khalid Fares Abuarja, General Manager Qatar-Partner

khalid Fares Abuarja

General Manager Qatar-Partner

Devoteam

Location
Qatar
Education
Master's degree, • Master of Science-Msc. in Sustainable development -Development Management: Specialty in ICT
Experience
36 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :36 years, 9 Months

General Manager Qatar-Partner at Devoteam
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since October 2011

Devoteam Middle East: Partner- Country Manager-Qatar. 2011 to present: Leading, Managing the operation of the company. Devoteam is one of the largest European ICT consulting firm. www.deveoteam.com
• Established the operation: created the company business vision and plans and manage successful presence.
o Direct, advice, consult for Devoteam customer: Strategy, business process development and governance, technology strategy and design, IT automation, program management, project management, and project management organization and office.
o Active participation in the design of management system, policies, procedures and business strategies.

Professional Services Manager at GBM
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2002 to June 2011

Gulf Business Machine-GBM: Professional Services Manager, 2002 - 2011: as services country manager:
• Leading and managing the country wide services business strategy. Ensure effective customer relationship. Envision sustainable business development model. Deliver complex IT and ICT projects.
During the last 10 years, the following are summery of focus areas:
• Business coverage: Financial, government, education, Airlines, Oil & Gas, Telecom.
• Customer relationship: Strategic relationship with executives.
• Direct, lead and oversee mission critical engagement: (Sample) Multi Millions US$ engagements:
o GBM: E government with ictQatar from 2002 to 2011
o GBM: Qatar National Education Data System-QNEDS. National Education Data Warehouse and information services framework for the supreme education counsel-SEC.
o GBM: Labor permits E-services:-ictQatar.
o Branch Automation: Qatar National bank-QNB..
o GBM: Enterprise Data Warehouse: Qatar National bank-QNB.
o GBM: Service Oriented Architecture: Urban Planning for Development-UPDA: building permit e-service.
o GBM: E-government Qatar 2002-2003: Quality manager. Project manager, performed audit and health check for Qatar e government in 2002.

Corporate Project office Specialist and Planning and Standards at Qatar Telecom Qtel
  • Qatar - Doha
  • August 1997 to May 2002

Qatar Telecom Q-TEL 1997-2002.
Corporate Project Office Specialist-PMO specialist, 2001 - 2002:
1. Set the foundation for a corporate project office with a mission: steer, advice, help and support mission critical projects.
2. Roll-out the PMO system.
Head of IT Planning & Standards, 1997 - 2001:
3. Manage IT strategy and planning, IT Quality management, Process management, and custom software development methodologies.

SHIHADEH & Partners for Software Consultancy & Solutions Deputy GM- IT & Business Services Manager, at SHIHADEH & Partners for Software Consultancy & Solutions Deputy GM- IT & Business Services Manager,
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 1996 to July 1997

Manage the corporate wide mission,

MIS Manager at International Company for Optical & Hearing AID Industry
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 1991 to January 1996

International Company for Optical & Hearing AID Industry
MIS Manager, 1994 - 1996
Jordan Optical Manufacturing Company
MIS Section Head, 1991 - 1994

Technical Jobs at Technical Jobs
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • July 1986 to July 1990

Programmer, analyst....

Education

Master's degree, • Master of Science-Msc. in Sustainable development -Development Management: Specialty in ICT
  • at Imperail College London
  • October 2010

• Master of Science-Msc. in Sustainable development -Development Management: Specialty in Information and communication technology for development-ICT4D. University of London: Imperial College London. 2010: Dissertation: Knowledge-Based Society-Economy: Strategy & Policy Perspective. Case Study: State of Qatar. Graduated with Merit.

Diploma, Professional master Certificate in Project Management
  • at George Washington University
  • November 2008
Diploma, PMP
  • at PMI
  • January 2003

PMP

Bachelor's degree, information systems and management studies
  • at University of London
  • June 2001

• Bachelor of science-Bsc. in information systems and management studies (University of London).

Specialties & Skills

Sustainability
Software Quality Assurance
Strategic IT
Software Solutions
ICT4D Sustaianble development
ICT Strategy
IT Quality Assurance

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

PMO, ISO, (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 1995
Valid Until:
January 2011