Esam is a business leader with 30+ years’ experience in digital transformation and process automation systems for the oil and gas industry. As a Work Director at Saudi Aramco Facilities Planning Dept, he directs all technology capital investments in line with corporate business objectives. This includes capital project planning from concept development to project delivery and completion, business case evaluation & development, economic analysis, design basis, lifecycle extension strategies, master planning and investment strategies development. He is a Certified Automation Professional (CAP) and a member of several professional organizations including ISA, MESA, CQRM, SAVE and SPE.

Prior to joining Saudi Aramco, Esam worked at Aspen Technology as a regional director, co-founding their Middle East operation and growing their business and partnerships with regional oil and gas customers.
Esam holds a BSC and MSC degrees with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He also holds an Executive Master of Advanced Studies in Oil and Gas Leadership from The Graduate Institute Geneva.