Kenneth Jathanna, Group CIO

Kenneth Jathanna

Group CIO

Green Coast Enterprises

Location
India
Education
Diploma, Systems Analysis & Design
Experience
31 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :31 years, 4 Months

Group CIO at Green Coast Enterprises
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2014

Supervises a team of Infrastructure, Security, Network and Application managers/personnel for establishing an IT governance model to enable business requirements, by investing in Information Technology resources and processes to deliver business objectives and goals.

Key Accountability.
Develop strategies to achieve business goals and recommend investments that deliver measurable results
Ensuring that the information technology and network infrastructure supports the company’s computing, data processing and communication needs.
Recruit and Manage a team of IT specialists who operate the company’s IT resources and support departmental users
Budget management skills, to reduce costs and maintain IT needs within budgets, while maintaining high standard of service to users.
Establishing strategic service provider partnerships
Project management skills and aptitude for customer engagements
Respond to changing requirements to IT resources
Proficiency in establishing IT framework and policies

IT Manager at iSystemIntegrators
  • India
  • April 2011 to May 2014

Operations and Management of the IT firm, mainly dealing in Software Solutions to the local market in partnership with various vendors across many verticals.

Director - Operations (UAE) at Pals Global FZC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2009 to March 2011

Overall Administration, Business Development and Support for the companies new operations in UAE.

Regional SAP Manager at Carrier Middle East Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2005 to January 2009

Plan, design, develop and execute the Middle East SAP strategies in line with the EMEA SAP strategy, to achieve short and long term goals for SAP implementation across the ME region. Vendor evaluation and selection process. Build and assist the ME centre of competence. Develop and execute shared services for the region. IT management support for all the 5 Middle East entities.

Manager - Information Systems at Arabian Airconditioning Company (Carrier)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 1993 to August 2008

Design the vision and driving innovation in the delivery of technology as a strategic asset to enable business units to deliver and meet their results. Establish IT governance in line with business goals, objectives and policies set by the organization. Manage the department's budgets, assets and IS personnel. Ensuring business continuity, and develop and train IS team. Full responsibility for all the 6 branches in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Education

Diploma, Systems Analysis & Design
  • at National Institute of Information Management (N.I.I.T)
  • May 1989
Bachelor's degree, Physics
  • at Ravishankar University
  • August 1987

Specialties & Skills

Business Operations Management
IT Management
LAN/WAN Design and Implementation (Software)
IBM AS/400 Configuration & Administration
Web Page Designing & ASP
MIS Management
SAP Implementations - Projects
AS400 CL & RPG ILE Design and Programming
Enterprise IT Architecture
Project Management
Business Continuity Planning
Migration Management
Risk management

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

Linked IN
  • Member
  • January 2008

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 1999
Valid Until:
May 1999
ITIL v3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009
AS/400 CL & RPG/ILE Course Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 1998
Valid Until:
July 1998
Course Completion on Ethical Leadership, Business Ethics, Antiboycott, Communciations, Conflicts (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2008
Valid Until:
November 2008