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Amro Fakahani, Information Technology Consultant

Amro Fakahani

Information Technology Consultant

Freelancer

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical/Computer Engineering
Experience
35 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :35 years, 8 Months

Information Technology Consultant at Freelancer
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2019

Provide my more than 30 years of experience on information technologies management to support businesses and institutions.

Environmental Technologies Director at Sepco
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2018 to April 2019

Develop and select technologies for various types of wastes management. Evaluate and provide solutions for environmental issues. Evaluate current technologies performance, and advice new methods and technologies . Enhance current treatment tools and equipment.

Group IT Director at Banaja Holdings
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2007 to December 2017

Lead ERP, SCM, WMS solutions implementation projects. Develop appropriate IT Strategies for organizations ensuring appropriate systems are in place to support current and anticipated future growth. Ensure the provision and effective use of technology across the organization. Ensure all Infrastructure, support mechanisms, network arrangements and development requirements are in place and maintained in line with strategic and operational needs of the business. Implement a practical technical support structure including the definition of user support guidelines and help desk facilities. Design & implement an IT Disaster Recovery (DR) plan. Lead Business Continuity Plan (BCP) project & committee for the entire organization.

Experienced in:
ERP systems implementation.
Warehouse Management Solution (WMS)
Business requirement collection art.
Infrastructure Design and setup,
Network Operating System Services
Internet Services
Business continuity and disaster recovery planning and implementation.
IT strategic planning.
Information System Management
Budgeting & Planning
Service Level Agreements
Capacity Planing

IT Manager at Banaja Holdings
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2005 to December 2006

-Budgeting and planing
-Managing Application development & support
-Managing Network & operation.
-Oracle Database Administration.
-Hardware & Software Systems' upgrade
-Network Security management

IT Network & Operation Manager at Saudi Import Company - Banaja
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 1997 to June 2005

-Replaced all legacy Network & Communication systems with a state of the art technologies.
-Design & Implement TCP/IP network
-Introduced & implemented Internal/External email services (MS Exchange) & shared resources (file & printing services) in all company's branches & warehouses.
-Replaced Legacy SNA connected systems to company's TCP/IP network.
-Automated System Backups though implementing an advanced backup solution.
-Train users

Computer Engineer at Petrolube
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 1994 to June 1997

-Network Support and Maintenance
-IBM AS/400 Operating System Support
-Oracle Database Administration
-Cisco Routers Configurations
-Banyan Vines Network Administration
-Novel Network Implementation & Administration.
-Remote Access for main business application support.
-Desktop user support.

System Analyst at Saudi Aramco
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • January 1994 to April 1994

-SAMAREC/ARAMCO data center Merge.
-Supporting SAMAREC CICS system during transitions.

Systems' Programmer at SAMAREC
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 1991 to December 1993

-Technical Support for CICS Development Data-center Systems.
-Implementation & Support of Automatic Terminal Configuration on CICS systems.
-Supporting CICS system on a 24/7 mainframe environment.
-Debugging shared memory violations caused by business application on CICS environment.

Computer Engineer at Al-Afandi Establishment
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 1989 to March 1991

-Development of Device drivers for Laser Cart Storage System.
-Installation & maintenance of a High Power Laser Cutting Machines.
-Assist in development of Laser Tracking System.

User Support Engineer at Petroserve
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 1988 to January 1989

-Application User Support on HR ABAPS System.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical/Computer Engineering
  • at KAAU
  • May 1988

Bayt Tests

ERP Test
Score 85%
Management Skills Test
Score 78%

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
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Unix
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Unix Administration
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Operation
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Administration
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IT Stratigic Planing
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Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
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Oracle Database Administration
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IT Project Management
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IT Management
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Windows Servers & Exchange Server Administration
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AIX Unix Administration
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Cisco network Switchs, Routers, Wirless bridges, etc.
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Wide Area Network setups (Routing, modmes,leased & Dialup lins, RAS)
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ERP Implementation and Business Process Analysis
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IT Operation
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Network Design & Administration
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PC Office applications and Internet Services
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Warehouse Management Solution (WMS)
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HRMS
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Technologies Evaluations
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Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Problem Solving Techniques (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Import - BANAJA Training Center
Date Attended:
April 2001
Finance for Non-Finance (Training)
Training Institute:
Professionals Training & development
Date Attended:
June 2004
Duration:
24 hours
Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Professionals Training & Development
Date Attended:
May 2006
Duration:
40 hours
Deploying and Managing Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons CLC, Jeddah, KSA
Date Attended:
April 2004
Duration:
32 hours
Administrating Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Date Attended:
September 1998
Duration:
24 hours
Six Sigma Executive Training for DMAIC methodology and techniques (Training)
Training Institute:
Moody International
Date Attended:
March 2005
Administer the Oracle Database Part I (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle Riyadh Education Center
Date Attended:
May 1996
Duration:
40 hours
CICS Application Programming (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Business Machines Education Center - Riyadh
Date Attended:
October 1991
Duration:
40 hours
Planning, Implementing, and Managing a Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2003 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons, CLC, Jeddah, KSA
Date Attended:
February 2005
Duration:
40 hours
Microsoft Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2000
MS Exchange Server 5.5 Series Concept and Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons CLC, Jeddah, KSA
Date Attended:
June 1999
Duration:
32 hours
Project Management Awareness Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
SHIFT
Date Attended:
March 2009
Senior Executive Finance (Training)
Training Institute:
Chicago Capital Group, LLC
Date Attended:
May 2010
Duration:
24 hours
Netware 4.1 Advanced Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Petrolube Training
Date Attended:
December 1996
IT Risk Management Corporate Training (Training)
Training Institute:
KACAQ Business Intelligence
Date Attended:
June 2006
Duration:
16 hours
Completed all Credit hours for The Master Degree Programs in Computer/Electrical Engineering KAAU (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 1988
Valid Until:
July 1989
Netware 4.1 Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Petrolube Training
Date Attended:
October 1996
LC2110 Laser Cutter Electronics, Mechanics, Computer Software & Hardware (Training)
Training Institute:
General Systems research - Canada
Date Attended:
April 1989
Duration:
500 hours
Coaching Skills for Managers (Training)
Training Institute:
Professionals Training & development
Date Attended:
January 2004
Duration:
24 hours
Netware 4.1 Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Petrolube Training
Date Attended:
October 1996
ASM-2 (Training)
Training Institute:
SAMAREC Tranning Center
Date Attended:
January 1992
Duration:
24 hours
Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Date Attended:
September 1998
Duration:
40 hours
Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 - Enterprise Technology (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Date Attended:
September 1998
Duration:
40 hours
Internetworking Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons CLC, Jeddah, KSA
Date Attended:
September 1998
Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Systems
Date Attended:
June 2006
Duration:
80 hours
Netware 4.1 Installation & Configuration (Training)
Training Institute:
Perolube Training
Date Attended:
December 1996
Customizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons, CLC, Jeddah, KSA
Date Attended:
February 2005
Duration:
16 hours
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizones CLC, Jeddah KSA
Date Attended:
December 2004
Duration:
40 hours
Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Systems
Date Attended:
May 2006
Duration:
80 hours
Advanced Cisco Router Configuration - ACRC (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Systems
Date Attended:
April 1997
Duration:
40 hours
Netware 4.1 design & Implementation (Training)
Training Institute:
PetroLube Training
Date Attended:
March 1997
MS Exchange Server 5.5 Series Design and Implementation (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons CLC, Jeddah, KSA
Date Attended:
June 1999
Duration:
40 hours
Awareness Session to ISO 9001:2000 (Training)
Training Institute:
BUREAU VERITAS
Date Attended:
April 2006
Duration:
16 hours
Business Continuity Management and IT Disaster Recovery (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute for International Research - Dubai
Date Attended:
July 2007
Duration:
40 hours
IBM AIX V.4 Basics (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Business Machines Ltd.
Date Attended:
February 1999
Duration:
40 hours
Introduction to Oracle SQL & PL/SQL (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizone
Date Attended:
February 2002
Duration:
40 hours
Advanced MS Excel 97 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
April 1998
Duration:
7 hours
CICS/ESA Basic Tailoring (Training)
Training Institute:
IBM Skill Dynamics, Texas, USA
Date Attended:
March 1994
Duration:
40 hours
Scheduler (Training)
Training Institute:
Samarec Training Center
Date Attended:
January 1992
Duration:
32 hours
Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration - ICRC (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Systems
Date Attended:
April 1997
Duration:
40 hours
Designing and Planning a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons CLC, Jeddah, KSA
Date Attended:
December 2004
Duration:
16 hours
Oracle Database Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle System LTD - Dubai
Date Attended:
February 1999
Duration:
40 hours
Strategic IT Planning Corporate Training (Training)
Training Institute:
KACAQ Business Intelligence
Date Attended:
June 2006
Duration:
16 hours
Introduction to Oracle SQL and PL/SQL (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle Riyadh Education Center
Date Attended:
February 1996
Duration:
32 hours
AIX V.4 System Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Business Machines Ltd.
Date Attended:
March 1999
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Swimming
    Achieved many Meddles during Universities champians competitions
  • Electronic Circuits Design & Roboltics
    -Design and Implemented many useful electronic digital circuits. -Installed & Programmed Educational Robots.