Chadi Merhi, Manager IT Department

Chadi Merhi

Manager IT Department

Techno Q

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Leading Innovation and Change
Experience
31 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :31 years, 4 Months

Manager IT Department at Techno Q
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since August 2007

Working as the Manager of the IT department for a leading low current systems integrators, providing leadership and management to the business and fully responsible for the day to day running of all aspects, making sure that the business continue to grow by way of developing new clients while retaining the existing ones as well as ensuring delivery of high quality projects always within time, cost and quality parameters

Initiate the IT department
Appoint design, sales and technical staff
Select business association partners
Build a team of sales engineers, project / site engineers, design engineers and technicians
Introduce the new activities to the market
Formulation of department strategy and direction
Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures
Encouraging, identifying and developing best practice strategy
Evaluating and decision-making
Manage the department to achieve the company’s goals and Targets
Manage and full control on sales and technical staff
Public relations, local and international communication
Acquire prestigious projects
Design and oversee the design of networks turnkey solutions including structured cabling systems (copper & fiber), FTTx, voice & data switching systems, Wi-Fi solutions and IT related services
Monitor and approve all proposals
Controlling the purchase and supply of all procured items & services
Improving margins and maintaining a high quality service to clients
Resolving contractual and commercial issues and disputes
Negotiating contracts, ensuring that they balance value and risk
Implement new business and activities
Establish strong relationship with consultants, contractors and end-user
Create collaboration environment between the staff themselves to cooperate, exchange experience, share information and contacts
Create positive thinking and positive environment to work
Manage all aspects of IT technical matters and provide required guidance to subordinates
Supervise the implementation of the projects to ensure timely completion and quality compliant execution
Ensure that all Projects Team implement relevant procedures including complete project file and continuous written correspondence with clients
Monitor projects execution schedules and follow with the engineers each task to avoid any delay, including availability of resources and materials
Visit various projects sites and attend meetings with clients / consultants to ensure good progress, quality work, and client satisfaction
Ensuring that capacity and capability are continually planned
Propose ideas and method to optimize projects execution and introduce new tools to achieve improvements
Ensuring compliance to all environmental health & safety goals & objectives
Enforcing the company’s policies, principles, and procedures
Ensure invoicing and payment collection with Accounts
Tolerate all problems and issues of the department

Business Development Manager at Orbit Electronics & TeleCom Services
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2006 to July 2007

Establish the IT network infrastructure department
Managing the whole department to achieve the company’s goals and Targets
Managing and full control on Marketing, Sales and Technical Team
Design and implementation of networks turnkey solutions including Structured cabling systems (copper and fiber), voice switching systems (PABXs), LAN/WAN solutions, data switches, electrical material and Computer networks services
Public relations
Local and international communications
Project management including organization, logistics, time management and resources allocation
Managing daily activities of division and its personnel
Tolerating all problems and issues of the department

Branch Manager at Qatar Networks & Communications
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2004 to January 2006

Managing the whole company to achieve the company’s goals and Targets
Managing and full control on the marketing, Sales and Technical Team
Managing and full control on the finance section
Public relations / local and international communications
Assessment of projects and tenders
Maintaining cordial relationships with clients and potential customers
Design and implementation of networks turnkey solutions including Structured cabling systems (Copper and fiber), LAN/WAN solutions and data switches
Seek out new sales opportunities
Project management including organization, logistics, time management and resources allocation
Managing daily activities of branch and its personnel
Tolerating all problems and issues of the branch

Sales Executive at Caporal & Moretti
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2000 to January 2004

Marketing and sales of a wide range of network equipment including structured cabling systems, fiber optic solutions, data switches, voice switching, electrical material and computer network services.
Assessment of projects and tenders including the preparation of compliance statement for the offered solutions.
Providing assistance for the division planning.
Maintaining cordial relationships with clients and potential customers.
Design of networks turnkey solutions including structured cabling systems (copper and fiber), voice switching systems (PABXs), LAN/WAN solutions, data switches, electrical material and computer networks services
Seek out new sales opportunities.
Bids and Quotations

Systems Technician at Tele Projects
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1996 to January 2000

Design, installation and maintenance of PABXs Systems
Design, installation and maintenance of Structured Cabling Systems, Fiber Optic and Data Switches

Production Technician at Execlusive Electronics
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1993 to January 1996

Assembling of wide electrical equipments such as chargers, UPSs, APSs
Drawing and Production of Electronics Boards
Repair and maintenance of electronics devices and home appliances

Education

Master's degree, Leading Innovation and Change
  • at RKC
  • November 2015
Bachelor's degree, Electronics
  • at Institut Oriental des Sciences
  • June 1994

Languages

Arabic
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English
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French
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