Osama awaad, Group IT Director

Osama awaad

Group IT Director

Obegi Chemicals

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer & systems
Experience
24 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 11 Months

Group IT Director at Obegi Chemicals
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2022 to February 2024

Lead and manage all IT aspects, develop proactive IT environment, set the roadmap for ERP migration, leverage the security standards, enhance systems utilization, introduce new technologies that serve business goals and automate business processes. Support the board to achieve the yearly objectives by applying best IT practices.

IT Director at Agility logistics
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2008 to May 2022

• Deploy IT services & set their KPIs/SLA.
• Developing/applying country IT policies, standards & procedures (BCP, DR…).
• Recruit, train and coach the IT team.
• Plan & control the annual budget (OPEX & CAPEX).
• ERP systems implementation & integration with customers
• Provide innovative IT solutions for business challenges that increase quality, productivity & reduce costs
• Applying IT services continuous improvement that assures security rules enhancing, robust data guard, cost reduction, wide availability, max continuity and better usability.
• Maintain/update records and documentation of the IT infrastructure, systems, processes, procedures & policies
• IT projects management.

IT Manager at LEONI Wiring Systems- multinational
  • Egypt
  • October 2001 to May 2008

• Set IT strategy, goals & targets.
• Budget planning (OPEX & CAPEX).
• IT projects management (Infra, systems & software solutions)
• Implement ITIL standards
• Design, deploy & maintain robust, resilient and expandable Infrastructure services
• Provide stable, optimized IT services for all business activities
• Implement and support ERP/MRP systems
• Enhance running systems and develop others to facilitate work flow processes
• Manage and guide subordinates (Technical & SW development).
• Evaluate & enhance IT department members’ performance
• Recommend, develop and implement courses of action to continuously improve systems, procedures, policies, activities and reports.
• Ensure adherence to corporate group policies & standards
• Come up with technological changes that enhance performance & reduce costs
• Ensure services availability & reliability
• Applying security standards that protect business investments
• Ensure procedures documentation for all IT activities

Senior software engineer at ISI
  • Egypt
  • August 1999 to August 2001

• Develop desktop and Internet applications
1. Time Attendance (developed, Installed & configured HW & SW)
2. Payroll system
3. card issuing solutions (for banks & sports clubs)
4. Secured passport issuing for different foreign embassies.
5. HR solutions
• Expert in using visual studio, SQL, Oracle, crystal reports & lead tools.
• Set time frames and targets and follow up the execution of each development process.
• Manage and support the software team to achieve targets.

Instrumentation engineer at Target engineering
  • Egypt
  • March 1999 to August 1999

•PLC programming.
•Design control systems.
•Create MMI for different industrial process

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer & systems
  • at Ain Shams University
  • August 1998

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Data Center Architecture
Team Management
Virtualization
Programming
Infrastructure projects design & implementation
Budget forecasting & control
ERP systems implementation & support
Project Management
Data center design/implementation & maintaining
IT team building/management
SQL server
WIN 2003-2022 Server
MS Dynamics 365
INFOR system implementation

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Prince2 practitioner (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
TOGAF 9 ENTERPRISE ARCH (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
ITIL Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Valid Until:
December 2019
Oracle 10i Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Synergy
Date Attended:
September 2010
Cisco VOIP (Training)
Training Institute:
Synergy
Date Attended:
November 2010
PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Am Cham
Date Attended:
July 2004
MCSE (Training)
Training Institute:
Synergy
Date Attended:
April 2006
CCNA (Training)
Training Institute:
Synergy
Date Attended:
March 2006
Six sigma Champion (Training)
Training Institute:
Symbion
Date Attended:
August 2007