Rabih Bitar, Group IT Manager

Rabih Bitar

Group IT Manager

ACTS

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Experience
22 years, 3 months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 3 months

Group IT Manager at ACTS
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since October 2015

Working as Group IT Manager at ACTS (www.acts-int.com), ACTS is the preferred third-party provider for Geotechnical engineering, materials testing, and consulting, and is the Local Sponsoring Group for the American Concrete Institute (ACI)’s programs in the Middle East.
The first consulting firm in our field in the Middle East to obtain the ISO 9001, ISO 17025, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications, ACTS is the recognized representative of IHS, ASTM, BSI, IEEE and many other global standards development organization.
Set strategic planning and direction for new IT aspects and the new IT projects to the business
- Oversees the administration and maintenance of the company's infrastructure Lebanon, KSA and Qatar
- Provide primary management of IT service level agreements (SLA’s), ensuring that SLA’s are put in place across all IT operations, providing a clear documentation of what is expected from both parties and the routes of escalation. Additionally, ensuring the agreed services are delivered when and where they are supposed to be delivered, for both internal customers and also from those provided by external vendors.
- Execute the world known best practice in IT service management (ITIL).
- Establishes and maintains operational methods, procedures and facilities in assigned area of responsibility and reviews them regularly for effectiveness and efficiency.
- Creates and maintains a catalogue of available services.

Group IT Manager at Abou Merhi Group
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2012 to September 2015

Set strategic planning and direction for new IT aspects and the new IT projects to the business
- Assists in the planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting regional infrastructure.
- Oversees the administration and maintenance of the company's infrastructure, and directs team when necessary.
- Oversees the administration of the company's network.
-Software, Testing and Provisioning Tools
-Establish SLAs with IT vendors and contractors and ensure compliance from all involved.
- Manages the purchasing of all software, hardware and other IT supplies at the regional level.
- Builds and maintains vendor relationships and manages the purchase of hardware and software products.
- Ensures that company assets are maintained responsibly.

IT Manager at Office for H.H Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed (UAE Minister of interior)
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • June 2007 to September 2012

Responsible of IT solution for the company with more than 1000 employees.
Networking:
- Assists in the planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting regional infrastructure.
- Oversees the administration and maintenance of the company's infrastructure, and directs team when necessary.
- Oversees the administration of the company's network.
Training & Lab Maintenance:
Manages team oversee the administration and maintenance of computer stations and software for company training programs and the Learning Studio and provides additional support if necessary.

Internal Systems:
-Software, Testing and Provisioning Tools
-Microsoft Great Plane (Accounting System Administration)
-MenaItech (HR System Administration)
-Citrix Metaframe XenApp
- Oversees troubleshooting, systems backups, archiving, and disaster recovery and provides expert support when necessary.
- Works with project teams to help implement Internal Systems.
Asset Management:
- Manages the purchasing of all software, hardware and other IT supplies at the regional level.
- Builds and maintains vendor relationships and manages the purchase of hardware and software products.
- Ensures that company assets are maintained responsibly.
-IIS, WCF, Biztalk ServSOA architecture Developing

IT/EDP Manager at AMC (Abou Merhi Cruises)
  • Lebanon
  • March 2005 to May 2007

 Responsible of Hotel Management software (Orassys system Monaco), 350 crew members and 800 passengers.
Day to day operation and backup of a domain controller windows server 2003, SQL server, ISA server, Cisco switching/routing configuration Voice-over-ip and Digital Entertainment System TV over IP (EONA system).
 Following up all the transactions on board weekly for each cruise.
Operate the ship business Center through wireless internet connection

Network Engineer at Teletrade computer system
  • Lebanon
  • October 2004 to February 2005

Network Engineer/Hardware/Software/
Server troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • at EE Dept, Beirut Arab University
  • May 2004

Specialties & Skills

SQL Server
Administration
Asset Management
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Security _ MCSE :SECURITY
Cisco Certified Network Associate _ CCNA
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
ITIL V3
IIS, WCF, Biztalk ServSOA services Architectures

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

IEEE
  • member
  • March 2002
Order Of Engineers Lebanon
  • Computer Engineer 28962
  • April 2005
Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Project Management Professional
  • March 2011

Training and Certifications

CCNP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2003
Valid Until:
October 2003
ITIL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
MCSE Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2004
Valid Until:
November 2005

Hobbies

  • Basketball, Movies