Atef Albarwani, IT support - Project Manager

Atef Albarwani

IT support - Project Manager

M.E.P design Engineering INC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Higher diploma, Business IT
Experience
12 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 11 Months

IT support - Project Manager at M.E.P design Engineering INC
  • United States - Florida
  • September 2017 to September 2020

• Managed the team in designated work unit by translating business plans into tactical action items whilst ensuring all policies and procedures are followed.
• Coordinated E2E IT projects and created delivery plans for presentation to stakeholders and senior management.
• Prepared regular progress reports and participated in stakeholder meetings to discuss updates, technical queries or concerns regarding risk and compliance.
• Defined and managed procedures for incident escalation.
• Oversaw quality control activities and created audit processing systems and procedures.
• Managed the process for tracking and documentation by reviewing and updating documents, as appropriate.

Project Manager at Barclays Bank PLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2012 to February 2016

• Managed in-country/ global projects from end to end, in compliance to project delivery schedules and other SLA & KPI parameters.
• High quality delivery of over 10+ projects which led to significant enhancement in client satisfaction whilst reducing operating costs and increasing revenue.
• Collaborated with cross functional teams & vendors for development/ integration of systems as well as designing corporate banking portfolio and Infrastructure solutions.
• Interacted with stakeholders and enhanced client satisfaction by quickly and efficiently resolving reported issues.
• Catered to the delivery of IT projects & applications including production, disaster recovery SIT and UAT testing.
• Evaluated team performance and provided productivity enhancement feedback and training sessions based on identified training needs.
• Presented various status reports for the senior management team and other stakeholders which enabled effective decision making.
• Successfully held the portfolio for the corporate banking contact center IVR MYNA & Avaya systems and oversaw the migration and integration of Credit & Debit card customer holders.

Notable Projects: Corp Banking OTP security | Gemalto RSA token activation |
Data center migration to UK | CRM & IVR integration | ICCS UAE Central Bank Automation |
Auto dialer (Collections Department)

Senior Technician Voice Network at Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2008 to June 2012

• Maintained IPT servers, Cisco routers and switches and LTE and 4G networks on a day to day basis.
• Oversaw maintenance of data centers hardware components and initiated recover and bi-monthly system backups.
• Delivered Tier 3 / Tier 4 Data Centre projects on time, within budget and in compliance with stakeholder requirements.
• Conducted in-field hardware maintenance, evaluated future sites to ascertain data & network requirements across the UAE.
• Successfully managed local and international gateway networks with no impact to customer business.
• Commissioned or decommissioned data centres with no service interruption for customers.

at DU Telecom
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2008 to June 2008
Customer Care Agent at Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2006 to January 2008

Enhanced client satisfaction by effectively resolving inquiries & complaints
• Managed inbound/ outbound calls including data cleansing and floor support
• Organized training sessions for new team members based on identified training needs

Support Voice Engineer at Citibank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2006 to September 2006

• Checking and maintaining PABX (Lucent avaya)
• IP phone configuration
• Handling TT’s and voice mail setup

Education

Higher diploma, Business IT
  • at University of East London
  • March 2006

Advanced Diploma

Specialties & Skills

Banking
Telecommunications
Customer Service
IT Project Management
Project Management
Portfolio lead
Negotiation
project lead
ms project
project execution
project planning
operation

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Business (Certificate)
PMP COURSE (Certificate)
Prince2 (Certificate)