Waleed Beitar, IT Project Manager / Banking Applications Team Leader

Waleed Beitar

IT Project Manager / Banking Applications Team Leader

arab bank plc

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Information Management
Experience
19 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 11 Months

IT Project Manager / Banking Applications Team Leader at arab bank plc
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2011

• IT Project Manager
 Partnered with IT and business leadership teams to Defined business needs and create new business opportunities and implement innovative solutions meeting business objectives.
 Identify and analyze internal client and partner business needs, and translate needs into business requirements and value-added solutions
 Document business processes and data requirements.
 Define and document project deliverables.
 Develop realistic project timelines and scope.
 Document business constraints and assumptions.
 Assess training and documentation requirements.
 Create user acceptance testing strategies in coordination with QA/QC,
 Facilitate test execution,
 Identify project issues/risks and recommend solutions, and minimize exposure and risk on projects.
 Apply PMI methodologies.

• Banking Applications Team Leader
 Preparing daily workloads for staff & co-coordinating the daily allocation of work
 Motivating the team to achieve high standards and KPI targets.
 Handling new client enquiries and acting as the face of the business.
 Dealing with and resolving problems and issues which arise.
 Mentoring and training up junior and new staff. Monitoring & reporting on standards & performance targets.
 Arranging & chairing weekly team meetings, focusing on targets & achievements. Implementing new initiatives.
 Involved in the recruitment of new staff.
 Providing prompt and accurate information on individual performance.

Senior Sysetms Development & Deployment Specialist at Arab Gulf Technologies (Arab Bank -UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2008 to September 2011

- Development & Deployment Specialist:
1. Supervise Deployment of all enhancments of Core banking System (EQUATION) in all arab bank gulf region (AE, QA, BH and YE)

- Business Analyst:
1.Define, gather and analyze business requirements of the assigned projects and the availability of these requirements on the core banking application or other Bank applications (IVR, IB, ATM, AS400, Equation …etc).
2.Review and study SRS provided by vendors and decide if it meets business requirements.
3.Conduct business gap analysis.
4.Conduct for business training.

•System Analyst:
1.Analyze the technical Requirements of the assigned projects.
2.Design Development Process of the projects.
3.Define Techniques used in systems development.
4.Define and design System Architecture for assigned projects and the way it will integrate with core banking application “EQUATION” or any other Applications (Phone Banking, Internet Banking, SMS banking …etc).
5. Participate in different project phases by (RFB preparation, System analysis documents, system architecture design… etc).
6.Supervise development process.
7.Conduct technical gap analysis.
8.Review and study SRS provided by vendors and decide if it meets technical requirements.
9.Conduct technical training.

•Senior Developer: Develop and supervising development process according to SDLC.

•Tester & QA:
1.Responsible of applying bank's QA standards on the assigned projects (e.g. Test Case, Develop Testing Scenarios… etc) using IBM Rational Tool.
2.Prepare different QA documents (Master test plan, UAT documents, Deployment Plan, System Fail over plan, …, etc)
3.Supervise system testing process.

•Project Coordinator:
1.Assist project manager by participate in all projects phases (RFB preparation, Solution/Vendor Selection, Development Process, Business Requirements analysis, …, etc).

System Developer Specialist at Arab Bank PLC
  • Jordan
  • June 2004 to October 2008

•Business Analyst:
1.Define, gather and analyze business requirements of the assigned projects and the availability of these requirements on the core banking application or other Bank applications (IVR, IB, ATM, AS400, Equation …etc).
2.Review and study SRS provided by vendors and decide if it meets business requirements.
3.Conduct business gap analysis.
4.Conduct for business training.

•System Analyst:
1.Analyze the technical Requirements of the assigned projects.
2.Design Development Process of the projects.
3.Define Techniques used in systems development.
4.Define and design System Architecture for assigned projects and the way it will integrate with core banking application “EQUATION” or any other Applications (Phone Banking, Internet Banking, SMS banking …etc).
5. Participate in different project phases by (RFB preparation, System analysis documents, system architecture design… etc).
6.Supervise development process.
7.Conduct technical gap analysis.
8.Review and study SRS provided by vendors and decide if it meets technical requirements.
9.Conduct technical training.

•Senior Developer: Develop and supervising development process according to SDLC.

•Tester & QA:
1.Responsible of applying bank's QA standards on the assigned projects (e.g. Test Case, Develop Testing Scenarios… etc) using IBM Rational Tool.
2.Prepare different QA documents (Master test plan, UAT documents, Deployment Plan, System Fail over plan, …, etc)
3.Supervise system testing process.

•Project Coordinator:
1.Assist project manager by participate in all projects phases (RFB preparation, Solution/Vendor Selection, Development Process, Business Requirements analysis, …, etc).

Education

Master's degree, Information Management
  • at University of Wollongong in Dubai
  • August 2012

 Master of Information Management- Management Stream  Keywords: Online Business, Network Management, IT Strategic Planning, System Design, HCI, IT Security, Change Management, Organization Learning and Leadership, Economic Analysis.

Diploma, Project Management Professional
  • at PMI
  • June 2012
Diploma, Advanced IBM RPG Programming
  • at Arab Bank pLC
  • April 2006
Diploma, SQL for IBM RPG programming
  • at Arab Bank pLC
  • August 2005
Diploma, IBM RPG Programming
  • at Arab Bank pLC
  • March 2005
Diploma, Banking Course
  • at Arab Bank pLC
  • March 2005

Different banking Application (LCs, BCs, Postings, Cheques, ..etc) knowledge. Period : 120 Hr.

Diploma, CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Associate)
  • at Cisco Systems
  • November 2002

Exam No: 640-607 Date:Nov 2 2002 Grade : 974/1000

Diploma, Oracle
  • at Engineer Training Center
  • September 2002

The Course include: SQL/PLSQL , Developer ,Reports , and DBA.

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Information System
  • at Jordan University of Science and Technology
  • June 2002
Diploma, cisco networking academy program
  • at jordan university of science and technology
  • January 2002
Diploma, java programming language
  • at sarah international centre
  • May 2001

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Information Systems Development
Advanced SQL
Business Analysis
java programing language
Oracle(DBA,SQL,Developer,Reports)
IBM AS400 Programming
Nortel IVR System
Buisness Analyst
Banking (applications, P&P)
Web Service / XML / Sysetms integeration
MS SQL 2005
Banking system platforms
IBM AS400 Communication skill
Systems Analyst
Business Analysis
Project Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

PMI
  • Member
  • May 2011
International Institute of Business Analysis
  • member
  • August 2012

Training and Certifications

EMV Expert Course (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
November 2011
EMV executive summary (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2011
Valid Until:
November 2011
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
June 2012