Chakib Abi-Saab
EUROPE equal a competitive advantage ”. At the heart of the company ’ s technological transformation is its Maritime Operations Centre , located in Singapore . Abi-Saab presided over the Centre ’ s creation in 2018 and will oversee the construction of a second facility in Arendal , Norway in 2020 . The Centre enables OSM to monitor and manage the company ’ s global fleet 24 hours a day . Abi-Saab explains that , with the Centre in operation , “ We not only have information that used to take weeks to gather , but the computer also gives us access to correlations that we , as humans , might not be able to see . We ’ re expecting to move to the next level with machine learning , so that we can perform predictive analytics and predictive maintenance which will become a cost savings to us and to our customers .”
As Chief Technology Officer , Abi- Saab is currently overseeing the adoption of several new technologies to further enable OSM ’ s technical managers to perform their roles . At the core of each new technology , he emphasises , is the ethos that “ technology is
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Chakib Abi-Saab
Chakib is a business leader and technologist with 20 + years of experience aligning technology with operational goals . Chakib has led significant global projects in multinational environments and has played several key roles in global organizations like Baker Hughes Inc . and Bumi Armada Berhad . Chakib is now the Chief Technology Officer of OSM Maritime Group . Chakib ’ s main focus is always on the utilization of technology as a driver to optimize costs , improve productivity , increase returns , reduce risks , and create new revenue streams . His technology expertise is in connected assets , analytics , automation , and predictive environments . He is also experienced leading complex multinational digital transformations .
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