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Abdullah Al Rashdi

CIO at Petroleum Development Oman

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How would you describe your IT environment?

100% on-premise

100% public cloud

Combination (hybrid)

Other (comment below)

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Which messaging queue is the best?

Cloud Applications & Platforms Engineering+6 more

RabbitMQ

Amazon SQS

Apache Kafka

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

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What is the most difficult part of your current or prior role(s)?

People

Culture

Technology

Budget

Finding great talent

Education

Strategy

Building

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Given your current tech stack, do you believe your company is ready for a complete work-from-home situation?

Team & Organizational Design News

Yes

Unsure

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After they see the results of remote working, do you think some companies in your country will start going remote even after COVID-19 crisis?

Yes

Unsure

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What changes would you expect to see in your budget for AI and ML as a result of the COVID-19 crisis?

Financial Management AI & Machine Learning

Increase spend by over 5%

Increase spend by less than 5%

Unchanged

Decrease spend by less than 5%

Decrease spend by over 5%

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Do you engage with freelancers within your department?

People & Leadership Process Management Talent Management & Performance

Yes

Not yet but we plan to

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What video and team collaboration tool are you using now?

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Skype For Business

Go To Meeting

Other

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When learning about innovation, what type of content do you find the most useful?

Examples from other companies

Thought-leadership from successful innovators

Statistics, facts and figures

Explainer videos or audio recordings

Visuals, charts, graphs

Something else [write in!]

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Does anyone have a favorite alternative to Tableau? Why?

End-User Services & Collaboration Applications & Platforms Data & Analytics+11 more

ThoughtSpot

Power BI (Microsoft)

SiSense

Looker (Google)

Qlik

MicroStrategy

Other

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Have you heard about the Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU)? How far are you in deployment and can you share some of your experiences on the topic?

Data & Analytics Database Applications & Platforms+1 more

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilitiesa year ago

The OSDU is built on open-source technologies and is designed to be cloud-native, scalable, and interoperable. The platform also includes a data model that enables consistent and standardized representation of subsurface ...read more

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How can new executives succeed when replacing a former leader who failed?

Relationship Management People & Leadership

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilities7 months ago

First, ask to what extent the executive (CEO?) knows the extent of the presumed "damage" to the environment. Then admit, that you don't yet know the extent of the damage. in the ensuing multiple meetings, "take ...read more

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How are you managing the risk of AI transcription bots like otter.ai and fireflies.ai?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Security & GRC

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilitiesa year ago

I use Otter.ai and familiar with its limited capabilities. To start with, the voice recording capability of the app is more risky than its transcription capability. This is because the transcript for non-native English speakers ...read more

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Generative AI solutions are here but how can an enterprise leverage these capabilities? 1) Model to Data - take your data and integrate the Generative AI model with it. 2) Data to Model - take your data to the Generative AI model which is hosted and managed by the platform. What are your thoughts on this?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilitiesa year ago

For us, Data to Model approach sounds best

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How is the procurement of goods such as office supplies, desktop IT, personal safety equipment, hand tools, etc. organized at your company?

Procurement

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilitiesa year ago

We have a central Corporate Procurement function that handles all procurement duties that are common to all divisions for those types of items. The business units have their own Procurement departments for their specialties. ...read more

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What is your primary motivation for attending physical conferences? We used to go to get new research and learn something new, but for the last three years, we got most of the information virtually. For me, it's networking with other people. What about you?

People & Leadership

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilitiesa year ago

I like to have hallway discussions and learn about people's perspectives. What you learn and get exposed to in a physical conference is comparable to 3 months of learning it from inside your inner circle attending professional ...read more

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Tech leaders: what’s one thing you wish your non-technical colleagues would understand?

Personal Development Business Relationships IT Strategy & Roadmap

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilitiesa year ago

The simplest security issue: phishing and how it works.

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Is there anything that stands out about your org’s approach to Centers of Excellence (CoEs)? Any must-dos that you’ve found seem to elevate CoE effectiveness?

Process Management

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilities2 years ago

Thanks for the question.

There is a valid concern in my organization with regards to the establishment of many Center of Excellence. In the past few years, the recommendation from consultancy houses and some research ...read more

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How many hours do you work in a typical week?

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilities3 years ago

40-60+ The + typically comes into play when there's a cyber incident.

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I am increasingly having to present to our board and it’s not always the best experience. Do you have any advice on how best to approach a company board that is not technical at all?

People & Leadership

Abdullah Al RashdiCIO at Petroleum Development Oman in Energy and Utilities6 years ago

My board experience has primarily been with board members that are not technical. The approach I take is to "translate" technical bits into business impact information. It seems many non-technical board members care most ...read more

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Content Abdullah is Following

How would you describe your IT environment?

Which messaging queue is the best?

What is the most difficult part of your current or prior role(s)?

Given your current tech stack, do you believe your company is ready for a complete work-from-home situation?

After they see the results of remote working, do you think some companies in your country will start going remote even after COVID-19 crisis?

What changes would you expect to see in your budget for AI and ML as a result of the COVID-19 crisis?

Do you engage with freelancers within your department?

What video and team collaboration tool are you using now?

When learning about innovation, what type of content do you find the most useful?

Does anyone have a favorite alternative to Tableau? Why?

Have you heard about the Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU)? How far are you in deployment and can you share some of your experiences on the topic?

How can new executives succeed when replacing a former leader who failed?

How are you managing the risk of AI transcription bots like otter.ai and fireflies.ai?

How is the procurement of goods such as office supplies, desktop IT, personal safety equipment, hand tools, etc. organized at your company?

What is your primary motivation for attending physical conferences? We used to go to get new research and learn something new, but for the last three years, we got most of the information virtually. For me, it's networking with other people. What about you?

Tech leaders: what’s one thing you wish your non-technical colleagues would understand?

Is there anything that stands out about your org’s approach to Centers of Excellence (CoEs)? Any must-dos that you’ve found seem to elevate CoE effectiveness?

How many hours do you work in a typical week?

I am increasingly having to present to our board and it’s not always the best experience. Do you have any advice on how best to approach a company board that is not technical at all?

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How would you describe your IT environment?

Which messaging queue is the best?

What is the most difficult part of your current or prior role(s)?

Given your current tech stack, do you believe your company is ready for a complete work-from-home situation?

After they see the results of remote working, do you think some companies in your country will start going remote even after COVID-19 crisis?

What changes would you expect to see in your budget for AI and ML as a result of the COVID-19 crisis?

Do you engage with freelancers within your department?

What video and team collaboration tool are you using now?

When learning about innovation, what type of content do you find the most useful?

Does anyone have a favorite alternative to Tableau? Why?

Have you heard about the Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU)? How far are you in deployment and can you share some of your experiences on the topic?

How can new executives succeed when replacing a former leader who failed?

How are you managing the risk of AI transcription bots like otter.ai and fireflies.ai?

How is the procurement of goods such as office supplies, desktop IT, personal safety equipment, hand tools, etc. organized at your company?

What is your primary motivation for attending physical conferences? We used to go to get new research and learn something new, but for the last three years, we got most of the information virtually. For me, it's networking with other people. What about you?

Tech leaders: what’s one thing you wish your non-technical colleagues would understand?

Is there anything that stands out about your org’s approach to Centers of Excellence (CoEs)? Any must-dos that you’ve found seem to elevate CoE effectiveness?

How many hours do you work in a typical week?

I am increasingly having to present to our board and it’s not always the best experience. Do you have any advice on how best to approach a company board that is not technical at all?