Datuk Nik Ahmad Faizul is technologically driven and mission-orientated with over 30 years experience in steering planning and execution aspects of policy, industry development, and game changing nation-building initiatives. His current focus is to accelerate the Urbanization and Climate Change mitigation, in elevating State and Local Governments readiness in partnering private sectors on Smart and Sustainable Cities. Thus, minimizing delivery and investment risks, as well as spur digital economy.

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As strategic advisor and technologist, he syndicates strategic programs and projects in Smart City areas. He is currently focus in advocating a systemised  ‘Smart Cities As A Program’ to support the SDG11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities through a holistic and integrated approach, with following involvements :

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• Smart City Blueprint/Actions Plans for state and local governments.

• Cities Baseline Digitalisation Readiness Assessment for local councils and agencies.

• Smart City Maturity Model with integrated input, process and output approach.

• Smart City Data Management for local council including data policies and guidelines.

• Internal Data Governance and External Open Data Guidelines.

• Business Model and Pre-Operationalisation of state Integrated Operation Centre (IOC).​

• Corporate and business planning for strategic companies in Smart City industry.

• Smart City initiative review for Master Developers through systemized readiness assessment.

• Assessment on Digitalization Readiness of Corporations.

• Smart and Sustainable City Blueprint for Master Developers.

• Introduced the 6-step Program Management for Smart Cities.