Experience
Career & credentials
An engineer who understands both the threat and the regulation, building the controls that sit between them. See the services I offer →
Work history
Senior AML Technology Officer
Bank Boubyan — Kuwait
- Administer core AML & sanctions-screening platforms — business rules, watchlists, PEP and sanctions lists — to reduce regulatory exposure.
- Key technical role in the Temenos T24 core-banking migration and SWIFT MT-to-MX (Siron Embargo) message-migration testing.
- Tune monitoring scenarios and thresholds; produce BI/KRI reporting and a scenarios register that streamlines audits.
Founder & Cyber-Awareness / Security Specialist
CyberSphere — Kuwait
- Founded a cybersecurity awareness & GRC venture; ran risk assessments and tailored awareness programs.
- Built a structured internship program (recruited, mentored, certified) and branded awareness materials.
ICT Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst
Brisbane City Council — Australia
- Reduced phishing click-through from 15% to 11% via tailored simulations; maintained the ISMS and authored SIEM rules.
- Authored an organisation-wide AI-governance position paper adopted across the council.
Web Development Consultant
Freelance — Remote
- Delivered 6+ end-to-end web/app projects; managed developers, hosting and agile delivery from consultation to support.
Education
M.IT — Cyber Security & Networks
QUT, Australia · 2022 · Best Paper Award
B.IT — Computer Science
QUT, Australia · 2020 · Top mark in Algorithms & Complexity
Certifications
- CompTIA Security+ (ce)
- Google Cloud Digital Leader
- SOC (Cisco) · Splunk · ML Fraud Detection (Google Cloud)
- Penetration Testing with BlackArch (EC-Council)
- Target: CAMS
Skills
- AML
- Transaction Monitoring
- Sanctions Screening
- KYC / PEP
- Fraud Detection (ML)
- Risk Assessment
- ISO 27000
- SIEM / Splunk
- Penetration Testing
- AI Governance
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Temenos T24
- Siron
- SWIFT MT/MX
- SoapUI
- Power BI
- SQL
- Python