Ahmed Abdalla

Ahmed Abdalla

Vice President, Service Operations
Fintech Leader & Cloud Transformation Strategist at Global Payments.

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Key Achievements

Strategic wins in operational scale and digital transformation.

Cloud Migration Scale

Developed and implemented reusible cloud framework and automated service delivery platform in GCP and Azure. Reduced development to production deployment time from 18 months to 3 weeks.

Service Operations

Supported production services' 99.9%+ availability through leadership of incident identification, management and response, continuous improvement through problem management, and proactive improvement of enterprise monitoring.

M&A Integration

Led the technology operations consolidation for multiple multi-billion dollar acquisitions, achieving operational standardization.

Operational Automation

Implemented automated platforms that improved code reusibility and implemented dynamic security scanning for all code deployments.

Professional Journey

2017 — PRESENT
VP, Service Operations

Directing global service delivery and reliability. Bridging engineering and operations to ensure seamless payment processing at global scale.

Senior Director, Cloud Transformation

Architected and implemented the enterprise cloud frameworks for GCP and Azure, as well as the automated workflows to repeatably deploy cloud infrastructure and applications.

Enterprise Architect

Led technical design for high-concurrency platforms and enterprise security frameworks.

2012 — 2017
Principal Technologist & Solutions Architect

Cloud, network, and infrastructure advisory for a breadth of clients, including multiple Fortune 500 companies. Provided pre-sales support and consultancy for our clients to meet business needs such as cost reduction in cloud transformation and service delivery efficiency.

2005-2012
Sr. Security Specialist

Led global security operations team in the management of customer security infrastructure.

Technical Lead, Security

Technical Lead, Education

Developed and implemented automation platform to deploy virtual classes for IBM Education. Supported live classes to address any issues and ensure student success.

Academic Foundation

Georgia Institute of Technology
MS, Computer Science
Machine Learning Specialization
Georgia Institute of Technology
BS, Computer Science
Data Systems, Networking, and Operating Systems Specializations

Executive Connect

Direct inquiries regarding Service Operations, Cloud Transformation, or Board Memberships.

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