Infrastructure & PMO Executive
Engineering Leader. PMO Strategist.
20+ years delivering complex infrastructure across rail, highway, transit, and municipal programs in Canada and the GCC. Now based in Riyadh, building the next generation of project delivery businesses.
P.Eng · PMP · RMP · DASM
About Talha
From Site to Strategy
I am a licensed Professional Engineer and certified project management professional with more than two decades of experience delivering complex infrastructure programs across Canada and the Arabian Gulf.
My career spans rail corridor expansion, highway rehabilitation programs for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario, transit station delivery at Metrolinx, municipal development, and now the GCC’s most ambitious giga-project landscape.
In early 2025, my family and I relocated to Riyadh — a deliberate, long-term commitment to the Saudi market.
Practice Areas
Areas of Expertise
Infrastructure Delivery
Rail, highway, transit, and municipal capital programs from concept through commissioning. Progressive contracting, CMAR, and design-build delivery.
PMO & Governance
PMO setup, controls frameworks, risk management, schedule analysis, and reporting cadence design for complex programs.
OT Cybersecurity
IEC 62443 and NCA OTCC compliance for industrial control systems. OT/IT convergence assessment for critical infrastructure.
BIM & Digital Twin
Model-based delivery, 4D scheduling, and digital twin implementation across infrastructure programs.
From the Blog
Latest Insights
- Crossrail: The £4.1 Billion Overrun That Taught the World About Mega-Project Controls
- P3 Governance: What Good Looks Like and Why Most Programs Do Not Have It
- The PMO Gap in Saudi Construction: Why Project Management Office Capability Determines Program Success
- PLAXIS Geotechnical Modelling in Saudi Arabia: Why Advanced Soil Analysis Matters for GCC Infrastructure
- Relocating to Riyadh: Learning an Entirely New Professional Operating System
- Saudi Arabia’s OTCC Framework: What Regulators Require and What It Means for Infrastructure Projects
Let’s Build Something
Whether you’re looking for PMO advisory, a conference keynote, or a conversation about progressive contracting in the GCC — I’d like to hear from you.