Hussam Sadaqa, Service Delivery Manager

Hussam Sadaqa

Service Delivery Manager

Gulf Business Machines

Location
Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
20 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 9 Months

Service Delivery Manager at Gulf Business Machines
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since August 2022

• Overseeing the service delivery team including ServiceDesk, Technical support, Infrastructure, Security, NOC, and SOC.
• Analyzing and providing IT solutions with related budgets.
• Managing team performance and customer service, customer needs and satisfaction.
• Recording service delivery performance.
• Implementing service delivery upgrades and implementing improvement activities.
• Improving customer relationship management procedures
• Analyze, updating internal and external service-related processes, policies, and procedures.
• Assessing and managing third-party provided services.
• Defining customer expectations to determine the optimal service.
• Collaborating with technical design teams to prepare for future demands.

Technology Infrastructure & Security Manager at Abyat Megastore
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2021 to August 2022

• Leading project planning sessions and handling annual budget and ensure cost effectiveness.
• Manage information technology Infrastructure, Security, and computer systems.
• Plan, organize, control, Audit and evaluate IT data operations.
• Manage IT staff by recruiting, training, expectations, and appraising their performance.
• Design, develop, implement, and coordinate systems, policies, and procedures.
• Act in alignment with user needs and system functionality to contribute to organizational policy.
• Identify problematic areas and implement strategic solutions in time.
• Analyzes technology requirements and develops functional specifications.

IT Operations Manager at Quantum IT Services
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2018 to February 2021

• Manage, work collaboratively with infrastructure and application teams to help ensure the stable operation, reliability, and security of datacenter and property-based infrastructure.
• Managing Development, Sales, and support teams.
• Business continuity planning to offices and staff in multiple operating, business, and functional units.
• Maintaining documentation of changes regarding users, functions & systems.
• Work with business stakeholders to define business and systems requirements for innovative technologies.

IT Services Manager at Diyar United Company (DUC) – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • August 2016 to March 2018

Manage, work collaboratively with infrastructure and application teams to help ensure the stable operation, reliability, and security of datacenter and property based infrastructure.

Responsibilities:
• Managing Microsoft and non-Microsoft systems.
• Manage a support team for all of the services that comprise the environment systems through proactive monitoring and standard operating procedures.
• Provide direction and clear, tactical and strategic goals for the Operations and network teams to articulate system stability status and recommend operational improvements
• Develops relationships with external clients and organisations to assess their technology, support, and security needs
• Provides client assessments, and pitches IT equipment and service packages.
• Offers innovative solutions that meet clients needs while remaining cost effective.
• Manages projects by creating timelines, adhering to budgets, and assigning staff members.
• Establishes client and sales goals, and tracks progress and other metrics.
• Maintains relationships with technology, software, and security vendors.
• Manages and assesses the performance of staff members who specialise in support, sales, and installation.
• Identifies staffing needs and works with human resources colleagues to pursue the hiring process.
• Specializes in IT needs and demands.
• Coordinates troubleshooting, support, and service for equipment and networks when necessary
• Upholds a sense of customer service and measures client satisfaction.
• Attends industry events and trade exhibitions to learn about cutting edge product releases and news

IT Infrastructure Manager at Diyar United Company (DUC) – Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC)
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • October 2011 to August 2016

Manage an IT team (12 staff) to support the process of developing short and long-term IT strategy, roadmaps, guidelines, policies, annual IT plan and IT budget to ensure that IT strategy is aligned to the overall company strategy and objectives.

Responsibilities:
• Organize and supervise the activities and work of subordinates to ensure that all work within IT planning and budgeting is carried out in an efficient manner, which is consistent with operating procedures and policy.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures related to network hardware and software acquisition, use, support, security, and backup.
• Plan, prioritize and shortlist the IT projects (architecture, applications, infrastructure) in coordination with various functions to ensure that the business technological needs are met in line with the objectives and set targets.
• Analyzing, reporting on, and marking recommendations for, the improvement and growth of the IT Infrastructure and IT systems.
• Plan, develop, seek approval and implement initiatives for maintenance of the IT operating environment in coordination with IT functions, ensuring compliance to security regulations.
• Identify security technologies & components to be implemented to achieve the objectives.
• Incidents, Problems, changes and Assets management.

IT Infrastructure Supervisor at Diyar United Company (DUC) – Ooredoo
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • February 2008 to October 2011

Responsibilities:
• Maintains a thorough knowledge of the organization and adheres to all organizational standards. Keeps immediate supervisor well-informed of activities and recommends corrective actions.
• Incidents, Problems, changes and Assets management.
• Conducts technology orientation and exit briefing for all staff; prepares technology and systems for new and existing staff.
• Performs routine preventive maintenance on hardware and software. Analyzes technology requirements and develops functional specifications. Conducts comparative analysis and competitive bidding when necessary.
• Presents and implements technological alternatives to streamline functions and improve productivity.
• Develops and maintains technology policies, standards and procedures manual; develops and maintains related technology checklists.
• Develops and manages technology budget and monitors and approves related expenditures. Reviews and approves cost pool expenditures.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

IT In-Charge at Humansoft learning solution – New Horizons Training Center
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2004 to February 2008

Responsibilities:
• Designs, specifies, configures, installs, and maintains local area network hardware, software, and telecommunications services such as personal computers, system software, software applications, printers, servers, routers, bridges, switches, modems, cabling, and Internet service providers.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures related to network hardware and software acquisition, use, support, security, and backup.
• Establishes and maintains network users, user environment, directories, and security.
• Trains users on software and equipment usage.
• Develops and communicates standards for use, operations, and security of network, personal computers, and data.
• Communicates with other departments to report and resolve software, hardware, and operations problems.
• Researches and evaluates new technologies.

IT Support at Multi Giga Net Center
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • October 2003 to October 2004

• Troubleshooting technologies issues.
• Hardware and software technologies.
• Network administration, Technical support.
• Website and graphical designing.

Trainee at Computer& Engineering Bureau (CEB)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2002 to October 2002

CEB is a first-class Software house development company that specialist in ORACLE and has been incorporated as regional Information Technology solution provider to develop state-of-art modules and solutions for the different kinds of business and using the latest up-to-date technologies and tools.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at University Of Baghdad
  • March 2003

5 Years

Specialties & Skills

Managed Services
IT Project Management
IT Infrastructure
Team Management
IT Budgeting, Strategic and Planning
Project Management
Disaster recovery and business continuity
IT Policies, standards and procedures
Risk management and Auditing
MS Terminal Services, Licenses Services. Certificates Authority Services.
MS Exchange 2010, 2012, 2016 and Relay Services.
Active Directory Schema, Trust Relationships, AD RMS and Group Policies.
MS SQL Database
FireEye Security Appliance (NX, AX, FX, EX and CM series).
Information Security management.
Antivirus, anti-spams, and anti-spyware systems.
File Services, Distributed File system, namespacing and managing file server resources.
Business dashboards.
Office 365
SCOM, SSCM and System Center.
Workflow management system.
Citrix XenApp, XenServer and VDi
Citrix Netscaler
Tape Library. Backup Strategy and Solutions
Switches, Routers, appliances, and Firewalls.
DHCP, Internal and External DNS.
Ethical hacking, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
Document management systems and Archiving systems.
CCTV Surviliance Systems, QMS, Access Control and Sinage Solution
Scrum Framework
SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
Google AdSense, AdWords, Analytics, APIs, Firebase, Maps, Cloud, Business, Developer Console
Agile Management
Forescout NAC Solution
IT Project Management
IT Management
Management
Program Management
Service Delivery
Agile Project Management
Windows Server
Web Development
Computer Hardware Troubleshooting
System Administration
Email and Web Security Appliances
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (SAP, Dynamics, Oracle, Odoo ,...)
Database Management (SQL, Oracle)
Data Center Management
Communication Skills
CMS, Ecommerce Platforms (WordPress, Woocommerce, Joomla, OpenCart, Shopify, and Magento)
Licenses Management
Hyper-v, RemoteApp, and App-V
Trend Micro Solutions (Apex one, Deep Security, Sandbox, …).
Mobile Applications (Native and cross-platform).
CISCO Solutions (E-mail Security, Web Security, Call Manager, DNA, Wireless Controller, …).
Fortinet Solutions (FortiGate, ForiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiADC, ...).
Project Management Solutions (Jira, Asana, MS Project, …).
SOC (SIEM Solution - LogRhythm).
Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
Compliance and Regulatory Standards (GDPR, HIPAA)
Project Management Methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Kanban).
VMWare: VSphere, vCenter, ESX, VDi, ...
Virtualization Technologies (VMware, Hyper-V)
NOC (SolarWinds, OpManager, …).
System Integration and Deployment
Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
Network Architecture and Administration
Machine Learning and AI Technologies
Blockchain Technology
Internet of Things (IoT) Management
Wireless Networking.
LAN, WAN, VPN
Data Security, Networking Security, Perimeter Security, Endpoint Security, Application Security,
MS Clustering, Load balance, High Availability Solutions.
Archiving System
Emotional Intelligence.
Organizational Skills.
Incidents, Requests, Problems, knowledge, and Assets management.
Telephony systems, VOIP, and PBX.
Leadership and Team Management.
Negotiation Skills.
Problem-Solving.
Team Building and Motivation.
Customer Service Orientation.
SAN, NAS storages
Workflow management system
Document management system
IT Service Management (ITSM) (ManageEngine, BMC, ...)
Network Access Solutions – NAC (Forescout, FortiNAC, CISCO ISE).
Business dashboards (Tableau)
Configuration Management and CMDB
Change Management
Strategic Planning and Vision.
Presentation Skills.
Analytical and strategical Thinking.
Decision Making.
Adaptability and Flexibility.
Conflict Management.
Time Management and Prioritization.
Innovation and Creativity.
Interpersonal Skills.
Stress Management.
IT Governance
IT Operations
Attention to Detail.
Job evaluation skills.

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordan Engineers Association
  • Computer Engineer
  • October 2003
Kuwait society of engineers
  • Computer Engineer
  • February 2016

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2024
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2024
CompTIA Security+ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Six Sigma (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2023
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2023
Professional Scrum Product Owner (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2021
MCP 2003 (Microsoft Certified Professional) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2005
MCSA 2003 (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2007
MCSE 2003 (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2007
MCTS 2008 - Server 2008 Application Infrastructure (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2007
MCTS 2008 - Server 2008 Network Infrastructure (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2007
MCTS 2008 - Active Directory (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2007
MCSA 2008 (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
MCITP (Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
MCSA 2012 (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
MCSE 2012 - Server Infrastructure (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2014
MCSE 2012 - Private Cloud (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2014
MCSE 2012 - Communication (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2014
MCSE 2012 - Messaging (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
MCSE 2016 - Productivity Charter Member (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2016
MCSE 2016 - Cloud Platform and Infrastructure (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
MCSA 2016 (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
FireEye System Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2016
Symantec Certified Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
CISCO CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
VCP (VMWare Certified Professional) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
ITIL Expert - IT Service Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015
ITIL V3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2010
CIW V5 Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2005
CIW Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2005
Master CIW Designer. (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2005
CompTIA Server+ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
CompTIA A+ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2005
Building High Performance Team and Problem Solving Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Illumine Training
Date Attended:
October 2013
Duration:
24 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading
    i like to read alot of books in various subjects