Ahmad Al-Sharif, Sr. HIS Consultant

Ahmad Al-Sharif

Sr. HIS Consultant

Diyar United Company

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Master's degree, M.Sc. Computer, Information and Network Security
Experience
21 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months

Sr. HIS Consultant at Diyar United Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since February 2017

Senior Health Information Systems Consultant

Systems Engineer at Diyar United Company
  • Kuwait
  • March 2011 to January 2017

Currently working in a healthcare organization on an HIS project. The roles of my job conclude the following:
- HIS technical specialist: MediTech and DentiMax
- Server administration - Data centers (IBM Servers)
- PC administration
+ Windows 7 mainly
+ Windows XP and Windows 8
- Technical administration of the HIS programs
- Testing HIS programs/utilities for compliance with the client environment
- Researching the compatibility of devices to the current HIS’s
- Disaster Recovery planning and implementation
- LIS communications setup
- Lab analyzer LIS configurations and LIS troubleshooting
- Virtualization (Hyper-V)
- SQL Server administration and configuration

IT/Network Administrator at Institute of Banking Studies
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2006 to January 2011

In charge of the IT department for HQ in Amman, and branches in Irbid and Aqaba.

Role included the following:
- Maintaining the labs in all locations, which included PC’s and audio and visual aids.
- Maintaining the language lab at headquarters.
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining audio and visual peripherals within classrooms and meeting rooms.
- Maintaining computers and their peripherals in classrooms and offices.
- Designing and implementing a fiber and Ethernet network.
- Maintaining the network: Ethernet cabling only, as well as switches/routers.
- Buying and managing of software licenses such as Microsoft, Adobe, etc.
- Designing and implementing a digital bulletin board.
- Supervising the buying of 100 PC’s and 8 servers in one project.
- Supervising and buying of over 30 PC’s throughout the working period.
- IT management
- Budgeting and forecasting

Customer Support at California Internet
  • Other
  • September 2002 to July 2006

Customer support

Education

Master's degree, M.Sc. Computer, Information and Network Security
  • at DePaul University
  • September 2009

Concentration on Network Security

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. Computer Science
  • at Princess Sumaya University for Technology
  • July 2006

Graduation Project: Car navigation using GPS technology

High school or equivalent, AS Levels, IGCSE, and GCSE
  • at New English School
  • August 2002

Grades are not applicable. The grades are as per subject, and not as a total

Specialties & Skills

Windows 7
Network Security
Windows Network Administration
Budget Forecast
Business Continuity
Designing DR/BC sites, creating procedures and providing administrative techniques
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server installation, configurations and administration
Microsoft ISA 2004-2006 installation, configuration and administration
Network maintenance, development and designing
Researching cryptology techniques
Developing, interpreting, and integrating business SecOps (Policies, Procedures, Laws, Regulations)
WSUS installation, configuration and administration
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 installation, configuration and administration

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Sans.Org
  • Member
  • September 2008
Golden Key Honors Society
  • Honors student
  • October 2008

Training and Certifications

MCSE 2012 (Training)
Training Institute:
Infocenter, Kuwait
Date Attended:
June 2013
Duration:
200 hours
MEDITECH Systems Module (Training)
Training Institute:
MEDITECH
Date Attended:
August 2013
Duration:
4 hours
MEDITECH Systems Module (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
MEDITECH Interfaces, LIS & PACS (Training)
Training Institute:
MEDITECH
Date Attended:
August 2013
Duration:
4 hours
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Training)
Training Institute:
Infocenter
Date Attended:
June 2012
Duration:
200 hours
MEDITECH Data Repository Module (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
MEDITECH Data Repository Module (Training)
Training Institute:
MEDITECH
Date Attended:
August 2013
Duration:
4 hours
ITIL Foundation (Training)
Training Institute:
Diyar United Company
Date Attended:
March 2013
Duration:
12 hours
MEDITECH Interfaces, LIS & PACS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Photography
  • Cryptology Techniques
  • Chess
  • Movie Editting/Publishing