Project Manager
Network Intelligent Payment Solutions
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :9 years, 11 أشهر
Undertook Site Surveys/meetings of various Security Installations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
• Finalized the Technical and commercial aspects of the project between government entities and merchants.
• Coordinated work with external clients and internal stakeholders.
• Oversaw the successful implementation of customized solutions for KIOSK and Online payment applications.
• Identified resources and requirements, assigned responsibilities and coordinated with internal and external project staff directly and indirectly to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Documented all aspects of the Project from the Project Charter to the closure documentations for the delivered products.
• Ensured relevant site permission and access are made available at client location prior to commencing of field/site works.
• Defined CCTV coverage and storage requirements for the clients. Prepared repair and estimated replacement costs.
• Delivered status reports, updated project plans and changes in the projects to the senior management regularly (Daily/weekly/monthly).
Plan, execute, monitor, control and coordinate on all aspects of Infrastructure projects.
- Frame project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans; confer with stakeholders.
- Determine project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements; assigning personnel to activities; asking for quotations from contractors/vendors and review the same as per the business case.
- Determine project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements and performance standards; completing technical studies; preparing cost estimates and initiating the project requisition /budget process.
- Determine project schedule by studying project plan and specifications; calculating time requirements; sequencing project elements.
- Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress; coordinating activities; resolving problems.
- Control project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan and schedule changes; recommending necessary and critical actions to be taken.
- Control project costs by approving expenditures; administering contractor contracts.
- Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends; recommending actions.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Report to Infrastructure manager and provide timely updates on the on-going projects.
- Use the internal systems for managing support and project work.
- Co-ordinate Project work at offices in Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and India with top management and important stakeholders.
- Status updates on all projects and project plans are revised on a Weekly and Monthly basis with top management and important stakeholders.
Securing Pricing for Tenders.
Presenting System Integrated Solutions to Clients.
Researching several new Technologies in the area of Security and CCTV.
Incorporating customized solutions by including Windows and Linux servers and services.
Undertook Site Surveys of various Security Installations in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, RAK, and Al-Ain
Created BoQ’s for several government security Sites.
Coordinated work with clients and client-related departments
Configured customized solutions for Access control and CCTV installations.
Co-ordinated Install of Windows Servers for Domain, Failover and SAN Storage over FCoE.
Identified resources and requirements, assigned responsibilities and coordinated with project staff directly and Indirectly to ensure successful completion of project.
Devised and documented technical specification integration for several Access Control products.
Defined warranty and RMA requirements. Prepared repair and estimated replacement costs.
Delivered status reports to senior management regularly (Daily/monthly).
Ensured proper induction of FM Personnel across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, AL-Ain, Shanghai and Qatar offices.
Incident & Change Management, Delivered cost-effective IT services & target 99.9% systems availability with agreed SLA's.
Project coordination of ACR server installation. Ensuring all project and user names are scripted into the database based on the client’s requirements.
Installing & Configuring Windows 2003, 2008 R2, 2012 Servers with RAID configuration.
Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, DNS, IIS administration.
Installing and Maintaining MS Exchange Server 2010.
File Server Administration, Symantec NetBackup Server Administration.
VMware Esx/Esxi 5.0 Administration.
Installation and Configuration of Printers and their Controllers and servers:
• XEROX
• HP (small format, large format, design jets)
• KONICA MINOLTA, OCE TDS 500, 600, 800 series in the office and customers location.
Coordinating with the US development Team in Installing & Configuring MS SQL Servers and Database configurations for the ACR Deployments. This Includes Installing IIS6, FTP, Print Management.
Installation of Heart Beat 3 to monitor the health of the Server.
Ensuring Weekly and Monthly Backup and Restoration.
Performing the necessary Hardware Upgrades. Also reinstalling specific Printing Software and server based Operating Systems.
Worked in a Large Environment (100-200 users).
Reported to the Regional IT Manager for BASF Middle East and North Africa region:
•Authorized Signatory for Purchase Orders..
Involved in the creation of Dubai HQ Data centre
•Finalized on the Suppliers/ Ensuring the Payments are made on time.
•Supervised the installation of various components of the Data Centre.
Monitored the Helpdesk tickets for the Incidents/IMAC/Change Orders and resolving the incidents within the SLA.
Provided remote support for sites in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
Revamped the Data Centre in Algeria and Tunisia.
•Coordinating with the Central team BASF IT-Services, LU-Germany.
•Troubleshooting Windows 2000/2003 servers and Novell Netware server administration issues.
•Ensuring Daily, Weekly and Monthly Backup are taken besides running test restore operations.
•Working on IBM eServers, X series 345, 346, 206 Servers, also installing and configuring MS Windows 2000/2003 Server Operating systems with RAID Configuration.
•Working on HP Proliant ML 370 G5, ML 370 G4, ML 380 Servers.
•Unicenter Service Desk system-Advanced Help Desk system (AHD).
•Lotus Domino application Server & Novell File Server Backup and Restore operations.
•Working on Veritas Backup Exec 8.x/9.x for windows servers.
•CA Arcserve Backup server Administration. Includes procurement if Licences for File, Novell and Remote Backup.
•Working with Novell file server, LDAPS, and user administration.
•Experience with LanDesk Remote control and Net meeting tools for remote support.
•Install/Configuring and troubleshooting the Utimaco Safegaurd Lancrypt Data Security software.
•Install and Configuring the Nortel Contivity VPN Client and troubleshooting the VPN issues.
•Experience with F-Secure Antivirus software.
•Installing and Configuring network printers, SAP Printers and network scanners.
•Working with Alcatel PABX telephone System.
MBA in Project Management, Dissertation done on the awareness levels of cloud computing in the Asia Pacific market
BE - Electronics & Communication Engineering 2004 St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, India