Professional Interpreter
Interpreting New Zealand
Total years of experience :37 years, 10 Months
Carry on interpretation job on behalf of Interpreting Canterbury in front of major official bodies such as Courts, Police department, Health sector, and Social development department for Arabic speaking people who lack English language.
• Plan and prepare software implementation project plan.
• Identify key implementation problems and risk and prepare standards and solution to intercept these issues.
• Make sure that the implemented software is according to organisational goals, and in line with the RFP.
• Make sure that the project is completed within time limit and financial budget.
• Develop user training programme.
• Identifying and investigating problems concerned with strategy, policy, markets, organisations and processes.
• Assembling and analysing all available data.
• Formulating recommendations for action, taking into account broader managerial and business implications.
• Agreeing the course of action with the client.
• Ensuring the client receives the assistance needed to implement the recommendations.
• Meeting with clients to determine requirements.
• Working with clients to define the scope of a project.
• Liaising with staff at all levels of a client organisation.
• Analysing problems and making recommendations.
• Presenting solutions in written or oral reports.
• Helping clients with change-management activities.
• Project managing the design and implementation of preferred solutions.
• Organising training for users and other consultants.
• Work as implementation Consultant for MAXIMO application, Oracle Financial and Automated Custom System.
• Lead projects involving the design, development, and delivery of educational programs for corporations and organizations.
• Carry on training analysis needs according to company’s goals and user’s capabilities and qualifications.
• Develop new marketable educational and training programmes.
• Write course design plans and scheme of work.
• Assist instructors in the development of curriculum materials.
• Recruit qualified and experienced instructors.
• Initiate actions to prevent the occurrence of any non-conformities relating to the product, process and quality systems.
• Initiate, recommend and provide solutions.
• Develop new marketable educational and training programmes.
• Lead projects involving the design, development, and delivery of educational programs for corporations and organizations.
• Write course design plans and scheme of work.
• Assist instructors in the development of curriculum materials.
• Recruit qualified and experienced instructors.
• Co-ordinate all computing training and uphold the Newcastle quality policy, by conforming actions specified in operating procedures and institute’s work instructions.
• Ensure staff development.
• Initiate actions to prevent the occurrence of any non-conformities relating to the product, process and quality systems.
• Initiate, recommend and provide solutions.
• Act as internal quality auditor.
• Receive and collate survey forms from users.
• Manage the coding and data entry processes.
• Provide data classification, and statistics according to user's requirements
• Prepare summary tables for the required information.
• Provide Graphical Representation and summary reports requested.
• Acquire property to be sold.
• Prepare and carry out marketing plans.
• Carry out negotiations between the buyer and the seller.
• Prepare contracts between the two parties.
• Follow up the transfer process and the possession process between the two parties.
• Manage the daily admin Activities.
• Manage the recruitment process.
• Prepare the company's annual budgets.
• Negotiate Contracts with third parties.
• Develop and maintain company's policies and procedures.
• Managing the acquisition process of all the materials needed for all the company’s contracts with the oil Sector.
• Obtaining quotation and prices for materials.
• Carrying out the purchase process.
• Following up receiving all required materials, on time, according to the project plan.
• Managing the overall daily activities of the IS department.
• Evaluating user needs and functionality.
• Ensuring that facilities meet the needs of individuals and projects.
• Planning, developing and implementing the IS budget, obtaining competitive prices from suppliers to ensure cost effectiveness.
• Scheduling upgrades and security backups of hardware and software systems.
• Ensuring the security of data from internal and external attack.
• Providing users with appropriate support and advice.
• Managing crisis solutions, which may involve complex technical hardware or software problems.
• Mentoring and training new support staff.
• Keeping up to date with the latest technologies.
• Complying with the company’s rules / regulations and policies all times.
• Maintaining department’s discipline, punctuality and team work.
• Carrying out the feasibility study of the old system and new Requirements.
• Prepared RFP (Request for Proposal) for both (hardware & Software).
• Studying all quotations and preparing the recommendation for the hardware Purchase.
• Managed the migration of the old software system and data from MICRO DATA Machine with PICK OS to Digital Alpha machine with Unix OS, using a Software system that emulates PICK OS on UNIX.
• Developed and managed the setup of the IT infrastructure of company’s new location.
• Made the decision to design the software application in house on ORACLE RDBMS with client server environment using Oracle development tools.
• Re-designed the computer network to cope with the new environment.
• Designed and managed the development and implementation of the following systems:
1. Underwriting System.
2. Reinsurance System.
3. Claim System.
4. Financial System (Technical & Financial Accounting).
5. D.S.S. System (Decision Support System).
• Designed data conversion system from our Prime machine with Primos OS to DL/I database on IBM Main frame under VSE/SP2 OS.
• Scheduled and managed the conversion process.
• Participated in Implementing CFS a retail banking system and co-ordinating between the software vendor and the bank users.
• Participated in the implementation of the ATM (Automated Teller Machine) System.