Sajid Ali, General Manager - Information Technology

Sajid Ali

General Manager - Information Technology

Oman Cables Industry (SAOG)

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems Engineering
Experience
34 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :34 years, 2 Months

General Manager - Information Technology at Oman Cables Industry (SAOG)
  • Oman - Muscat
  • My current job since July 1994

My key responsibilities are as follows:
- Develop & Manage IT Strategy aligned with Business Goals and Objectives, to achieve the following benefits for the business:
o Business Process Automation
o Effective Communications
o Staff Productivity Enhancement
o Cost Optimization
- Develop IT Organization Structure to support the IT Strategy, includes Staff Recruitment, Job Descriptions, Reporting Structure, Performance Monitoring
- Develop IT Governance Framework (Policies and Procedures) to support the IT Strategy
- Develop and Supervise Implementation of IT Plan which includes technologies and applications required to support IT Strategy
- Develop, Justify and Manage IT Budgets (Capital and Operational)
- Identify and Manage IT Related Risks

Systems Analyst & Heat of IT at Al-Saleh Enterprises LLC
  • Oman - Muscat
  • June 1992 to June 1994

Responsible for day to day IT operations and administration, and also for designing basic business applications

Systems Engineer at UDL Computers Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 1990 to March 1992

Responsible for Product Management, Pre-Sales Support, Supporting and Training of Support Staff of Dealers Network throughout Pakistan (24 dealers), and also DOS/MacOS compatibility

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems Engineering
  • at NED University of Engineering & Technology
  • December 1989

Specialties & Skills

Business Continuity Planning
Information Security Management
IT Governance
IT Service Management
Business Continuity Planning
IT Service Management & ITIL
Enterprise Resources Planning ERP
Information Systems Audit & CISA
Information Security Management & ISO27001 & CISM
IT Governance & COBIT

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Gujarati
Expert
Persian
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Member
  • December 1989
ISACA
  • Member
  • June 2008
Oman CERT
  • Professional Ambassador
  • April 2012

Training and Certifications

CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009
CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
December 2009
ITIL Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2006
Valid Until:
January 2006
COBIT Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2007
Valid Until:
April 2007