Mohammad Ikram, Development Manager

Mohammad Ikram

Development Manager

FAMA Technologies

Location
Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Development Manager at FAMA Technologies
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2008 to November 2009

• Involved in spearheading the entire project management initiatives including Proposal, Costing Planning, Requirements Analysis and Solution Architecture Design.
• Establishing a joint venture company in IT consulting, solutions and services spearheading business development and performing strategic management.
• Responsible for Business Analysis, Define Business Requirements, Designing Solutions and Implementing same for the holding companies.
• Involved in developing technological strategy to translate Business Needs through recent and accepted technology.
• Providing technical support for design and development of various projects.
• Implementing center-of-excellence in process, products, delivery and services in the organizations.
• Utilizing various presentation tools represents status, Timeline, Process and Implementation plans to BOD and management.
• Reviewing the accounting, reporting and analysis of Group Systems costs and recoveries.
• Engaged in planning/execution of the assignment, testing of application, and matching with Requirements.
• Functional Test planning, prioritizing the projects and assuring better outcome of the product.
• Plan Roll-Out of the New Projects
• Managing all Business Intelligence requirement of the Management.

IT Manager at Sunset Beach Resort
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • July 2003 to March 2008

• Mainly accountable for Business Analysis ad identification of Automation Needs of the organization.
• Managed various upgrade software and hardware projects from Analysis to Delivery for the important business units like Member Relations, ESC, MS Exchange 2007 and Fidelio Opera PMS for Front Office.
• Involved in automation of various functions like F&B POS, Asset Management and Data Acquisition etc.
• Developed futuristic documentation on Synopsis, Gap Analysis, Key features & USP list, Guidelines for implementation and Support Handbook.
• Provided technical consultancy for choosing the technology for the above automation projects.
• Led a technical support team of 4 resources for network, email, CATV, CCTV, fully integrated PABX system and Oracle ERP
• Led a team of 2 programmers to customize RealPro© PMS as required by the specific needs of Sunset Beach
• Customized Financial and Management reports (Accounting reports in MTD, YTD, Full Year format and Quarterly format), Actual vs. Budget and Last Year Comparative Statements in MTD, YTD and Quarterly format, Multi Level Trial Balance and Balance Sheet, Expense Details, Customer and Supplier Statement, Aged Debtors, Aged Creditors, Amortization, Accruals) according to the Uniform System of Accounting for hotels and resorts
• Analyzed, designed and developed CRM (Sales Call Management, Member Relations & Logistics, Bulk SMS and Email broadcasting to members and employees)
• Analyzed, designed and developed Front Desk System (Rooms Check In/Out, Daily Guests Entry, Central Reservation, Banquet Management, Security Gate System)
• Designed and Developed Interface between RealPro© Finance System and Pixel Point POS for the daily sales posting
• Designed and Developed Interface between RealPro© and Premier SPA for daily sales and stock adjustments
• Analyzed, designed and developed Sunset Beach Credit/Debit Card system for Members and Residents
• Developed Meal Privilege and Discounts System using employee cards

System Analyst at ICON - International Consultants
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 1999 to June 2003

• ICON is a USA based software development company operating projects throughout the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in gulf region. ICON has implemented standard Oracle based applications, developed custom software and provided technical services in many regions.
• As a senior system analyst, was responsible for handling various projects right from their conceptualization to implementation.
• Analyzed the project requirements, designed and planned the various processes, assigned specific modules to members and monitored the progress.
• Responsible for development and customization of different modules of Oracle Property Management System RealPro©
o Financials (General Ledger, Account Receivables, Accounts Payables, Cash Management, Fixed Assets Management, Budgeting, Purchasing)
o Sales and Leasing, Resident Services, Automatic Billing
o Utility Billing (Telephone, Electricity, Water)
o Maintenance Management System
o Inventory & Stock Control
o Human Resource Management System (Personnel, Payroll, Leave Administration, Employee Loans, GOSI Calculation, HRMS Budget)
• Generating custom reports using Developer 2000, Reports 2.5, 3.0 & 6i

Projects:
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• Kingdom Tower, Riyadh KSA (Owned by Kingdom Holdings)
Implementation of Oracle ERP

• Faisaliah Tower, Riyadh KSA (Owned by King Faisal Foundation)
Implementation of Oracle ERP

• Khaldia Towers, Riyadh KSA (Owned by King Khalid Foundation)
Implementation of Oracle ERP

• Arabian Homes Residential Compounds, Jeddah KSA
Customized and developed new financial reports.

• Mura Bustan Residential Compound, Jeddah KSA
Migration of Oracle ERP to new Oracle and Forms 5 from Oracle 7.3

• Sunset Beach Resort, Al-Khobar KSA (Owned by FAMA Holdings)
Implementation of Oracle ERP

• Ibn Zahr - Saudi European Petrochemicals (SABIC) Jubail KSA
Re-engineered Materials, Maintenance, Purchasing, Budgeting, Human Resources Systems with a team of 5 developers

Analyst Programmer at ICON - International Consultants
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • September 1997 to March 1999

• Worked with team of 4 to analyze, design and develop SFDC (Shop Floor Data Collection) scheduling system for GARMCO (Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill - Bahrain) using Oracle8 Designer 2000 and Developer 2000 (Forms 5.0 & Reports 3.0) in Windows NT and UNIX environment.
• As a senior member of team, created and managed the Repository for SFDC in Designer 2000.
• Designed and developed modules for scheduling and online data collection of Scalping (SLP), Finishing Lines (TLL, SLT CTL, CIRCLES).

Analyst Programmer at PAKIKON - International Consultants
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 1997 to August 1997

• PakIkon is a branch office of ICON - International Consultants in Pakistan.
• Worked on initial designing and development of different projects of ICON and prepared the Forms and Reports using Oracle7 and Developer 2000 Release 1.0 in Windows NT environment.

Programmer at Jaffer Consulting
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 1994 to December 1996

• Actively involved in developing screens and reports for Bank of Punjab automation project for Account Opening, Cheque Book Issuance, Current Deposits, PLS Saving Deposits, Term Deposit Receipts, Account Closing
• Developed above mentioned modules using DEC Forms, DEC RDB, DEC C (embedded) & DEC SQL in VAX/VMS environment

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences
  • at NCCS-National College of Computer Sciences
  • September 1995

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Specialties & Skills

Data Collection
Deposits
Administration
IT Operation Management, Disasters Recovery & Business Continuity Planning/Implementation
Application Development as well as Product Customization & Implementation Projects
IT Infra-structure Planning/Design/Implementation/Integration Projects, Business Analysis & Solution
Database Design/Configuration/Administration/Service Support

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate