Atif Ahmed Abdul Rahman Karrani, GIS Section Manager

Atif Ahmed Abdul Rahman Karrani

GIS Section Manager

Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Bachelor's degree, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Experience
24 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 8 Months

GIS Section Manager at Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2017
GIS Manager at Land Department
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2015 to May 2017
Managing Director of Information Technologies at SHARJAH ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (SEWA)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • October 2012 to July 2014

SHARJAH ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (SEWA)
Oct 2012 to Present Managing Director of Information Technologies

Job Description: Responsibility includes strategic IT planning and monitoring of IT performance in line with overall technology requirements of SEWA.

Co-ordinates with vendors monitors their quality of support/product.

Coordinate priorities between the IT department and user departments and review the adequacy and allocation of IT resources in terms of funding, personnel, equipment, and service levels.


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Manager of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at SHARJAH ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (SEWA
  • United Arab Emirates
  • February 2007 to October 2012

Feb 2007 to 2012 Manager of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Job Description: Coordinate, implement, and manage the organizations' internet-based strategies and initiatives for GIS software.
Responsible for ensuring the development and maintenance of applications based upon spatially referenced data and digital mapping.
Coordinates and manages reporting needs and data analysis for the affiliate. ensures
that the gathering, processing, distribution and use of pertinent information required by management to make decisions occur in a timely, accurate and cost effective
manner.

Head of Information Technology Department, General at Directorate of Water
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • February 2004 to February 2007

Network administrate in the directorate (25 users)
Implementation of GIS in water directorate
Digitize complete water network using ARCGIS
Study new projects for Water Directorate such as SCADA, GIS, CIS, AMR & Hydraulic Water Modeling

Planning Engineer at Power System Control
  • United Arab Emirates
  • October 1998 to February 2004

14 - 18 APR, 2001: Distribution electrical network planning
20 - 22 APR, 2004: Synergy Water Introductory course
19 - 25 MAY, 2005: SEWA of shore workshop in Power System Control
19 - 23 MAR, 2006: Water Distribution Design & Modeling - WaterGems

Education

Bachelor's degree, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
  • at UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY
  • July 1998

BS. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY, AL AIN

High school or equivalent, High School
  • at HALWAN SECONDARY SCHOOL
  • January 1992

1992 GRADUATED FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL HALWAN SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHARJAH

Specialties & Skills

Portal Technologies
GIS software
Oracle Portal
Microsoft Servers
Microsoft Office
ArcGIS Suite
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA COLLECTION
DISTRIBUTION DESIGN
GeoCortex - GIS Web Portal
MAINTENANCE
NETWORK PLANNING
WATER DISTRIBUTION

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

ESRI Middle East & Africa Utility User Group
  • President
  • May 2010

Hobbies

  • Scoba Diving