Mr. Altayib Abukassawi

ICT Consultant

Full Name Altayib Abukassawi Ali Ahmed
Experience 26 Years

Education:

  • M.A. (Information Technology) Sudan University of Science & Technology, Khartoum, Sudan (2009)
  • PGDip (Information Technology) International Institute for Information Technology (I2IT). Pune, India (2002-2003)
  • B.Sc. (Hons) – Computer Science, Sudan University of Science & Technology, Khartoum, Sudan (1992-1997)

Bio:

Mr. Altayib Abukassawi is experienced in digital strategy and transformation with a demonstrated history of working in government administration, and financial technology, and also teaching university students various ICT courses. Skilled in Oracle Database, Enterprise Software, ITIL, Balanced Scorecard, and IT Strategy. Strong in business development, excellence, and strategic management professional with a Postgraduate Diploma & M.Sc. in IT focused on e-Business from the International Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India & Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
Mr. Abukassawi held the position of Director General for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning’s General Directorate of Information and Communication Technology. The development of Ministry ICT strategies and annual plans, leading digital transformation for Economic and Finance reform, leading the implementation of the Integrated Financial Management Information System, guiding the solutioning and implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) Application, leading the rehabilitation of Ministry ICT Infrastructure, and more are among the responsibilities (IFMIS).

Professional Experience

  • Lecturer (Distributed Database), Digital Transformation and Solution Expert, Computer Center, Sudan University of Science and Technology August 2019 and till now.
  • Director General, Information and Communication Technology General Directorate, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, August 2009 August 2019.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

    • Deputy Dean for System & Informatics, Secretary of Academic Affairs, Sudan University of Science & Technology. February 2009 – July 2009.
    • Acting Manager, Computer Center, Sudan University of Science & Technology. January 2005 – September 2006.
      Computer Center Deputy Manager, Computer Center, Sudan University of Science & Technology. 2004 – January 2009
    • Head of Software Department, Computer Center, Sudan University of Science and Technology. January 2001 – August 2002
    • Software Engineer, Lecturer, and Teaching Assistance, Sudan University of Science and Technology, September 1999 – August 2009.
    • Leading the digital transformation for Economic and Finance reform. Contributing to the process of Budgeting and annual planning.
    • Preparing periodical ICT assessment reports.
    • Guiding the Solutioning and implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) Application.
    • Leading the Solutioning and implementation of the government revenue e-collection and the government e-payment platform (e15) across the country.
    • Leading the rehabilitation of Ministry ICT Infrastructure.
    • Leading the implementation of the Government e-payment solution (Technical Part).
    • Leading the implementation of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), as a Head of the IFMIS Technical Committee and responsible for the technical part.

    • Head of the technical committee for the preparation (including ICT, Sound, Interoperation, Display, and Recording system) for the Islamic Development Bank 37th meeting in Khartoum 2012.
    • Head of the technical committee for the preparation (including ICT, Sound, Interoperation, Display, Recording system, and the Registration and ID Issuing system) for African Caucus meetings in Khartoum (2013 and 2014).
    • Leading and supervising the implementation of the Government Resource Planning (GRP) System.
    • Member, Head of most of the joint committee for Sudan government’s e-payment solution.

    Research Activities

    • Developing an Approach for Strategic Management towards excellence using Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) based on IT Applications and ARIS tool. (2008)
    • Developing Query Tool Using Java, 2003.
    • Developing a methodology for qualifying software companies and software bids management (Sudan SWBS), this methodology used for qualifying companies for Republic Palace information systems bid. (2002)

    Membership

    • Member of Examination Committee, Sudan University of Science and Technology (2009).
    • Member of the Board of Directors, Computer Center, Sudan University of Science and Technology (2008).
    • Member of the Federal Committee for the Information Coordination (2009–2019)
    • Head of the Executive Office for the Federal Committee for the Information Coordination (for 1 year)
    • Deputy Head of the Executive Office for the Federal Committee for the Information Coordination (for 2 years)
    • Member of the Board of Directors of the National Information Center (2010-1019)
    • Member of the Board of Directors for the Council for the Development of information technology (2010-2019)

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