Author: Mr. Isam A. Al-Bayat
Affiliation: Vice President of Engineering Services, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Mr. Isam Al-Bayat is currently Saudi Aramco’s Vice President of Engineering Services.  He started his career with Saudi Aramco in 1971 in Engineering Technical Services where he completed rotational assignments before becoming a foreman at the Dhahran Power Plant in 1973. In 1976, he was assigned to the OOK Project Management team working on the power generation and transmission projects. Upon his return, he was named Assistant Superintendent for Southern Area Power Generation in 1979 and Superintendent for Power Operations in 1980.  After completing an assignment as Acting Manager of the SCECO Systems Operations Department in 1981, he was loaned to SCECO and in 1986, became Vice President of Operations, SCECO East.  In 1992 he returned to Saudi Aramco as Manager of Projects for the Communications/SCADA Project Department. He had an acting assignment as General Manager of Central Area Projects and then in 1994 became Manager of Projects for the Central Area Projects Design and Construction Department. In October 1994, he was appointed Manager of the Facilities Planning Department. He also held a Vice President position of New Business Development.

From 1999 to 2001 he was President and CEO of Saudi Refining Inc. in Houston, Texas. He returned to the Kingdom in August 2001 to Domestic Joint Ventures and on November 1, 2001 was appointed Vice President of Project Management.  Mr. Al-Bayat assumed his current position of Vice President, New Business Development in April 1, 2004. 

Mr. Al-Bayat holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Basra in Iraq and a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.