Group IT Manager
Al-Otaiba Group (AVIS RENT A CAR, Xerox, Homewide, Corporate Connection)
Total des années d'expérience :16 years, 7 Mois
• ICT management of Major Private Cloud infrastructure (SaaS, IaaS) 24x7x235
• Rendering support to virtual infrastructure, (Oracle DB, SQL, MS Dynamic AX, ORION, SAP ERP, CRM, CarPro, Citrix, AD, DNS, Web servers, TCP/IP, Exchange Mail server, HR System, VEEM Backup system, Attendance, CCTV, VOIP ) and portal system across more than 40 locations around UAE.
• Implement maintenance and disaster recovery plans, achieving best uptime 99.9%.
• Monitor performance of team members and render productivity enhancement KPIs.
• Best practice system security using both firewalls CISCO ASA and enterprise security TRENDMICRO proven the ability to maintain data confidentiality, integrity and availability.
• Focus on management of various IT assets and ensure compliance to IT budget, proving the ability to save money of OPEX and CAPEX. (save 25% out of 10M AED budget)
• Conduct need based training sessions for team members based on identified training need
Projects :
In house Complete infrastructure Data Center for AVIS Rent a Car.
In house full private Cloud Center for Al-Otaiba Group.
Group network and connectivity for more than 40 locations across UAE.
Establishing Disaster recover (Cold Site) to Ensure Business continuity.
Implementing Exchange server 2010 for the group (HW/SW/Backup).
Implementing Manage Engine System for Global Support.
Centralizing Camera and Security Systems.
In Charge of support the Quick Financial Broker Accounting System including software and building infrastructure.
In charge of managing the software development life cycle, starting from meeting customers and gathering requirements, and ending by delivering the applications for User Acceptance Testing and final production.
Quality and meeting the deadline are key success factors in my role. For this reason, I am managing the development team by distributing tasks between team members according to each member’s strengths and skills, and trouble-shooting the critical issues.
I was responsible for providing advice on all the technical aspects of the business.
One of the key projects I have been working in Inventory Department & Purchasing Department And Call Centers.
I was Responsible for Special program to automat voting process in the elections of the Ministry of Youth in Egypt.
Collaborate in Custom program that using satellite receiver (GPS) in tracking remote vehicles and real time platting and In Vehicles Mapping.
I was a sole developer working on the Program for October 6 University GIS guide for Student supporting (Information-Location) about University Buildings and colleges, which helps new students.
I was able to solve a major problem, when we try to convert AutoCAD Files has Arabic Annotation Into ArcGIS 8.3 GeoDatabase Format. The Arabic text never converts in the right way, so I designed and develop a simple utility that completely solving the problem, so work has a great utilization of old maps made by AutoCAD into a new GIS System.
I used to give advices about work hardware demands considering the performance needed and cost.
Give IT support level 1 to all departments
Master Degree in Information Technology
Post graduate in computer system management at Heriot Watt University
Commerce, accounting.