Ghiath Osman, Telecom Project Manager Demand & Delivery

Ghiath Osman

Telecom Project Manager Demand & Delivery

etisalat

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Diploma,
Experience
27 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 6 Months

Telecom Project Manager Demand & Delivery at etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2014

Managed large data migration and transformation projects

Managed the new products development and new mobile device launch to include voice and data bundle offers

Responsible for developing several high profile Commercial Enterprise bundles offered by Etisalat from small to large companies including Mobile Devices, Data Bundles, CUG and voice services

Managed mobile product development from concept to go live activities including alignment of all technical aspects of product development across Core Network Elements for Voice and Data, BSS, OSS, TIBCO Middleware, CRM, BI DWH and Portals

Managed project phases & processes: initiation, planning, execution, controlling and closing.

Technology & Software Development Manager at Confidential
  • United States
  • August 2000 to May 2013

Established the ICT Department. Manage the IT Infrastructure, Applications, Security and related policies/services for the six colleges over two campuses.

Set the IT operations and strategy for 12 buildings over two campuses and multiple data centres. Led a team of 35 engineers responsible for all Network Infrastructures, Software Solutions, System Administrations and Help Desk Technical Support for the University & Hospital IT Departments.

Led major project to consolidate the Finance, HR and IT systems across six colleges, ensuring interconnectivity across multiple sites, risk assessment and impact tests on key systems.

Negotiated and architected multimillion dollar deals to implement new enterprise software solutions to manage Student Records, Patient Records, process workflow and business critical applications.

Architected security monitoring systems with over 300 IP cameras and built the security monitoring room as well as the backup and storage governance policy.

* University Management System
* WAN/LAN/Wireless Networks
* IP Telephone & Communication Management
* Data Management
* IT Security

Senior Software Engineer at Sun Microsystems
  • United States
  • March 1997 to July 1999

* Developed applications using JDBC technologies with Oracle and Sybase
* Installed Oracle and Sybase, created databases, added users, devices, and tables
* Developed Java applications and in-house tools for Sun products such as Java Studio, Java Workshop, and Java Blend
* Developed and implemented comprehensive quality policies and procedures to ensure product quality across multiple platforms

Software Automation Consultant at Intel Corporation
  • United States
  • August 1994 to August 1996

* Automated CPU verification tools on environment using shell scripts on various Unix platforms, such as UnixWare, Solaris, and Linux
* Incorporated new web technologies for stress testing, such as Streaming Media and Apache web server
* Developed shell scripts to automate CPU certification programs on UNIX operating systems such as SCO 5.0, UnixWare 2.1, Solaris 2.x and Linux

Education

Diploma,
  • at Sun University
  • January 1999

* SAP R/3 and Oracle Administration on Solaris * Sun Disk Management * JavaBeans Component Development * Java Database Connectivity * Sybase – Fundamentals of System Admin I, II * Java Application Programming

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University of Missouri
  • June 1993

Bachelors in Computer Science

Specialties & Skills

Software Engineering
IT Management
Project Management
Telecommunications
Security
Platforms: Solaris, Linux, SCO, UnixWare, MS Windows NT, 2000, XP
Development Tools: c, c++ , java, javascript, j2ee, visual basic, .net, shell script, perl, sql
Networking: TCP/IP, VPN, Tunneling, Streaming, VoIP, UDP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS
IT Security, Network & Data Security
Databases: Oracle, Sybase, MS-SQL, Informix, DB2
Web & Internet Technology: Web Services, Web servers, apache, VoIP
Project Management, PMP, PRINCE 2
IT Team Management
Software Engineering, Deployment, Implementation, Configuration & Customization
Education, E-Learning
Telecommunication & GSM

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

PMP & PRINCE 2 Training (Training)
Training Institute:
PMP & PRINCE 2
Date Attended:
August 2003

Hobbies

  • Horse Back Riding
    Endurance Training.