Jacob Matthew has been working in the United Arab Emirates for the past 23 years, having worked at Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery a year earlier. He has worked at a Big 4 consulting firm for over 18 years and currently works for the government sector in Abu Dhabi. Jacob has worked and advised in various industries, including financial services, oil and gas, government, and education. His key experience lies in Strategy, Policy and Innovation; Centralization and management of the IT function in several countries; cyber security; Configuration and management of IT Shared Services; Migration to cloud-based solutions; Offshoring to third parties; virtualization; and disaster recovery.

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