Ahmed Salar, IT Projects Manager

Ahmed Salar

IT Projects Manager

Schlumberger

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Prince2 Practitioner (Project Management)
Experience
21 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months

IT Projects Manager at Schlumberger
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since September 2008

Design Company Standard IT Infrastructure for a New training Center with occupancy of 150 Students, Define IT technical solution to meet the business requirements, and the project plan, resources, schedule, and budget required to deliver the solutions, manage the execution of the project and organizes the Deployment and Transition to Service Operation.
Implemented Projects.
-Building UPS Power Layout Design
-Structure Cabling distribution
-Classrooms, Power saving, Presentation Lighting and Audio Visual System Design.
-Local and Wide Area Network
-CCTV & PAC (Physical Access Control)
-Data Centers Rooms Environment

IT Manager at Schlumberger
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2006 to August 2008

Personnel

- Manages/supervises IT Service Delivery Team day-to-day activities
- Provides input to Service Delivery Management for training plan and career path as required
- Sets SMART objectives for team members
- Maintains service coverate and staffing up to the correct level
- Maintains professional demeanor as a role model for the staff

Technology

- Provides technical assistance/guidance to Support Team
- Keeps up-to-date on technology through literature, training, seminars.
- Suggests upgrades and changes in technology to Project Office.

Service Delivery

- Excellent knowledge of SLA's / KPI's and the services supported
- Ensures Support Team manages tickets with the objective of meeting KPIs by utilizing appropriate reports
- Performs monthly root cause analysis of KPI report for continuous improvement
- Foresees issues and proposes solutions before they become critical or impact business
- Manages QHSE (or other) risks through regular identification and reporting.

Communication

- Communicates and promotes new guidelines and policies
- Interacts with Service Desk personnel
- Holds regular status and information meetings with IT Support Staff

Network Engineer at World Wide Network Services
  • United States
  • April 2004 to March 2006

Designed and constructed a wide-area network, configure and install VSAT systems . Oversaw setup of servers and desktop workstations. Recruited and trained network and desktop support technicians, Configured routers, firewalls, switches, access points, Bridges, install and maintain High Processing Cluster (HPC) IBM.

Work Details:
• Staffed newly formed Help Desk function to provide assistance to computer users via telephone and e-mail. Maintained trouble-ticket system, Collected frequently asked questions and wrote formal answers to ensure accuracy of responses and consistency with Help Desk personnel.

• Configure, install & troubleshoot Directwave, IDirect Vsat systems, and control them remotely.

•Configure Cisco routers, switches, wireless (AP, Antenna) VOIP Phones, Servgate Firewall to improve networks efficiency and security.

• Project administrator to install, maintain Schlumberger Geophysical Cluster system (Geoframe) for Iraq Oil Exploration Company, using IBM eserver Nodes for cluster processing running
Enterprise Redhat supported with 2.5TB IBM DS4000 SAN, serving 42 Dell Precision 670
Client’s workstation using Linux NIS, NFS .

• Create secure remote connection through ssh to troubleshoot the System remotely.

• Install Backup and archive system using Solaris sunfire server (v880) running Solaris 9 operating system, automated shell script to backup the data on IBM 3590, VXA SCSI Tape Drives

BroadCast System Engineer at Iraqi Media Network
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • June 2002 to March 2005

Managed technical infrastructure, operation and maintenance for Harris automation system specialized in TV broadcasting, install video servers, capture and editing workstations, Kaleido-K2 multi image display processor, autocue script system, and character generator stations, Audio & Video distribution systems (ADA, VDA).

Work Details
•install and configure leitch, pinnacle video streaming servers (Palladium Servers) to capture and playout video materials provided by 4TB SAN.

•Install, configure Autocue (QTV) database servers and 8 client’s application to add and edit news scripts to be displayed on LCD prompter

•Setup and install Avid liquid video editing system network, integrated with vortex networked edit system for fast news material playout

IT System Manager at Ronco Consult
  • United States
  • January 2003 to December 2003

Planned and integrated a 9-office Windows 2003 server Domain with over 35 computers. Administered primary and back-up domain controllers, file servers, print servers, and Wlan connection .Provide secure internet connection to the network through DirectWave Vsat connection.

•Computer Network Security: Implemented policies for member use of Internet and e-mail.
•Developed and implemented desktop computing and networking standards to simplify network environment and troubleshooting
•Performed routine maintenance and user file backups. Assisted financial and office personnel with hardware and software problems, provided troubleshooting, and owned desktop and network issues to resolution.

Education

Diploma, Prince2 Practitioner (Project Management)
  • at Impetus
  • December 2012
Diploma, Lean Six Segma
  • at Air Academy Associates
  • September 2009
Diploma, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) V3
  • at Pink Elephant
  • August 2008
Diploma, Pinnacle Vortex System Maintenance
  • at AZMedia
  • March 2005
Diploma, IT Systems Engineer
  • at MBC TV station
  • November 2003
Diploma, Cisco Certified Network Associate-CCNA
  • at Alkhawarizmi Int. College
  • November 2003
Bachelor's degree, Engineer
  • at Baghdad University
  • July 2002

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical),2002 Engineering Collage, Baghdad University Electrical, Electrinocs, Communications, Information systems

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
System Maintenance
Management
Installation
Network Design ,Routers & switches configuration and installaiton
Windows and Linux Servers installation and configuration
TV Broadcast System installation and design
Vsat Installation , configuration
Projects Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Kurdish
Expert

Memberships

IRAQI ENGINEERS UNION
  • ENGINEER
  • July 2003