Jalal Altarah, DIGITAL TRANSFORMER & ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Jalal Altarah

DIGITAL TRANSFORMER & ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Devoteam

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

DIGITAL TRANSFORMER & ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT at Devoteam
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2020

Driving the enablement of Digital Transformation and providing thought leadership by defining modern digital architectures, delivering architectural mandates, and guardrails to drive IT & digital strategies spanning legacy and emerging technologies / services.

IT Advisor at NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2019 to May 2020

Manage all activities related to establishing and operating NDF IT Services. Identify NDF IT requirements in coordination with all stakeholders. Develop and implement IT Plan. Lead the setup and operation of NDF IT infrastructure and services. Provide user support and resolve IT incidents and problems. Coordinate with vendors and suppliers on delivery of IT services. Manage IT requirements of conference and meeting facilities. Lead the selection, configuration and deployment of administrative systems. Ensure the security of NDF information assets and systems.
Support the development of NDF IT policies and procedures and adoption of standards and best practices. Develop and establish procedures for management of NDF documents and correspondence

IT Manager at GLOBAL HEALTHCARE CO,
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2017 to November 2019

Oversee all aspects of IT strategy and technology roadmap to ensure alignment with the strategic goals and operating models of the organisation. Managing multiple IT projects (SAP S/4HANA, Business Intelligence, E-Commerce, CRM-Loyalty) as well integration between multiple systems. Migration from Microsoft Dynamics to SAP, Deliver a robust IT platform with a complex environment working to technically integrate, transform, and streamline services.
• Drive the implementation and integration of ERP, POS, CRM and Magento E-Commerce and their integrations with other systems (Vending Machines, CRM, SMS gateway, payment gateway, third party logistic, ..) to streamline core functions.
• Lead the deployment of business intelligence in fusion with IT function to streamline core business functions.
• Successfully manage deployment of strategic IT and business intelligence projects to meet development, infrastructure, and communication needs of the business.
• Efficiently direct the development of Vendor Portal, SharePoint Deployment, Data Cleansing Project, SAP Implementation project, Implementation of CRM Loyalty system.
• Held direct responsibility for AI/IOT, network infrastructure, and IT security.

IT Manager at SAUDI PAPER GROUP
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • January 2015 to September 2017

Efficiently led, mentored, and guided the SAP team to implement SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) to deliver efficient IT support to end users with minimal downtime. Oversaw the selection, training, and retention of top talent within the SAP team.
• Successfully directed the development team to configure and test the deployed key business and IT changes.
• Key stakeholder within management meetings to present and gain approval of business and IT initiatives for system improvement.
• Ensured proper maintenance of IT documentation and change documents by leveraging strong organisation skills.
• Strategically developed and delivered dashboards and reports to higher management through effective usage of HANA and BI.
• Managing the implementation of SharePoint platform
• Managing the company website
• Managing datacentre migration
• Managing infrastructure team

Head of ERP & Development team at SAUDI PAPER GROUP
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • April 2012 to December 2014

Skilfully managed the Oracle-based ERP team to deliver integration projects to established targets. Developed and delivered complex dashboards and reports to senior management.
• Drove the deployment of multiple ERP integration projects with modules in: Sales, Purchases, HR, Inventory, GL, AR and AP, Finance, and maintenance.
• Managing the barcode implementation for the finish goods inventory
• Managing the project of infrastructure and data centre renovation

Software Development Team Leader at EBTCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2011 to March 2012

Directed, coached, mentored, and guided the software development team members to achieve established KPIs and to ensure superior performance.
• Initiated and contributed to the development and review of technical requirements while partnering with the Product team.
• Supervised the support teams to timely fix system bugs and to restore functionality with minimal downtime.

Senior Software Engineer at EBTCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2009 to December 2010

Efficiently contributed to the development of multiple systems, such as: Time & Attendance, Badge Management, RFID tracking integration with various biometric devices for attendance and access control management.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at University Of Kalamoon
  • November 2009

Information Technology Engineer - Software Engineering

Specialties & Skills

SAP ERP
HANA Modeling
Networking
SAP Workflow
BUSINESS PROCESS
DOCUMENTATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SAP BI/HANA
MEETING FACILITATION
TROUBLESHOOTING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ITIL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2018
CCNP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
MCITP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
CCIE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018

Hobbies

  • Technology & Management
    (PMP) Project Management Professional SAP Activate Project Manager (TOGAF) The Open Group Architecture Framework ITIL (CCNA) Cisco Certified Network Associate MCITP (CCNP) Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCIE) Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert