Abdullah G. Al-Attas, Head of IT

Abdullah G. Al-Attas

Head of IT

SAMACO Group

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, MBA - Operation Management
Experience
21 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months

Head of IT at SAMACO Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since June 2011

All ALNAHLA subsidiaries IT related become under my responsibilities, this includes (SAMACO Automotive, Marine, Toys, Fast Autotechnique and ALNAHLA)

Professional Experience: Business and financial Achievements:

• Organization Restructuring
• Culture and Change management
• Enhance company Policy and procedure
• Continues business process improvement
• Aligning IT operations to the business objectives
• Help business to communicate efficiently with the employees and customers
• Cost Reduction and improving the business bottom line
• Several assessments, analysis, business plans and case studies
• Detailed financial and leadership achievements can be discussed


Professional Experience: Project Management Achievements:
ERP (Kerridge ADP) - 2 full cycle from 2006 till date
HR & Payroll
ERP (Automate)
Estimation and Accounting
ERP (In House)
HR & Payroll (2 Application)
DMS
Work Flow
Portal
CRM & Call center
Finance
IT OP Management
MS Enterprise Agreement
Clouding and Virtualization
Data Center Building
Office Automation
Unified Communication
RFID
Mobility Integration
Process automation & Dev
DRS & BCP
BI

Information Technology, General Manager at SAMACO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2012

Innovative Business Technology Leader with more than nine years’ experience building state-of-the-art technology operations that enable and add value to automotive dealership performance. Talented Team Builder and Technology Trainer who delivers user-friendly technology solutions that achieve business and financial goals. Astute Negotiator who has saved hundreds of thousands of Riyals in technology costs through strategic partnerships, collaboration and technical innovation. Trusted Advisor to senior executives and MBA Holder. Social media specialist.
I used to work as a project manager in various advanced business solutions and ERPs. Excellent background and knowledge in all business aspects.... I strongly believe that understanding different business aspects is a critical success factor to any endeavor. Being a creative and innovative person helps me manage others positively and promote value to the business I belong to.

I used to work as a project manager in various advanced business solutions and ERPs. DMS "ADP Kerridge" Excellent background and knowledge in all business aspects.... I strongly believe that understanding different business aspects is a critical success factor to any endeavor. Being a creative and innovative person helps me manage others positively and promote value to the business I belong to.

Business and financial Achievements
• Social Media Management
• Corporate integration
• Culture and Change management
• Develop the internal logistic and supply chain processes
• Setting business KPI and budget
• Continues business process improvement
• Aligning IT operations to the business objectives
• Help business to communicate efficiently with customers
• Cost Reduction and improving the business bottom line
• Several assessments, analysis, business plans and case studies
• Smart Building analysis and implementation to cut cost of electricity (Green environment)


Global Conferences - Invited to Speak:

CIO Saudi Summit 2013 - Jeddah
Is Aligning IT to the Business Easier Said Than Done

Invited to speak at Cloud Congress 2011 - Dubai
Cloud Optimization: Preparing and managing networks

Invited to speak at security strategist at Middle East - Dubai
Panel discussion: Evolving enterprise
Attitudes toward IM and social networking

Invited to speak at Gitex 2010 - Dubai
Panel discussion: Virtualization

Global Conferences:
 IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2013 - Dubai
 HP Discover 2012 - Frankfurt
 Gitex 2009, 10, 11 and 2012 - Dubai
 Saudi CIO Summit 2012 - Istanbul
 CISCO Executive Center 2011 - London

IT Manager at SAMACO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2007 to June 2011

Same duties and responsibilities

IT & Quality Manager at SAMACO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2008 to August 2009

• Same IT Manager responsibilities
• Prepare the strategic and action plan for the new established quality department
• Prepare the process mapping
• Formulate the quality committee
• Procedure documentation, enhancement and continues improvement
• Documentation management
• Training and awareness campaign
• Internal process audit plan

Acting IT Manager at SAMACO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • November 2006 to June 2007

Re-design the existing communication infrastructure Advanced disaster recovery plan implementation
Enhance the existing ERP performance and knowledge
Define the policy and procedure of the internal IT Processes
Define the policy and procedure of the IT related purchases
Define the policy and procedure of the systems usage
Provide support to information systems users
Esuring proper and smooth operations of current corporate
Enhance the communication channel between IT department and all other organization departments
Stability assurance
Risk management
Direct and control the staff of the department to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained and that they carry out their responsibilities to the required standard.
Develop and implement an information technology strategy to support the financial and business objectives of the company.
Develop and maintain the information systems budget to ensure that expenditure is accurately forecasted and kept within agreed limits.
Establish and maintain all necessary information technology procedures and ensure that all systems are supported by the necessary documentation and manuals.
Help to define IT training needs and provide training as required to ensure the most effective use of computer systems.
Identify areas in which the introduction of new technology will improve business performance and assist managers with the implementation of any new systems.
Develop a program of maintenance and support for all IT systems to ensure a minimum of downtime and fast resolution of any problems.
Provide a source of advice to managers and staff on information technology issues.
Maintain an awareness of new developments in information technology and ensure that the company makes the best use of any such developments.
Continually work to establish active feedback between performance measures and business processes.
Establish new CRM and call center Department.

IT Consultant at Hassan Abbas Foundation
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2007 to May 2007

Establish IT Infrastructure from the basis
Manage the ERP solution project (After selection)
Network consultation

Senior IT Administrator at SAMACO
  • Saudi Arabia
  • May 2004 to December 2006

Reporting to the IT Director
Establishing D.R.S. (Disaster Recovery Site) for the Group
Planned IT strategy for the company for the next 5 years.
Member of the decision making team for the IT infrastructure, Policy and procedures.
Designing work flow system for the SAMACO by gathering the requirements from the entire departments and helping them to enhance their productivity by using the best flow that will save their time, money, efforts without losing the control at the same time to apply the company rules and polices.
Designing strategy plan for the implementation to safe the company time and to have minimum down time.

Project coordinator and project manager

SAMACO Group

Module: Automotive ERP
Software: Kerridge
Division: SAMACO Automotive

Module: Human Resource and Payroll
Software: Orion
Division: SAMACO Group

Module: Automotive ERP
Software: Automate
Division: SAMACO Automotive

Module: Estimation and Accounting
Software: Timberline
Division: SAMACO Construction

Module: Accounting.
Software: Supply Chain Management (Focus)
Division: SAMACO Toy's

Module: Automotive ERP
Software: SAMACO on line
Division: SAMACO Automotive

System Administrator at SAMACO
  • Saudi Arabia
  • May 2002 to May 2004

Reporting to the Group IT director.
Developed CRM system for SAMACO using (Intranet, SMS, E-Mails and Right Fax).
Designing the network for the Sharbtly Camp.
Developed the Intranet design for the company.
Give technical support to the staff.
Administrate different software's and modules that use different RDBMS .
Installing, configuring, monitoring and implementing windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 for the company.
Perform daily, weekly and monthly backup for different systems.
Analyze IT problems and perform IT solutions.
Train all SAMACO employees on different software's in all locations.
Perform troubleshooting in most of Microsoft products.
Design implementation plan and technical solutions.
Implement mobile solution - synchronizing emails, contacts with different protocols.

Education

Master's degree, MBA - Operation Management
  • at CBA
  • May 2011

First honor

Master's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at King Abdulaziz University
  • September 2007

Started On Sep, 07and for one semester

Diploma, ITIL Foundation
  • at STME
  • May 2007
Diploma, Project Managment Proffecional -PMP Prep.
  • at Rowad Aletkan
  • April 2006
Diploma, Live State Delivery from Symantec
  • at Symantec
  • April 2006
Diploma, The daily leadership skills for managers and supervisors
  • at JICC
  • September 2005
Diploma, Skills for Work Group
  • at JICC
  • August 2005
Diploma, Accounting for non accountant
  • at Afkar
  • July 2003
Diploma, TimberLine Office - Accounting Suite
  • at Orbit Middle East
  • June 2003
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering
  • at Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport
  • February 2002

GPA 2.86 of 4.0 (Very Good)

Specialties & Skills

Intranet
Accounting background
Project Managment
MS Office application
Team work
Identify, analyze, evaluate, anticipate and do to solve the problems
Decision taking

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
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