Mahmoud Aly, MBA, T&T Industry Consultant, Project Manager and Business Analyst

Mahmoud Aly, MBA

T&T Industry Consultant, Project Manager and Business Analyst

IBM - Egypt

Location
Egypt - Alexandria
Education
Master's degree, Master Of International Transport and logistics
Experience
18 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months

T&T Industry Consultant, Project Manager and Business Analyst at IBM - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2019

Title: Project Manager
Project: QHPP (Qatar Hamad Port Project)
- Providing AMS support for PMIS (Port Management Information System) & PCS (Port community system)
- Planning and sequencing of schedules Sprints and activities
- Negotiating work Capacity with the team
- Removing impediments and assisting the team
- Maintains staff by selecting, orienting and developing personal growth opportunities.

Title: Business Analyst
Project: TAMM Abu Dhabi
- Full Analysis of the current services to Migrate
- Preparing Requirement documentation (writing user stories & Design’s’ Build)
- Handover for Development team
- Supporting Development process
- Preparing and delivering UAT to business team
- TA & DA Approvals for Soft launch on TAMM Portal
- QA & Content Sign OFF for Go live process
- Training Documentation & FAQ

Title: Project Manager
Project: NIKE (Customs Compliance)
- Work closely with Scrum Master to assure working is done according to plan and objectives are achieving with the quality needed.
- Maintains staff by selecting, orienting and developing personal growth opportunities.
- Track project costs in order to meet budget.

Title: Business Analyst
Project: QHPP (Qatar Hamad Port Project)
- Improve system by studying current practices (Harbor, Billing…), designing modifications.
- Recommend controls by identifying problems, writing improved procedures.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Participate in writing, reviewing and do final check for user training, including writing training scenarios and exercises.

Title: Project Manager - Business Analysis
Project: KAP (King Abdullah Port)
- Managing Support Teams which provide services 24/7 for PMIS and PCS.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Improve system by studying current practices and designing modifications.

Title: Project Manager
Project: Instant Remittance Solutions - Governmental Bank in Egypt
- Managing Development Team that provide IRS Module to the customer.
- Interface with the client via weekly and steering meeting to define, track and Manage project progress.
- Review and agree the UATs with different departments within client organization for the final acceptance procedures.
- Maintain healthy project procedures via applying IBM Project management methodologies with the customer peers.

IT Project Manager at Integrated Solutions For Ports
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • March 2016 to January 2019

Alexandria Port Automation Project Manager:
 Interface with clients to define project requirements.
 Define scope and objectives for projects based on user needs.
 Identifies constraints, conflicts, risks, and solutions.
 Coordinates and cooperates with, but is not Manager of, IT Infrastructure Manager, IT Research &Development Manager, Financial Manager, and Human Resource Manager.
 Oversee and execute other project management duties as assigned.
 Participates in Business Managers’ meetings and serves as a representative on committees/projects as appropriate
 Attends Strategic Initiative Steering Committee meetings, as requested.

IT Business Development at ISFP- (Integrated Solutions For Ports)
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • March 2009 to March 2016

Business Development Duties:
 Participate in Market Research and Business Analysis studies as required.
 Manages proposal process to respond to mainly governmental comprehensive Requests for Proposals (RFP).
 Manages proposal schedule to meet deadlines.
 Delegate tasks among Project Managers, R&D Department, IS Department, PS department, Financial, HR etc. throughout the proposal process.
 Assembles and Perform final quality control review in cooperation with Proposal Manager before proposals are delivered to the customer.
 Develop and Manage internal and external training programs in conjunction with HR department.
 Design, develop and implement KPI’s Reports and dashboard for current client senior management.
 Official representative in exhibitions, Expos and related business conferences.
Project Management Duties:
 Interface with clients to define project requirements.
 Define scope and objectives for projects based on user needs.
 Identifies constraints, conflicts, risks, and solutions.
 Oversee and execute other project management duties as assigned.
 Coordinates and cooperates with, but is not manager of, IT Infrastructure Manager, IT Research &Development Manager, Financial Manager, and Human Resource Manager.
 Participates in the monthly Business Managers’ meetings and serves as a representative on committees/projects as appropriate
 Attends Strategic Initiative Steering Committee meetings, as requested.
Business Analysis Duties:
 Analyze business needs, document requirements and resolve moderately complex system problems.
 Analyze and evaluate client initiated changes to existing systems to enhance or develop from a business perspective.
 Act as a liaison between business users and technical team members to develop detailed systems design specifications and components.
 Act as single point of contact between the client and R&D, Infrastructure and analysis departments.
 Communicate configuration changes and system feature changes (as upgrades and new features are rolled out) to internal project team.
 Possess and demonstrate strong analytical curiosity and innovative problem solving skills using a systems thinking approach.
 Oversees business to system knowledge management, and assisting in overall system design from user interface through backend processes.
Operations and Implementations Duties:
 Provides production support and problem resolution on day-to-day issues.
 Plays an active, hands-on role in investigating, testing, and implementing technical and procedural solutions for projects.
 Coordinate with departments to provide training and documentation.
 Provides assistance with user training and documentation activities.

Business Intelligence Web Report Developer at GPME - (Global Project Management Enterprise)
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • May 2008 to February 2009

Project JUMANA Towers - Qatar:
 Developing Web Based Business Intelligence Interactive Reports and Dashboards using SAP Xcelsius 2008, Excel, XML, PHP and MS SQL 2005 for Primavera P6.
 Design and Develop Info Maker Based Reports for Primavera Contract Manager.

Project AL KHAFJI Joint Operations (KJO) - Saudi Arabia:
 Leading Team of Document Controllers in Multi Million dollar Project adding and updating Correspondence’s, Submittals using Primavera Expedition (Contract Manager).

Senior IT Operation Engineer at ISFP - (Integrated Solutions For Ports)
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • February 2006 to April 2008

 Provides production support and problem resolution on day-to-day issues.
 Tomcat administration on IBM AIX and Windows Platforms.
 Responsible for Deploy all SPS Packages, DB in site (AIX - Oracle).
 Daily review of server events, Daily inspection of web logs.
 Running Patches and DB Queries.
 Analyze and evaluate client initiated changes to existing systems to enhance or develop from a business perspective.
 Conducts problem analysis and submit recommendations for solutions.
 Leading as Senior Operation Engineer team of Operation Engineers in ADABIA Port.
 Help Setting Testing Plans QA/QC.
 Application Reports Development using (Oracle -Crystal Reports XI).

Education

Master's degree, Master Of International Transport and logistics
  • at Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
  • June 2014

Excellent With Honor Degree

Diploma, JAVA II - Programming
  • at Scholarship from Min.Of Communications
  • November 2001

IT Training / Focus JAVA 2 Programming Certification: Sun Certified JAVA Programmer

Bachelor's degree, Computers
  • at High Institutation - King Marot
  • May 2000

Specialties & Skills

Team Leadership
Problem Solving
Team Management
Standard SQL

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Languages

English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

ITIL (Training)
Training Institute:
Smart Systems
Date Attended:
January 2012
Duration:
12 hours
CBAP - Business Analysis Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
ASITA
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
40 hours
PMP 5th - Project Manager (Training)
Training Institute:
SimpliLearn
Date Attended:
October 2013
Duration:
36 hours

Hobbies

  • Walking