Husam Al-A'araj, Director of Operations

Husam Al-A'araj

Director of Operations

Hamad Al-Wazzan Group of Companies

Lieu
Koweït - Al Koweït
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Software Engineering
Expérience
19 years, 8 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :19 years, 8 Mois

Director of Operations à Hamad Al-Wazzan Group of Companies
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • Je travaille ici depuis novembre 2012

- Occupied Different Roles in Different Divisions including Marketing, Customer Service, Franchisee Operations, & Business Development,
- Monitored day-to-day business to ensure smooth operations in different sectors; Telecom, E-Payment, & Automobile.
- Supervised & coached staff from different departments to maintain productive business operations
- Liaised with superior to make decisions for operational activities and set strategic goals
- Reviewed financial information and adjusted operational budgets to promote profitability
- Revised and formulated policies and promote their implementation
- Managed relationships/agreements with external partners/vendors
- Evaluated overall performance by gathering, analyzing and interpreting data and metrics

Business Consultant à SurgeTech Co.
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • septembre 2018 à août 2020

- Participated in the birth of a new company that focuses on providing unique solutions built on the latest cloud technology - Microsoft Platform
- Aligned the company with world-wide strategic alliances that enhanced the company presence
- World-wide record on building and promoting Optimized Field Operations Solution that utilizes the Internet of Things (IoT) & Microsoft Cloud Platform
- Transforming customer IT to reduce operational cost and increase productivity & customer satisfaction
- Working closely with clients to define and implement the overall digital transformation journey
- Reducing the gap between the business requirements and the technical understanding to ensure smooth project delivery
Leading the innovation team to create, design, & implement new concepts based on the latest technology

Business Development Manager à al thanayyan international company (aic)
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • mai 2011 à octobre 2012

-Establish and develop B2B department to provide smartphone solutions for corporate
-Develop the retail business for AIC
-Identify and develop business opportunities for the Company’s creative solutions in industrial and product designs as well as the Company’s creativity services
-Develop and Enhance AIC Service center to be an authorized service center
-Enhance the wholesale/distribution processes and operations

Project Manager à Ovitel Telecommunications
  • Libye - Tripoli
  • janvier 2010 à mars 2011

- Develops and communicates written project plans that are understandable and match the capacity and ability of the project team for BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Project
- Proactively manages project resources and schedules per the project plan using project management techniques for Next Generation Network (Nationwide Project)
- Identifies the resources (budget, people, hardware, software, etc.) needed for the project team to achieve the goals of the project based upon business objectives provided. Documents and communicates the project goals and expectations for the project team. Ensures clarity of business and technical requirements
- Tracks project progress against the project plan and/or other business-defined metrics coordinating with resources globally. Communicates and reports on project progress to others in the business per defined business processes
- Worked closely with mobile operator (AlMadar) to develop new IT/Telecom projects.
- Works within defined business processes to communicate and implement the project for the business including coordination of the production deployment of software and hardware.
- Shares information, best practices, process discipline, etc. with other project or program managers to increase the overall effectiveness of the department

Technical Account Manager à Zain Kuwait
  • Koweït
  • août 2008 à décembre 2009

- Presales Activities to present different solution for corporate accounts
- Liaised with the internal technical departments to manage a diverse and complex scope of support issues
- Had a strong understanding of the support requirements of designated accounts and matching service delivery accordingly - Worked proactively with customers to reduce the number of support calls placed through preventative activities
- Managed the technical relationship between Zain and the client
- Studied and analyzed the customer technical environment and advised with the proper solutions
- Established a new technical team attached to the corporate sales department to support the corporate customers, in addition to the creation and implementation of the support process and scheme
- Created a new structure for the BlackBerry technical support for both corporate and consumer segments.

Technical Account Manager à Emitac Mobile Solutions
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • mai 2007 à juillet 2008

- A member of the BlackBerry Launch team in different countries (Kuwait, Iraq, Eastern Europe).
- Presales Activities to present BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for corporate accounts.
- Demonstrated excellent business management by renewing accounts on time, supporting sales into target accounts and realizing additional revenue opportunities
- Had a strong understanding of the support requirements of designated accounts and matching service delivery accordingly. - Managed the technical relationship between the client and their corporate accounts
- Support the corporate accounts
- Was responsible for planning, providing a high level architecture design, and implementing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for different environment.

Software Engineer à Arabesque Group
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • décembre 2004 à mai 2007

- .Net Developer assigned in different projects. Ministry of electricity & Water, Kuwait Ports Authority, Ministry of Foreign affairs.
- Deployed Projects in the client Side.
- Quality Assurance
- Business Analyst
- Coordinated projects between my company, the customer, and a third party companies

Associate Software Engineer à Estarta Solutions
  • Jordanie
  • août 2004 à novembre 2004

- .Net develop on Kuwait Ports Authority Project.
- Quality Assurance tasks.
- System Analysis tasks

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Software Engineering
  • à Philadelphia University
  • juillet 2004

Jul 2004 Bachelor Degree in Software Engineering - Faculty of Information Technology Philadelphia University - Jordan

Specialties & Skills

operations
Business Development
Telecommunications
Developing Business
Customer Service
ACCOUNT MANAGER
BLACKBERRY
CORPORATE ACCOUNTS
ENGINEER
PRESALES
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
SOLUTIONS
Research & Development

Langues

Arabe
Expert
Anglais
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2007
Valide jusqu'à:
February 2007