Saher ABbu Jamous, I.T Manager & Projects

Saher ABbu Jamous

I.T Manager & Projects

Gulf Takaful Insurance Company

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
23 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 11 Months

I.T Manager & Projects at Gulf Takaful Insurance Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since March 2018

I handled management issues, budgeting, planning, Contracts and lead our team of the IT Department.
In addition, I am providing direct technical support and supervision to handle all systems for Gulf Takaful Insurance, Understanding the Business process, implementing and maintaining Policies & Procedures, Installing and testing application software, managing upgrade and changes, problems and incidents.
Also I handled management issues, budgeting, planning and lead our team.
• Make decisions concerning strategic initiatives using broad-based business information and implementation of adequate technology
• Oversee, Support, facilitate and approve development, modifications and Implementation of Section level objectives and plan
• Review IT strategy, objectives and plan and make changes, if required, based on business and customer’s needs.
• Ensure the alignment of IT strategy, objectives and plan with company’s strategy, objectives, plan and organize and establishes IT Awareness Programs in support of enterprise objectives
• Motivate employees and develop their skill to continuously improve their technical capability to meet organization needs.
Projects & Achievements:
1- Shifting the company email form exchange server to Microsoft 365 office for all the users with plan ME3.
2- Integration motor claims with Partner Network Group (PNG) to upload all claims data to Gulf Takaful system.
3- Start working to create a new online travel system for agency using.

Systems Handled:
1- AIMS System Include modules :
a- General Insurance System(UW and Claims)
b- Motor(UW and Claims)
c- Finance
System from Jordan In addition, I creating queries, reports and Procedures using Oracle Reports 6i and linking with the system for the business users using AIMS system. I have also incorporated aging analysis in the system and can generate daily, monthly, quarterly & yearly reports.
2-ARIMA System Include modules:
a- LIFE
b- Medical
System from ARIG Bahrain and was actively participating in UAT and training the business users. The system is developed using Visual Basic 6 as front-end and Oracle 11g database.
3- HR Burgan System:
4- Other Systems I developed :
a- Online Statistic Viewer Module for the management using Oracle Developer 8i and Reports 6i which monitors minute-by-minute transactions for all production departments.
b- Inventory, HR Assets and Depreciation Assets Systems
c- Small Accounting, Cheque, Cash Money
d- Loading third party agent polices using Oracle Developer 8i, Report 6i and 9i, 11gR2(Working now) and 11g database
e- I also involved on creation a new database using 11gR2 & moving the data to the new database.
5- Implement Pull/ push SMS messaging system for external customer notifications
6- Implement accounting integration for achieving automatic GL daily posting via two core insurance systems.

I.T Assistant Manager at Tazur Takaful Insurance Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2016 to March 2018

I handled management issues, budgeting, planning, Contracts and lead our team of the IT Department.
In addition, I am providing direct technical support and supervision to handle the AMAN system for Tazur Takaful Insurance, Understanding the Business process, implementing and maintaining Policies & Procedures, Installing and testing application software, managing upgrade and changes, problems and incidents.
Also I handled management issues, budgeting, planning and lead our team.
• Make decisions concerning strategic initiatives using broad-based business information and implementation of adequate technology
• Oversee, Support, facilitate and approve development, modifications and Implementation of Section level objectives and plan
• Review IT strategy, objectives and plan and make changes, if required, based on business and customer’s needs.
• Motivate employees and develop their skill to continuously improve their technical capability to meet organization needs.
• Ensure the development of best practice IT processes, policies and procedures and provide overall management, technical and financial direction for strategic enterprise IT projects.

Systems Handled & Achievements:
1- AMAN System Include modules :
d- General Insurance System(UW and Claims)
e- Motor(UW and Claims)
f- Finance(change with new module)
g- LIFE
h- Medical
i- RI
System from Jordan In addition, I creating queries, reports and Procedures using Oracle Reports 10g and linking with the system for the business users using AMAN system. I have also incorporated aging analysis in the system and can generate daily, monthly, quarterly & yearly reports.
2- Update and enhancement online travel system used by travel agency and integrated with AMAN system.
3- Full implement for Microsoft 365 office for all the users.
4- Changed all severs.

Section Head - Software at Gulf Takaful Insurance Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2005 to December 2015

I am exclusively handling the complete ARIMA, AIMS Insurance and BURGAN HR application and their functionality.

My responsibility is providing direct technical support and supervision to handle the Gulf Takaful Insurance, Financial and HR Applications.

Understanding the Business process, implementing and maintaining Policies & Procedures, Installing and testing application software, managing upgrade and changes, problems and incidents. Also I handled management issues, Creating budgeting, planning and lead our team. Systems Handled: Managing General Insurance System, providing extensive support to Motor and Finance department by creating queries, reports and Procedures using Oracle Reports 6i and linking with the system for the business users using AIMS system . I have also developed an Online Statistic Viewer Module for the management using Oracle Developer 8i and Reports 6i which monitors minute-by-minute transactions for all production departments. I have also incorporated aging analysis in the system and can generate daily, monthly, quarterly & yearly reports. I was also involved in implementing LIFE & Medical system from ARIG Bahrain and was actively participating in UAT and training the business users. The system is developed using Visual Basic 6 as front-end and Oracle 10g database. I also handling full HR Burgan system . Currently, I am developed Inventory, Hr Assets, Small Accounting, Cheque, Cash Money and Depreciation Assets Systems, Loading third party agent polices using Oracle Developer 8i, Report 6i and 9i, 10g and 11g database I also involved on creation a new database using 11gR2 & moving the data to the new database.

Senior Developer at Gulf Insurance Company (GIC)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2002 to November 2005

Insurance Software Developer (Motor, General Accident and Fire (FGA), Marine and Governmental Health). Accounting (payables, receivable, etc) using PREMIA system.
Hands on experience in providing quality IT Service. Was involved in ISO7799 certification process for the business systems and processes.

Responsibilities:
Worked as Senior developer, involved in upgrade of existing business application, To provide solution to application related issues and develop new modules as an when required.

Was also involved in migrating the old HR System to Microsoft’s Great Plains Human Resource, Payroll and Stock System.

Imaging system program (Hummingbird), which deal with scanning and saving all the data needed, customize form and the report.

Developer at AL-Faris Information Technology
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2001 to May 2002

Worked as a part of team to develop a currency exchange program using Oracle Forms.

Developer at Gulf Insurance Company (GIC)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2000 to September 2001

Developed Medical & Life Insurance module for individual and group using Java, J-developer, Oracle Forms and Oracle 8I. Developed temporary web site for GIC company using HTML and Java Script.
Supporting the Business Application.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Amman University
  • January 2000

Title B.Sc. Computer Science (January 2000) Amman University, Jordan Course Studied Date 02/10/2004 Oracle Exams 1- 1Z0-007 Introduction to Oracle 9i: SQL Computer languages: Oracle (8 & 8I & 9I .), Java (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) & J-developer, (3.1, 3.2) Html, Pascal, Assembly, FoxPro, Delphi, JSP, Toad

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. Computer Science
  • at Amman University, Jordan
  • January 2000

Graduation Project: Designing programs using Oracle & Delphi Languages to provide dental clinics with tools to save and retrieve all information needed about their patient. This includes patient personal information, date of visit, scheduling, type of work done, remarks given, medicine taken, billing, reminder of potion daily coming appointment, etc. This program helps dentists to be more organizes, professional, providing quality service, and save time and efforts on the long-run. As a result dentists will have more satisfied and happier clients which deals to a successful business.

Specialties & Skills

Insurance
Great Plains
GREAT PLAINS
Borgan HR System
HUMMINGBIRD
ORACLE DataBase
PAYROLL
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TESTING
Java Applet (1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
J-developer, (3.1,3.2)
Oracle PLSQL,Forms and Reports (8 & 8I & 9I ….)
Project Management Professional (PMP) 6 Edition (Training Program)

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) 6 Edition (Training Program) (Training)
Training Institute:
Arab open university
Date Attended:
January 2019
Hummingbird Document Management (DM) (Training)
Training Institute:
Hummingbird at Hummingbird-ME Center, Lebanon
Date Attended:
January 2005
2- Reinsurance (Training)
Training Institute:
Gulf Insurance Company (Certificate of Training Program)
Date Attended:
June 2005
Object Oriented Concept, Applets, awt, servlet ,JDBC, Internet Architecture, HTTP/CGI Protocol (Training)
Training Institute:
Java Provide by Competency Center, Kuwait
Date Attended:
June 2000
Oracle Internet Server (IAS) Admin (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
November 2000
Insurance Training Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Gulf Insurance Company (Certificate of Training Program)
Date Attended:
June 2005
Oracle developer/2000(report) (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at ITCC Center, Jordan
Date Attended:
July 1999
Build Oracle Portal & Portals (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
December 2001
Forms and Reports Server Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
November 2001
IAS Project Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
November 2001
Oracle9iAS Portal: Build Corporate Portals (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle Portal at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
May 2003
Oracle developer/2000(Forms B) (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at ITCC Center, Jordan
Date Attended:
July 1999
1. Introduction to Oracle Ver.8 (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at ITCC Center, Jordan
Date Attended:
June 1999
Create Servlets & Java Server Pages (Training)
Training Institute:
Java at Infocenter
Date Attended:
February 2004
Oracle Forms Developer 10g: Build Internet Application (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at Infocenter
Date Attended:
March 2008
Oracle9iAS Portal: Build Portlets with PL/SQL (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle Portal at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
May 2003
Oracle Exams (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle
Date Attended:
October 2004
Oracle 9I As Forms Server: Deploy WEB-BASED Application. (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
November 2001
Oracle9iAS Portal: Build Portlets with Java (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle Portal at Oracle Center
Date Attended:
May 2003
Oracle Reports Developer 10g: Build Reports (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at Infocenter
Date Attended:
April 2008
Oracle developer/2000(Forms A) (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle at ITCC Center, Jordan
Date Attended:
June 1999