Nael Abuzarifa, Deputy Head of Support & Facilities / Operation

Nael Abuzarifa

Deputy Head of Support & Facilities / Operation

Dubai Financial Market

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
20 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 1 Months

Deputy Head of Support & Facilities / Operation at Dubai Financial Market
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2007

Duties & Responsibilities :

• Project manager for the planning and implementation of Trading systems, Web portal, HR, Service desk and Telecommunications covering DFM, Borse Dubai and Nasdaq Dubai buildings and services.
• Evaluated hardware and established partnership contract agreements with suppliers for the supply of the equipment for major vendors which have resulted in improvement of project and services implementation and financial saving for IT units.
• Provided consultancy service for other departments and business units to help establish IT solutions.
• Manage and lead a team of professionals in a multicultural and multinational environment.
• Interact and communicate with senior management and key stakeholders to address and resolve issues related to project implementation to achieve company’s vision and goals.
• Coordinate with other departments and business units to form strategies for introducing and provisioning of new services.
• Manage day-to-day operation including staff supervision, motivation, monitoring, budget, and planning ongoing projects and activities.
• Technical lead for developing overall strategy including negotiation and development of support unit architecture.
• Contribute unique and innovative solutions to difficult/complex problems and repeatedly make valuable contributions to the collaborative work effort of co-workers and the organization.
Project leader for research, design, planning and development of IT solutions.
• Tender and RFP Evaluation and negotiated with suppliers for best possible solution.
• Participated in all Annual General Meetings (AGM)
• Involved in DFM and Nasdaq Dubai consolidation project.
• Trainer in Technical Promising Program.

Support Engineer at Dubai Financial Market
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2005 to July 2007

Duties & Responsibilities :

• Involved in implementing Service desk manager.
• Technical lead for upgrading trading systems and display boards.
• Managed Avaya operations, Call Accounting System and call management system.
• Managed Document Management System.
• Implemented IVR and E-Fax Administration.
• Key member for establishing Data Center to provide infrastructure for various services including co-location, web hosting and other services.
• Assisted in establishing Call Center department.
• Participated in listing new companies in the financial market.
• Trained new joining support engineers

Systems Administrator at Link Information Technology
  • Palestine
  • May 2003 to August 2004

* Managing Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and FTP servers.
* Manging ISA and IIS.
* Solving hardware/software interface problems.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Islamic University
  • December 2003

Gradute project in Video On Demand , the score is 95 %

High school or equivalent,
  • at AbuArish Secondary School
  • June 1998

Specialties & Skills

Database Administration
Systems Engineering
Team Leadership
Project Management
Technical Competence in Networking, Operating Systems and Applications Support
Ability to work within a team oriented environment
Building effective, productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Organizational development and leadership.understanding business, requirements/expectations
Project management ; interpersonal communication -oral and written
Developing effective negotiation skills; and promoting and maintaining a "healthy," productive work

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

IEEE
  • 41377725 / Computer Engineer
  • January 2001
Engineers Association,Palestine
  • Computer Engineer
  • January 2004

Training and Certifications

Configuring and Administering Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Training)
Training Institute:
Formatech
Date Attended:
November 2012
Cisco Network Associate (Training)
Training Institute:
Sites Power
Date Attended:
December 2006
Foundation Certificate in ITS Service Management (ITIL) (Training)
Training Institute:
EXIN
Date Attended:
May 2007
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Training)
Training Institute:
Future Technology
Date Attended:
September 2004
QlikView Administration , Business Intelligence (Training)
Training Institute:
ICSME
Date Attended:
May 2011
Total Quality Management (TQM). (Training)
Training Institute:
GITEC
Date Attended:
May 2010
Right Fax Technical Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Captaris
Date Attended:
March 2007
HP Service Manager 7.x Software (Training)
Training Institute:
HP Training Centre
Date Attended:
October 2008
The Functional Allegiance (Training)
Training Institute:
GITEC
Date Attended:
April 2007
Brose Man Training Course (Training)
Training Institute:
GITEC
Date Attended:
May 2008
Stress & Time Management (Training)
Training Institute:
GITEC
Date Attended:
June 2011
Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database (Training)
Training Institute:
Sites Power
Date Attended:
January 2010
Accelerated Linux Administration for Experienced HP-UX (Training)
Training Institute:
HP Training Centre
Date Attended:
September 2007
Negotiation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
GITEC
Date Attended:
June 2008
Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database (Training)
Training Institute:
Sites Power
Date Attended:
January 2010
Voice Coaching. (Training)
Training Institute:
GITEC
Date Attended:
April 2007