Hasen Alamri

Assistant Program Manager at Al-Elm Information Security

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• My current job since April 2018

Sr. Project Manager at Al-Elm Information Security

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• July 2015 to March 2018

Key Project to Credit:
• Special Emergency Forces (SEF) Modernization and Training Development Program
• Special Security Forces (SSF) Training Needs Analysis Project
• General Directorate of Civil Defense (GDCD) Training Development Program

Key Responsibilities:
• Working towards program / project objectives and achieving projects goals and benefits realisation.
• Mentoring and advising the project management team, coordinate and resolve the projects dependencies.
• Ensuring that all Project Management Office PMO methodologies are followed and checklists are met and closed.
• Planning, managing, monitoring and controlling the projects tasks, budget and optimizing resources.
• Managing the projects thru Enterprise Project Management System (EPM) and MS project software.
• Following up the progress with our partners, vendors and suppliers on task completion within time.
• Communicating with projects’ stakeholders on regular basis regarding progress updates.
• Ensuring that all project artefacts are uploaded to the EPM and updating frequently.
• Updating the EPM on frequently basis and documenting lessons learned.
• Identifying project risks and setting up mitigation plans.
• Participating in document project issues and provide work around plans.
• Developing Request for Proposals for new opportunities as well as evaluating vendors’ bid proposals.
• Following policies, processes, procedures and instructions to carry out work in a controlled manner.
• Comply with all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls.

Project Lead Engineer at Advanced Electronics Company (AEC)

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• January 2008 to July 2015

AEC is renowned as a private sector company to providing local, national, regional and international clients within the defense, telecom and manufacturing industries.

Key Project to Credit:
• Tornado Aircrew Training Devices Project
• Typhoon Initial Pilot Training Devices Project
• F15 Distributed Mission Training Devices Project

Highlights:
• Functioning as Project Lead Engineer in Taif, and currently Dhahran.

Key Responsibilities:
• Establishing project standards, developing project plans, schedule and milestones, communicating the same to team members, users and other project participants.
• Providing assistance in the development of integrated logistics support plans and taking responsibility for all the logistics elements.
• Effectively representing the company in most meetings with BAE systems and Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF); thus introducing as an AEC representative in official governmental meetings among RSAF, BAE and British Ministry of Defense.
• Devising training material and imparting regular training for employees to enhance capabilities; instituting evaluation criteria to gauge effectiveness of training programs and initiate corrective measures to upgrade the same.
• Directing the preparation of technical procedures and forms along with drafting and controlling site documents and procedures whenever necessary.
• Undertaking responsibility for overall execution of quality audit, safety audit and risk assessment, thus identifying divergence and executing corrective measures.
• Proficiently contributing in Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) in UK and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) in Taif and Dhahran to ensure smooth functioning of the operation in an efficient and effective manner.
• Fostering clear channels of communication with vendors and other support/service providers on and off site ascertaining smooth work flow.
• Held responsibility for all functions of the department including shifts patterns, employee leaves and availability in accordance with HR policies and procedures.
• Directing, supervising and controlling all activities pertaining to hardware/ software installation and up-gradation; thus overseeing the supervision of IPTD activities and sub contractors to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Preparing and studying technical drawings and documents to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and to customer requirements.
• Inspecting site work, advising contractors and submitting periodical project progress reports to project manager for comparison with projected work schedule.
• Accountable for logistic management including obsolescence management and actively involved in the development of Contract Obsolescence Management Plan.
• Instrumental in creating daily, weekly, monthly & annually status report and submitting the same to the RSAF and AEC management for further/ efficient decision making.
• Identifying, analyzing problems and issues and coordinating with maintenance team to troubleshoot and fix the problem.
• Reporting on a regular basis to senior management on performance of the company and proposing corrective measures to ensure compliance to the approved plan.
• Keeping abreast of latest technological advancements and utilizing the potential of the same to respond to the distinctive needs of the organization.

Systems Engineer - OJT at BAE Systems

• United Kingdom
• April 2008 to April 2009

Key Responsibilities:
• Managed the project in its entirety right from inception to completion inclusive of initiating, planning and designing, execution and setup as well as controlling and closing.
• Successfully headed the team to operate and maintain the system during the year 2010 and 2012, simultaneously reported status regarding the same to AEC and BAE on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Researched, designed, tested, implemented and maintained systems to match technical needs of clients.
• Proficiently contributed in the design and development activities related with the Typhoon IPTD; simultaneously provided support and guidance to the Installation Manager throughout the installation period.
• Administered all activities pertinent to systematically testing the simulator sub-systems as well as building, installing and validating the IPTD at the customer premises along with designing and implementing factory and site acceptance testing procedures.
• Actively reviewed engineering documents and accordingly suggested corrective actions in case of variances.
• Extended maintenance and support during deployment and accordingly modifying several changes to the system during Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).
• Serving as a cardinal link and liable for reporting training progress and training issues to AEC-HQ during training program at UK.

Systems Analyst - Co-op. at Saudi Aramco

• Saudi Arabia
• June 2006 to January 2007

Key Project to Credit:
• Internal and External Network Security Penetration Testing Projects
• Closed Circuit Television Vulnerability Assessment Project

Key Responsibilities:
• Monitored day to day operations relating to maintenance of Information Security Compliance as per the Information Security Policy.
• Executed information security assessments and instituted counter measures within established standards and guidelines.
• Managed the preparation of network penetration testing permissions, tools and applications along with threat mitigation policies, thus ensuring procedural adherence.
• Regularly carried out internal and external security penetration testing, simultaneously developed penetration testing tracking system to perform tasks more efficiently.
• Drafted assessment, compliance, gap and technical analysis reports; developed and implemented information security policies for better workflow.