John Roger Manalo, Systems Administrator

John Roger Manalo

Systems Administrator

Howden Insurance Brokers LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
13 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 5 Months

Systems Administrator at Howden Insurance Brokers LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2020

• Responsible in day-to-day operations of IT systems and ensures the secure and effective operation of all computer systems, related applications, hardware, and software used.
• Manage user accounts for onboarding and offboarding support including OKTA, Workday, Workplace and Access Control.
• Creating user email accounts, adding, redistribution and tracking of licenses in O365/Active Directory, Monitoring email security gateway using Mimecast, reporting incidents to escalation points, liaise with vendor support for critical issues
• Responsible in maintenance and managing of global network, VPN client users, Antivirus, firewall, access points and NAS Storage system/Network Shared Files.
• Install, upgrade, patch and troubleshoot all Devices and Applications under IT infrastructure.
• Monitors and maintains the use of company’s Printers MFPs (under contract) and escalate any fault noticed to the vendor support team.
• Support for online insurance portals of Insurance Companies.
• Tracking hardware and software inventory.

Senior IT Technical Support at Maliatec General Trading LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2018 to March 2020

• Responsible in the Software Implementation of Maliatec products that includes Digital Signage (i.e. Beabloo, Onlinet, Queue Management System, etc.) and Mobile Solutions (i.e. Inspection Management System, Van Sales, Warehouse/Asset Management Systems, SOTI MobiControl, etc.)
• Working with Yellowfin BI tool for reports and dashboards.
• Provide Technical Support to Honeywell Mobile Devices/Printers, Digital Signage Kiosk and Devices.
• Perform business Requirements Analysis, Software Configurations, Training, and Go-live Support.
• Personally, provide technical support services to ensure all our products/services is running at optimal performance.
• Assures that software and firmware is at current revision levels. Works with Software Team in Maliatec Lebanon to request and schedule upgrades or any additional client requirements.
• Perform customer follow‐up to verify final resolution and determine satisfaction level.
• Function as the customer’s single point‐of‐contact for problem identification and resolution for issues that have been escalated.

Senior IT Support Engineer at Retailgreen Inc
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2017 to July 2018

• Responsible in the Software Implementation and support of e-tenant system, clients mainly like Emaar and Majid Al Futtaim.
• Analyze all POS platforms and understand the business process of all stores under Majid Al Futtaim shopping malls; Test that the integration is functioning, troubleshoot if there are issues.
• Work with the Implementation Team on escalations, critical internal and external issues.
• Working with Web services, configure IIS Application Request Routing (ARR).
• Working within a TCP/IP network environment, including DHCP, DNS and ethernet.
• Regular visit for the stores to make sure everything is working
• Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing software faults.
• Part of the XML programming team in capturing data output.
• Follow up with Mall Tenants to ensure their IT systems are fully functional after software implementation.

IT Support Specialist at Al Khayyat Investments LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2013 to May 2017

• Implementation/Installation of POS Systems (Microsoft AX Retail,
Retail Pro System, ICG and Pixel Point) in over 100 Stores (Retail
and Food and Beverage).
• Taking responsibility for incidents through Helpdesk tickets and
providing solutions.
• Analyze, install and configure Point of Sale (POS)/Computer
System; including cables, printers, personal Access, electronic
mail, Microsoft Processing, operating system, other appropriate
Software and Hardware to ensure all Retail Outlet End Users
requirements are met.
• Review, monitor and upgrade existing POS workstations to
ensure successful maintenance.
• Provide IT assistance and instructions concerning the use of
computer equipment, Software and manuals to make sure the
instructions are delivered on time and accurately.
• Perform routine tasks to maintain computer equipment, their
peripherals and data backups to ensure proper compliance.
• Maintain and monitor IT Assets through Oracle System.
• Respond to users’ calls and inquiries via email, phone calls to
ensure successful customer service.
• Visit Retail stores where necessary to resolve technical issues.

Technical Support Specialist at InCube FZCO
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2010 to April 2013

• Ensure effective technical support for hardware maintenance of
Windows Mobile / PDA and Honeywell Scanners.
• Troubleshooting and Repair of Mobile Computers, Barcode
Scanners and Label/Mobile Printers.
• Provide Technical Support to Emirates Transguard’s Transtrack
End user (Cash Management System).
• Provide Training regarding Windows Mobile and Front office
applications such as Delivery Management System
• Resolving support tickets in a fast and professional manner and
comply to agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)
• Implementation of Point of Sale Project developed by OPUS
Solutions with 3rd-party software such as OPOS and RM6000
(Retail Management Systems)
• Responsible in Van Sales Software (Mobile Sales and Delivery
Management System Integrated with Microsoft Great Plains)
implementation for both Front Office and Back Office.
• Software testing, bug tracing and other failures; provide reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at Saint Louis University
  • January 2009

Analyze all POS platforms and understand the business process of

Specialties & Skills

IT Technical Support
Desktop Support
Help Desk Management
Software Implementation
System Administrator
COMPUTER HARDWARE
PRINTERS
TROUBLESHOOTING
MICROSOFT OFFICE
IT Support

Languages

English
Expert
Tagalog
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

ITIL Foundation V3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015