Ahmed Ali

o Led the post-acquisition technology integration strategy between Centamin and AngloGold Ashanti, ensuring seamless alignment of IT systems, enterprise applications, and business processes.
o Managed the ERP system consolidation, ensuring full integration and alignment of business processes across finance, supply chain, and operations while mitigating risks associated with system migration.
o Developed and executed a comprehensive IT integration roadmap, optimizing infrastructure, cybersecurity frameworks, and enterprise applications to align with AngloGold Ashanti’s global IT standards.
o Standardized and streamlined IT governance by implementing best practices, ensuring regulatory and SOX compliance, and harmonizing security protocols across the merged entities.
o Led cross-functional collaboration between IT, business stakeholders, and external partners to facilitate smooth transition planning and execution.
o Conducted a technology assessment and rationalization to identify redundancies, optimize IT investments, and enhance operational efficiency.
o Oversaw data migration, system harmonization, and business continuity planning, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
o Spearheaded change management initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, training programs, and user adoption strategies to drive a successful integration.

• Direct the post-acquisition technology integration strategy between Centamin and AngloGold Ashanti, ensuring seamless alignment of IT systems, enterprise applications, and business processes.
• Oversee the ERP system consolidation, ensuring full integration and alignment of business processes across finance, supply chain, and operations while mitigating risks associated with system migration.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive IT integration roadmap, optimizing infrastructure, cybersecurity frameworks, and enterprise applications to align with AngloGold Ashanti’s global IT standards.
• Standardize and streamline IT governance by implementing best practices, ensuring regulatory and SOX compliance, and harmonizing security protocols across the merged entities.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration between IT, business stakeholders, and external partners to facilitate smooth transition planning and execution.
• Conduct a technology assessment and rationalization to identify redundancies, optimize IT investments, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Oversee data migration, system harmonization, and business continuity planning, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
• Spearhead change management initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, training programs, and user adoption strategies to drive a successful integration

•Develop an annual Information Technology business plan and operating budget for the department .
•Develop Information Technology strategy in support of the Company mission and core objectives.
•Direct the preparation and implementation of policies, procedures and standards relating to information systems
•Planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting infrastructure Company-wide.
•Implements network security at the Company level as established by Company.
•Directs and manages the research, design, planning, and development of new advanced network technologies, E-mail server, IP Telephone and backup strategy.
•Responsible for researching and evaluating new technologies.
•Helps decide, in conjunction with Company leadership, which software and hardware products and other equipment are most suited for use within company infrastructure.
•Accountable for the management, mentoring and career development of all IT staff
•Direct, control and motivate the staff of the Information Technology department.
•Identify areas that can be automated (monitoring, failures and identify recovery from failures) to allow lights-out operation
•Help them to maximize their contribution to the organization and to grow professionally. Take corrective action with subordinates when performance needs improvement. Foster effective teamwork.
•Provide education, training, reinforcement in the support of continuous improvement and total quality efforts
•Manage the IT department include staff appraisals, disciplining, pay reviews and career development.
•Build effective relationships both within and outside the department; seek input from and maintain effective ongoing communication with others. Manage conflict to ensure least disruption to organization
•Negotiate service level agreements with external service providers and monitor service delivery to ensure the agreed targets and standards are met.
•Analyse business problems; create effective solutions; exercise good judgment
•Develop and maintain a disaster recovery plan.
•Ensure proper maintenance, configuration and quality of systems including cluster configuration, messaging flows and controls, directory services and group policies
•Design, implement Email servers - Messaging; Business Continuity & Availability; Messaging Consolidation; Secure Messaging; Messaging Archiving; Messaging Shared Services; Mobile Messaging; Office Communications Server;, Windows Active Directory
•Configure messaging and firewall related technologies like anti-virus, Anti-spam, Archiving, e mail and security policy, internet Web filter
•Manage Storage Networking, Servers and Blades
•Configure and monitoring Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewalls
•Monitor and provide pro-active maintenance of overall system performance by way of capacity and availability management, including management reports with monthly and quarterly performance statistics
•Identify all system-related files to ensure full backup and recovery capabilities according to required compliance requirements
•Security reviews of server logs for potential issues and breaches and recommendations to address any gaps. System hardening to reduce exposures to known errors, legacy applications and protocols
•Provides troubleshooting and optimization for technical problems within several infrastructure areas
•Review, Maintain other infrastructure managed by IT Department as Radio network, CCTV network, Access Doors network, Television Network, Handheld Devices, Fiber Connectivity in whole site.
•Manage, review IT Assets register system
•Ensure that the safety standards within the IT section are established and in compliance with the company safety policy, procedures and instructions.
•Ensure that the safety procedures and instructions are fully observed and implemented during all IT maintenance activities implemented internally or by the Contractors

• Led IT and digital strategy across the group, reporting regularly to the executive leadership team and board on IT performance, digital transformation progress, risk exposure, and cybersecurity posture to support informed decision making and strong governance oversight.
• Directed enterprise solution design and executive stakeholder engagement, enabling system integration, business growth, and improved operational performance across mining and exploration activities.
• Drove the digital transformation agenda by introducing advanced technologies to improve operational efficiency, safety, real time decision making, and predictive insight across the business. Worked closely with executive and cross functional teams to ensure digital initiatives aligned with strategic priorities, delivered measurable ROI, and strengthened performance across the group.
• Provided executive leadership for the end to end ERP implementation across all group companies, ensuring successful integration with operational and financial processes. Oversaw delivery to ensure the programme remained on time, within scope and budget, while supporting process standardisation, stronger financial control, improved resource planning, and scalable growth. Worked with finance, operations, and other functions to ensure ERP modules reflected best practice while addressing core business requirements.
• Established and led the cybersecurity strategy to protect critical IT and OT environments across operations. Implemented baseline security controls, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and incident response measures to strengthen protection against evolving threats and improve enterprise risk management maturity.
• Implemented and enforced IT governance frameworks, policies, and controls to support compliance with regulatory requirements and recognised best practice including ISO and COBIT. Strengthened data governance across enterprise systems to maintain data integrity, security, compliance, transparency, and audit readiness.
• versaw global IT infrastructure and enterprise systems, ensuring platforms were scalable, resilient, and aligned to the needs of both operational and exploration sites. Led modernisation of legacy systems and transition to cloud based solutions to support operational and financial objectives. Ensured infrastructure, networks, ERP platforms, and connected technologies were designed to perform effectively in remote and challenging environments.
• Built and managed strategic relationships with technology vendors and partners, ensuring contracts, services, and commercial arrangements delivered value and supported business priorities. Led technology evaluations, negotiated key deals, and monitored supplier performance against service level expectations.
• Established and developed a high performing IT team capable of delivering business aligned technology services and transformation initiatives. Promoted a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, innovation, and professional development to ensure the team could support ongoing growth and change.
• Worked closely with executive leadership to ensure IT strategy, investments, and delivery plans remained aligned with the company’s long term business objectives, operational priorities, and growth ambitions.

• Developed an information technology strategy supporting the Group's mission and core objectives.
• Developed an annual Information Technology business plan and operating/Capital budget for the department and monitored the implementation across the group (UK, Egypt, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Australia and Cote d’Ivoire) to meet the targets.
• Led the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and standards for information systems, ensuring they are properly established and consistently enforced.
• Oversaw IT system performance, scalability, and security.
• Supported group-level technology deals and vendor management.
• Guided cybersecurity initiatives to align with industry best practices.
• Assisted with digital transformation and process improvements for efficiency.
• Improved system reliability, strengthened security posture, and supported consistent IT governance across multiple jurisdictions.

• Developed an Information Technology strategy in support of the Companys mission and core
objectives
• Planned and implemented additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting
infrastructure Group-wide.
• Directed and managed the research, design, planning, and development of new advanced
network technologies.
• Was responsible for researching and evaluating new technologies.
• Helped decide, in conjunction with Group leadership, which software, hardware products, and
other equipment are most suitable for use within the Group.
• Built effective relationships within and outside the department; sought input from and maintained
effective ongoing communication with others. Managed conflict to ensure the least disruption to
organization.
• Negotiated service level agreements with external service providers and monitored service
delivery to meet the agreed targets and standards.
• Monitored and provided proactive maintenance of overall system performance by way of capacity
and availability management, including management reports with monthly and quarterly
performance statistics
• Accountable for the creation and maintenance of information systems disaster recovery and
business continuity plans, which include desktop and server backup system deployment and
maintenance.
• Monitored the internal control systems to maintain appropriate access levels.
• Governed all the risk-related activities, including planning, testing, reporting and recommending
appropriate remediation measures.
• Managed the oversight of risk assessments, including, but not limited to, vulnerability scanning,
penetration testing, new infrastructure/applications, and third-party service provider reviews.
• Liaised with departments toward evaluating new technologies to improve process capabilities,
product quality and throughput requirements
• Initiated continuous improvement initiatives leading to cost-saving opportunities whilst keeping
abreast of new developments within the specialist field
• Maintained repository of applicable reports (BI reporting )
• Ensured sharing across Business Units and Operations
• Improved system availability, reduced operational risk, and strengthened business continuity for
mission-critical mining operations.

• Was accountable for all IT staffs management, mentoring and career development.

•Develop Information Technology strategy in support of the company’s mission and core objectives.
•Direct, control and motivate the staff of the Information Technology department.
•Develop an annual business plan and operating budget for the department and monitor the implementation of these to ensure that the financial targets are met.
•Negotiate service level agreements with external service providers and monitor service delivery to ensure the agreed targets and standards are met.
•Accountable for the management, mentoring and career development of all IT staff.
•Defines and seeks approval for the level of IT resources required to meet these goals.
•Direct the preparation and implementation of policies, procedures and standards relating to information and telecommunication systems.
•Responsible for researching and evaluating new technologies.
•Assists in the planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting infrastructure company-wide.
•Implements network security at the corporate level as established by corporate.
•Directs and manages the research, design, planning, and development of new advanced network technologies, E-mail server, and backup strategy.
•Recognizes necessary network improvements
•Plans, manages and develops upgrades to company IP telephone system on a company-wide basis.
•Helps decide, in conjunction with corporate leadership, which software and hardware products and other equipment are most suited for use within company infrastructure.
•Oversees IT-related asset purchases on a company-wide basis.
•Manages software licenses on a company-wide basis.

• Instructed in the smart school project.

•Assists in the planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting regional infrastructure.
•Directs and manages the research, design, planning, and development of new advanced network technologies, network components, and radio frequency and/or wireless transmission
•Implements network security at the regional level as established by corporate Security Director.
•Oversees the administration and maintenance of company infrastructure, and directs more junior Innovators when necessary.
•Oversees the administration of organization WAN.
•Builds and maintains vendor relationships and manages the purchase of hardware and software products.
•Manages the purchasing of all software, hardware and other IT supplies at the regional level.
•Ensures that company assets are maintained responsibly

• Defined, documented, implemented and maintained standards, policies, procedures and
recordkeeping system for IT infrastructure and administration.

•Managing Managerial Training programs that are run on Community Service Programs).
•Building and developing successful relationships with customers.
•Measuring and monitoring our service and customer response.
•Facilitating Instructors with all necessary information, advice and training, to enable them to deliver the course to the best of their ability
•Monitoring all Training Staff performance
•Identifying any problems related to the course and verify the implementation of solutions
•Preparing Evaluation reports for courses implemented by (CSPCE)
•Planning, preparing and monitoring the training programs schedule.
•Senior Course Coordinator Responsible for:
•Participating, developing and designing proposals for management and information technology training solutions for several companies, authorities and ministries
•Developing training plans for the authorities and ministries in Egypt \[Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industrial, GOIEC, AWGA, USAID\]
•Preparing materials, presentations, Brochures and handouts preparation for USAID training projects implemented by (CSPCE)
•Coordinating sales and marketing, business administration, human resources, project management and computer professional certificate courses

• Measured and monitored our service and customer response.
• Identified any problems related to the course and verified the implementation of solutions
• Prepared Evaluation reports for courses implemented by (CSPCE)
• Planned, prepared and monitored the training programs schedule.
• Participated, developed and designed proposals for management and information technology
training solutions for several companies, authorities and ministries
• Developed training plans for the authorities and ministries in Egypt \[Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Industrial, GOIEC, AWGA, USAID\]
• Prepared materials, presentations, Brochures and handouts for USAID training projects
implemented by (CSPCE)
• Coordinated sales and marketing, business administration, human resources, project
management and computer professional certificate courses

My work duties was as follows:­
Design the programs, which satisfy the work by using access language.­
Data system controller­
Make all hardware support to all the company computers­
Make all software support to all the company computers­
Make LAN and network between computers and server­
Make setting for network and server setting.­
Keeping all computers updated from viruses and Trojans­
Assembly additional computers if needed.­Keeping all Databases available for all users all the time making backups and recoveries