Manager, Applications and Development
Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :18 years, 4 أشهر
Manage all activities in ERP financial and banking applications, and other service applications.
•Manage and develop data integrity and security standards for the systems.
•Manage IT projects for new application implementation and enhancement projects.
•Manage relationships with third party support and development suppliers.
•Lead a team of application administrators, DBAs, analysts and programmer specialists.
•Responsible for projects budgeting, expenditure and resources needed.
•Initiate automation projects to automate all paper work activities in business department.
•Plan applications upgrade and enhancement projects
•Assist the CIO with yearly IT budget formulation, and controlling IT expenditure.
•Acting as the main contact person between Information Technology and business units
•Developing an in-depth understanding of business requirements and their strategic direction
Manage all activities in the IT Department (Applications, Network, and Data Center).
•IT Gap Analysis, and prepare IT Strategic Plan to achieve organization goals.
•Manage IT Budget (CAPEX/OPEX)
•Manage IT projects, and business development.
•Planning and designing Disaster Recovery Plans (D/R) and Business Continuity Plans (B/C).
•Manage IT staff by recruiting, training, coaching, KPIs, and evaluation.
•Maintain IT policy and procedures, and Service level agreements.
•Establish and maintain relationships with contractors and equipment suppliers.
•Manage the datacenter and infrastructure hardware.
•Ensure security of data, network access, and backup systems.
•Running enhancement activities and business development.
•Member of the Executive Management Committee, and reporting to the CEO.
•Prepare IT achievements reports, and present it to the Board of Directors (BOD).
Responsible for all activities in Oracle E-Business Suite.
•Accountable for all aspects related to Oracle System in all tires.
•Managing the integration between Oracle and other systems.
•Lead projects related to Oracle Applications, Database, and Servers.
•Plan, and coordinate Oracle upgrade projects, and playing a major role in all project stages.
•Lead Oracle Applications Team
Maintain Oracle Financial E-Business Suite and HRMS/Payroll applications.
•Analyzing user business requirements and align them with best business practices.
•Administration of IBM-AIX servers in production and testing environments.
•Function as the primary contact for end-users on all issues or requests related to Oracle.
•Function as the main contact for vendors and third-Party services providers
•Work autonomously to design, code, test, document and debug small programs.
•Monitor application server activities and status via oracle enterprise manager.
Upload daily journal patch and currency rates from the banking system (T24) to Oracle.
•Installation, administration and maintenance of Oracle application server and corporate portal.
•Perform end-of-year closing for the financial applications and starting fiscal year.
•Prepare and write application changes forms (ACF) to deliver user request and system changes.
•Support users to perform day-to-day business activities.
•Oracle application & database backup/restore management (cold backup)
•Perform patches and upgrades testing and rollout with DBA assistance.
•Publish daily financial reports (income statement and balance sheet).
•Oracle fix patches and upgrades patches.
•Oracle fast-formula programming.
(1 Yr., 9 Months)
Manipulation of agreements, contract documents, and Research Chairs.
COOP - Training Program).
Involved in building two projects
•Project 1: Maintenance Tracking System
Web based application designed by HTML, and JSP, with ORACLE Database.
•Project 2: Central & Telephone Tracking System
Web based application designed by HTML, and ASP, with MS-SQL database.