Ahmad Taha, IT Project Manager

Ahmad Taha

IT Project Manager

malomatia

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
17 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 6 Months

IT Project Manager at malomatia
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since July 2017

- Manage the execution of projects undertaken by Malomatia’s by the defined project plan and project scope and as per the contract signed with the client.
- Participate in developing a business case and feasibility studies for potential projects.
- Participate in creating RFPs/RFQs.
- Manage the requirements and expectations of the stakeholder's for the undertaken project in liaison with malomatia’s management and ensuring customer satisfaction
- Monitor and manage project risks, schedule, budget, and deal with operations issues.
- Negotiate and resolve issues as they arise across areas of the project and where they impact on other activities, systems, and projects
- Communicate project status to project sponsor, all team members, and other relevant stockholders and involved parties
- Managing project documentation, reports, and internal processes
- Work and implement different project management methodology like a waterfall, agile, and hybrid

IT Project Manager / Applications and Development Manager at Arabian Food Supplies
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2015 to June 2017

- Managing the in-house software development cycle including business requirements analysis and writing the SRS and SOP document.
- Working as a Project Manager for MenaITech HRMS implementation, and migration from Oracle HRS. Participating with transformation project with PwC, analyzing the outputs, and mapping them to HRMS system.
- Evaluating project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities and revising the schedule as required.
- Administering applications and roll-out for assigned projects. Defining the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion and ensuring to deliver the project as per the project plan.
- Managing design, deployments, backups, and disaster recovery for HRMS servers infrastructure.
- Analyzing the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards. Supervising and approving all budgeted project expenditures.
- Provide infrastructure support and consultancy to infrastructure department and other sister companies.
- Shouldering accountability to manage team requests, tasks allocation, setting up team and department KPIs. Engaging in hiring, and assuring knowledge transfer for the team members.

Operations & IT Manager at Futures Business Development
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2014 to June 2015

- Planned competitive strategies including business plans, action plans, in addition to the preparation and delivery of technical presentations and demonstrations to customers.
- Handled daily operations and ensured to maintain high service availability for the company products Mostathmer, Mostashary, and Faturah payment gateway.
- Managed projects involving Microsoft implementations, HW upgrades, and other business systems products.
- Implemented various system including desktops, laptops, servers, network equipment, Data centers, DR, and software applications on head office and two hosted data centers.
- Monitor the implementation of various email systems Google Apps, MS Exchange 2010, Office 365, hMailServer, Wingate, and Webhosting packages for the company and all other projects.
- Involved in configuring windows server 2003, 2008, 2012 R2 Domain with latest releases and updates along with AD, DNS, DHCP, GPOs, OUs, WSUS, Migrations, emails, users, and groups.
- Managed Linux - CentOS cloud infrastructure at Netmagic Solutions public cloud provider.
- Shouldered accountability to handle Microsoft virtualization (Hyper-V) design and implementation.
- Conducted new system and software packaging implementation like Symantec endpoint, SQL, Project Server, Dynamic CRM, and any required software upgrade/update for the whole business and products on 3 data centers.

Head of IT Infrastructure Dept. at Al-Mathaaq International Restaurant Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2012 to March 2014

- Handled company's operational requirements related to information technology. Managed the company's data and implemented up-to-date solutions across the IT infrastructure.
- Worked closely with the senior management to propose improvements to the business infrastructure and submitted progress reports on various projects.
- Handled annual budget, ensured cost effectiveness and furthermore assisted the IT Director in planning IT budget needs with Capex and Opex costs.
- Designed and implemented various systems to include desktops, laptops, servers, network equipment, CCTV system, UPS, fiber/cat 6 cables, and software applications on head office and all restaurants.
- Engaged in installing, managing and maintaining Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 infrastructure, active directory, domains, and sites.
- Identified problematic areas and implemented strategic solutions in time.
- Engaged in administering and maintaining Avaya IP Office 500 v2 telephone system and call center implementation.
- Managed installation and configuration of HP P2000G3 FC/iSCSI storage, HP ProLiant servers DL380p G7, G8, HP DL360p G7, G8 servers and racks, CISCO L2/L3 Switches 4500, Catalyst 2960 and SF200/300 series, Cisco wireless AP AIR-LAP 1131AG and AIR-AP1242AG series, Cyberoam firewall 100a.

System Consultant at Diyar United Company/Zakat House Outsourcing
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2011 to September 2012

- Participated in projects that apply technology solutions to business problems.
- Developed project documentation including project plans and work effort estimation. Evaluated new technologies/software and makes appropriate recommendations.
- Involved in installing, managing and maintaining Windows Server 2003, 2008 infrastructure, active directory, domains, and sites.
- Rendered adequate support to manage and configure Windows Server DNS, DHCP, GPOs, OUs, users, and groups.
- Associated with Microsoft virtualization (Hyper-V) implementing and design, SCVMM.
- Managed implementation, administration, and troubleshooting of Microsoft Exchange 2010.
- Conducted software packaging implementation like antivirus, SQL or any required software upgrade/update.
- Managed installation and configuration of SAN storage, raid, servers, and racks.

Application Support Engineer at Global Information Technology
  • Libya - Tripoli
  • February 2010 to April 2011

- Prepare project reports and documentation for new or modified software and hardware.
- Build and established training and development programs to increase technical and business acumen to provide faster resolution times and overall better technical service.
- Tracked the nature of various end-user requests to see what issues might be the most common, and ensured all technical areas of concern handled adequately.
- Shouldered accountability to install and configure National ID (NID)/E-Passport application. Engaged in joining clients to NID domain and configuring user settings.
- Entrusted with the accountability to install and update all necessary software packages and patches. Involved in providing End users training and guidance on NID/E-Passport system.

Network & System Administrator at Al-Zaytoonah Private University
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2007 to February 2010

- Coordinated, and implemented network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
- Recommended changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determined hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
- Coordinated problem analysis of server software and hardware problems, found the resolution of server and storage related software problems, administered security and backup procedures for servers.
- Installed and configured Windows server 2000, 2003, and 2008 Active Directory and Domains. Managed Windows Server DNS, DHCP, GPOs, OUs, users, and groups.
- Engaged in Installing and Configuring ISA Server 2004/2006 and Forefront TMG Beta.
- Involved in managing and configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
- Configured and managed FortiGate-300A firewall. Handle ML ProLiant (HP) and PowerEdge (Dell) -
Provided training to all staff and employees and gave MCSE & CCNA courses training on University.

Technical Support & Help Desk at Menhaj Educational Technologies
  • Jordan - Amman
  • November 2006 to June 2007

- Resolved company end users issues and regularly followed up with software development teams with recommendations, updates and action plans.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Al-Balqa’ Applied University (Faculty of Engineering Technology)
  • July 2006

Computer Engineering Degree

High school or equivalent, General Secondary Educational Certificate
  • at Ayn Al-Basha Secondary School
  • July 2002

General Secondary Educational Certificate

Bayt Tests

ERP Test
Score 70%

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Network Administration
IT Infrastructure
IT Management
Microsoft Infrastructure
Project Management
MS Project server 2013 and Dynamics CRM 2013/2015
Active Directory, Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, GPO
Windows Server Infrastructure
Budgeting
Strategic IT Planning/Resource Optimization
Service Desk Management
Requirement Analysis/Knowledge Transfer
Technical Troubleshooting
Process Rollout / Management
Team Leadership/Training & Development
HR Systems and full suite ERP
Cisco ASA 5520, Cyberoam, Astaro Firewall\\UTM
Cloud IaaS, SaaS, Azure, Amazon
Microsoft licensing and programs
Server’s hardware (HP, DELL, Fujitsu and IBM)
Citrix Xenapp Administration
ms project
service delivery
system administration
planning
SQL 2000, 2008, 2012, 2014
team management
team leadership
program management
agile project management
windows server
Digital Transformation
Operations Management
Scrum Master

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordanian Engineering Associate
  • Member
  • August 2006
Project Management Institute
  • PMP
  • March 2017

Training and Certifications

PMI - ACP (Training)
Training Institute:
iTMANAGiA Consultancy and Training
Date Attended:
December 2019
Duration:
35 hours
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Valid Until:
March 2021
VB.Net, ADO.Net, ASP.Net & SQL Server2000 (Training)
Training Institute:
University Training Center
Date Attended:
May 2005
Duration:
120 hours
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (Training)
Training Institute:
TELEPROBE (Cisco Network Academy) Training Center
Date Attended:
July 2006
Duration:
60 hours
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE 2003) (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft Arab Acdemy – STS
Date Attended:
August 2007
Duration:
180 hours
Project Management Professional – PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
SAC For Training
Date Attended:
August 2016
Duration:
35 hours
MCITP: Microsoft Certified IT Professional - Enterprise Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2009
ITIL V3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2011
MCTS: Windows VISTA Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2009
MCITP: Microsoft Certified IT Professional - Server Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2009
MCSA: Microsoft Certified Solution Associate – Windows Server 2012 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2009
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2009

Hobbies

  • Off-Road
  • Chess
  • Swimming
  • Camping
  • Football