Luay Anaya, University of Agder

Luay Anaya

University of Agder

University of Agder

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Doctorate, PhD in Information Systems
Experience
19 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months

University of Agder at University of Agder
  • Norway
  • August 2012 to May 2016

Conduct research and publish the results in a number of academic conferences and international journals.

System Analyst at Arab Trade Financing Program
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2005 to July 2012

Gather and solve business/ user needs and requirements for new systems or new modifications
Perform analysis and programming tasks to develop new applications,
Conduct support for existing systems,
Maintain the web site programs and data uploading,
Administer both Oracle and SQL Server databases for the Program as well as monitor and control user access/privileges.
Coordinate with service providers and IT companies
Solve users incidents/problems
Carry out and monitor periodic backups like daily, weekly and monthly.Systems involved : Lines of credit(LOC, Intra Arab Trading Information Network)
tools : Oracle Database, Oracle Developer, SQL server, MS Access, ASP and HTML

System Analyst at Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce&Industry
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2002 to June 2005

Participate fully on system development life cycle (SDLC) phases: analysis, design & implement, user training for many applications using Oracle database and Oracle tools.
Study and analyze chamber processes to suggest automated solutions and improvements.
Carry out the Integration between many applications like:
- SMS (Short Messages) and HRMS applications.
- HRMS and Finance applications.
- Purchasing and Finance applications.
- Budget control and General Ledger Modules.
Create innovative forms/reports/utilities to achieve unique business needs or to present data on different way.
Supervise the implementation and support Human Resource Management System- HRMS(HR, Payroll, Candidates, Succession Planning, Vacations, ..).

Applications Developer & Designer at Fujitsu Services (ICL Formerly)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 1998 to October 2002

Participate on analysis, design, customize & implement most of the Human Resource Management Modules; the analysis and design the system were made by Oracle Designer/2000, whereas the development was done by Oracle Developer/2000.
Prepare GAP analysis to customize the system accordingly.
Participate on publishing technical and user documentation.
Supervise the implementation and support the HRMS system.
Conduct system presentations and training sessions for many clients.

Applications involved in : ERP HRMS - Human Resource Management System made by Fujitsu Services.
Modules like (Personnel, Leaves, Payroll, Official Missions, Training Courses, Time Attendance, HR Planning, Manpower Budgeting, and Interface with the general ledger), implemented in Sharjah Municipality, Abu Dhabi Chamber of commerce and Thuraya Telecommunications.

Senior Programmer at Arab Turnkey Systems
  • Palestine
  • August 1996 to December 1998

-Work with about 20 staff to develop an integrated healthcare information system that works currently in more than 10 hospitals in the middle east.
My main responsibility was focused in programming, implementing, training and supporting this system in two hospitals
-Participate on analysis and programming different business applications using Oracle database and its tools for diffrent clients in Palestine
-Perform Reverse Engineering for many systems using Designer/2000.
-Participate on converting many systems from Text-Mode To GUI-interface.
-Design and implement dynamic graphical reports to Fixed Assets And Budgeting Systems Using Oracle Graphics.
-Conduct many training sessions for systems usage
-Conduct many training courses on programming using Oracle Developer.

Applications involved in : Hospital Information System : Augusta Victoria and Ibn Elhaytham Hospitals,
Fixed Assets, Budget Control, GL : Palestinian Central Bureau Of Statistics, Stock Control and Purchase Order Tracking : Ministry Of Palestinian Health, Customers Inquiry And Telephone Faults : Palestinian Telecomm.(PALTEL),
Cars And Drivers License: Ministry Of Palestinian Transportation.

Education

Doctorate, PhD in Information Systems
  • at University of Agder
  • September 2015
Master's degree, IT Management
  • at British University in Dubai - BUiD
  • January 2011

- September 2007 – December 2010, Master degree of science in IT Management – Project Management Theme at British University in Dubai - BUiD. The Master degree focused into two disciplines: IT associated with Edinburgh University and Project Management associated with Manchester University, followed by a dissertation. the IT Modules were: Knowledge Management, Web Design focused on XML, Applied Databases and Data Mining and Exploration. Whereas the modules from Project Management were: People and Culture, Cost and Value Management , Strategy and Performance Management and IT Project Management.

Diploma, Training Course of Business Process Re-engineering
  • at Jordan Academy of Quality Management
  • January 2011
Diploma, ITIL V3 Foundation
  • at IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
  • February 2009
Diploma, Certified Project Management Professional - PMP
  • at PMP from Project management Institute
  • August 2007
Diploma, Training course of JSP and Servlet
  • at ITCC
  • August 2001
Diploma, Training course of Java Programming
  • at Oracle Company
  • June 2001
Diploma, Training course of Oracle HRMS
  • at Oracle Company
  • April 2001
Diploma, Training course of Oracle Designer/2000
  • at ITCC
  • December 1997
Bachelor's degree, Computer Information Systems
  • at Applied Science Unversity
  • June 1996

Very Good evaluation

Diploma, Dveloper/2000 Course
  • at ITCC
  • March 1996
Diploma, Training course of Oracle Database Administration DBA - ver 7.3
  • at ITCC
  • August 1995
Diploma, Introduction to oracle and SQL Course
  • at ITCC
  • April 1995
Diploma, Oracle Forms 3.0 Course
  • at ITCC
  • April 1995

Specialties & Skills

Oracle Database & Tools Designer Developer
SQL Server
Business Analysis
Oracle database and oracle developer/2000
Oracle Designer/2000
Knowledge in Financial and HR Bussiness
Development Of Bilingual Applications
Knowledge in Integration between modules
Working Under Unix Environment
Web Development HTML/ASP/XML
Performance improvement tools(Balanced Scorecard, EFQM, Business Process Reengineering)
SPSS & MS Project
Team leadership

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Toast Master
  • Competent Toast Master
  • September 2006
Project Management Institute
  • Member - PMP
  • April 2007
Information Systems SIG Community
  • Member
  • April 2008

Training and Certifications

Introduction to Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
SUKAD
Date Attended:
April 2007