Riyad Baker, Solution Architect

Riyad Baker

Solution Architect

AlfaPeople

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Masters in Strategic Human Resource Management)
Experience
19 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 2 Months

Solution Architect at AlfaPeople
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2014

• ERP and CRM Pre-Sales responsibilities including demonstrations, preparing estimation and proposals
• Project management responsibilities which includes but not limited to prepare project plan, manage internal and external resources and ensure the project profitability
• Design and explain the GAP functionality to the development team and do quality check on the deliverable
• Manage data migration which need as per the projects which includes and not limited to:
• Conduct data requirements analysis
• Prepare the data Import/Export framework tool for the data upload
• Data mapping and cleansing / Reconcile utilizing excel and SQL functionalities
• Implementing Microsoft BI, gathering the requirement and design the report layout
• Develop BI report using MS power view, Power BI tool, excel sheet and SharePoint

Solution Architect at O2Gen Solutions
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2013 to April 2014

• Streamline HCM, human resources and payroll processes for the Educational, Hospitality, Financial, and Government industries to manage Hiring, Recruitment, Human Resource Management, payroll, training and career planning for the Middle East region.
• Responsible for pre-sales and HCM implementation end to end delivery of Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Manage milestone delivery and responsible for customer relationship management as the point of contact for the client. Having ensured high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Manage a team of resources and responsible for resource hiring and team building and mentoring the team members to achieve the project objectives. Define employee career plans and the growth of the team with the latest product versions to ensure employee retention while minimizing employee turnover.

Solution Architect at Columbus
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2012 to March 2013

• Conduct the business process Analysis session (BPA) and define the as is and to be scenarios for HR & Payroll implementation.

• Conduct the user training and user acceptance test.

• Hands on configure and implement the following module in AX2009 and AX2012 (HR, Payroll, Expense Management, Questionnaire).

• Define the Functional design document in case there is any customization.

• Work closely with development team to deliver the required customization as per the agreed design.

Product Management responsibility:

• Define HR & Payroll product strategy and road-map in collaboration with business owners.

• Answering the RFP (Request for Proposal) and conducting a pre-sales demo.

• Write detailed business requirements documents for new features and functionality.

• Maintain documentation on product features and ensure appropriate communication on new features to all business stakeholders (My implementation team and customer as well).

• Testing and sign off of features prior to roll out to the live site.

Functional consultant at ColumbusIT
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2007 to December 2011

My main role as a Software Consultant I’ve been involved in Business and Technical sides as follows, In Business side I worked as a Functional Consultant carrying out ongoing Business Cycles, Business Modules, Workflows, Translate Functional Requirements into AXAPTA Technical Design, Business Requirements Mapping, Data Model Design & Tables Structures, Prepare Functional Requirements & Mapping Documents, Conducting Workshops.
In Technical side I worked as Technical Consultant on SAGE carrying out ongoing Development tasks, Development Activities, Customize & Configure Sage Business Applications based on Customers Requirements Using Visual Basic Programming Language, Unit Test. Have a very good experience in MS SQL Server Database.
Excellent background in MS AX from Administration and Security sides such as Installation, Configuration, Creating Users, Grant / Revoke Permissions…ect.
Hands on experience of MS AX Human Resource Module, Sage Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing, Administration, Sage Upgrade to Latest Version Line 500 7.1
Perform MS AX (HR & Payroll Module)functional training for End Users & Super users.
Perform Sage Technical training (Visual Basic, Crystal Report) for End Users & Super Users, And have a very good training skills.
Strong Knowledge of MS AX and SAGE architecture & Data model, excellent data migration skills for Sage & MS AX.

Software consultant at MCD soft
  • Jordan
  • August 2006 to June 2007

Doing implementation and consultuncy on Sage Line500 ERP.

System technician at Spinneys Jordan
  • Jordan
  • March 2005 to July 2006

Handle all the support activity related to Sage Line500 ERP and assist on the net work tasks.

Education

Master's degree, Masters in Strategic Human Resource Management)
  • at University of Wollongong
  • January 2016
Bachelor's degree, Computer Information System
  • at Al-Zaytoonah University
  • July 2004
Diploma, Information Technology
  • at Al Arabia College
  • August 2002
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at King Fahad School
  • January 1999

Specialties & Skills

Pre sales Consultancy
Gap Analysis
Power BI
Project Management
Customer Service
Visual Basic
MS Access
Ms Office
Oracle Sql
Html JavaScript
Html JavaScript
Install And Configuration ISA 2004
Install And Configuration Exchange Server 2003
Install And Configuration Windows 2003 Server
Microsoft Dynamics AX
SAGE Line 500
Human Resource

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate