Dr. Sami Al-Homod was recently appointed the assistant minister for planning and development at the Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources.
He gained a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Riyadh’s King Saud University (KSU) in 1994. Three years later, he obtained a master’s degree in the same subject from George Mason University in the US and achieved a Ph.D. in information technology from the same institution in 2002. Al-Homod also completed a leadership development program at Boston Consulting Group in 2013.
He began his professional career soon after his graduation from KSU, becoming a system analyst and programmer at the IT center of the Saline Water Conversion Corp. One year later, he joined his alma mater as a teaching assistant in the college of administrative sciences.
In 2004, Al-Homod was appointed vice dean of libraries for administration and financial affairs and remained in the position until 2008 when he was promoted to dean of the e-learning and distance learning department at KSU.
He became a faculty member of the management information systems department at the college of business administration in 2012 and one year later joined the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development as its deputy minister for planning and development.
In 2015, he moved to the Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice as deputy minister for planning, development and informatics and supervisor of the ministry’s Vision Realization Office.
Al-Homod provided consultancy services to Riyadh municipality from 2012 to 2013 and also supervised its IT and e-services center.
In addition, he provided consultancy services to the then Ministry of Higher Education (before its merger with the Ministry of Education), Ernst & Young, and the KSU colleges of computer and information sciences, and applied sciences.
Al-Homod has received a number of international awards and honors including a UN award for public services on Smart Campus Projects in 2011, the Prince Bandar bin Sultan Award for scientific and academic achievement in 1998, and an excellence certificate in information systems from George Mason University in 1997.
Dr. Sami Al-Homod, assistant minister for planning and development at the Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources
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Dr. Sami Al-Homod, assistant minister for planning and development at the Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources
- Al-Homod was appointed vice dean of libraries for administration and financial affairs and remained in the position until 2008 when he was promoted to dean of the e-learning and distance learning department at KSU
Saudi project clears 2,676 explosive devices in Yemen
- Ousama Al-Gosaibi, Project Masam’s managing director, said the initiative had cleared a total of 544,187 mines since it began in 2018
RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia’s Project Masam removed 2,108 explosive devices from various regions of Yemen last week.
The total included 2,484 unexploded ordnances, 149 anti-tank mines, 17 anti-personnel mines and 26 improvised explosive devices, according to a recent report.
The explosives were planted indiscriminately and posed a threat to civilians, including children, women and the elderly.
The demining operations took place in Marib, Aden, Jouf, Shabwa, Taiz, Hodeidah, Lahij, Sanaa, Al-Bayda, Al-Dhale and Saada.
Ousama Al-Gosaibi, Project Masam’s managing director, said the initiative had cleared a total of 544,187 mines since it began in 2018.
Teams are tasked with clearing villages, roads and schools to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid.
The project trains local demining engineers, provides them with modern equipment, and offers support to Yemenis injured by the devices.
