Build the function
Governance, teams, roadmaps, service models and accountability from the ground up.
TECHNOLOGY · OPERATIONS · DELIVERY
Khalid Abbas Elzein
TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE
I lead technology where strategy meets real operations: regulated mobility, enterprise platforms, cybersecurity, systems integration and digital services that must work reliably at scale. My career spans hands-on engineering through operational leadership, consulting and CTO responsibility across Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
15+Years of Experience
1M+Passengers Supported Annually
500K+Monthly Digital Transactions
36Operational Access Locations
Executive Profile
STRATEGY WITH OPERATIONAL DEPTHMy work has rarely been technology in isolation. I have built IT functions, translated business requirements into operating systems, connected government and enterprise platforms, introduced cashless and access-control ecosystems, improved field visibility and created governance that gives technology teams a clear mandate.
That breadth lets me move between the boardroom and the technical layer without losing the operating reality in between. I focus on systems people can run, controls management can trust and architecture that remains resilient when networks, vendors or operational conditions are imperfect.
Run critical operations
Technology designed around uptime, passengers, field teams, compliance and measurable service delivery.
Translate strategy into systems
Requirements, integration, vendors and delivery tied back to business outcomes instead of isolated products.
Professional Experience
SELECTED LEADERSHIP ROLESThe homepage focuses on three defining organizations: Moventis / Alnaql Alarabi, Mithaquna and SAMAYA. The full experience page preserves the complete professional timeline.
Chief Technology Officer
Alnaql Alarabi Co (Moventis) Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaTechnology leadership for a licensed intercity transportation operator, covering strategy, governance, digital transformation, enterprise IT, cybersecurity and transportation technologies.
Projects Manager
Mithaquna (Khair Mithaq Holding Company) Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaTechnology and project advisory across a holding-company environment and its subsidiaries.
Head of Operations
Origin of Management Company · Samaya Group Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaJoined SAMAYA from its foundation stage and progressed from building the technology function to leading company-wide operations. Managed teams, operating plans, strategic direction and profitability in a public-facilities business whose major environments included the Jeddah Waterfront.
Organizations & Operating Environments
THREE DEFINING ENVIRONMENTSThe homepage highlights the three organizations that best frame my recent executive journey: regulated passenger transport, diversified holding-company advisory and public-facilities operations at scale.
Alnaql Alarabi Co (Moventis)
Chief Technology Officer
A Saudi intercity passenger-transport environment connected to Moventis, the passenger-mobility business of Spain's Moventia. Technology sits inside daily service delivery, linking passenger services, fleet operations, enterprise platforms, cybersecurity and the governance expected in a regulated concession model.
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Intercity Transport · Smart Mobility · Regulated Concession
Mithaquna (Khair Mithaq Holding Company)
Projects Manager
Khair Mithaq Holding manages and develops a diversified family-owned portfolio spanning architecture and engineering, technology, food and other service businesses. The technology challenge in a holding structure is to create common governance and shared capabilities without forcing very different subsidiaries into a single operating model.
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Diversified Holding · Family Investments · Shared Services
Origin of Management Company · Samaya Group
Head of IT · Head of Operations · Mar 2021 – Jan 2022
Origin of Management Company, SAMAYA, was built around managing and operating public facilities through operations, maintenance and concession-style contracts, and I was part of the business from its foundation stage. One of its most visible operating environments was the Jeddah Waterfront, where facilities management, visitor experience, workforce deployment, revenue collection, maintenance and daily field control had to work as one operating model. My role evolved from building the technology foundation to leading operations, teams, strategy, performance and profitability across the company.
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Public Facilities Management · O&M · Concessions · Field Operations
Selected Achievements & Projects
MEASURABLE DELIVERYA short selection of systems where the outcome mattered as much as the technology: transaction scale, operational access, service continuity, integration and decision visibility.
Digital Payments
Closed-Loop Cashless Ecosystem
500K+ monthly transactions from 50 pointsLed a secure closed-loop fare and payment solution for high-volume operations with prepaid media and operating controls.
Access Control
Paid-Service Access Integration
36 active access-control pointsIntegrated intelligent access control with the company's cashless environment so service entitlement could be enforced at the physical point of use.
Transportation
Intercity Technology Transformation
Nationwide operation supporting 1M+ passengers annually; annual technology budget above SAR 1MStructured the IT function and led enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, operational technology, surveillance and ITS requirements for a regulated intercity operator.
EXECUTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Strategy that survives contact with operations.
Available for executive technology leadership, CTO advisory, digital transformation, systems integration, smart mobility and complex delivery discussions.
Technology earns trust when operations depend on it.
CONTACT
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