Muhammad Baghdadi, IoT Consultant & Project Manager

Muhammad Baghdadi

IoT Consultant & Project Manager

Ideation Invest Holding

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
17 years, 6 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 6 months

IoT Consultant & Project Manager at Ideation Invest Holding
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2017

- Technical Consultant/Advisor for product management: product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, and for manufacturing of IoT devices that control water heater, AC, curtains, lighting & dimming, measure power consumption and apply AI to reduce electricity bill.
- Supervisor for software development of iOS & Android app. for IoT devices.
- Perform QA/QC for the products and technical advisor for R&D department.
- Project Manager for several Smarthome projects (houses/apartments).

Business Development Executive & Automation Consultant at Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2010 to August 2017

- Business Consultant to Chairman & Group CEO: Conducted Feasibility Studies for several investment projects: Organic Farming, Palm Dates Plantation, Travel Mobile App., Land Acquisition, and Medical Equipment, based on market researches from Nielsen and Ipsos and market analysis in terms of consumer behaviors and preferences
- Participated in setting up annual budget for each company of the group and approving HR policies, bonuses based on KPIs, etc.
- Procurement Management: Participated in purchasing machines used in the sorting final products, thermal cameras, etc.
- ERP Business Analyst and Bid evaluation: ¬¬Supervising the ERP Software selection procedure (Microsoft Dynamics vs SAP), and its customization according to company needs.
- Marketing Campaign Management, including artwork, copywriting, branding (Anjum) and media scripting
- Achieved Finished Goods (Dates) compliance to FDA and Gulf packaging specs.

Project Manager at SmartHome - DigitCom
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2006 to July 2010

- PM responsible for BMS & Automation projects that required installation of Lighting & Dimming control, HVAC, Heaters, Curtains, Audio & Video, PABX, etc. using sensors such as RFID, Motion, CCTV, LUX, smoke detectors, etc.
- Managed two departments: 25 Engineers &Technicians in the Operations & Technical depart. & 5 Designers/Engineers in the Design & Estimation depart.
- Completed 102 Smarthome Projects worth of $6M+ (Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control, Scheduling, Change Control, Closing, and lessons learned).
- Developed and implemented, from scratch, ERP software for the company including all departments as well as store inventory, using ASP.net and SQL.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at American University in Dubai
  • May 2010

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Beirut Arab University
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Business Management
Planning
Quality Assurance
Project Management, BMS Engineering, Estimation, Scheduling, Task Allocation
High Level Presentations & Reports Analysis, Communication, People Management
Microprogramming, Building Management Systems, Software Development and Databases
Operations Management & Restructuring, Business Development, Strategic Planning, Linear Programming
Applications: AutoCAD, MS Office, Mac & Windows OS
Team Handling, Recruitment & Selection, Performance Management
Programming Languages: C, C++, VB.NET, ASP.Net, SQL, Quick Basic
Purchase, Procurement, Vendor Negotiation
Market Research, Marketing Strategy Execution, Business Expansion Planning
Policy & Procedure Development, Investment Decision Support, Budgeting
Assembly Language: Microchip PIC, Intel 8085, Motorola 68HC11
Business Intelligence

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker
German
Beginner
Turkish
Intermediate

Memberships

MBA Club at American University in Dubai
  • Member
  • January 2008
One of the founders of Social Service Center Club of Beirut Arab University
  • PR Officer
  • January 2005

Training and Certifications

PABX/Telephone & Data Network, Paging System and Comprehensive BMS System linking several buildings (Training)
Training Institute:
Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon
Date Attended:
July 2004
Designing and building Computer Networks and Providing IT Services and PC Maintenance Support (Training)
Training Institute:
M.D.S., Abu Dhabi, UAE
Date Attended:
July 2005
PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Amideast Institute, Beirut Lebanon
Date Attended:
October 2010

Hobbies

  • Skiing
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Reading