Riaz Sirajudeen, IT Admin

Riaz Sirajudeen

IT Admin

Impact bbdo

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
16 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 3 Months

IT Admin at Impact bbdo
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2011

Working in BBDO is challenging and exciting experience. BBDO is a worldwide advertising agency network, with its headquarters in New York City. The agency began in 1891 and currently with more than 15, 000 employees in 289 offices in 80 countries.

As an American company we have to adhere to the IT Standards laid by Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) .My core responsibility is to execute and maintain those Standards and IT controls which are subjected to quarterly IT Audits.

I prepare the quarterly IT budgets for CAPEX forecasting the needs in our office.

Being ITIL Certified I was able to deliver the IT services more diligently to the core departments of the company. I introduced incident management into the mainstream of IT operations.

I administer the in-house developed Time-sheet system and an Intranet portal for employee appraisals, Employee Leaves.

As a part of an Advertising agency I provide the maximum technical support to the Creative and Client Servicing Departments with regard to Macintosh products, Secured file transfers, Digital Backup, procuring and upgrading the latest Creative tools, VOIP phone connectivity between our offices in the region.

Technically I maintain the Windows Servers, Routers, dedicated VPN links between the branches and file shared servers.

IT Manager at Al Sudais and Bawazir
  • Other
  • February 2008 to April 2011

I was assigned the responsibility of managing the IT infrastructure in the company. In my tenure of three year, we purchased and implemented SAGE. I had a huge role to play in customization of the ERP from the service providers in accordance to the company and its management requirements.I ensured IT services was delivered to all staff effectively.

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Jamal Institute of Management
  • May 2007
Bachelor's degree, B.Tech Information Technology
  • at MAM College of Engineering
  • May 2005

Specialties & Skills

IT Infrastructure Management
IT Service Management
Mac OS X
IT Audit
Cisco Routers
ERP-Sage Pro
ERP Financial Modules
Microsoft Windows Server 2x
SQL Server 2005
Macintosh-Products
Sarbanes-Oxley ACT (SOX) -IT Controls
Active Directory
Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX compliances)
VoIP Telephony
Management of Intranet Portal

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

ISACA
  • Member
  • April 2015

Training and Certifications

(Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2008
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2008
ITIL v3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
March 2010

Hobbies

  • Cricket
  • Travelling