kassem kassem, IT manager- Head

kassem kassem

IT manager- Head

Reem Finance

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
Éducation
Diplôme, COBIT 5
Expérience
20 years, 4 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :20 years, 4 Mois

IT manager- Head à Reem Finance
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • Je travaille ici depuis mars 2015

 Manage IT team, coach them, monitor and control their deliverables, plan and monitor their career development, enforce system policies, standards and procedures.
 Proactively recommend to management plans to grow, reorganize and restructure the I.T. department, based on current and future projects requirements
 Maintain quality service by maintaining and enforcing organization standards
 Establish I.T. communication and collaboration systems and processes including news broadcast, shared documentation libraries, help desk process.
 Estimate I.T. department budgets and maintain visibility to management.
 Establish a procurement cost optimization process allowing efficient evaluation and selection of vendors, materials, services, and running expenditures related to the I.T. department.
 Evaluate the existing I.T. department staffing, technology infrastructure, processes and standards, and recommend a major plan to cater for project requirements.
 Upgrade/replace the core banking solution with recommendations.
 Establish a project control process and manage the further development and implementation of current projects:
 Ensure that all company’s project stakeholders and committed internal team members’ involvement in time, material and deliverables are met as per the agreed project timelines and scope
 To manage the day to day operations of IT systems, ensuring that planning, end-user impact, change management, training, quality management are properly addressed and monitored to ensure that deadlines, budgets and service levels are met and results delivered.

Sr IT Project Manager à Al Hilal Bank
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • novembre 2011 à mars 2015

AL Hilal Bank portfolio Management.
To build a world class and industry best (Standard) Data Centre for AHB Disaster Recovery plan. To meet AHB Core values and meeting Business continuity process as per the Management requirement. To meet the Central Bank requirement to have Disaster Recovery site for Core and other Applications for Banking needs.
 Deploy the solution by fully implementing Banks ‘s design in its production environment using the configurations, procedures, and plans developed in the earlier activities.
 Oversees multiple projects or one larger project related to the IT
 Responsible for all phases of the project, from original concept through final implementation
 Responsible for assembling project team, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing schedule to ensure timely completion of project.
 Communicate directly with executives regarding status of specific projects.
 Responsible for Bank Data center shifting to the new DC Location by maintaining its Business and functionality.
 Al Bahar Tower- Abu Dhabi IT solution including: DATA Center, cabling infrastructure, network infrastructure, IPTV, AV, access control, etc. Perform the role of advisory when it comes to infrastructure filed.
 Risk management and strategy management.
 DR System Integration, Documentation and Testing, Disaster recovery plans
 SWIFT and payment safe, VISA; MasterCard; REUTER; Bloomberg.
 COO Helpdesk & service manager deploying.
 Network Backbone. TPAM (Password Auto Repository System)
 Wintel Server Virtualization, Enterprise Storage.
 HP enterprise monitoring solution.
 Provides shared and dedicated Project Portfolio Management services to different Business Units of Al-Hilal Bank.
 Capacity plan reporting.
 Testing, development and staging area utilization and governance
 The artifacts generation for all the infrastructure
 Recommendations to retire or change any infrastructure component
 Infrastructure vendors management, control, and monitoring
 Responsible for the closure of all infrastructure related tasks in any project
 RFI and RFP development for infrastructure projects or sections in other projects.
 ERP

IT project manager à Amplex
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • janvier 2010 à octobre 2011

Key Profile: Executing ADWEA Projects (Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority) including Water & Sewerage project, AMR, Amplight and LV project.
 Identifying requirements, proposing & delivering business solutions to the Senior Management.
 Establishing management systems to ensure proper maintenance all application systems to deliver ready availabilitty and consistent operations.
 Developing & maintaining applications in compliance with the assigned procedures and methodologies.
 Deployment the Amplex applications by using Linux platforms with IBM and other hardware.
 Cooperation with service provider (Etisalat and DU) for deployment, integration and testing the solution.
 Liaising with Telecom provider (DU, Etisalat) to provide APN and other solution to meet the customer demand.
 Working with SIEMENS, ABB, ISKRA, Tellabs, etc. RTUs, SMS and other modules.
 Reviewing and initiating measures for automating / streamlining internal processes.
 Managing Cisco Firewall, VPN, IBM Blade, SAN and Storage System.
 Defining and implementing security, backup and recovery policies.
 Monitoring system, conducting test recovery procedures.
 RHL, Virtualization (VMware- Citrix), Storage, Blade Hardware and SAN.
 Network Monitoring.

IT GROUP Manager à AL MERAIKHI GROUP
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • juillet 2008 à janvier 2010

Key Profile: Involved in the planning, designing & developing IT-related systems.
 Provided administrative support to the operational activities of the IT Applications dept.
 Administered the requisite Information Systems and software applications for business operations.
 Implemented IT policies and best practices for effective systems development and maintenance.
 Monitored & controlled application development and continuous enhancements of the application systems, ensured cost reduction and enhanced customer service & overall productivity.
 Executed projects & ensured delivery within assigned time, quality & budgetary parameters, prepared project budgets and ensured compliance with the company policies.
 Worked as Oracle ERP Team Lead and involved in operation management.
 Maintained statutory compliance related to IT infrastructure in software licensing and copyrights.
Achievements:
 Double Take: Disaster recovery.
 As ERP Manager, successfully implemented Oracle Business suite in Al Meraikhi Group of Companies.
 Effectively executed the ADNOC Al-Ruees Document Management project with ZyLAB.
 Instrumental in developing and organzing the IT team and developing & implementing policies.

IT and Data Network Engineer à BTC networks - Saudi Ben Laden Company Damascus, Syria
  • Syrie - Damas
  • novembre 2007 à août 2008

Acted as the Internal Network Administrator and Team Leader for Tellabs Equipment in Mobile services.
• Ddesigned and installed Data Networks by using Nortel and Cisco Equipments (Switches, Routers, Firewalls and Security Equipments) and Juniper Equipments.
• Installed BCM PBXs, managed tendering & pricing for quotations including troubleshooting activities.

Achievements:
• Ministery of Foreign Affair, Syria: Implemented all Telecom and Data infrastructure
• Emmar, Syria: Implemented Nortel PBX and Cisco Network
• Syriatel (telecom servie provider) - multplexer, microwave and fiber expansion project.

TELECOMMUNICATION & COMPUTER ENGINEER à Ministry Of Interior
  • Syrie - Damas
  • juin 2004 à août 2008

Supervisor of Communication System
Supervisor of Albanan systems for coding fingerprint (From Switch CO.)

IT engineer à SBG - Saudi ben laden group-
  • Syrie - Damas
  • mai 2004 à août 2008

all IT engineer jobs

telecommunication and transmission Engineer à SeltaTel -Iyad co -
  • Syrie - Damas
  • janvier 2004 à juillet 2007

Responsible for programming and installation of IPX Exchanges including all related programs, data, networks (VoIP) and SS7.
• Involved in installlation of Networking, Cabling, Security Systems, ISKRATEL multiplexers.
• Liaising with VAS and Mobile companies to provide the requierd and customized solution to the customers.
• Installed and managed Monitoring & Alarms System by using PBXs and provided technical support.
• Handled Symantec Netback, HP Blade Hardware and SAN, worked with Active Directory, DNS Architecture, HP Open view, Nagios and RTG.

Éducation

Diplôme, COBIT 5
  • à ISACA
  • novembre 2015
Diplôme, management
  • à ITIL Expert
  • novembre 2014
Diplôme, PRINCE2 PRACTITIONER
  • à Prince2
  • octobre 2014
Master, MBA
  • à University of Strathclyde Glasgow
  • octobre 2012
Diplôme, Cisco
  • à BGP, OSPF, MPLS
  • janvier 2011
Diplôme, ITIL V3 Foundation - IT Mnagement
  • à ITIL
  • octobre 2009

ITIL V3 Foundation

Diplôme, Check Point Certified Security Administrator NGX R65; ID CP000005844
  • à Check Point Certified Security Administrator NGX R65; ID CP000005844
  • octobre 2009
Diplôme, CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Association Security ); ID: CSCO11384464
  • à CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Association Security ); ID: CSCO11384464
  • octobre 2009
Baccalauréat, Cisco Network Professional CCSP
  • à EXCEL Network Technologies
  • août 2009

CCSP: Cisco Certified Security Professional 1. Securing Networks with Cisco Routers and Switches (SNRS) 2. Securing Networks with ASA Foundation (SNAF) 3. Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 4. Securing Networks with ASA Advanced (SNAA)

Baccalauréat, RHCE
  • à EXCEL Network Technologies
  • août 2009

RHCE(Red Hat Linux Certified Engineer)

Diplôme, CCNA (Cisco Certificate Network Association )
  • à Cannadian academy
  • février 2008

CCNA (Cisco Certificate Network Association ) My Cisco ID: CSCO11384464

Diplôme, Network management
  • à Cisco Network Academy-CCNA4: Mamoun's private University-Syria
  • octobre 2005
Diplôme, Network
  • à Cisco Network Academy-CCNA2: Mamoun's private University-Syria
  • juin 2004
Diplôme, Network
  • à Cisco Network Academy-CCNA1Mamoun's private University-Syria
  • mai 2004
Baccalauréat, computer engineering
  • à University Aleppo Syria Computer Engineering (informatics)
  • février 2003
Baccalauréat, software engineering and hardware
  • à cisco Network Academy-CCNA3: Mamoun's private University-Syria
  • mars 2002

Specialties & Skills

New Venture Creation
Business Management
Project Management
Strategy Development
PBX 's and exchanges installing and programming as well as voip and connecting pbx's
network engineer and analayzer system for finger print
cisco routers
Delphi programming language
SQL server 2000
MCSA exchange server
maintenance and IT jobs
MS Office
Photoshop and Media Design
RED HAT LINUX
Network Management and Monitoring: Solar Wind…etc.
BGP, OSPF, MPLS
System documentation
Project Management (PMP Training and Practice).
Analysis of requirements and definition of system changes and testing
Conducting internal and external integration tests/user acceptance
6 Sigma software
Marketing tools: SWAT analysis, channels, plan, CRM, segmentation, strategy…etc
Coordination and start-up testing of installations
V.I.S.A and SIMUL8 multi criteria decision making software
strategy evaluation and analysis
business process
ITIL service management

Langues

Arabe
Expert
Anglais
Expert
Allemand
Débutant

Adhésions

Syrian Computer Society
  • Active
  • January 1997
of Order of Syrian Engineering
  • Active
  • February 2003

Formation et Diplômes

ITIL service management (Formation)
Institut de formation:
ITIL
Date de la formation:
November 2011
Cambridge (Formation)
Institut de formation:
PMP
Date de la formation:
June 2010
Networking (Formation)
Institut de formation:
cisco academy
Date de la formation:
January 2004

Loisirs

  • Music, Swimming