Ayman Taha recently joined MGM Resorts International as vice president of enterprise technology solutions and innovation, heading solutions development, information management and enterprise architecture.
Taha comes to MGM Resorts with more than 23 years of experience in information technology. He spent the last 17 years serving in various leadership roles with Avnet, Inc.—one of the world’s largest distributors of electronic components and embedded solutions—and worked most recently as the company’s vice president and head of global digital transformation, innovation and solutions delivery. He successfully led the delivery of multiple award-winning solutions. Among the awards he brought to Taha are the Innovation Award in IT Transformation in 2012 from SoftwareAG, and the CIO100 award for leading the delivery of an in-memory enterprise booking and pricing engine in 2015.
In his current role at MGMRI, Taha is responsible for driving technology product strategy and innovation by defining and executing the technology vision for the company, leading the enterprise architecture organization in setting technology standards; solutions delivery and lifecycle management of home grown technologies; and enabling MGMRI become a data driven organization through collaboration with the enterprise analytics organization.
Taha brings a wealth of information technology knowledge in solutions architecture, integration, enterprise data management, solutions delivery and IT operations across diverse areas of technology.
Taha attended ASU in Arizona for an MS degree in computer science and AAST in Alexandria, Egypt for a BE degree in electronics and communication.
