Ashok Maxim Furtado, Technical Project Manager

Ashok Maxim Furtado

Technical Project Manager

Finance House

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Computer Application
Experience
15 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 2 Months

Technical Project Manager at Finance House
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2016 to January 2018

- Implementation and Integration of Banking IT Projects.
- Support and Management of machine critical systems.

Ecommerce Manager at eGrocer.ae / BAM LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2014 to September 2015

• Online requirement gathering and implementation
• System configuration and online content management
• Online operations management, Order management and scheduling
• Online marketing management & Budgeting
• Sales milestone tracking and planning

Senior System Analyst at MindscapeIT/Mashreqbank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2007 to March 2014

• Interact with the senior business managers, vendors, consultants, software houses and internal departments in order to implement business solutions
• Ensure all projects adhere to internal standards set as part of QMS, Audit, Infrastructure Management Guidelines, Budget and Schedules.
• Manage budgetary and financial planning for the project and support activities
• Defining the long term strategic direction for the all business requirements
• Functional guidance on Treasury operating framework, banking, cash management, risk, Insurance and payment systems.
• Govern team projects to remediate existing gaps in those projects and play a strategic role in driving policy and improvements
• Responsible for aligning IT strategy with business strategies
• Recommend baseline measurements for support issues for the applications under his domain and ensure systems are given maximum up time.
• Co-ordinate with IT and Business for projects and initiatives to the satisfaction of the senior management
• Evaluate new and emerging technologies to identify opportunities and threats, exploit them for business advantage
• Make recommendations on how best the technology can be applied to enhance business opportunities, reduce operational risk and ensure compliance.
• Aggressively addresses regulatory, control and audit requirements and establish projects and procedures to assure compliance
• Maintenance of system documentation, application release/upgrade coordination
• Off-shore resource management and project management
• To assess, recommend and secure the optimal DR Systems
• Identifying financial, system risk associated with IT systems and direct for resolution

Senior System Engineer at Nextedge/ mashreqbank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2005 to January 2007

• Analysis / Coding of system requirements
• Communication with team members. Alert the team if any deviation from planned work
• Testing developments and Enhancements
• Assistance in documentation
• Post implementation / User support
• Keeping abreast with developments in relevant technologies
• Update timesheet and relevant reports regularly and in time

Software Engineer at Digital Soup Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • July 2002 to September 2005

• Web application requirement gathering, testing and development
• Develop documentation for existing applications
• Innovate and apply new technologies for development and enhancements

Software Developer at Net Business Solutions Pvt Ltd/Accenture
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 2005 to September 2005

• Deliver error free system with adherence to standards
• Understanding of system specification requirements and works independently. Delivers within stipulated deadlines.
• Monitor and ensure smooth running of released systems
• Prepares test data/ Carried out unit test of modules and assists in integrated and system testing/ ensures certification for development made from him /her
• Development, Implementation and maintenance of the functional area within the purview.
• Develop program documentation and assist in preparation of other system documentation

Education

Master's degree, Computer Application
  • at Malnad College of Engineering
  • July 2001

Last 6 months were industrial work

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at St Aloysius College
  • May 1997

Specialties & Skills

Systems Analysis
Digital Marketing
B2B eCommerce
IT Technical Support
IT Project Management
Project Management
Team Management
Banking
Application Support
Programing

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

SWIFT administration (Training)
Training Institute:
SWIFT
Date Attended:
August 2012
Duration:
24 hours
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
January 2003
Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management Institute
Date Attended:
March 2007
Duration:
35 hours
Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2007
Valid Until:
November 2010

Hobbies

  • Cooking
    Never tried anywhere on public forum