
Stakeholder Management
Agile & Scrum Delivery

📄

CV & Resume Building

Achievement-driven narrative writing
ATS-optimized formatting
Executive & senior professional CVs
Tailored per role and industry
LinkedIn profile alignment
Cover letter development

Designed and delivered CVs for professionals across construction, energy, and technology sectors — translating 20+ year careers into compelling narratives that open doors.

🌐

Website Building

Custom HTML/CSS — no templates
Dark/light mode responsive design
GitHub Pages deployment
Google Analytics integration
Uptime monitoring & DNS setup
Password-protected client pages

Designed and built cuttingedgeai.tech from the ground up — fully custom, responsive, with analytics and uptime monitoring. Zero templates. Fully deployed.

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Dynamic Dashboards

Power BI dashboard design
Tableau reporting & visualization
Denodo virtual data layer optimization
SQL data modeling
Executive KPI reporting
Real-time BI delivery

Delivered BI dashboards across Power BI, Tableau, and Denodo — including a query optimization that reduced reporting time by 98% from 40 minutes to under 30 seconds.

📱

Microsoft Power Apps

Custom Power Apps development
Field & office workflow digitization
Microsoft 365 integration
Mobile-first deployment
SharePoint & Teams connectivity
Paper elimination programs

Built and deployed a Power Apps site inspection solution at El-Seif Engineering — digitizing manual field workflows across active construction sites with real-time centralized data capture.

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Mobile App Development

iOS & Android app development
UX design & user flow architecture
AI-powered feature integration
Multilingual & accessibility support
App Store & Play Store deployment
SaaS pricing & subscription models

Designed and developed full-stack mobile applications for iOS and Android — from UX concept through to deployment — delivering consumer-grade experiences built on modern AI-powered technology stacks.

Featured Projects

Transformations That Delivered

High-impact programs spanning AI automation, enterprise platforms, data modernization, and project controls.

Digital Transformation

InEight Platform — Company-Wide Rollout

End-to-end implementation of InEight Project Management with REST API integration to ACONEX, scaling adoption to 80+ active users across live construction projects.

✅ 80–100 hrs/week recovered · 35 document controllers freed from manual entry

🏗️ Construction / Engineering📍 Saudi Arabia

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AI Project

Enterprise AI Workflow Automation Suite

Designed and deployed intelligent automation workflows using Claude, Copilot, n8n, Emergent, and Lovable to eliminate repetitive tasks across project and corporate functions.

✅ Hundreds of hours/month saved · Measurable cost savings · AI adoption across all departments

🏗️ Construction / Enterprise📍 Saudi Arabia

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Digital Transformation

PowerApps Site Inspection Digitization

Replaced paper-based SOR and inspection workflows with a PowerApps solution on iPads — real-time photo uploads, centralized database, zero paper.

✅ 4–5 hrs/week saved · Full paper elimination · Real-time central database

🏗️ Construction📍 Saudi Arabia

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Project Controls

Oracle PCM to Unifier Migration (Metrolinx)

Delivered end-to-end migration of 120+ projects and ~6TB of contract data from Oracle PCM to Oracle Unifier — on time and within budget in under 2 years.

✅ 6TB migrated · 250–300 hrs saved via SQL optimization · 2–3 months ahead of schedule

🚇 Public Transit / Infrastructure📍 Toronto, Canada

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Business Intelligence

Denodo Query Performance Optimization (Trans Alta)

Rebuilt Denodo virtual data models and VQL, slashing critical query execution from 40–50 minutes down to 30–40 seconds — enabling near-real-time BI delivery.

✅ 98%+ query time reduction · 5 executive dashboards · C-suite decision-making enabled

⚡ Energy / Utilities📍 Calgary, Canada

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Project Controls

$10B Abu Dhabi Airport Expansion (PARSONS)

Supported a 150–200 person program management team with cost and schedule tracking systems, replacing entirely manual processes on a $10B+ program spanning 10+ years.

✅ 60–80 hrs/month saved · $10B+ program · 150–200 team members supported

✈️ Aviation / Infrastructure📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Project Controls

$20B Al Raha Beach Development (ALDAR LOR)

Trained 500–600 users on Primavera Contract Manager in the largest PCM deployment in the region — 1,000 active platform users on a $20B+ waterfront development.

✅ 500–600 users trained · 1,000 active users · $20B+ program

🌊 Real Estate / Construction📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Business Intelligence

Oracle Contracts + Maximo Integration (Cenovus)

Architected an 8-feed data integration between Maximo and Oracle Contract Management, reducing monthly contract reconciliation from weeks to 2–3 hours.

✅ 40–50 hrs/week saved · Weeks of reconciliation → 2–3 hours · 8-feed integration

🛢️ Oil & Gas / Energy📍 Calgary, Canada

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Project Controls

$850M Shuweihat Water Transmission Scheme (PROJACS)

Delivered Primavera Expedition implementation for Abu Dhabi's critical water infrastructure — going live in 6 months against a 2-year planned timeline, onboarding 60 users across 4 distributed sites via Citrix.

✅ Live in 6 months vs. 2-year plan · 60 users · 4 sites · $850M program

🌊 Water Infrastructure / Utilities📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Project Controls

Palm Jumeirah Vehicular Tunnel (PROJACS)

Supported project controls and Primavera Expedition system administration on one of the world's most iconic construction projects — managing schedule updates, resource loading, and cost-loaded baseline tracking on a subaqueous tunnel beneath the Arabian Gulf.

✅ Schedule & cost controls on a globally iconic program · Concurrent with Shuweihat WTS

🏗️ Civil Infrastructure / Iconic📍 Dubai, UAE

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AI Innovation Lab

Intelligence in Action

Real-world AI deployments and automation solutions that eliminate waste, accelerate decisions, and unlock organizational capacity.

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Executive Dashboard Automation

Problem

Leadership spending 5–8 hours per week manually compiling reports from fragmented data sources.

Solution

Built automated executive dashboards pulling live data, delivering real-time C-suite performance visibility with zero manual effort.

Power BISQLClaudeCopilot

💡 5–8 hrs/week recovered for leadership

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ACONEX ↔ InEight API Bridge

Problem

35 document controllers manually re-entering data between platforms — error-prone and unscalable.

Solution

Engineered a two-way REST API integration, eliminating 100% of manual data entry and enabling real-time document synchronization.

REST APIACONEXInEightn8n

💡 80–100 hrs/week recovered across 35 users

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AI-Powered Site Inspection Workflow

Problem

Site engineers losing hours weekly on paper-based SOR inspections with no real-time visibility or central database.

Solution

Deployed a PowerApps solution on iPads enabling digital inspection completion with real-time photo uploads to SharePoint.

PowerAppsSharePointPower Automate

💡 4–5 hrs/week saved · Full paper elimination

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Data Literacy Enablement Program

Problem

Centralized reporting team overwhelmed with ad hoc requests from business units unable to use their own data tools.

Solution

Championed a company-wide data literacy initiative with hands-on training, increasing self-service adoption by 35% across all departments.

Power BITableauCopilotClaude

💡 35% increase in self-service adoption

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P6 + ECOSYS Schedule-Cost Integration

Problem

Manual reconciliation of schedule and cost data consuming 6–8 hours per week with high risk of data inconsistency.

Solution

Implemented automated integration between Primavera P6 and ECOSYS, delivering a unified project performance view in real time.

Primavera P6ECOSYSREST APIPower Automate

💡 6–8 hrs/week saved · Real-time alignment

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98% Query Time Reduction (Denodo)

Problem

Business reports taking 40–50 minutes to run, blocking real-time executive decision-making in energy sector operations.

Solution

Rebuilt Denodo virtual data models with optimized VQL, role-based security, and data masking, delivering near-instant performance.

Denodo VQLSQLPower BIAPIs

💡 40–50 min → 30–40 sec · 98%+ improvement

Career Journey

23 Years of Impact

From project controls engineer to digital transformation leader — a career built on solving the problems that matter most.

Dec 2023
– Jul 2026

El-Seif Engineering & Contracting

Sr. Manager / Lead – Digital Transformation

📍 Saudi Arabia

Spearheaded InEight platform rollout to 80+ active users across live projects
Engineered two-way REST API integration (ACONEX ↔ InEight), saving 80–100 hrs/week
Deployed PowerApps site inspection on iPads, eliminating all paper workflows
Architected company-wide Digital Governance Framework aligned with HR policy
Built automated executive dashboards saving leadership 5–8 hrs/week
Led cross-functional team of 5 analysts and data scientists
Deployed Claude, Copilot, n8n, Emergent, Lovable, and Perplexity for AI-driven transformation
Championed data literacy program increasing self-service adoption by 35%

Jun 2020
– Dec 2023

Metrolinx / Comtech

Migration Lead / P6 Administration & Integration Manager

📍 Toronto, Canada

Migrated 120+ projects and ~6TB of data from Oracle PCM to Unifier on time and under budget
Uncovered workflow inefficiencies saving 250–300 hours via advanced SQL modeling
Rolled out Tableau and Power BI reporting to 200+ users with full adoption
Implemented P6 + ECOSYS integration, cutting reconciliation by 6–8 hrs/week
Automated workflows using SharePoint and Power Automate
Extracted Primavera P6 data via REST APIs, WSDL APIs, and Primavera Data Services

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Feb 2019
– May 2020

Trans Alta

BI Developer – IT Project Services

📍 Calgary, Canada

Reduced critical query times from 40–50 min to 30–40 sec (98%+ improvement) via Denodo optimization
Delivered 5 executive Power BI dashboards serving 8–10 C-suite stakeholders
Built COVID office capacity compliance dashboard for real-time HR monitoring
Designed virtual data models with Denodo VQL, integrating databases, APIs, cloud platforms, and flat files

Apr 2016
– Nov 2018

Cenovus Energy

Sr. Business Analyst – Supply Chain Management Transformation

📍 Calgary, Canada

Implemented Oracle Contract Management across all Cenovus oil sands projects, saving 40–50 hrs/week
Architected 8-feed Maximo ↔ Oracle integration mapping hundreds of fields
Reduced monthly contract reconciliation from weeks to 2–3 hours
Managed delivery using Agile/Scrum methodology across the SCMT program

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Sep 2012
– Sep 2015

Accenture / Cenovus Energy

Business Analyst / Data Conversion Analyst

📍 Calgary, Canada

Designed Contracts Management solution using Oracle BI Reporting and Publisher
Consolidated AFEs, contracts, POs, vouchers, receipts, and invoices into a unified system

Sep 2009
– Sep 2011

PARSONS International

Program Controls Systems Manager

📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE

Supported $10B+ Abu Dhabi Airport Expansion with 150–200 professionals
Saved 60–80 hrs/month by replacing fully manual executive reporting processes
Implemented ARES-PRISM and PRISM G2 for Contracts, Variations, and P6 connectivity

Jun 2007
– Aug 2009

ALDAR Laing O'Rourke

Project Controls Manager / App Steward

📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE

Trained 500–600 users on Primavera CM for the $20B+ Al Raha Beach Development
One of the largest PCM deployments in the region — 1,000 active platform users
Built monthly executive dashboards aggregating ACONEX, PCM, and P6 data

Sep 2002
– Aug 2012

PROJACS / QPI / Hill International

Project Controls Engineer → Project Systems Manager

📍 Abu Dhabi & Dubai, UAE

Delivered $850M Shuweihat Water Transmission Scheme Primavera implementation in 6 months vs 2-year target
Onboarded 60 users across 4 geographically distributed sites via Citrix
Supported Palm Jumeirah Vehicular Tunnel — schedule management and system administration
Configured PMWeb/PCM for Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, and Comoros programs

Testimonials

What Leaders Say

Recognition from executives and colleagues across programs of every scale.

Shabih is one of the most capable digital transformation practitioners I have worked with. He took our Oracle migration from a complex, high-risk program to a smooth on-time delivery — while uncovering efficiencies we didn't know we were losing.

Program Director

Metrolinx / Comtech, Toronto

The InEight implementation transformed how we run projects across the organization. What Shabih delivered was not just a system rollout — it was a complete shift in how our teams plan, execute, and report. Adoption was faster than expected, the integration with our existing environment was seamless, and the results have been visible at every level of the business. A genuinely successful transformation.

CEO

El-Seif Engineering & Contracting

Watching Shabih take a 40-minute query and bring it under a minute was extraordinary. His Denodo work changed how our C-suite receives and uses data. He doesn't just build dashboards — he changes how organizations think about information.

VP Technology

Trans Alta, Calgary

* Testimonials are representative. Full LinkedIn recommendations available on request.

Contact & Consulting

Let's Build Something Transformative

Let's Discuss Your Digital Transformation Journey

Whether you're planning an enterprise AI rollout, migrating critical systems, building a PMO governance framework, or seeking a strategic technology leader — let's talk.

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🌍 Based in Saudi Arabia · Available across Middle East & North America

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Driving Digital Transformation Through AI, Data & Enterprise Systems

Transforming Enterprises Through Technology & Intelligence

What I Deliver

AI Enablement

Digital Transformation

Project Controls

Oracle & Cloud Solutions

Business Intelligence

PMO & Governance

CV & Resume Building

Website Building

Dynamic Dashboards

Microsoft Power Apps

Mobile App Development

Transformations That Delivered

InEight Platform — Company-Wide Rollout

Enterprise AI Workflow Automation Suite

PowerApps Site Inspection Digitization

Oracle PCM to Unifier Migration (Metrolinx)

Denodo Query Performance Optimization (Trans Alta)

$10B Abu Dhabi Airport Expansion (PARSONS)

$20B Al Raha Beach Development (ALDAR LOR)

Oracle Contracts + Maximo Integration (Cenovus)

$850M Shuweihat Water Transmission Scheme (PROJACS)

Palm Jumeirah Vehicular Tunnel (PROJACS)

Intelligence in Action

Executive Dashboard Automation

ACONEX ↔ InEight API Bridge

AI-Powered Site Inspection Workflow

Data Literacy Enablement Program

P6 + ECOSYS Schedule-Cost Integration

98% Query Time Reduction (Denodo)

23 Years of Impact

Numbers That Define the Work

Education & Certifications

Sectors Transformed

What Leaders Say

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