Ibrahim Riachi, IT Manager

Ibrahim Riachi

IT Manager

Tijaria Real Estate Co.

Location
Kuwait
Education
Diploma, ISO9001:2000 Quality Management Systems Internal Auditor
Experience
31 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :31 years, 11 Months

IT Manager at Tijaria Real Estate Co.
  • Kuwait
  • My current job since June 2016

manage the IT department and department staff of Tijaria and all affiliates and subsidiaries

Lead Consultant at Freelance
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since December 2014

Services include, but not limited to:
• Full IT infrastructure planning
• Strategic planning of companies IT expansions based on each company expansion
requirements.
• Organization Development, preparation of Company HR policies and procedures along with
compliance and penalties lists.
• ERP requirements analysis and/or advisory.
• IT Governance, develop and coordinate plans and policies, resources, mission as well as
goals, vision, and expectations of company or program; prepare and update plans and
priorities.

CIO at National Real Estate Company
  • Kuwait
  • May 2000 to December 2014

Run and manage the day-to-day work of the ICT Department.
In charge of all, company IT assets and projects, locally and regionally.
Administering and handling all Oracle Applications and DB, issues, related to functional, technical problems, and fine-tuning.
Automation of most of the company policies, procedures, business rules and functions
Develop and coordinate plans and policies, resources, mission as well as goals, vision, and expectations of company or program; prepare and update plans and priorities.
Audit and review systems and practices to ensure compliance with procedures, regulations and standards.
Develop and/or modify rules, policies, and/or standards, etc.
Participate in establishing direction, goals, and policies. Meet with company managers and Directors to determine needs and challenges.
Evaluate software and hardware products for possible purchase.
Preparing score cards and/or evaluations for systems/applications which could be of use to the company
Meet with vendors on new and existing products, evaluate usefulness and cost of products and make recommendations.
Provide technical assistance on agency issues, services, program(s), and/or computer hardware and software, etc.
Conduct training needs assessments and recommend training programs.
Determine the resources needed to plan and implement IT applications. Discuss requirements with end users and provide software suggestions and recommendations to users to help them understand potential limitations and challenges.
Supervise subordinate personnel including hiring, determining workload and delegating assignments, training, monitoring and evaluating performance, and initiating corrective or disciplinary actions.
Managed the upgrading of the Oracle ERP from 11 to 11i and then from 11i to 12.1.3
Quality Assurance Internal Auditor
Vendor Management
Other tasks as assigned.

Senior Oracle Analyst/Programmer at Management Information Systems
  • Kuwait
  • October 1995 to May 2000

Creating forms and reports for modules (i.e. GL, PIPS, REMS, SH, ...etc)
Installation of the software developed at MIS + Implementation of the software.
Creating PL/SQL libraries and database triggers.
Customer support, and fact-finding.
Developing business packages such as SH, Shareholders Registration System. REMS, Real Estate Managing System. PIPS, Personnel Information and Payroll System. ST, Stock Control System. GL, General Ledger. FA, Fixed Assets. BUD, Budgeting System. ARAP, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
Porting + Migrating data from customers different operating systems into ORACLE databases.
Working at Zakat House, customer site, Jan. 98 - Jan 2000. Duties include:
Technical support on different ORACLE issues for their MIS-Department staff and other ORACLE users.
Remodeling of some of the modules developed by some of their MIS-Department staff and fixing some of the bugs in it + adding some new jobs to it.
Designing new ORACLE based systems.

Computer Center Assitant at Notre Dame University - Lebanon
  • Lebanon
  • January 1992 to April 1995

Installing software such as MS-Windows, Excel, ...etc
Instructing other students in using various graphics packages (i.e. COREL Draw)
Assisting Students in fact finding.

Education

Diploma, ISO9001:2000 Quality Management Systems Internal Auditor
  • at Bureau Veritas
  • April 2002
Diploma, ISO9001:2000 Awareness Program (Seminsr)
  • at Bureau Veritas
  • January 2002

seminar and hands-on workshop for ISO internal auditing

Diploma, Leader Ship
  • at HRD International
  • March 2001

Leader Ship Skills

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Notre Dame University
  • May 1995

Specialties & Skills

Management
Oracle Applications
Quality Management
Science
Oracle Applications
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Lync

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Memeber
  • January 2015

Training and Certifications

Situational Leadership II for Managers (Training)
Training Institute:
The Ken Blanchard Companies
Date Attended:
April 2005
Duration:
30 hours
Introduction to ISO 9001:2000 Version (Training)
Training Institute:
BVQi (Bureau Veritas)
Date Attended:
June 2002
Duration:
6 hours
The Leaders of the Future (Training)
Training Institute:
Starmanship & Associates
Date Attended:
April 2005
Duration:
30 hours
Oracle HRMS/Payroll Implementation & Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
QCT Training
Date Attended:
July 2000
Duration:
40 hours
Revelation & Insight Science (Training)
Training Institute:
Intitute of Hypnosis & Kinesios
Date Attended:
May 2004
Duration:
25 hours
Strategic IT Manager (Training)
Training Institute:
IIR (Institute for International Research)
Date Attended:
September 2005
Duration:
50 hours
Leadership Programme (Training)
Training Institute:
HRD International
Date Attended:
April 2001
Duration:
32 hours
QMS Iternal Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
BVQi (Bureau Veritas)
Date Attended:
October 2002
Duration:
16 hours