Security and Crisis Management Analyst (MENAT-APAC Regions)
General Electric - United Arab Emirates
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :16 years, 6 أشهر
• Provide analysis and trending of security log data from several heterogeneous security devices.
• Track media, various intelligence platforms and open sources for terrorism and other incidents or activities that may affect our company assets or employees across 51 countries in MENAT-APAC Region
• Provide Incident Response (IR) support when analysis confirms actionable incident.
• Provide threat and vulnerability analysis as well as security advisory services, Investigate, document, and report on information security issues and emerging trends.
• Work with Intel analysts on open source activities that may impact our company operations.
• Integrate and share information with other analysts and other teams
• Other duties as assigned
Achievements:
Managed 4 crisis situations
Successfully conducted quarterly drills
Worked with Regional Security Directors to finalize list of Security Approved hotels Globally
• Negotiating and finalizing contracts for the Travel & Living (T&L), IT & Telecommunications, MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Operations), Purchased Services across the MENAT Region and Pakistan
• Working on a cost out initiative aiming to reduce cost of T&L by 30% across the region
• Negotiating with major Airlines for discounted / offers in high traffic routes for employees and their immediate families
• Negotiating rates, benefits & services with 500+ hotels across 16 countries
• Accepting offers in the GDS tool (ProLodgic) & conducting audits to ensure rates loaded are in line with our agreement
• Conducting RFP and finalizing contracts for Car Fleet (UAE, Qatar, Oman & Pakistan), GSM, Land line, Bandwidth (UAE, Saudi, Kuwait, Oman & Pakistan)
• Reviewing quotes from IT suppliers and ensuring that they are in line with Master Service Agreements (MSAs) / Globally agreed rates
• Reviewing and awarding tenders related to MRO (office construction / base build, fit out, furniture, IT equipment, AV equipment, telecom requirements, on site Security, etc.)
• Managing contracts with Hotels / Telecom / Recruiting Agencies / Payroll / Facility Management / Security Services Companies, Sourcing equipment and other prerequisites for major projects
• Preparing various monthly / quarterly / annual reports
Achievements
Contributing to more than 2.5 Million annual savings for the company
Identifying budget hotels near remote sites for major projects in O&G and P&W
contracts for Car Fleet (UAE - 430 cars, Pakistan - 53 cars, Kuwat - 50 cars, Qatar - 50 cars)
Reviewing and awarding tenders with bid values of about M$45
• Negotiated with vendors for various products and services like T&L, telecom services, IT equipment, office supplies, office renovation
• Was responsible for approving purchases related to T&L, telecom services, IT equipment, office supplies, office renovation
• Made travel arrangements for business trips & reconciled travel expenses
• Organized events, conferences, trainings, business meetings, team building activities
• Reviewed Purchase Order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy
• Negotiated and closed deals with vendors globally for security printing related products and packaging material
• Managed inbound & outbound shipments including warehousing and logistics operations
• Exported cars from Dubai to Africa
• Managing calendars for MDs
• Making travel arrangements
• Managing medical and motor insurance
• Created quality procedures, documents and guidelines quality standards
• Coordinating with SGS affiliates globally Coordinated with customers in regards to certification of shipments
• Prepared and verifying commercial documents such as Invoice / Packing list.
• Prepared monthly reports for the management.
• Reviewed and amended CVG (Compliance Verification Guidelines)
• Resolving queries from affiliates & clients
• Processed and issued Certificate of Conformity
Worked on a project titled “Plant and Fungus: Biodiversity Inventory, Conservation and Utilization Efforts of the Western Ghats Region, Goa State”.
Sub-titled: ‘Survey of Diversity, Assessment of Beneficial Economic Potential and Eco-conservation of Fungi of Western Ghats, Goa Region’ - Sponsored by Planning Commission, India
• Isolation of yeasts from natural substrates (floral nectar, fruits and tubers)
• Collection of Basidiomycetes (mushrooms) from wild, identification, tissue culture of mushrooms, maintenance of cultures, screening for enzyme activity, cultivation of edible and medicinal mushrooms.
• Maintaining yeast and mushrooms cultures
• Presentation of seminars/lectures on environment awareness, biodiversity, pollution control and waste management related topics to under graduate & graduate students and to general public.
• Screening of cultures for Antibiotics, alkaloids and other useful chemicals in pharma industry
Completed Masters in science (Botany) through Goa University, Goa, Inida. Submitted dissertation titled “Bioprospecting tropical floral nectaries: studies on diversity, ecology and biology of nectar inhabiting yeasts” this work included studying various types of floral nectaries, quantity of nectar found across various flower species, types of sugars and quantity across floral species, screening for yeasts found in nectar of various flowers and comparing them across flower species, studying the nectar secretion process in detail, study on morphological structure of yeasts and, biochemical tests on yeasts such is tolerance to Hydrogen Peroxide (as it is a bi product of nectar fermentation), Fermentation ability of various yeasts isolated from floral nectar (help in prescreening for best yeast strains that can be used in fermentation of wines, vinegars etc), Serological studies - ability of yeast to agglutinate Human blood (aids in pre-screening for lectins in yeast that can be used for preparing medications in treatment of disorders such as hemophilia. - Attended and participated in 3 seminars at national level and presented 4 research papers 1. Received Dr. M. J. Thirumalachar Memorial award 2004 for the best Poster Presentation at the 31st Annual meeting of the Mycological Society of India for the paper titled “Rapid detection of sugars in floral nectar aids in high frequency isolation of saccharophilic nectar inhabiting yeast”. 2. “Rapid detection of sugars in floral nectar aids in high frequency isolation of nectar inhabiting yeasts,” paper presented at 31st National Seminar on Recent Advances in Mycology, Mangalore University. 3. “The potential of Cerebroid Yeast Colonies as model micro-organisms for understanding the growth of solid tumours”, paper presented at National Seminar on Recent Trends in Plant Sciences, sponsored by UGC, Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao Goa 4. “Ecological, Phenological and Biochemical Significance of Bimodal Fruiting of Boletus alutaceus Morgan, an ectomycorrhizal partner of Ficus benghalensis L.”, paper presented at National Seminar on Recent Trends in Plant Sciences sponsored by UGC, Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao Goa.
B. Sc. Goa University 2003 76.86 % Botany
Completed Higher Secondary School through Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College in Margao, Goa - India. Majored in Science and secured an aggregate of 53.00 Percent. Completed Secondary School through Fatima Convent High School with general subjects and secured and aggregate of 69.33%