Ahmed Alrasheed

Responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of technology strategies that support the business goals of a convenience store chain. lead the IT team and collaborate with other department heads to meet the company's technological needs.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement a technology strategy that aligns with the company's business goals and objectives.
- Collaborate with other department heads to identify and prioritize technology needs.
- Manage and oversee the IT department, including budget, staffing, and vendor relationships.
- Ensure that the company's technology infrastructure is reliable, secure, and efficient.
- Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies that could benefit the company.
- Implement and enforce technology policies and procedures.
- Develop and manage IT budgets.
- Develop and oversee a cybersecurity program to protect the company's assets and data.

in charge of the IT Audit support team, pre-inspecting public IT tenders and filed inspection and auditing for more than 60+ government agencies in Kuwait

My job at ZAIN as a part of the infrastructure team datacenter unit was a big challenge, with an environment of 600+ live systems it was up to our unit to keep everything running, so while the tasks were similar to those at MOF, the work ethics make’s everyday tasks a challenge that you enjoy conquering.
Working with programs like SCCM and SCOM has become a necessity, along with working on the HP on-board blade administrator or the virtual connect and recently the cisco UCS to manage the diverse hardware.

so in a nutshell: dc admin, AD, admin, Windows Admin, Virtulization Admin (Vmware. Hyper-v), Storage/Backup Admin, or simply Infrastructure Admin

everything related to servers and thier contents falls under our responsibility, starting with choosing the right infrastructure plane, buying the hardware, installing the OS and software, maintaining it and backing it up
we work with mostly microsoft products like sharepoint, windows server, lync, exchange and visual studio