Kevin Gan, Senior ICT Executive

Kevin Gan

Senior ICT Executive

Al Tamouh Investments LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.Sc (Hons) in Network Computing
Experience
18 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 0 Months

Senior ICT Executive at Al Tamouh Investments LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since September 2009

Job Responsibilities:

-Directed the planning, implementation, budgeting, and operations of six-site operations.

-Scope of responsibility was diverse and included purchasing, vendor management, inventory control & technical planning.

Key Achievements:

-Renegotiated key vendor contracts for a 15% reduction over previous year's cost.

-Facilitated the procurement and implementation of Call Center for new subsidiary following the launching of Call Center that provide sales, marketing, property and facilities management.

-Spearheaded cost-reduction initiatives in VOIP implementation organization wide that can reduce operation cost by 20%.

-Introduced continues improvement and quality management programs throughout the inventory of the organization such as SysAid & IT Governance Policies.

-Independently planned and lead the implementation of a six-site Firewall migration.

Service Support Engineer at Xuenn Ptd Ltd
  • Singapore
  • October 2008 to September 2009

Job Responsibilities :

-Provide support to existing customers and responsible for troubleshooting and debugging minor program bugs.

-Responding to inquiries of customer inquiries through email, web, phone, diagnoses and analyses problems.

Key Achievements:

-Reduced 10% ticket volume via procedure and documentation development for first-tier troubleshooting issues.

-Performed as direct escalation point interacting with ISPs for networking based queries.

-Created “Service Desk Knowledge Based” tickets for the team in tracking all support ticket regarding the various issues for trend analysis and findings.

-Created “Outage report” for the management to help in tracking all support ticket regarding the various issues for trend analysis and findings.

Technical Support Specialist at Dell Asia Pacific
  • Malaysia
  • June 2006 to October 2008

Job Responsibilities :

-Supporting the Asia Pacific Region customers.

-Provide first-level technical Support on basic operational or maintenance of personal computers and /or peripherals using available tools.

Key Achievements:

-Exposure to technical support troubleshooting in international call centers.

-Strong technical support background includes troubleshooting and repair of hardware, software and network.

-Superior skills in communication and customer service.

-Experienced maximizing productivity by working effectively with both internal and external customers.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc (Hons) in Network Computing
  • at Coventry University
  • April 2006

Bachelor of Science with Honors, Upper Second Class in Network Computing Significant Coursework: * Database System Concepts A * System development Tools & Techniques B+ * Software Engineering A- * Operating Systems & Applications B+ * Computer Communications B+ * Professional Skills & Group Project A * Advanced Programming B+ * Internet Technology A * E-Commerce A- * Network Management A- * Network System A- * Principles of Computer Networks A- Awards/Recognition: *INTI Sportsman/Special Talent Award *INTI Merit Award 2003 *INTI Merit Award 2004 *Mount Kinabalu Hiking Award Personal Strengths: *Desire to learn *Good team player *Good communication skill *Always willing to work in challenging environment

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Technologies
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH Certified)

Languages

English
Expert
Chinese
Expert
Cantonese
Expert
Malay
Expert
Mandarin
Expert

Memberships

All state basketball team
  • State Player
  • January 2000
PADI Asia Pacific
  • Advanced Open Water Diver
  • October 2008
Malaysia Hiking Club
  • Team Member
  • January 2005

Training and Certifications

MCSE: Security-Windows 2003 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2009
Valid Until:
March 2009
MCSA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009
Valid Until:
February 2009
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2008
Valid Until:
December 2008
CEH v6 certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2009
Valid Until:
May 2009
MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2009
Valid Until:
November 2009
CCNSP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2011
Valid Until:
February 2011