Richard Zakhour, Senior IT Officer

Richard Zakhour

Senior IT Officer

International Monetary Fund IMF

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
20 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 5 Months

Senior IT Officer at International Monetary Fund IMF
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2014

IT Head for the regional training centre RTC at Kuwait.
Develop, test, deliver, monitor, control and support of IT services (ITIL).
Implementation of Global IT policies, procedures and standards.
Project management and execution.
Planning and maintaining IT budget.
Vendor Management through defining SOW, SLAs & KPIs. Establishing review mechanisms for the key vendors/partners for SLA & KPI enforcement.

Head of IT for middle East at adidas Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2003 to April 2013

Responsible for 4 countries, around 500 employees and 75 own retail shops. Office opening in 3 countries and retail expansion. ERP implementation, IT strategy, budget, IT service management, Keep the systems running, infrastructure and operations, team management, global IT standards and policies, manage IT staffing, Work with stakeholders to define business and systems requirements for new technology implementations, Approve and oversee projects, Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analysis for IT spending and initiatives, Negotiate and administer vendor, outsourcer, and consultant contracts and service agreements

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Notre Dame University
  • March 1998

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Languages

English
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