Muhammed Asif Shaikh, Deputy General Manager IT

Muhammed Asif Shaikh

Deputy General Manager IT

Feroze1888 Mills Limited

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
25 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 2 Months

Deputy General Manager IT at Feroze1888 Mills Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since May 2010

• Management and Administration of ICT operations and projects at group level.
• Management and administration of centralized ServiceDesk system at Head Office and 11 remote units.
• Ensure of high availability of business critical IT services and applications with 99.8% of up time.
• Management, administration and up-gradation of company’s business critical applications and services.
• Functional as well as administrative management of Database Operations, Networks, IT Security, applications and Enterprise services teams with the 99% achievement of department KPIs.
• Plan and execute IT services, technology rollout and UP-Gradation projects.
• Implementation and administration of Smart Production and Smart Factory solutions.
• Convert traditional data centers into green and Software Defined Data Center by implementing Software Defines networks (SDWAN) and Hyper Converged solutions.
• Formulation, review and controlling of IT Policies and Procedures and ensuring zero nonconformance in external as well as internal audits.
• Formulation, monitoring and controlling of IT costs, budgets; Identification and execution of saving initiative to cut operational as well as capitalization costs.
• Formulation, monitoring and review of teams and department SMART objectives.
• Formulation and executing of Disaster Recovery and Contingency plans by conducting quarterly/half-yearly DR drills and mock exercises.
• Secure company’s critical IT assets by implementing Cyber Security and Risk Management Frameworks and through regular Cybersecurity awareness sessions.
• Development of short and long-term strategic plans to ensure ICT capacity meets existing and future requirements to achieve company’s goals.
• Closely working with company’s L&D department to identify team’s skills gaps and provide required trainings for the development of team’s hard as well as soft skills.
• Effective negotiations with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors and lock deals with a win-win situation.

Server/Network Architect at Axact (Pvt.) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2004 to May 2010

Responsible for the network and server Infrastructure crossdivisionally,
includes end-to-end Infrastructure services. Ensure that
Business locations are effectively supported with IT infrastructure
policies. Act as focal point for Infrastructure deliveries from the Global
GIS, & Global Vendors. Ensure alignment with global policies. (e.g.
Procurement, Security, Governance, etc.). Ensure provision and
management of local IT infrastructure and services to other business
units as per signed service level agreements.

Network Administrator at Gem Internet Services (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 1999 to August 2004

Ensure network, system hardware and software are at peak operating
efficiency and availability both locally and remotely across the
enterprise. Adhere to departmental policies, procedures and
standards. Interact with users to resolve system problems.
Responsible for monitoring system and network security, make
recommendations and execute improvement plans.

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Preston University Pakistan *
  • August 2017

MBA in MIS with 3.9 CGPA

Bachelor's degree, Electronics
  • at NED University of Engineering and Technology
  • September 1998

Successfully completed 4-Years University Degree Program.

Specialties & Skills

Server Administration
IT Management
Project Management
Team Management
IT Services
IT Service Management
IT Management
IT Security
IT Risk Management
IT Project Management
IT Vendor Management
IT Transformation
IT Process Improvement
IT Team Management
IT Operations
IT Service Delivery
IT Budge Management
IT Compliance
IT Governance
IT Service Continuity
IT Workforce Management
Cloud Computing
IT Outsourcing
IT Performance Management
IT Asset Management
IT Change Management
computer hardware troubleshooting
windows server
system administration
service delivery
team leadership
ms project

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Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Professional Engineer
  • December 1998

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2018
Valid Until:
December 2022
Computer Hardware Maintenance (Certificate)
MCSE (Certificate)
ITIL Foundation (Training)
Training Institute:
Business Beam
One Year Diploma in Computer Science (Certificate)
Microsoft Certified Professional (Certificate)
Power Of Synergy (Training)
Training Institute:
Pakistan Society of Training and Development
Six Sigma Green Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
April 2012

Hobbies

  • RPA, AI, Cricket, Swimming, Reading, Surfing, Gaming