This document contains the resume of Sameh S. ElBanhawi, a senior project manager based in Cairo, Egypt. It outlines his 13+ years of experience managing IT projects for oil and gas companies, including managing global projects worth over $10 million. His resume highlights his strong leadership skills, experience delivering projects on time and on budget, and career working for companies like ExxonMobil, BP, and Commercial International Bank.

1. Cairo, Egypt Mobile : +2 01001399988
Landline : +2 38572324
samehelbenhawi@gmail.com
Sameh S. ElBanhawi
Career Summary
Functionally competent and result-oriented Senior project manager with refined business acumen
blending over 13 years of extensive experience in management, co-ordination, planning, and
execution of all aspects of IT projects with the biggest multinational Oil and Gas Company in the
world. Proficient in analytical skills and knowledge of statistics. Effectively able to multi-task in a
dynamic environment while managing both tactical and strategic work streams. Constantly
monitor various aspects of Projects to make sure that progress is on time, on budget and to the
necessary quality standards. Strong communicator and team leader capable of leading multiple
large project teams simultaneously.
Career Objective
Accomplished senior project manager known for delivering highly visible, multimillion, global ,
business critical projects, seeking a Managerial position with a top tier company. Strengths
encompass:
 Leading multi-national / cross regional
teams
 Security and controls focused
 Strong time management skills with the
ability to organize and manage priorities
 Strong understanding of organizations
and processes with the ability to work
with cross-functional stakeholders.
 Strong Analytical Skills
 Communications and Negotiation Skills
 Flexible, Self motivated, Results
focused and goal oriented
 Financial Analysis & Reporting
 Process Development.
 Team Building/Leadership
Selected Achievements
 Successfully executed Desktop refresh program in Egypt affiliate for 660+ users.
 Successfully delivered Lotus notes client 4.5 training classes to 660+ users at Egypt's affiliate.
 Successfully executed Morocco's' affiliate office relocation project 1M$.
 Successful executed Global office upgrade project in AME 10M$..
 Successfully commisioned and operated the first Exxonmobil Technolog Center in the world
located in Abu Dhabi SKEC.
 Successfully executed Desktop refresh program for BP-Egypt
Professional Experience
IT&S Buisiness Relationship Manager
Commercial International Bank -CIB - Egypt
Mar 13 - Present
The BRM works with the business at several organizational levels. The BRM will work with business area
teams to understand project requirements, shape the initial project request, and provide a high-level
estimate of the project effort and costs used in cost-benefit analysis. The BRM will regularly report back to
business managers on the status of projects.
Early in the process, the BRM works with the architects to discuss potential solutions that match the

2. business strategy with the technology strategy. The architects will also provide consulting on additional costs
due to additional equipment or increased capacity requirements.
Early in the process, the BRM works with the PM's to discuss staffing needs, high-level timelines, and the
associated cost. Throughout a project, the BRM will stay informed on the project status in order to provide
business managers with regular status. Occasionally during the project, the BRM will be used in a facilitation
role when an impasse between the technology team and the business team occurs.
The BRM may also need to work and supply information through to either a dedicated IT Finance team or to
Management Accountants within the Finance Function. This can cover involvement in the Organisation's
annual planning process (The Budget), updates to forecasts, down to providing updates from IT Department
& Project managers in helping analysis of IT spend to date
As a Buisiness Relationship Manager I am responsible for :
 Pre-project business solution design
 Establishing relationship with internal technology teams
 Establishing relationship with external technology vendors
 Identifies opportunities for operational efficiency
 Service Level Agreement (SLA) negotiations
 Directs projects towards desired technology strategies
 Portfolio Management.
 Budget Management.
Accountable for :
 Overall solution delivery (project progress)
 Project issue resolution
 Develop long-range technology strategies
 Provides initial project estimates for cost-benefit analysis
IT&S Project Manager
British Petrolium - Egypt
Sep 11 - Jan 13
 As a project manager for the globally deployed Desktop Refresh program for BP moving
their Desktop enviroment from Windows XP to Windows 7 and Office 2010, I am
accountable for:
 Building , and planning the deployment schedule and budget for the Desktop rollout phase
of the project
 Develop in cooperation with other regional project managers as a team the global
deployment processes and strategies
 Develop the procurement strategy for Egypt affiliate and manage relationship with Dell as
preferred vendor.
 Develop rollout / deployment organization.
 Coordinate project risks, issues, dependencies and escalations.
 Develop Training Strategy and prepare project close out and handover to operations
 Work with the other regional counterparts with IBM to develop the project deployment
tools.
 Coordinating and Confirms rollout readiness preparations are completed prior to rollout
start up
 Works with other project Tracks (CDT, Messaging, Site Readiness, App Readiness, Rollout ) to
confirm that all requirements for rollouts are met including but not limited to:
 Liaise with project design teams to ensure country specific requirements are
understood/addressed and steward resolution
 Ensure all applications are layered/tested for users
 Ensure required servers have been installed
 Ensure that equipment ordered has been delivered to sites

3.  Ensure with Area Rollout Coordinators to confirm user data repository is updated for
deployment purposes and Rollout resources are in place
 Confirm physical facilities are established and met security requirements
 Coordinate vendor management tasks for the region.
 Identifies potential schedule impacts and work with others as needed to resolve schedule
conflicts
 Is the focal point for technical issues and serves as primary interface to other project Tracks
(CDT, SR, AR, Messaging)
 Works with regional counterparts to resolve rollout cross-regional issues.
 Ensures that local Data Privacy and Export Controls are met for the region
AME Regional Project manager Aug 10 – Aug 11
ExxonMobil Abu Dhabi– UAE
Manage the Rollout of the Global office upgrade project (GOUP) for AME region. The region
scope included 36 Exxon affiliates in AME region with 80 locations varying between head office,
refineries, offshore platforms and manufacturing sites. Major responsibilities include
 Planning the schedule and budget for the Desktop rollout phase of the project
 Develop in conjunction with other regional rollout coordinators as a team the global
deployment processes and strategies
 Develop regional procurement strategy for AME countries and manage relationship with
Dell as preferred vendor.
 Develop regional rollout / deployment organization
 Coordinate project risks, issues, dependencies and escalations for the region
 Develop Training Strategy for the region Prepare project close out and handover to
operations
 Work with the other regional counterparts with Dell to develop the project deployment
tools.
 Coordinating and Confirms rollout readiness preparations are completed prior to rollout
start up
 Works with other project Tracks (CDT, Messaging, Site Readiness, App Readiness, Rollout) to
confirm that all requirements for rollouts are met including but not limited to:
o Liaise with project design teams to ensure regional and country specific
requirements are understood/addressed and steward resolution
o Ensure all applications are layered/tested for users
o Ensure required servers have been installed
o Ensure that equipment ordered has been delivered to sites
o Ensure with Area Rollout Coordinators to confirm user data repository is updated for
deployment purposes and Rollout resources are in place
o Confirm physical facilities are established and met security requirements
o Coordinate vendor management tasks for the region.
 Identifies potential schedule impacts and work with others as needed to resolve schedule
conflicts
 Is the focal point for technical issues and serves as primary interface to other project Tracks
(CDT, SR, AR, Messaging)
 Assists with rollout scheduling at country/site levels
 Works with regional counterparts to resolve rollout cross-regional issues
 Ensures that local Data Privacy and Export Controls are met for the region
EMAD infrastructure specialist Sep 08 – Aug 10
ExxonMobil Abu Dhabi– UAE
Accountable for the overall IT Infrastructure operations , ensuring customers receive world class
service by overseeing the Vendor’s operation management and being accountable for Vendor
performance/operational metrics, contributing to both local and regional (within Gulf region)
customer satisfaction.

4. This position was crucial to the organization and had a direct impact on the efficiencies and value
we were able to drive to our national JV partners.
Some of the key responsibilities included :
 Oversee Customer Services program deployments and act a point of contact for
Operations regarding Readiness, Quality, and Training.
 Establish, maintain key relationships with the support pillars of Release Management,
Quality, Business Operations, Training, Finance, Process and Systems and other SDMs in
terms of both receiving and supplying information regarding functionality, business
requirements, implementation, and data analysis.
 Interface with other business groups within ExxonMobil.
 Ensure that ExxonMobil policies and guidelines are strictly adhered to.
 Drive programs from project initiation through delivery, interfacing with service lines and
business lines.
 Coordinate and organize cross functional activities ensuring completion of the program on
schedule and within budget constraints.
 Partner with Operations, Finance, Telecom, Tools, Quality Assurance, Readiness/Release
Management and Global Outsourcing teams to meet objectives.
 Identify business change requirements due to a new or modified program.
 Use agreed upon criteria to determine readiness for go-live and make and communicate
go/no-go decision.
Infrastructure Project Manager Jan 07 - Sep 08
ExxonMobil Abu Dhabi– UAE
Moved To Exxonmobill Abu Dhabi as an expat to bring up the new Exxonmobil office .
Responsibilities include
 Coordinate the buildup of the new ExxonMobil Data center in Abu Dhabi ExxonMobil
Technology center .
 Manages procurement, delivery and installations of required hardware ( full range from
servers, SAN, Network gears, end users workstations, telephony equipments, telecomm
circuits, visualization systems, facilities systems like ups, fire fighting and cooling systems)
 Manage day to day operations of all systems in data center in conjunction with global
support teams.
 Identify, assess and mature technology needs and growth /expansion opportunities
 Negotiation & execute maintenance agreements with vendors.
 Coordinate operations activities between Exxon IT and ZADCO IT departments.
 Regional change and problem management coordination.
AME Technical services Advisor Aug 05 - Dec 06
Exxonmobil Egypt - Cairo – Egypt
Moved from projects organization to operations, to provide regional L3 technical services to AME
clusters. Main responsibilities include:
 Provide to AME clusters L2 support teams advanced operating system and server
application support and troubleshooting.
 Coordinates teams across functional/service product lines to solve customer
issues/problem
 Serves as escalation point for L2 teams with advanced network operating system(s),
network application(s), and Storage/Server hardware issues.
 Serve as regional problem and change management coordinator.
 Serves as regional project focal point acting as as interface between global project
managers and cluster/affiliates operations leads.
AME Rollout Project Coordinator Mar 03 - Jul’05
Exxonmobil Egypt - Cairo - Egypt

5. Coordinate the Rollout of the Global office upgrade project (GOUP) for AME region. The region
scope included 36 Exxon affiliates in AME region with 80 locations varying between head office,
refineries, offshore platforms and manufacturing sites. Major responsibilities include:
 Coordinating the Site readiness activities phase of the project including procurement of
Servers, Network equipments ( WAN/LAN).
 Planning the schedule and budget for the Desktop rollout phase of the project.
 Develop in conjunction with other regional rollout coordinators as a team the global
deployment processes and strategies.
 Develop regional procurement strategy for AME countries and manage relationship
with Dell as preferred vendor.
 Develop regional rollout / deployment organization .
 Coordinate project risks, issues, dependencies and escalations for the region.
 Develop Training Strategy for the region.
 Prepare project close out and handover to operations.
North Africa Infrastructre projects Coordinator Nov 02 – Mar 03
Exxonmobil Egypt - Cairo - Egypt
Coordinate new infrastructure related projects for the North Africa Cluser ( Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco,
Cyprus) to facilitate ExxonMobil business operations .Major responsibilities include:
 Coordinate the of various project's activities of globally planned, regionally managed IT
infrastructure projects for Exxon's North Africa cluster of affiliates ,
 Projects varied from office relocations , data centers renovation, network upgrade, AD
migration, UPS systems upgrade, EOL servers upgrade .
 Supervising contractors and follow up with vendors to meet schedule date
 Develop detailed project plan using ExxonMobil PLC methodology
 Ensure smooth operation for the new developed infrastructure project and provide
technical documentation and training for N.Africa Area Operations for new systems
operation support
 Participates in new projects design and development. This involves working as part of a
team along side with direct manager, regional Skills Center and local vendors to analyze
various design's options and recommend the most cost-effective solution.
 Provide end user training and documentation for new infrastructure systems.
 Prepare training materials, plan & conduct training programs and rollout procedures for
new infrastructure systems to allow end user to maximize the usage/benefit of new
projects.
 Coordinate project planning , procurement , implementation and handover to
operations with regional project management team.
 All projects were delivered within planned time, quality and budget.
 all projects were implemented in conjuction with Global Support Operations.
 Analyze, monitor, forecast & optimize the capacity & performance of current
infrastructure operations.
 Advise rooms of improvement in line with Corporate GIS standards and business
requirements.
Infrastructre projects engineer Dec 01 – Nov 02
Exxonmobil Egypt - Cairo - Egypt
Execute infrastructure related projects for the IT department of Exxonmobil Egypt Major
responsibilities include:
 Execute globally planned, regionally managed IT infrastructure projects for Egypt's
facilities including data centers renovation, network upgrade, AD migration, UPS

6. systems upgrade, EOL servers upgrade .
 Coordinate project planning , procurement , implementation and handover to
operations with regional project management team.
 All projects were delivered within planned time, quality and budget.
 All projects were implemented in conjuction with Regional Support Operations.
Desktop upgrade project - analyst Apr 01 – Dec 01
Exxonmobil Egypt - Cairo - Egypt
Rollout of Desktop refresh program ( HSME) in ExxonMobil Egypt.
Major responsibilities include:
 Team lead for Egypt's Rollout Team delivering Global Desktop refresh program "HSME"
including both new Hardware and OS + Desktop environment to 600+ users in ExxonMobil
Egypt 12 locations.
 Succefully rolled out the project in time and with budget
 Delivered training on new Mail client (Notes 4.5 ) to ExxonMobil Egypt 660+ users.
Infrastructure Advisor Jun 97 – Apr 2001
Wassilatex Spinning Mill - Egypt
Provide infrastructure support for wassilatex Spinning mill factory, responsibilities include:
 Infrastructure design for main data center
 Supervise infrastructure implementation
 Capacity planning
 Monitor infrastructure components and advise upgrades as necessary
Trainings Attended
PWA for PMO and PMP 2014
Driving For Excellence 2014
Forgery and Falsification 2014
Anti Money Laundry 2013
CIB Basic Banking Certificate 2013
Vendor management 2010
Collaboration and positive influence 2010
Project management methodology (EMCAPS) 2009
Upstream technologies 2006
Project management methodology (PLC) 2005
Risk management 2004
Problem & Change management 2002
Time Power (Personal time Management) 2002
Quality Training (Seven habits of Highly Effective People) 2001
Personal Details
Date Of Birth 1st August 1970
Marital Status Married
Languages Known Arabic, English,Frensh
Nationality Egyptian
Reference
Will be furnished upon Request.