Abdullah Al-Toom has been deputy general director at the Ministry of Education’s Vision Realization Office since September.
He is responsible for introducing the ministry’s initiatives, as well as monitoring, managing and supervising the implementation of projects in tandem with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 reform plan.
Al-Toom joined the ministry in September 2021 as head of the project management office, where he was tasked with identifying challenges that affect strategic goals, reporting to the minister of education and the committee.
Previously, he was head of performance and delivery monitoring at the Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission in January 2021.
Al-Toom served as a senior project manager at the Quality of Life Program from April 2018 to September 2018.
Previously, he was a senior project manager at Takamol Holding Co.
In June 2016, Al-Toom worked at Thiqah Business Solutions as a project manager.
He began working at Taj Systems in November 2014, his first year working in project management.
Al-Toom was an accounting assistant at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia’s Armed Forces Office in Washington in 2011.
He is a certified governance, risk and compliance professional, and is also working on project management professional and certified change management professional certifications.
Al-Toom also has a certification from the Prince Mohammed bin Salman College’s executive leadership program.
He holds a master’s degree in information technology from Hood College in Maryland, US, and earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from King Saud University in Riyadh.
