Head of IT and Projects
Superior Business Solutions LLC
Total years of experience :30 years, 4 Months
As a Head of IT & Projects following are my job responsibilities.
Responsibilities
• Manage cross-functions teams. Focus teams on business objectives and track progress to ensure project milestones complete on time, on budget and with the desired results.
• Overall responsible for devising and implementing IT Policies.
• Fully responsible for all SDLC activities starting from discussion with the users in defining the requirement specification, architectural designing, prototype designing, development, testing and implementation of various projects.
• Strategic Planning, Supervision and Team development within IT Department.
• Leadership for multiple teams - Development, Infrastructure & Engineering, Governance.
• Staff resources management and workforce planning.
• Strategic supplier relationship management and contract management.
• Technical lead of development teams for different product areas.
• Responsible for SBS designed IT products and this includes development, operations, enhancements and client support.
• IT project disaster recovery plans and executing of SOPs.
• Responsible for multiple code hierarchy / branches for different client’s w.r.t Development, Testing, UAT and Production Release.
• Managing release management for SBS clients.
• Conduct / manage End user training.
Key Accomplishments
• Established the IT department with all of its functions (Applications, Operations, Infrastructure and Security).
• Automated most of the company’s processes by implementing various IT products i.e. Enterprise Content Management on SharePoint.
• Enhanced process efficiency by continuously coordinating with all stakeholders, business units and management.
• Established the company’s IT disaster recovery site.
• Virtualization technologies.
• Multiple IT Products for the company to rollout into GCC market.
• Initiated to configure Microsoft Team Foundation Sever with Project Server and SharePoint for the optimized and controlled IT Solution Delivery.
As per Manager Software Development my Achievements and Key Responsibilities are listed below:
Achievements
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• Created infrastructure for professional development environment.
• Designed, developed and implemented state of the art information system as FRB’s core back office applications with Single Sign on methodology, trained top to bottom management of FBR for best utilization of these systems and I succeed in nationwide role out.
• Team formation in different development / operational areas.
• 98% success ratio in project implementation w.r.t time, resources, requirements and risks.
• Introduced best software development practices into team members and Sr.’s too.
• Reduced inter-dependability issues among the team.
Key Responsibilities
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• Managing a team of professional resources to develop and maintain systems.
• Responsible for developed and implemented FBR’s core applications for Audit and Legal as per guidelines and requirements of World Bank, these systems developed and implemented nationwide under my supervision and control, new versions and enhancements are undergoing tasks.
• Responsible for (developed & deployed) Federal Tax Ombudsman’s core workflow system along with DB and other operational support when required, new release also in under process .
• Design & Finalize System Architect, Database Schema, Working environment (Hardware / Software)
for new systems.
• Develop complex system components and user controls, write stored procedure for complex MIS reports.
• Responsible for deployment of Applications / Database, Release Management.
• Configuration Management of existing systems.
• Provide operational support for already implemented systems (Onsite / Remote).
• Architected and developed high scale business applications to improve business process b/w Pakistan Navy and DCN International (France).
• Managed a team of developers and designers in the design and implementation of a three-tiered web-based order management system that enabled Pakistan Navy to maintain ordering cycle from RFP to Shipment.
• Collaborated directly with different PN units to assess the technical impact of business requirements and to reach consensus on alternative solutions when necessary in an effort to maintain a consistent yet flexible architecture.
• Worked as a team load to develop complex financial application with the collaboration of financial experts, using latest IT tools.
• Fully responsible for Database administration and maintenance
• Involved in general IT activities, i.e. e-mail setup, user support and networking etc.
• Managed a team of web developers and graphic designers in the design and implementation of windows or web-based systems as per clients needs.
• Directed the software development efforts of junior developers and provided mentoring to prepare them for taking on more responsibility at the end of the project
• Projects completed at Efrotech
o Online container monitoring system.
o Time management and payroll system.
o Web site for Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Involved in-house software development, participated key role in migration of applications from dos to windows based platform.
• Introduced Visual basic and SQL Server development environment in organization.
• Provided technical assistance to the different teams during Y2K bug fixing.
• Involved in setup of windows based network in organization.
• Severed as a programmer in different projects of organization.
• Studied in detail about the financial and procurement processes of organization for new computerized systems.
Studied IT related subjects.
