Ross McGregor, IT Senior Consultant

Ross McGregor

IT Senior Consultant

VIZION LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Mechanical And Electrical Engineering
Experience
26 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 8 Months

IT Senior Consultant at VIZION LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2016 to March 2020

Providing outsource IT Support and consultancy for international and local businesses operating in the United Arab Emirates. Currently managing 180 users, providing IT Management, solutions, security and support, fully integrated with each Clients operating requirement, local site teams and global requirements.
Key responsibilities are;
•IT Management and IT Steering
•Project Managment
•Proposing/Improving new technologies to assist businesses
•User Maintenance and Support (Windows and MAC)
•Server management, Active Directory, Group Policy, WSUS (Patch Management Server and Client), Backup, Log Monitoring and Analysis
•Firewall Management; Log Monitoring and Analysis, Patching/Updating
•Server/ Firewall Vulnerability Scanning
•Office 365 Support
•Web Management
•Consultancy and Implementations; Office 365, Windows Server, Azure
•Structured IT Audit, Vulnerability Reporting, Risk Assessment

Managing Director And Founder at Unlimited Support
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 1997 to July 2016

UnlimITed was an IT service company providing IT Support and Implementations with a diverse customer base.
I was responsible for the running of the business, managing the technical staff and working on key projects/ major issues. We were successful by focusing on good customer service, providing technical innovation and developing new skills and services in line with the rapid changes within the global IT industry.
With technical expertise being the core of the business, I was personally in control of the key issues focused on the overall technical development, with particular emphasis on innovation and change management, major projects and customers where a high level of expertise and experience was required.
Key responsibilities;
• IT Management
• Project Management
• Structured IT Audits, Vulnerability Reporting, Risk Assessment
• Escalation - Final Escalation point in business for Technical Issues
• Managed all aspects of business including; Finance, Personnel, operations and logistics
• Account Management - Managing key client accounts
• Building Partnerships with Microsoft, IBM, Intermec, Cisco, HP, Dell, 3M, Aptec (Ingram Micro) and various hardware/software suppliers.
• Sales - Managing the company sales and marketing team.

Key Clients
Al Futtaim Carillion, Brookfield Multiplex, Hastie International, Mirage Leisure & Development (Emaar), Paramount Pictures (Filmworks), Transguard (Emirates Group),
Shell Oil (SOIL)

Service Manager at CAD Gulf
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 1996 to June 1997
Planning Engineer at Lunar Drake and Skull(Dubai). Drake and Skull (UK)
  • March 1994 to December 1996
Apprentice Engineer at Kentz UK
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • August 1993 to February 1994

Education

Diploma, Mechanical And Electrical Engineering
  • at Croydon College
  • July 1995

Specialties & Skills

Business
IT Security
Customer Service
IT Project Management
IT Management
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
COMPUTER HARDWARE
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DELL COMPUTERS
HEWLETT PACKARD
INNOVATIVE

Languages

English
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Weightlifting