Bachir Chehab.

Boutique advisory in AI and data governance, enterprise risk, and analytics for private-sector and nonprofit organizations.

• Originate and lead five client engagements end to end — working with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into technology strategies and executable transformation roadmaps that drive measurable business value.
• Develop target-state technology and AI governance models, translating assessment findings into prioritized transformation initiatives and phased implementation plans.
• Build ISO 27001/31000/22301-aligned governance and AI-oversight frameworks, closing ~12 control gaps and reducing audit-preparation effort by ~30%.
• Conduct AI and data-readiness assessments across three institutions, translating ambiguous business and technology issues into structured diagnostics, identifying 10+ high-priority risks, and defining prioritized governance, privacy, security, and compliance actions.

IT management, data, process, information security, agility, and analytics across undergraduate and graduate programs.

• Deliver 11 courses to 3,000+ students, translating complex technology concepts for diverse audiences.
• Apply learning analytics to identify at-risk students early, contributing to an approximately 10% increase in pass rates and demonstrating the practical value of analytics in student success.

Strategic, operational, and managerial leadership of Rotman's flagship research facility.

• Led strategic and financial planning for the Lab with the Vice-Deans, with accountability for a $2M portfolio; led, coached, and developed a 19-person team.
• Led a five-year digital transformation plan to modernize departmental services supporting 5,000+ users, integrating technology infrastructure, institutional and research data, and curriculum needs into a cohesive transformation roadmap supporting 14 courses.
• Led simulation-based product development and research-data coordination, work recognized through the 2022 Rotman Impact and Innovation Award.

Led the IT and Data function for a provincial health regulatory college. Delivered a ~$1M technology modernization portfolio and digitized 50 processes serving 14,000 registrants, improving service delivery, operational efficiency, and the registrant experience; served as technology lead on the Digital Technology Steering Committee.

Advised on strategy, experiential learning, research data, teaching, operations, and process improvement. Spearheaded concept-to-launch delivery of the HSBC Interactive Trading Floor — a $1.8M flagship experiential-learning platform serving 5,000+ students — and streamlined institutional processes through data-driven decision frameworks.

Undergraduate faculty in information systems. Designed and modernized the BIS101 and MIS201 curricula and taught 1,500+ students over three years, embedding hands-on projects that connected information-systems theory to practice.

Advised clients on digital transformation and governance through 16 roadmaps, producing risk reports and corrective-action plans across 10 engagements that closed ~40% of compliance gaps.

Owned commercial strategy and P&L for the 3M Telecommunication business unit. Drove 18% revenue growth and improved operating margin by ~3 points through strategic planning, disciplined cost management, and cross-functional commercial execution.

Regional channel management and business development across distributors, partners, and end-user projects. Grew revenue 150% across 12 countries and 40+ partners through channel and market-penetration strategies, exceeding regional sales targets by ~20%.

Managed end-to-end delivery of cross-functional IT projects. Delivered 12 projects on time and on budget ($3M total), leading teams of 8 and 4 vendor partners with stage-gate governance and using RAID risk tracking to reduce schedule slippage ~25%.