
Abdelrahman El nahas
About Candidate
A highly skilled Senior Technical Manager in Physical Security and a Security Systems Consultant, leading comprehensive
governance of extensive security programs that protect prominent communities, shopping malls, hospitality venue s, and
iconic towers throughout the GCC. With nearly 20 years of regional experience, the capability to develop enterprise wide
technical security protocols is established, ensuring complex system architectures are in accordance with SIRA regulations,
whil e providing C suite stake holders with reliable oversight that encompasses risk assessment, design review, tender
evaluation, installation, certification, and lifecycle budgeting. Leadership also includes real time command center
coordination, ensuring inci dent response readiness and smooth communication with authorities for high profile events such
as EMAAR’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Driven by strong expertise in ELV project management, multidisciplinary teams and OEM partners are guided from initial
c oncept to final commissioning successfully delivering CCTV, access control, SMATV, AV, and PA systems on time, within
budget, and in complete regulatory compliance, thereby enhancing operational resilience and building stakeholder trust.
Education
Experiences
Set group-wide technical-security strategy and author corporate standards, ensuring full alignment with SIRA regulations and enterprise risk appetite. • Lead consultation, methodology design and implementation for new builds and existing-asset upgrades across residential, retail, hospitality and entertainment portfolios. • Draft RFPs/SOWs, chair bid clarifications, perform technical evaluations and issue recommendations for award across a broad vendor landscape. • Review and approve concept, schematic and detailed-design submissions, material submittals and shop drawings for all security-system disciplines. • Oversee installation quality, FAT/SAT and final handover acceptance, verifying performance against design intent and regulatory audit requirements. • Drive AMC strategy: scope definition, vendor KPIs, budget forecasting and lifecycle planning to maximise system availability and cost efficiency. • Act as regulatory interface—coordinating SIRA inspections, closing audit findings and proactively briefing entity security teams on emerging mandates. • Provide command-centre oversight and real-time authority liaison during mega events (NYE 2018–2023), ensuring incident-response readiness and system uptime. • Mentor a multidisciplinary technical team, defining career paths, delivering targeted training and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. • Liaise with design consultants, MEP contractors and facility-management teams to integrate security requirements into broader building systems and operational workflows. • Develop annual CapEx/Opex budgets for new installations, migration projects and AMC renewals, presenting justifications to executive finance committees. • Maintain a central repository of as-built documentation, asset registers and compliance records to support audits and future system enhancements. • Coordinate with IT on network hardening, cybersecurity assessments and secure remote-monitoring initiatives for critical security infrastructure. • Lead root-cause analysis for system faults and incident post-mortems, tracking corrective actions to closure. • Represent EMAAR in industry forums and standards workshops, providing input on evolving security-technology trends and regulatory changes.
• Managed full life-cycle delivery of CCTV, access-control, AV, SMATV and PA projects from tender to hand-over. • Set execution plans, baseline schedules & cost forecasts; monitored progress & drove recovery actions. • Led multidisciplinary engineering/site teams, assigning resources & providing technical direction. • Chaired consultant / sub-contractor meetings, resolving clashes & enforcing drawing compliance. • Controlled procurement—BOQs, vendor negotiations, POs & logistics—to protect critical paths. • Enforced QA/QC & HSE plans through site inspections, material checks & test-plan approvals. • Presented status and variation claims to client steering committees, securing timely sign-offs. • Leveraged CRM analytics to deepen client relationships and spot cross-sell opportunities. • Issued progress invoices and final accounts aligned with contract terms and earned-value d
Produced complete design packages—layouts, cable schedules, elevations—for integrated security networks. • Ran site surveys, material take-offs and OEM procurement to keep projects on programme. • Supervised installation crews, enforcing quality benchmarks and milestone targets. • Executed FAT/SAT, logged snags and drove rectification to close-out. • Delivered end-user training and comprehensive O&M manuals. • Integrated security networks with enterprise IT while upholding cyber-security best practice. • Prepared progress reports, look-ahead schedules and recovery plans for management. • Supported tenders with value-engineering options and compliance matrices. • Coordinated SIRA / Civil-Defense inspections and obtained approvals. • Standardized design templates and checklists, reducing re-work and boosting productivity.
• Built database-driven apps in VB6/VB.NET/C++, Oracle 10g and Crystal Reports. • Designed UI/UX, implemented CRUD functions and generated dynamic reports. • Performed unit, integration and UAT testing, resolving defects pre-release. • Produced architecture diagrams, data-flow charts and technical manuals. • Gathered requirements, presented prototypes and iterated per client feedback. • Tuned SQL queries, cutting report runtimes and boosting app performance. • Automated report generation, freeing staff from manual data processing. • Maintained code repositories, backups and disaster-recovery procedures. • Mentored junior developers and led knowledge-transfer sessions. • Created executive dashboards and KPI visualizations to support