Abdullah Ghaithan Al-Amri, Sr. Distribution Engineering Expert

Abdullah Ghaithan Al-Amri

Sr. Distribution Engineering Expert

Saudi Electricity Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Total Quality Management
Experience
23 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 8 Months

Sr. Distribution Engineering Expert at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since November 2017

Responsibilities:
- Working with senior management to develop strategy plan.
- Leading high-performance Specialists team to execute enterprise-level initiatives.
- Provide senior-level managerial and technical consultations.
- Supervision on distribution sector projects and technical activities across multiple project sites.
- Participate in systems integration of the distribution sector and other internal systems as well as government agencies

Distribution Engineering Expert at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2014 to November 2017

Responsibilities:
- Provide engineering support and monitor performances of distribution systems.
- Analyze system failures, suggest appropriate resolutions and recommend improvements.
- Develop best practices in work that compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Participating with Managers in planning and executing projects within deadlines and budgets.
- Maintain documentations of all tasks performed for future reference purposes

Distribution Engineering at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2013 to December 2014

Responsibilities:
- Supervise the projects and ensures that progresses according to plan.
- Provide guidance during the planning, designing, development and testing stages of the projects.
- Identify the areas that need improvement.
- Support the development of new features and system requirements.
- Make recommendations to the project teams and support them on improving the productivity.
- Write reports and present progress to stakeholders.

Sr. Information Systems Analyst at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2010 to June 2013

Responsibilities:
 Examine existing IT systems and business models and analyze systems requirements.
 Defines application problem by conferring with clients; evaluating procedures and processes.
 Develops solution by preparing and evaluating alternative workflow solutions.
 Repairing specific proposals for modified or replacement systems.
 Mapping and documenting interfaces between legacy and new systems.
 Overseeing implementation of a new system including data migration.
 Ensures operation by training client personnel, providing support and reference manuals.

Information Systems Analyst at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2008 to June 2010

Responsibilities:
- Gather information about the existing system in order to determine the requirements for an enhanced system or a new system.
- Interact with internal users to document requirements.
- Design and develop new systems by choosing and configuring hardware and software.
- Develop specifications for the required capabilities of the new system.
- Conduct testing to ensure that the systems work as expected.
- Train the system’s end users and write instruction manuals.

IT Training Section Head at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2003 to July 2008

Responsibilities:
- Developed an end-to-end training road map and training calendar as per company needs.
- Association with all department managers to deliver appropriate and effective training.
- Identified external agencies for training delivery, and evaluated them as per delivered quality.
- Ensured execution of training policy across all training courses.

IT Unit Engineer at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2000 to September 2003

Junior engineer

Education

Master's degree, Total Quality Management
  • at Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport
  • November 2010

Professional Certifications, License No : - CompTIA Project+ Certified Professional, COMP001000765600 - ITIL Foundation Certified Professional, 539011 - CompTIA Network+ Certified Professional, COMP001000765600 - Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), 3080742 - CompTIA A+ Certified Professional, COMP001000765600 - Certified computer instructor from Technical and Vocational Training Corporation ====================== PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: Saudi Council of Engineers, Computer Engineering - Professional Member Saudi Computer Society - Member Project Management Institute (PMI) - Member Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) - Member

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering (B.Sc.)
  • at King Saud University College of Computer & Information Sciences
  • May 2000

Management Courses Attended: • SEC New Engineer Preparation Program • Management for Engineers • Strategic Planning • Technical Report Writing • Total Quality Management for Team Members • Total Quality Management for Team Leaders • Supervisors Basic Skills • Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) • Motivating, Managing & Leading Teams: Making Teams Work • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People • Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) • Project Management Professional (PMP) • Cost Management for Engineering Projects • Teamwork • IT Strategic Planning • Service Level Agreement (SLA) • ITIL Service Support Management • Balanced Scorecard • Conducting Effective Questionnaire • SAP Project Training Activities • ITIL Service Delivery Management Technical Certifications Received: • CompTIA Project+ Certification (2008) • IT Service Management certified (ITIL Foundation) (2006) • CompTIA Network+ Certified Professional (2004) • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) (2003) • CompTIA A+ Certified Professional (2003) Web Designing Courses Attended: • PHP & MySQL Programming • Certified Internet Web Professional (CIW) Foundation. • CIW Site Designer • CIW E-Commerce Professional Programming Courses Attended: • MS Visual Basic6 & MS VB.NET • Programming MS Access 2002 • Introduction To Oracle Network & Cabling Courses Attended: • MS Windows 2000 Network & OS • Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Server & Network Infrastructure • Implementing & Administering MS Windows 2000 Directory Services • Structured Cabling System- Design Engineering • Structured Cabling System- Structured Cabling Technician. • Structured Cabling System- Optical Cable Technician ESRI GIS Courses Attended: • Intro GIS 1, 2 • Geodatabase Design Concept • Building Geodatabase • Intro to Multiuser Geodatabase • Cartography with ArcGIS • Intro To ArcGIS Server • ArcGIS Server Enterprise Configuration & Tuning

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning
Information Technology
Leadership
Operation Management
Project Management
Programming Skills- VB6, VB.NET, VB Script, Java Script, C, HTML, MS Access, Delphi, Pascal
Leadership, Team Building, Motivational Skills, Interpersonal & Communication Skills
Strategic Planning, IT Project Management, Systems Implementation, Application Development
Troubleshooting System Anomalies, Performance Tuning, Technical Management, Training & Development
Programming Skills- Assembly, PHP & MySQL; Designing S/W- Flash, Photoshop, JS
GIS Mapping S/w, ITIL Service Support Mgt., SLA
Infrastructure & Networking, System/Database Integration, Cabling Design Engineering
Analytical Skills, Ability to Work under Pressure, Decision Making & Problem Solving Skills

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Member
  • January 2001
Saudi Computer Society
  • Member
  • January 2001
Project Management Institute
  • Member
  • January 2001
ISACA
  • Member
  • October 2010

Training and Certifications

Certified computer instructor (Training)
Training Institute:
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
Date Attended:
May 2013
CompTIA A+ Certified Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
CompTIA
Date Attended:
June 2003
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
June 2003
CompTIA Network+ Certified Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
CompTIA
Date Attended:
July 2005
ITIL Foundation Certified Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
Exin
Date Attended:
June 2005
CompTIA Project+ Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2008
Valid Until:
December 2008