Career

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My professional career — the places, the work, the impact.

SLB

Enterprise Digital Performance SME

SLB · Paris, France

Mar 2024 — Present

Digital transformation of strategic workforce planning at division HQ — machine-learning forecasting, preventive analytics, and the data infrastructure that makes them work.

  • Lead the design and deployment of machine-learning headcount demand forecasting tied to activity and revenue, taking the use case from ideation and prototyping through to adoption in financial planning cycles.
  • Design activity-to-headcount demand metrics and analytics products (Power BI / DAX fact models) integrating multiple enterprise source systems, giving leadership forward visibility on resourcing demand.
  • Develop KPOs and KPIs standardizing governance of workforce planning and performance across geographic units, and monitor implementation risks with mitigation measures.
  • Coordinate location workforce managers across the division through financial planning and execution cycles, aligning digital initiatives with budget and strategic objectives.
SLB

Field Development & Engagement Manager

SLB · Oman & Pakistan

Oct 2022 — Mar 2024

People strategy for an 800-person GeoUnit across Oman and Pakistan during a period of rapid expansion, pairing organizational design with digital tools that carried measurable ROI.

  • Primary point of contact for people planning, development, and performance across the GeoUnit (800 headcount); led a team of two HRBPs and three staffing coordinators.
  • Led thte workforce strategy through rapid expansion: 21% topline growth, ~1,000 bps IBT improvement, and three consecutive injury-free years.
  • Built digital fleet deployment tools for business-line managers that saved three headcounts per fleet and improved employee utilization by ~250 bps per fleet — a digital solution with direct, measured ROI.
  • Reviewed organization structures across business lines, identifying underutilized capability and improving organizational effectiveness by 3%.
  • Resolved contractor onboarding misalignments, saving $1.5K per contractor, and published service-delivery metrics that lifted the employee engagement index.
  • Owned the localization plans within the Geounit, ensuring no gap in local talent pipeline, sustainability and improvement of achieved localization score.
SLB

Workforce Coordinator

SLB · Oman & Pakistan

Apr 2021 — Oct 2022

Workforce analytics and staffing for 815 people across different sub-segments, supporting delivery on Shell and BP awarded contracts.

  • Delivered quarterly compensation, utilization, and gap analytics for 815 personnel across six sub-segments; introduced a bi-weekly balanced scorecard improving real-time decision-making by 17%.
  • Used PMO tools to track projects against milestones and KPIs, proactively flagging risks and mitigation measures to the Division Manager.
  • Led three recruiting specialists to close 87% of staffing gaps on Shell and BP awarded contracts; cut time-to-autonomy by 19% and Time-to-Full-Autonomy 13% YoY through data-driven training awareness.
  • Drove cross-functional multi-skilling of fleet crews, delivering 7% compensation deployment and avoidance savings.
SLB

Remote Operations Lead

SLB · Oman

Mar 2019 — Apr 2021

End-to-end delivery of a digital operating model: business case, prototype, then roll-out beyond Oman to cover operation in four more countries.

  • Spearheaded the commercialization of the Muscat Remote Operations Center, a digital operating model replacing on-site presence: diagnosed the previous showstoppers and delivered hands-on solutions to managing directors. Recognized with a letter from SLB's CEO.
  • Led client engagement and change management for remote-operations adoption, then scaled coverage beyond Oman to Egypt, Kuwait, Australia, and Malaysia.
  • Managed 6 engineers on a 24/7 operational model; built KPI-based procedures identifying strategic capacities to maximize coverage of critical services demand.
  • Analyzed center performance and customer satisfaction, driving continuous improvement of systems and processes; Awarded with PDO Shukran Award 2021 for excellent and safe deployment of remote operations.

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SLB

Field Engineer → Engineer in Charge, Wireline

SLB · Oman

Mar 2012 — Mar 2019

Seven years in the field — Wireline exploration services for PDO/Shell, Occidental Petroleum and Petrogas, and first deployments of new technologies.

  • Led Wireline exploration services for PDO/Shell, Occidental Petroleum, and Petrogas; handpicked by PDO–Shell as lead engineer for fluid sampling and rock coring services.
  • Selected to introduce emerging new technologies in Oman: Saturn 12.25″ fluid sampling, NMR logging in fiberglass casing, low-pressure tubing cutters.
  • Increased operational productivity 19% on exploration services; led 6+ engineers and 30+ operators with a continuous-improvement culture.
  • Led the pilot setup for Remote Operations in Oman, converting operational units, assuring crew competency and validating network connectivity.

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  • Another sun set !
    Another sun set !
  • My crew, My team
    My crew, My team
  • Finishing a long service and the team is still smiling !
    Finishing a long service and the team is still smiling !
  • keep going, sailing through the sand
    keep going, sailing through the sand
  • Lone desert ranger
    Lone desert ranger