Gulf IT Manager
Schneider Electric FZE
Total years of experience :23 years, 11 Months
Leading IT Management for Gulf Countries. Team of 12 IT Staff reporting directly to me in Application Services, End User Services and Infrastructure Services Domain.
Deployment of Key User Network in Gulf region to support SAP Support Process. This was Key deployment as part of IT Roadmap of Schneider Electric.
Played a Stellar role in the revamp of Infrastructure & End User Services Personnel to support better Business.
Successfully engaged the Windows 7 Upgrade Project deployment in Gulf for 900 IT Users.
SAP Roll Out for Qatar & Kuwait Entity in Gulf Countries. The Project was on fast track to deploy Current SAP Process to the new entities considering the Central Operations and separate Sales Process. It was deployed in 3 Months.
SAP BI 7.0 Roll Out in Gulf Countries after Deployment of SAP in 2013 and rolled out BW/BI in Gulf Countries to have faster and accurate reporting from SAP.
Managed Four Entities as part of ERP Domain - Schneider Electric FZE, Abu Dhabi Services, Delexi and Clipsal Middle East. ERP Domain covered SAP, Exceed - WMS, Boomi - Middleware, Database Management and Reporting & Analytical solutions built around Microsoft SQL SERVER.
Was core part of SAP Deployment Project assisting Deployment Manager & Team in Mapping Current ERP System to SAP. Business Consultant for MM & WM Module of SAP and also mapping EDI/IDOC Process in SAP.
Implemented One IS&C Project to merge two different Companies in SCALA (Distribution Center & Production). This involved improvement in Modules - Manufacturing (MPC), MRP and Warehouse Management. Project team involved people from Manufacturing, Finance, Supply Chain and Warehouse
Supervised ERP Team and directly reporting to MIS Manager - Gulf. ERP Domain covered iScala ERP, Exceed - WMS, Boomi - Middleware, Visual Basic Tools built around Scala to support business need, Database Management, Reporting & Analytical solutions built around Microsoft SQL SERVER.
Worked as Business Application Engineer, wherein my primary responsibility was supporting iScala ERP, Exceed WMS, Boomi Middleware and applications build around it. Also continued to work on management of Analysis Services 2000 and database management.
Supported iScala ERP independently for Abu Dhabi Services company of Schneider Electric and Stock/Purchase Order/Sales Order module of iScala in primary company. This involved business process and technical support to Supply chain users. Designing reports for this processes with support of other team members.
Supported Exceed WMS which involved User Administration, Warehouse Business Process Support and designing of reports to be used around it.
Database Management involved migration of SQL SERVER 2000 databases to SQL SERVER 2005, worked on migration to 64 Bit Technology for Database Server for iScala.
Continued with primary responsibility on managing Analysis Services 2000 Server, streamlined user rights on the server and optimized cubes to be used by Business Users. Also started work towards migration of Analysis Server to SQL SERVER Analysis Services 2005. Initiated strategy of Migration of Crystal Reports to SQL SERVER Reporting Services 2005, as a strategy to go towards one platform.
Involved in migration of iScala ERP from 2.2 to 2.3 SR1, which invloved installation and testing of the application. There was also technology migration in terms of way ERP Client were acccessed. We moved from terminal services way of access to Citrix based accessed. Also moved from 32 bit technology to 64 bit technlogy for iScala ERP & SQL SERVER 2005.
Developed Interfaces on Boomi Middleware for communication between iScala ERP & Exceed Warehouse Management Software. Major Interfaces developed were Paperless Outbound Processes and Workshop Stock Adjustment Process. Also was involved in Outbound Processes for APC by Schnieder Electric, major contribution towards starting XML base data exchange.
Worked as Database Administrator looking into Database Management & Reporting. Reporting was based on Crystal Reports & Analysis Services 2000 (Cubes). Also worked on Boomi - Middleware to develop interfaces between iScala - ERP & Exceed - WMS.
Database Management involved Installation and Maintenance of all the Database Servers in the Organization (Production Server - 7 SQL SERVER 2000 & 2 SQL SERVER 2005). Also looked into designing and maintenance of DTS running in this environment and also data transfer happening to our offices in Saudi Arabia. Optimizing of Queries, managing security & access rights and also monitory hardware resources being used on the Database Server.
Managed Analysis Server 2000, wherein we report our Sales, Order Intake, Portfolio, Stock and OTDS through Cubes. Designing of Cubes and User Management has to be taken care.
Developed Interfaces on Boomi Middleware for communication between iScala ERP & Exceed Warehouse Management Software. Major Interfaces developed are Paperless Reception (Automatic creation of ASN), Stock Verification between two systems, SKU & Storer Import to Exceed.
Worked on entire reporting for Finance which is Crystal Reports based, as the reporting structure to our HQ was in different format then one used locally. So instead of manually feeding into the HQ structure, we decided to automize the process. Reports generated where Trial Balance, OverHeads, P&F and SFC Reports.
Worked on Global Database module on InfoPortal (Internal website for web-based reports). Global Database is Schneider’s Global Stock Master which includes all the details about the Products.
Worked as System Analyst, looking into Data Warehousing, Application Development and Direct Marketing Services. This involves large Database Management, Data Mining, Data Analysis, Developing and Maintaining Call center applications with MIS reporting, data processing and Mailing Services.
Managed large data warehouse containing large customer segment in GCC involving data cleaning, data profiling, data migration and data mining.
Developed Database Management application for Driving Force (GolfEx Dubai) a company based in Dubai Media City. Application manages Data Warehouse, allows client to create various campaigns update the database through Call Center & Data Management Site. Application is developed in ASP, Javascript & MS Access.
Data Management for Nokia Connect2Win Campaign, which was for whole MENA region. I had a team of 15 Data Operators, 2 Database Supervisor and 1 Database Administrator. We captured 125, 000 forms in two-month period data was cleaned, structured & delivered to the client.
Data Processing and Data Management of Arab International Logistics IPO, handled team of 40 Data Processing Executives & 5 Supervisors. Job involved data capture of 37, 000 Applications filled in Arabic & English. Delivery of job was done in 15 days, due to tight schedule of allocation of shares to customers.
Database Management & Profiling for AME INFO. This job included Data Capturing from various directories in Region, De-Duplication of Data and Industry Coding.
Database Management for Paris Gallery, which includes Data Processing and Data Analysis.
Handling Data Warehouse for Abu Dhabi University promotion, which includes data gathering through Data Processing (Coupons filled by students), Website and Call Center. Data cleaning and Profiling is done on this database. Application Forms are mailed to prospective candidates, then response management is done to find out effective medium of communication.
Worked as Sr. Software Engineer, looking into System Design and also coding. Worked on Data Warehousing, Web based Applications and Client Server Applications. Involved in product development and also on various projects undertaken by the company.
Worked on a project with Abbott India Ltd (previously known as Knoll India Ltd.), Mumbai. The project was on automating budgeting process for the client. The objective of the exercise was to create a web enabled, efficient and an automated system for the budgeting exercise with focus on Time Saving, Reduction of Errors, Elimination of Redundancy, Reduction of Tedium, and Creation of central repository of information and Data Integrity. Technology being used for project is Java, SQL Server and JRUN as application server.
Developed dataOrganizer™ as a product using Java Technology. Product enables integrating information on common repository using a set of tools designed to assist replication and migration. (http://www.decisioncraft.com/dataorganizer/)
Involved in Design and coding of Market Planner, product does demand forecasting using various Statistical Techniques. Algorithms used are Regression Analysis, Exponential Smoothing, and ARIMA etc. Technology used in this product is EJB, JSP, Servlets, Oracle 8i and application works on all application servers.
Developed Candidate Evaluation System, for In-house recruitment process. System is developed using ASP and SQL Server.
Involved in developing www.education-india.net and www.stanfordplus.com. This is an Education Portal, which caters to Student, Teachers and Parents. The site is developed using PHP, CGI-Perl, Javascript and MySQL.
Created a website www.eternityindia.com which has a database of various slokas in Sanskrit, Hindi, English. The site is developed using PHP, Java Script and MySQL.
Course targets towards Business Application, Software Engineering, S/W and EDP Management and also on various softwares also.