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Abdulhay Al-Afrangy, Information System Manager

Abdulhay Al-Afrangy

Information System Manager·Taajeer Finance Company

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Work experience

Total years of experience: 33 years, 11 months

Information System Manager

September 2016 - Present

Taajeer Finance Company

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

September 2016 - Present

Leasing company is a closed shareholding company licensed to work in the leasing of SAMA to provide the best financing solutions for individuals and the corporate sector. Company Size 501 - 1000 employees.

• Responsible for the technological direction of a company. Proposes budgets for programs and projects, purchases and upgrades equipment, supervises computer specialists and IT workers, and presides over IT-related projects.
• Provide technological guidance within an organization.
• Supervise information system and communications network.
• Develop and implement a customer service platform to serve the organization in every aspect.
• Design, establish, and maintain a network infrastructure for local and wide area connectivity and remote access.
• Consult with administration, department managers, and manufacturing representatives to exchange information, present new approaches, and to discuss equipment/system changes.
• Participate in vendor contract negotiations for all new computer equipment and software purchased for the corporation.
• Create a cost-benefit analysis as well as supporting a detailed definition of data requirements and departmental workflows.
• Oversee Internet and computer operations.
• Manages the day-to-day operations of the information technology department including directing staff, who support administrative computing, networking, user services, telecommunications and other information technology functions.
• Assess and anticipate technology projects and recommend appropriate action and resources.
• Establish and direct the strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures for the information technology department.
• Propose hardware/software solutions to accomplish the company's business objectives.
• Identify user needs and resolve problems.

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Information Technology

IT Operation Manager

January 2010 - September 2016

Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

January 2010 - September 2016

GSCCO operates the Northern Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port and Container Terminal at Jubail Commercial Port in additions to the operations at King Fahd Industrial Port at Jubail. Company Size 1001 - 5000 employees.

• Client for this assignment is the Ports Authority, Saudi Arabia.
• Duties are to supervise the implementation of the project deliverables, which include the installation of Terminal Operating System Navis SPARCS N4, Disaster Recovery Systems, and Auto Gates Implementation at Jubail Commercial Port and Jeddah Islamic Port.
• Overseeing company’s technological direction includes planning; implementing and maintaining best practices for information technology that aligns with all corporate functions, also evaluate the use of existing and new technology to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Directing information technology services includes managing all information technology staff and making all final decisions on service changes, purchases and related processes to insure integrity and security of the company’s information.

Company industry:
Shipping
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Information Security Analyst

October 2008 - January 2010

Global Arabian for Modern Application Ltd.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

October 2008 - January 2010

GAMA has been dedicated itself in providing high quality, unique and innovative software application and network solutions. GAMA is a part of GAMA group. Company Size 501 - 1000 employees.

• Client for this assignment is the governmental projects, Saudi Arabia.
• Duties are to supervise the implementation of the project deliverables, which include the installation of their systems.
• Planning and coordinating the company’s technological direction, also employ information technology workers and computer specialists to implement information technology - related projects. Proposing budgets for projects and make decisions of personnel, staff training and equipment purchasing, reviewing the output of departments and establish administrative policies.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Database Administrator

January 2006 - October 2008

Daleelteq Company

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

January 2006 - October 2008

Daleelteq invests in information and communications technology solutions.
Company Size 501- 1000 employees.

• Client for this assignment is the Ministry of Water and Electricity, Western region.
• Duties are to supervise the implementation of the project deliverables, which include the installation of ministry of water and electricity systems.
• Supervising development efforts. Wrote critical system programs; and was the project database and dictionary administrator.
• Trained the programmers on the above mentioned platform and the ministry of water and electricity staff on systems involved heavily in other varieties of related fields.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Database Administrator

July 2000 - January 2006

Jeraisy for Computers and Communications Services

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

July 2000 - January 2006

• Client for this assignment is the Ministry of Water and Electricity, Western region.
• Duties are to supervise the implementation of the project deliverables, which include the installation of ministry of water and electricity systems.
• Supervising development efforts. Wrote critical system programs; and was the project database and dictionary administrator.
• Trained the programmers on the above mentioned platform and the ministry of water and electricity staff on systems involved heavily in other varieties of related fields.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Database Administrator

January 1998 - July 2000

Marasi for Science and Technology

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

January 1998 - July 2000

• Duties are to supervise the implementation of the project deliverables, which include the installation of ministry of water and electricity systems. The project was to design, implement and turn over Personnel / Payroll system and financial system.
• Supervising development efforts. Wrote critical system programs; and was the project database and dictionary administrator.
• Trained the programmers on the above mentioned platform and the ministry of water and electricity staff on systems involved heavily in other varieties of related fields.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Database Administrator

August 1995 - January 1998

Computer Information Systems

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

August 1995 - January 1998

• Client for this assignment is the KING FAHAD Hospital of the University, Alkhobar.
• Duties are to supervise the implementation of the project deliverables which include the installation of LAN containing more than 600 nodes cooperating with Hyplex Plex View Manager, the hospital main patient care system (ULTI CARE).
• The customization and integration of the MCBA (Inventory and Fixed Assets Modules) and NELSON (Maintenance and Fixed Assets Modules). The project was to design, implement and turn over Personnel / Payroll system and financial system.
• Supervising development efforts. Wrote critical system programs; and was the project database and dictionary administrator
• Trained the programmers on the above mentioned platform and the hospital staff on Microsoft office involved heavily in other varieties of related fields.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Network Engineer

November 1994 - August 1995

International Development Group

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

November 1994 - August 1995

IDG invests in quality health care, in people, technology, facilities and communities. IDG makes considerable investments - producing high quality care and extraordinary results.
Company Size 10, 001+employees.

• Clients for this assignment were the ALNOOR Hospital and HERRA Hospital, Makkah.
• Duties are to supervise the implementation of the project deliverables which include the installation of LAN containing more than 500 nodes cooperating with HP Open View DTC Manager as a network manager, the hospital main patient care system.

Company industry:
Medical Clinic
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior System Engineer

August 1993 - November 1994

Italian Hostra Company

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

August 1993 - November 1994

Hostra Automatic Gates has extensive experience in the design, manufacture and installation of gates, and has been at the forefront of innovation and gate safety for automatic electric gates. Company Size 51-200 employees.

• Duties to supervise and teach 25 employees to implement all the companies need of book Keeping dealing with the mother head quarter in Italy using network.

Company industry:
Private Security Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Information Technology Teacher

August 1992 - August 1993

Jeddah International Computer Center

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

August 1992 - August 1993

• Duties included administration and teaching senior classes of system programming for center students and different company’s employees.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

King Abdulaziz University

July 1992

July 1992

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Saudi Arabia

GPA (point): 3.05 out of 5

GPA (point): 3.05 out of 5

B.Sc. Computer Science
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Skills

Change Management
Expert
Change Management
Expert
Performance Management
Expert
Performance Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Organizational Skills
Expert
Organizational Skills
Expert
Information Technology
Expert
Information Technology
Expert
Policies and Procedures Development
Expert
Policies and Procedures Development
Expert
Emerging Technology and Market Assessments
Expert
Emerging Technology and Market Assessments
Expert
Technology Architecture and Enterprise Architecture
Expert
Technology Architecture and Enterprise Architecture
Expert
Enterprise-Wide Technology Migrations
Expert
Enterprise-Wide Technology Migrations
Expert
Project Management, Service Delivery Management
Expert
Project Management, Service Delivery Management
Expert
Advanced Technology Research
Expert
Advanced Technology Research
Expert
Business Analytics
Expert
Business Analytics
Expert
Business Intelligence
Expert
Business Intelligence
Expert
Simple and Creative Solutions
Expert
Simple and Creative Solutions
Expert
Master Data Management
Expert
Master Data Management
Expert
Data Quality
Expert
Data Quality
Expert
Data Warehousing
Expert
Data Warehousing
Expert
Customer Responsiveness
Expert
Customer Responsiveness
Expert
Cross-Organization Collaboration
Expert
Cross-Organization Collaboration
Expert
Multicultural and Accessibility Sensitivity
Expert
Multicultural and Accessibility Sensitivity
Expert
Capacity Planning and Cost Control
Expert
Capacity Planning and Cost Control
Expert
Strategic Technology Initiatives
Expert
Strategic Technology Initiatives
Expert
Enterprise Resource Planning
Expert
Enterprise Resource Planning
Expert
Technical Documentation
Expert
Technical Documentation
Expert
Information Technology
Expert
Information Technology
Expert
Multi-Million Dollar Profit and Loss Management
Expert
Multi-Million Dollar Profit and Loss Management
Expert
Enterprise Information Management
Expert
Enterprise Information Management
Expert
Systems Integration and Administration
Expert
Systems Integration and Administration
Expert
Infrastructure and Support
Expert
Infrastructure and Support
Expert
Metadata Management
Expert
Metadata Management
Expert
Data Integration
Expert
Data Integration
Expert
Client Needs Analysis
Expert
Client Needs Analysis
Expert
Supply Chain Solutions
Expert
Supply Chain Solutions
Expert
Project Based Logistics
Expert
Project Based Logistics
Expert
Warehousing and Storage
Expert
Warehousing and Storage
Expert
Marketing, and International Trade
Expert
Marketing, and International Trade
Expert
Organizational Leadership and Development
Expert
Organizational Leadership and Development
Expert
Strategic Corporate Planning
Expert
Strategic Corporate Planning
Expert
Team Building and Management
Expert
Team Building and Management
Expert
Business Reengineering
Expert
Business Reengineering
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Training, Development, and Mentoring
Expert
Training, Development, and Mentoring
Expert
System Development Life Cycle
Expert
System Development Life Cycle
Expert
Rapid Prototyping and Programming
Expert
Rapid Prototyping and Programming
Expert
Data Governance
Expert
Data Governance
Expert
Risk Management and Compliance
Expert
Risk Management and Compliance
Expert
Performance Management
Expert
Performance Management
Expert
Change Management
Expert
Change Management
Expert
Management Consulting
Expert
Management Consulting
Expert
Relationship Management
Expert
Relationship Management
Expert
Vendor and RFP Management
Expert
Vendor and RFP Management
Expert
Best Practice Methodologies
Expert
Best Practice Methodologies
Expert
Test Case Planning and Execution
Expert
Test Case Planning and Execution
Expert
Process Improvement
Expert
Process Improvement
Expert
Operational Logistics Management
Expert
Operational Logistics Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Organizational Skills
Expert
Organizational Skills
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Native Speaker

English

Expert

Memberships

Gulf Net

Administration

July 1988

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

Training
UNIX Fundamentals & Administration and HP Open View DTC Manager
Modern Electronics Est.
May 1995
Operating & Managing DG/UX
Data General
May 1997
IBM Cognos & Business Intelligence
IBM
Sep 2008
SPARCS N4 XPS
Zebra Enterprise Solutions
Jul 2010

Hobbies and interests

I enjoy staying current on the latest Hardware, Software, Development tools, and markets trends

Managing successful multimillion-dollar programs and working with business teams to bridge the gap between business and technology are what I do best. Whether challenged to lead large project teams or to reengineer underperforming projects, I have consistently played a key role in leading successful change in projects that drive business growth and improve business processes.