Raafat AL Jamal, Data Management and Business Intelligence

Raafat AL Jamal

Data Management and Business Intelligence

Musanada

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
16 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 1 Months

Data Management and Business Intelligence at Musanada
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since November 2019

• Data management and analysis (Progress, Performance, Time, Cost and Cashflow)
• Business Intelligence, reports and dashboards
• Business process engineering and optimization
• Projects performance and KPI control, monitoring and management

IT Projects Freelancer at Self-employed
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2018 to October 2019

IT Projects and consultancy

ICT Service Delivery Manager at Transguard Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2016 to November 2018

Responsibilities

• ITSM function, tools and ITIL processes and standards
• Service desk, access management, desktop and VIP support, asset and configuration management teams and represented the department as CAB member and change manager
• Incident, problem, change, service request, SLM, knowledge and service catalog processes
• Business Relationship: Met customers, analyzed requirements and financials, ensured customer satisfaction
• Professional services, contracts and vendors
• Budget of teams and services of the IT service desk, support and asset management
• Recruitment, professional training and personal development of team members
Achievements
• Raised the department’s productivity and customer satisfaction by 20%, defined and implemented ITIL processes, service standards and controls
• Participated in the completion of ISO 27001 requirements, defined and implemented incident, problem, change, knowledge, request and capacity management processes in 6 weeks
• Improved service level by 15%. Rearchitected and operated the ITSM tool including the modules request, incident, problem, change, and knowledge management with incident and service catalogs and SLAs
• Raised the department’s performance by 20%, created and implemented KPIs and dashboards using BI
• Developed training material and trained a group of super users from 13 departments. Upskilled them to resolve common basic IT issues for their departments to reduce operational impact and offload ICT and save time
• Enabled full control on 5000 assets, designed and implemented the CMDB, asset policy and process
• Found 100s of missing assets and prevented huge penalties after a physical reconciliation and inventory audit
• Increased the efficiency of software asset management, saved a good amount plus over 200 licenses
• Reduced calls by 20% through a self-service tool, encouraged users to reset their passwords quicker
• Improved the user experience, migrated 1000 users and endpoints to Windows 10 with new hardware
• Strengthened the active directory integrity, cleaned 2200 inactive and unsecured accounts
• Enhanced the printing service experience, delivered a fleet of 62 secured multi-functional printers
• Enhanced the mobile phones service, delivered over 800 new secured phones with MDM functionality

IT Support Team Leader at flydubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to December 2016

Responsibilities

• Service desk, access management, desktop and VIP support, asset and configuration management teams 24/7/365 and represented the department as CAB member
• Printing, software and OS deployment, patch management, MDM, antivirus, SSO and encryption
• IP telephony, video, telecommunication, call center, recording, reporting and billing services
• Incident, problem, change, service request and service catalog processes
• Business Relationship: Met customers, analyzed requirements and financials, ensured customer satisfaction
• Professional services, contracts, vendors and monthly telecom and printing services bills
• Budget of teams and services of the IT service desk, support and asset management
• Recruitment, professional training and personal development of my team members
• Service owner of the following tools: ITSM, endpoint management, BI, antivirus, SSO, self-service, IP telephony, call center systems, call recording, reporting, billing, CMDB, OS imaging, AD reporting and MDM
Achievements
• Raised the IT department’s productivity and performance and made it easier to manage the teams and take decisions in less time, integrated a BI tool with the ITSM tool, designed 4 KPI dashboards for managers
• Enabled full control on 8000 assets, designed and implemented the CMDB, asset policy and process
• Increased the efficiency of software asset management, saved a good amount plus 10s of licenses
• Improved user experience, migrated 1500 users and endpoints to Windows 10, Office 365 and new hardware
• Completed the setup of infrastructure and endpoint services at Al Maktoum Airport to operate in 6 weeks
• Reduced calls by 30% through a self-service tool, encouraged users to reset their passwords quicker
• Enhanced the printing service experience, delivered a fleet of 70 secured multi-functional printers
• Created and maintained the required processes, policies, procedures and 100s of knowledge articles
• Strengthened the stability and reliability of the endpoint management tool, rearchitected its infrastructure
• Eliminated the missing patches problem, deployed of required software and patches to 1500 endpoints
• Saved a huge amount of the annual bills of telecommunication and printing services through an audit
• Reorganized the IT service categories and catalog which led to better user experience in 1 week
• Automated the service desk through a telephone system with reporting in 1 week
• Upgraded IT services for 69 meeting rooms and prevented incidents
• Defined the policy of the network access control and bring your own device solutions

Technical Support Team Leader at Abu Dbabi Islamic Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2014 to August 2014

• VIP, desktop, site, and workshop support teams and software/hardware inventory monitoring and control
• IT focal point for customer requirement analysis, escalations, special requests and user reported incidents
• As the problem manager, reduced recurring incidents by 70% and calls to service desk by 74%
• As a configuration manager, designed the CMDB structure and reorganized the ITSM tool and service catalog
• Controlled IT equipment requests and organized budgets
• Assigned for special cases audit, investigation and confidential communication
• Process improvement, strategic planning and coaching for the IT support services area
• Revised policies, procedures and standards and released new versions
• Oversaw resource utilization, recruited over 20 engineers and managed the professional services contracts
• Guided the team on OS imaging and software deployment for 4800 endpoints
• Implemented the endpoint management and privileged access management tools for 4800 users

Deputy IT Service Manager - Senior IT Support Engineer at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2011 to February 2014

• Deputized the service manager and represented IT as focal point for escalations
• Controlled IT equipment requests and organized budgets, standardized and upgraded hardware
• Assigned for special tasks and assignments such as process optimization and enhancement
• Advised the team on Windows 7 migration for 4800 endpoints and network access control implementation
• Tested the new IT service management tool, transitioned it to production and retired the old tool in 1 month

Senior Technical Support Engineer at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • April 2008 to October 2011

• Transitioned the hardware requests from manual forms to an automated system and controlled the budget
• Setup over 30 branches and departments including international branches
• Transformed the endpoint images library to quicker installation and created baseline for 30 OS images
• Deployed standard software and configuration to 4200 endpoints and published 20 virtual applications
• Trained engineers and interns
• Implemented and operated the business continuity plan (DR site), set up the network and end user services
• Implemented and operated the e-dirham payment service in 12 branches

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at Lebanese International University
  • July 2007
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Dawha School
  • May 2002

High School Diploma in Sciences

Specialties & Skills

IT Service Management
Leadership
Project Management
Customer Satisfaction
Software Packaging
Windows Migration / upgrade
UCMDB - Configuration Management
Project Management
Incident Management
Change Management
Service Delivery
Problem Management
Dashboards - KPI & Performance
Desktop Management
Team Building
Team Leadership & Management
Knowledge Management
Process improvement
IT Service Management
Business Intelligence
Business Continuity Planning
Critical Thinking
Reporting
Privilege Management
Decision Making
Software Licensing Management
Recruiting
Problem Solving
IT Management
Desktop Architecture
Business Relationship Management
SLA Management
Performance Management
Documentation
IT Asset Management
IT Security Operations

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

MCSA - Windows Server 2003 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2007
Valid Until:
January 2019
ITIL Expert (MALC) (Training)
Training Institute:
Sites Power
Date Attended:
July 2018
Duration:
28 hours
ITIL Planning, Protection and Optimization - Axelos (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017
ITIL Service Offerings and Agreements - Axelos (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017
ITIL Release, Control and Validation - Axelos (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2017
ITIL Operational Support and Analysis - Axelos (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2017
ManageEngine Certified Product Associate - MECPA (ServiceDesk Plus) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Valid Until:
March 2019
Project Management Essentials (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
ITIL v3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
ManageEngine Certified Product Professional - MECPP (Desktop Central) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Valid Until:
March 2017
Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2016
Valid Until:
January 9999
Tableau Advanced Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Six Sigma (Training)
Training Institute:
Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies
Date Attended:
May 2013
Duration:
24 hours
HP Universal CMDB120 10.x Essentials (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCITP - Windows Vista (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2007
Valid Until:
January 9999
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2006
Valid Until:
December 2009