Operations Director
Sabbar
Total years of experience :19 years, 5 Months
• Managing mobile applications development cycle (IOS & Android) starting from the project plan development, application analysis, feasibility study, user experience (UX), graphical user interface (GUI) creation, development team management through to finalizing and releasing the application.
• Involving in Value Added Service (VAS) business; developing strong relations with company partners, preparing analytical reports, defining business lines and leading content production process.
• Developing and streamlining internal process of the company, further maximizing team productivity.
• Managing and leading team members from various fields, including graphic designing, project management, content editing and VAS marketing.
• Ensuring smooth and efficient performance of operations in alignment with the company’s mission values and other regulations/standards.
• Successful in utilizing effective project management methodologies to steer VAS business and mobile application projects.
• Defined mobile application development plan including the timeline, budget and team accountabilities.
• Prepared and maintained various technical documents related to all mobile applications, such as wireframes (UX), application analysis, architectural design, deliverables and resources distribution.
• Supervised and monitored performance of the local developers, editors and graphic designing teams, also coordinated with the freelancers as per project requirements.
• Evaluated team performance and implemented necessary measures to enhance skills of every member.
• Liaised with the department heads and senior management to update them about project progress and undertake necessary action for maximizing staff productivity.
• Prepared and provided presentations as well as analytical reports.
• Managed and directed technical team members towards effective execution and management of all development projects; performed project analysis, provided architectural design, defined delivery time, allocated/deployed resources and adhered to time targets.
• Identified and implemented effective measures/initiatives to develop an efficient and scalable system from scratch; recognized by the management for facilitating better users experience and enhancing content team performance.
• Maintained close collaboration with the operator technical teams to assure smooth workflow.
• Proven record of maintaining and enhancing the existing system, including SMS application server and billing system.
• Effectively spearheaded the end-to-end services creation process while maintaining communication with the operators and content providers.
• Prepare the applications infrastructure and guiding other team members.
• Build and enhance multithreading applications by the use of technical experience, and design patterns, it also required communicating directly with the other departments to analyze their needs.
• Building the billing application that centralizes all the billing transaction for all the operators using Object Oriented Programming J2SE multithreading, servlets, RMI, and XML.
Working on Building Value added services “VAS” web portals, using Java programming language including “J2SE, JSP and Servlets”, where the portals were serving leading mobile operators in the region including STC, Omantel, Qtel and others.