Ahmed Zwawy, Principal Consultant

Ahmed Zwawy

Principal Consultant

DNV

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Systems Development
Experience
12 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 2 Months

Principal Consultant at DNV
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2023

• Led the presales and technical implementation activities of Synergi Plant Asset Integrity product.
• Responded to RFIs, RFQs and RFPs, and prepared Technical/Commercial Proposals tailored to the customer’s needs.
• Provided Sales support (Product Presentations, Market/Prospects research, Competitors analysis).
• Contributed to Product Development ideas/roadmap, enhanced product Proposals/Presentations templates, and suggested improvements to the overall product implementation approach.
• Engaged with customers and partners to assist with product enablement.
• Worked with customers and peers in EMEA region and globally.
• Led onsite product training sessions.

Lead Consultant at GE Digital
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2018 to October 2022

Clients: ADNOC UAE, SOCAR Turkey, Qatar Petroleum, ASTRON South Africa, SIPCHEM Saudi, ADVANCED Saudi

Key Responsibilities:
• Ensured successful implementation of the GE APM Software within the customer environment, according to the specified configuration.
• Provided onsite/offsite consulting services on an ad-hoc basis to assist customers with the ongoing maintenance of GE APM solution. Services include performance improvement, maintenance, problem resolution, and customization.
• Conducted and led onsite/online technical training sessions for GE APM users, and conducted UAT sessions with clients’ focal points.
• Led local and remote technical teams in multiple implementation projects.
• Prepared Runbooks, Test Plans, As-Built, and Sizing documents.

Consultant at DXC Technology
  • Australia - Melbourne
  • September 2015 to July 2018

Clients: Bupa, Australia Post, LINK Group

Key Responsibilities:
• Participated in the design of the integration layer between CRM and backend systems using Web APIs.
• Designed and created proof of concepts for Batch Data import solution from CSV files to SQL Server database using Azure services and C#.
• Utilized integration patterns (i.e. pub/sub, batch data import) in designing solutions.
• Led and assigned tasks to an offshore team of developers in Vietnam.
• Implemented a windows service that extracts attachments from emails utilizing multi-threading and C#.
• Reviewed code, integration design and integration patterns documents.

Technical Consultant at S1 Consulting
  • Australia - Sydney
  • August 2014 to July 2015

Clients: Monash University

Key Responsibilities:
• Led the data migration and integration technical activities of the Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) project @ Monash University.
• Developed Data Migration and Integration plans.
• Worked closely with a solution architect on the project’s integration architecture.
• Customised UNIT4 ERP forms and web services using C#.
• Created database tables, views, triggers, stored procedures and queries to support data migration/integration activities.
• Prepared data mapping documents to support data migration/integration activities.
• Worked closely with the project manager to plan project activities, tasks’ duration estimation, and resources allocation.

Technical Consultant at Meridium
  • Australia - Brisbane
  • March 2013 to June 2014

Clients: QGC Australia, BP Australia, Santos Australia, INPEX Australia, SRC Singapore

Technical Consultant at Meridium
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2011 to March 2013

Clients: SABIC KSA, Qatar Gas, Chevron KSA, FARABI KSA, TASNEE KSA, ORPIC OMAN.

Key Responsibilities:
• Ensured successful installation, testing and certification of the Meridium Software within the customer environment, according to the specified configuration.
• Provided onsite/offsite consulting services on an ad-hoc basis to assist customers with the ongoing maintenance of Meridium APM solution. Services include maintenance, problem resolution, health checks, tuning and customization.
• Analysed and documented clients' data and requirements.
• Worked on reading and writing data (Equipment, Functional Locations, and Work Orders) from/to SAP using Meridium SAP interfaces and SAP transactions.
• Worked closely with the project team to determine the best approach to migrate the client’s data, ensuring that all data is successfully migrated.
• Worked on loading data from clients’ data sources into Meridium application (ETL) using Ascential Datastage, Meridium Device Manager Tool, and Meridium Macros.
• Worked on loading Equipment readings from handheld devices into Meridium.
• Configured Meridium OPC (OLE for Process Control) interface to load data from Historian into the application using Meridium PDI (Process Data Integration) Service.
• Created customized queries, graphs, workflows, and datasheets within the application.
• Developed business rules using VSTA (VB.NET) according to business needs.
• Configured SSRS and SMTP to interface with Meridium application.
• Built and customized cubes and dimensions using MS SSAS.
• Worked on resolving issues in the customer's environment.
• Prepared Test Plans and conducted UAT sessions with clients’ focal points.
• Conducted and led technical training sessions for Meridium users.

Education

Master's degree, Systems Development
  • at Charles Sturt University
  • February 2016
Bachelor's degree, Information Systems
  • at Faculty of Computers & Information
  • September 2003

Specialties & Skills

Databases
Cloud Computing
Consulting
Software Engineering

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

aws solutions architect associate (Certificate)