Ahmed Safan, Manager (Development)

Ahmed Safan

Manager (Development)

itsoft

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering
Experience
18 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months

Manager (Development) at itsoft
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 1997 to June 2014

From August 1997 till Now
Manager (Development) - ITS - www.its.ws- Egypt
Senior Business Consultant - ITS - www.its.ws- Egypt
Business Consultant - ITS - www.its.ws- Egypt
Development Team Leader - ITS - www.its.ws- Egypt
Senior SW Programmer - ITS - www.its.ws- Egypt
SW Programmer - ITS - www.its.ws- Egypt

Key Achievements as Development Manager:
• Manage the development teams and support teams for the following products

o ETHIX-Financial ( Islamic Banking System)
o ETHIX-Credit ( Loan Origination System)
o ETHIX-PCD ( Profit Calculation& Distribution System-Islamic)
o ETHIX-Collect ( Loan Collection Module)
o PHOENIX ( Core Banking -International Version)

• ETHIX - Financial Achievements
o Development of ETHIX-Finance release 4.5 implemented in NBD Egypt
o Development of ETHIX-Finance release 4.6 implemented in (KIB, KFHB, CBD, and BARWA) Banks
o Development of ETHIX-Finance release 4.7 implemented in KFH (Kuwait)

• ETHIX - Credit Achievements
o Development of ETHIX-Credit features and enhancements needed for Zenith Bank (Nigeria) and BLC Bank (Lebanon)


• ETHIX - PCD Achievements
o Development of ETHIX- PCD features needed for all ITS customers

• ETHIX - Collect Achievements
o Development of ETHIX- Collect from scratch to add the collection feature to ETHIX solution.

• PHOENIX (International Version) Achievements
o PHOENIX is the core banking system owned by Harland Financial Solution (HFS) -USA -FL
o I managed their development team in ITS to develop all enhancements needed for HFS international customers
o Create PHOENIX core banking oracle version (PHOENIX was support only Sybase and SQL servers)

Key Achievements as System Analyst:
As a system analyst, I have participated in many implementation project to implement PHOENIX core banking system (ME version)

o Implementation of Zenith Bank - Nigeria
o Implementation of East West bank - Philippines
o Implementation of UBL Bank - Pakistan
o Implementation of REB Bank - Syria
o Implementation of KIB Bank - Kuwait
o Implementation of BLOM Bank - Egypt
o Implementation of ADIB Bank - UAE
o Implementation of CBD Bank - UAE


In these projects I was responsible on the implementation of the credit features, explain the existing features and highlight all new features needed by bank business team to fulfill their common operations and convert these new features into business/technical documents and communicate it with development teams


Key Achievements as SW Developer and Development Team Leader:

As a SW developer and Development Team Leader, I have participated in many development activities

o Leading ITS development team to customize PHOENIX core banking to support Middle East Banks and Central Banks requirements.

o Leading ITS development team to handover PHOENIX core banking system (development processes and source code) from PHOENIX-USA-FL to ITS development center located in Cairo

o Development of branch automation requirements for ADIB Bank -Abu Dhabi (using Mosaic system by Getronics)

o Customization of HR-Access* procedures and functionalities for ADMA (Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company)

o Customization of HR-Access procedures and functionalities for ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company)

*HR-Access is a Human resources management system (owned by IBM) including Personal, Payroll, Training, and attendance


Key Skills Gained:
o Experience in SW development management and technicality using different technologies

o Experience in Banking business (commercial and Islamic) analysis and banking solutions implementation.

o Ability to manage development projects using local team and through outsourcing services

SW Programmer at Intercom Enterprises
  • Egypt
  • March 1996 to April 1997

From March 1996 till April 1997
SW Programmer - Intercom Enterprises- Egypt


o Participating in development of SADKO-Egypt automation system (Sales, Purchasing, etc)

Key Skills Gained: o Participating in development of SADKO-Egypt automation system (Sales, Purchasing, etc)
o Working with object oriented 4GL tools, SQL Languages and groupware enviroments.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering
  • at Minofiya University
  • May 1993

• Bachelor of Electronic Engineering o Computer Since, May 1993, General Grade Excellent, Minofiya University, Faculty of Electronic Engineering. • Graduation Project o Automation of Faculty Examination results o Graduation Project Grade, Excellent

Specialties & Skills

Team Leadership
Management
Software Design
Software Development
Core Banking
BANKING
BUSINESS CONSULTANT
COLLECTION
FINANCE
HUMAN RESOURCES

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ITI-SSDP5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 1996

Hobbies

  • Learning more about Software development