Nafez Akhras, Chief Technology Officer

Nafez Akhras

Chief Technology Officer

Omrania & Associates

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Diploma, ITIL V3 Foundation
Experience
37 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :37 years, 8 Months

Chief Technology Officer at Omrania & Associates
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since June 2008

O&A (Omrania & Associates) is one of the leading, specialized and distinct companies in the field of architecture and engineering. Since inception, its objective was to produce buildings that are part of the contemporary culture while respecting the architectural heritage of a particular location. O&A has more than 300 highly qualified users in its three offices located across the region (Riyadh, Amman and Manamah).

Responsibilities:
1. Manage Omrania IT dept.
2. Manage Omrania Data centres, IT infrastructure and IT related assets.
3. Manage Omrania IT business applications.
4. Manage and Lead Deltek vision ERP implementation.
5. Manage Omrania IT engineering applications.
6. Manage Omrania Communication and Collaboration infrastructure.
7. Lead Omrania BIM implementation using Revit.
8. Create, Monitor and Control Omrania IT budgets and IT expenditures.
9. IT Staff hiring and staff career path development.
10. IT governance.
11. Change Management.
12. Configuration Management.
13. Research and development.
14. IT and Low current systems design and consultation.

Group IT Manager at Edgo Group
  • Jordan - Amman
  • November 1993 to June 2008

Edgo Group is a holding company of a metrics of more than thirty four (34) business entities located all over the world. Edgo is involved in many types of businesses and activities that includes but not limited to (Oil/Gas/Water drilling, Manufacturing, Maintenance & Workshops, Oil Field Services, Trading, Project Developments, Investments, Schools, Hospitals and others more), which make it a unique of its kind.

Responsibilities:
1. Manage Edgo IT dept. (EID).
2. Manage Edgo IT infrastructure.
3. Manage Edgo IT business applications and ERP System.
4. Manage Edgo IT specialized business applications.
5. Manage Edgo Communication and Collaboration infrastructure.
6. Manage Edgo IT assets.
7. Create Monitor and Control Edgo IT budgets and IT expenditures.
8. IT Staff hiring and staff career path development.
9. IT governance.
10. Change Management.
11. Configuration Management.
12. Research and development.

Application Manager / System Analyst at SmartSystems
  • Jordan - Amman
  • April 1990 to November 1993

Smart Systems Computers, is a local Jordanian computer company trades in computer hardware and design small scale business applications.

Responsibilities and Achievements:
1. Designed, developed and implemented and integrated Accounting & Inventory Control Package called (Smart Accountant).
2. Designed, developed banking simulation system for the Arab Institution of Accounting.
3. Designed, developed and implemented Personnel / Payroll package.
4. Designed, developed statistical package for Jordan University.
5. Assemble, sell and install Servers, PCs and Printers (Novell and Microsoft networks).
6. Customer Support (Hardware & Software).
7. Trained others on different packages (WS, DOS, Windows, etc.)

WANG System Supervisor at Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • August 1988 to December 1990

Kuwait Oil Company is a government owned Oil Company that controls all Oil Fields in Kuwait and has more than 6, 000 employees.

Responsibilities and Achievements:
1. Supervised the Petroleum Engineering Dept. Wang OS.
2. Data Controller of the Kuwait Oil Company oil well’s data.
3. Filling, Microfilm, telex and fax.

Programmer / Network Supervisor at House Of Trade (HOT)
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • September 1986 to August 1988

House Of Trade is a local Kuwaiti contractor specialized in Building, heavy equipment rental and Oil wells maintenance with more

Responsibilities and Achievements:
1. Designed, developed and implemented Personnel / Payroll, Accounting, Inventory Control, and Equipment Rental and Maintenance Systems.
2. Supervised the company applications (Engineering software).
3. Supervised the company Novel 2.15 network.

Education

Diploma, ITIL V3 Foundation
  • at IT-DevJo
  • May 2012
Diploma, CCNA
  • at Cisco
  • February 2010
Diploma, Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA)
  • at Teleprobe
  • January 2010
Diploma, Security+
  • at CompTIA
  • December 2009
Diploma, CISM, Certified Information Security Manager
  • at ISACA
  • June 2009
Diploma, MCITP, Enterprise Administrator
  • at MicroSoft
  • March 2009
Diploma, MCITP, Systems Administrator
  • at MicroSoft
  • March 2009
Diploma, MCSE 2003, Microsoft Certified Network Engineer
  • at MicroSoft
  • February 2009
Diploma, MCSA 2003, Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
  • at MicroSoft
  • January 2009
Diploma, CISA, Certified Information Systems Auditor
  • at ISACA
  • December 2008
Diploma, Microsoft Certified Engineer (MCSE 2003),
  • at GCE
  • October 2008
Diploma, PMP, Project Management Professional
  • at PMI
  • May 2008
Diploma, Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • at Talal Abu Ghazaleh College Of Business
  • February 2008
Diploma, Microsoft Dynamics Financial Management (DynamicsGP)
  • at Talal Abu Ghazaleh College Of Business
  • November 2006
Diploma, Project Management
  • at Arab Knowledge and Management Society (AKMS)
  • July 2006
Bachelor's degree, Financial & Computer Studies
  • at Cyprus Institute Of Marketing
  • September 1998
Diploma, WindowsNT Administration
  • at STS
  • June 1997
Diploma, Computer Science
  • at Kuwait Business Institute
  • June 1986
Diploma, Computer Science
  • at Kuwait Business Institute
  • June 1986
High school or equivalent, High School
  • at Um-Al Qura School
  • June 1983

Bayt Tests

ERP Test
Score 88%

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Project Collaboration
Administration
Team Management
Security
Business Continuity, Operations and Standardization
Business Process Automation
Programming (VB6, VBA, VB.Net, MS Access)
Manager
Information Systems Security, physical and logical perimeter security (including data centres)
Business Applications (Architecting, Designing, Building and Implementing).
Project Manager
Databases (Architecting, Designing, Building and Implementing).
Infrastructure (Architecting, Designing, Building and Implementing)
ERP Systems (Functional & Technical).
ERP Deltek Vision
HR MinaItech MenaHR
ERP Microsoft DynamicsGP
Payroll MenaItech MenaPay

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

PMI
  • Member
  • June 2008
ISACA
  • Member
  • February 2009