ALAA Murad, Systems Integration and Development Manager

ALAA Murad

Systems Integration and Development Manager

Bank AlJazira

Lieu
Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Computer Information System
Expérience
20 years, 3 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :20 years, 3 Mois

Systems Integration and Development Manager à Bank AlJazira
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • Je travaille ici depuis juin 2012

Responsibilities

Works closely with business by demonstrating/accepting new technologies that will enable them to create new products, new channels, cost-cutting and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace.
Identifies programs and projects that requires Systems Integration & Development and conduct feasibility study, prototyping, PoC and finally produce risk-reward analysis.
Works collaboratively with teams technical leaders to define execution plans to ensure program deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.
Breakdown and define tasks, milestones and deliverables.
Identify dependencies across projects and manage them as the development proceeds.
Lead Projects communication - visibility and accountability on each project and make sure the communication is clear at all levels of the project and program (team member to executive leadership).


Achievement / On-Going Projects

Successfully launched AlJazira SMART on Windows Phones, tablets and PCs.
Successfully launched AlJazira SMART (II).
Leading Multimillion-dollar One Portal initiative; a project that will unify dozen of portals across BAJ Group. Using IBM WebSphere Portal / Forms Server / Rules Engine / BMP / AIX / Linux.
Leading the initiative for replacing legacy connection ( screen scraping ) to the Core Banking System ( Misys Equation) by leveraging Misys latest version ( BankFusion ) and connect directly using Java APIs. This allowed us to call the full APIs stack, use transaction ( commit / rollback ) and significantly improve the performance by 20-fold.
Co-Developing Multimillion-dollar SOA / Middleware based on IBM Message Broker, to connect over 160 banking systems in one central core (One of three seniors committee).
Co-Developing Multimillion-dollar Security Architecture System based on IBM Tivoli & WebSEAL.

Manager / System Analyst à Bank Al Jazira
  • Autre
  • Je travaille ici depuis mars 2010

Responsibilities

Analyze the business requirements, clients’ needs and opportunity cost for a wide range of banking software.
Developed mobile web applications that targeted iPhone, Android and other modern touch devices. Unlike developing using Objective C that targeted only iPhone devices, I used GWT, HTML5 that has the look and feel of a native mobile app, yet it is a cross platform web application.
Functional and technical oversight of multiple software projects developed by external vendors such as IVR and ATM issuance system.
Re-architect the AJC’s award winning share trading application to full OO design, enhanced user experience with modern UI design and used best practice patterns, such as MVC.
Re-architect the back-end and business rules system located in legacy Oracle stored procedure to Java Stored Procedures (JSP).

Achievement:

Successfully the first Android banking app in Saudi Arabia.
Successfully managed complex projects.

Founder / CEO à Digital Thoughts
  • Autre
  • janvier 2002 à janvier 2006

Responsibilities:

Established the Company brand identity.
Built and architect the company's Infrastructure, including the platform technologies (OS's, servers, networks), quality control process (Ticket System, Emails and Forums) and the E-Commerce Front (Credit card process system, E-Carts, Website).
Installed and maintained Linux and Windows Servers.
Developed and customized endless numbers of websites and CMS (Content Management System) systems.
Managed an overall half-dozen servers.
Managed the daily business tasks, HR, sales, advertisement and customer service.

Achievement:

Grow the company to three branches within two years and had over 1000+ hosted websites that made Mkan.net ranked once as one of the top 15 web hosting companies in KSA.
Built a huge local and international clients base by aggressively targeted foreign markets and provided support for advance technologies and maintained unparallel customer support.
Built a huge local and international clients base by aggressively targeted foreign markets and provided support for advance technologies and maintained unparallel customer support. Clients ranged from amateurs to publicly held companies such as Tadco Co. We had over 50% international clients base from UAE to Canada.

Java / VB Developer à Freelance Programmer
  • Autre
  • janvier 2000 à janvier 2002

Responsibilities:

Developed ERP system and customized it for many businesses, used VB.6.
Developed POS (Point-Of-Sale) systems along with bar code support.
Developed Internet café management system.
Developed small MS-Access applications for small entities.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Computer Information System
  • à Minnesota State University Moorhead
  • mai 2009

Specialties & Skills

Web Applications
Management
Project Management

Langues

Arabe
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Anglais
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