شريف فريد

Managing the IT and Technology Implementations for BG Group Egypt Asset New Administrative Building. The Project planned budget is 12 Million USD with IT and Technology Implementations amounting to 4 Million USD.

I am responsible for the project management throughout the entire project lifecycle, including project initiation/proposals, risk assessment and management, project delivery, business liaison / stakeholder management, post implementation review and project close out / handover.

IT Implementations for this project;
• Construction and fit-out of the Local Data Center (Tier 2).
• Construction and fit-out of the Secondary Equipment Rooms.
• Installation of the LDC / SER Passive components.
• Installation and commissioning the Structured Cabling (incl. Fiber optics back bone).
• WAN Infrastructure (Fiber Optics / Orange MPLS and WiMAX).
• Audio Visual Implementation (incl. Video conferencing, Digital Signage, and Ancillary systems).
• Security Package - Cisco CCTV and Access Control.
• Secure Managed Printing.

• Comprehending client requirements, determining appropriate technology solutions, recognizing profitable applications for products, services and processes, overseeing selection of projects to ensure potential for value-addition to companies bottom-line in alignment with strategic business objectives of the organization.
• Spearheading evolution of a streamlined organizational infrastructure, with strong financial fundamentals, operating, IT and reporting systems.
• Managing overall IT service operations of the department and assuring that IT first line helpdesk support services provided are within the agreed SLA specifications.
• Providing training/ development for companies including NOKIA Africa (Customer Service and Nokia Care Trusted Advisor) to maintain a professional and motivated work force.
• Researching, designing, monitoring the testing and implementation training project to match technical needs of clients, monitoring system resources, performing troubleshooting, diagnosing production problems, effecting corrective measures to resolve the same.
• Analyzing and identifying areas for modification, investigating new technologies, as well as making recommendations to management.
• Managing communications and information technology infrastructure, systems, networks, software and resources across multiple platforms.
• Supporting managers in preparing proposals and maintaining current working knowledge of IT best practices and innovative solutions.

Highlights :
• Marshaled resources in expanding IT Security Policies for ENAP Sipetrol Egypt Branch and recognized service desk procedure based on ITIL Best practices
• Played a pivotal role in devising an IT project Management Framework base on PMP and ITIL best Practices
• Enhanced IT system by usage of latest technology which in turn leads to reduce cost, sustain resilience and accessibility for entire systems. The system is specifically framed on virtualization which includes infrastructure redesign, network, hardware upgrade (servers) and systems.

Key Responsibilities :
• Led crucial projects by coordinating laterally between diverse technical teams and vertically across management hierarchy to seamlessly implement - project rollouts, management systems and process enhancements.
• Provided technical leadership to development team and steered fact based decisions with clear understanding of total product, project, customer and business impact.
• Monitored all data network related products/services, planned/designed architecture for new technologies including assisting in development of IT strategy in alignment with organizational development goals.
• Effectively strategized/coordinated systems engineering tasks through various project management tools, liaised with project/core team leads and other key development partners to synchronize planning across all engineering functions and development phases.
• Devised budgets, performed monthly and quarterly reviews to monitor major categories of IT costs and effecting cost cutting measures to achieve substantial reduction of IT expenditure.
• Developed/ implemented IT system for the New Venture company Petroshahd wherein performed the role of IT manager to manage information security policies, disaster recovery plan, backup procedures etc

Key Projects to Credit :
• Integrated solution Design - Team Leader, Egypt
• EPM solution Pilot Project Implementation - Technical Consultant
• IT Security Incident response and investigation - Technical Consultant, Egypt.

Key Responsibilities :
• Developed and proposed technology solutions that meet customers' needs, ensured that the needs and functional specifications of the client are met, implemented customized solutions as per client requirements.
• Evaluated proposed system changes on applications to determine effort, impact, and time. Designed/ implemented work schedules for team members, monitored the same to ensure task completion within specified time.
• Provided technical support relating to operation/upkeep of end products, assisted with training/education of end-users.
• Monitored, tracked, reported project status/ progress and report to Senior Management, recommended processes to improve quality/efficiency of projects.
• Effected system enhancements/modifications, as per users’ business requirements, maintained up-to-date documentation of the same in line with company policies.
• Kept abreast with current areas of expertise, new technologies to facilitate the company in improving services.

Key Responsibilities :
• Planned and devised ways of optimizing existent resources to improve through-puts, thus; enhancing system performance parameters.
• Maintained critical servers through regular system checks as well as systems audit in compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Supported new application and software service deployments by analyzing the network characteristics of applications, assessing impact of these services on the network and verifying they function efficiently.
• Recommended upgrades, patches and new applications/ equipment, troubleshot network performance issues and created/ maintained a disaster recovery plan, extended technical support/ guidance to users, to ensure smooth operation of networks in order to provide maximum performance and availability for users.

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