Alaa Mahjoub is an independent Digital Business Advisor and former Senior Data Management Expert at the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport. He has decades of experience in electric utilities, petroleum, transportation, and defense. His expertise spans both governmental and private sectors in EMEA, the Far East, and the U.S. Mr. Mahjoub played a pivotal role in transforming the Digital Energy Architecture as part of restructuring the water and electricity sectors in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. He has also led key initiatives at TRANSCO, ADCO, Injazat Data Systems, and the Ministries of Defines in Egypt and Kuwait. Mr. Mahjoub holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering. He has authored, lectured, and reviewed research for IEEE, Cigre, the Arab Union of Electricity, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). His research interests focus on Cyber-Physical Systems and the application of Digital Business in the Power and Utilities Sector.