GENERAL MANAGER EA & TRANSFORMATION
Mobily
Total years of experience :25 years, 5 Months
• Built & planned end to end digital transformation program
• Leading & managing all IT transformation program and projects
• Strategic direction and leadership of IT transformation program processes, guidelines and policies
• Strategic leadership of IT transformation systems/applications delivery and acceptance
• Strategic ownership of all mobily IT systems and applications in-line with company-wide goals and objectives
• Strategically influence and drive CFUs toward process efficient automation and digitization
• Manage and control an estimated transformation budget of 250M SAR
Highlights:
Evaluate more than 7 vertical solutions for a complete IT digital stack
Build, plan & get needed management approval for complete IT digital transformation program
Project:
EAI transformation project E2E
This is part of IT Transformation program to shift the IT to the next generation infrastructure, the EAI transformation project responsible to move existing middleware ESB based solution to SOA based utilizing latest technology in the market, my role was to lead the EAI transformation project E2E including definition of SOW, writing & floating RFP, budgeting, negotiating with vendor & awarding contract as well as project planning, execution, monitoring and control.
Job Profile:
• Provide leadership to the Enterprise Application Integration team (middleware) of 35+ members to ensure adequate system integration and synchronization with internal & external systems.
• Manage functions & resources to enable EAI team to conduct different systems synchronization, business logic validation and execution, online payments and partners management.
• Conduct research & update on emerging technologies to deliver up-to-date solutions and automated processes.
• Set up the EAI team as an effective development and support unit for the company’s branch in India besides developing & articulating team’s vision for the next five years as part of transformation program aligned to overall organizational strategy.
• Involved in recruitment of personnel, conducting training sessions for new employees, charting & executing appropriate career path as well as conducting performance reviews for team members to take up future leadership roles in the organizations.
• Identification & evaluation of short term & long term departmental goals aligned to IT and corporate objectives.
• Ensure planning & implementation of Corporate IT policies relevant to EAI team as well as leading the offshore team in conducting IT forecasts and budgets.
• Render updates/ adjustments to project plan based on requirements and provide Level 3 support to the project.
• Function as internal consultant, mentor & change agent besides providing periodic project progress updates to the senior management.
• Focus on implementation of cost reduction strategies, optimizing resource utilization aimed at accomplishment of project requirements & delivery schedules.
• Ensure definition, execution & usage of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) governance during the phases of integration in computing.
• Update on latest technological advancements to be utilized in catering to distinctive needs of the organization.
• Highlights:
o Successfully developed Auto Renewal process leading to 10% overall revenue generation for the organization.
o Improved time to market by over 40% through setting up of a dynamic system for execution of customer promotions with configurations.
o Played key role in EAI Transformation effort from initiation to completion including vendor negotiation and management.
o Acquired significant exposure in state-of-the art programming languages & object-oriented approaches in designing, coding, testing, and debugging programs.
o Recognized as a technical expert and key technical resource across multiple disciplines within and outside the organization.
Technical Team Leader, Integrant (May 2004 - Mar 2006)
• Involved in task allocation to team members and followed up on progress of modules to ensure smooth execution of system development process.
• Focused on introduction of J2EE technologies like Custom Tags, JSTL etc., frameworks such as Hibernate, Struts etc. as well as industry best practices such as Patterns, Cactus etc. to augment application development skills in Java section.
• Involved in identification & analysis critical business requirements and development of immediate/ long term solutions including enhancements to existing core applications, new software packages and customer programs.
• Conducted detailed review of client requirements with Project Manager and documented feasibility/road map of the project. Reported on day to day progress to the Project Manager in US.
• Incorporated enhancements in existing systems through analysis of areas for modification, identification of new technologies and recommendations to the clients.
• Managed various aspects of web based & other applications including code reviews, documentation, bug fixing, design features and architecture.
• Highlights: o Played key role in running offshore development & operation center for a client in the USA.
Senior Wireless Developer, Eskadenia Software Solution (Jun 2002 - Apr 2004)
• Spearheaded the entire project development life cycle for IT projects including preparation of detailed technical specifications, providing time/cost estimates, evaluation, client communication, product development, team management and product support.
• Led a team of IT professionals in software development process as well as in the development of J2EE and GSM related services and applications.
• Involved in collation of client requirements through onsite visits, task allocation to team members, resolution of business issues and presenting solutions to clients.
• Highlights: o Member of the IT team involved in building and launch of prepaid product for SyriaTel.
• Developer - Java Section, Jordan Technology Group (RUBICON), Nov 1998 - May 2002
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan, 1998 • Trainings: o Project & People Management