Thamood Binmahfooz, Application Manager

Thamood Binmahfooz

Application Manager

Elaf Group

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
16 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 10 Months

Application Manager at Elaf Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since April 2016

- Manage Projects related to software implementation.
- Advise on new solutions that help achieve business goals.
- Understand business goals and work with partners to achieve them through software upgrades.
- Managing servers, capture machines, virtual machines.
- Manage group website.
- Provide / coordinate training for end-users.
- Admin Office 365 apps.
- Manage Oracle Fusion environment.

Podcaster at Kalam Cast
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since April 2013

In 2013 started my own podcast (Kalam), which focuses on meeting people from Arab startups, to tell their stories, and to learn from them. I’ve surpassed 66+ hours of recording so far.

Creative Content Provider & Technical Author at Thmanya
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since March 2016

As a writer at Thamanya, i try to come up with articles that answer some questions or focus on current issues related to technology and our lives.

IT Projects Coordinator at Elaf group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2010 to April 2016

- Implementation of new projects
- Coordinating with Multiple business and align IT with their requirements.
- Help resolving issues related to Software / hardware.
- Managed Social-media accounts for a few months.
- Troubleshoot Amadeus / Galileo sales system.
- Backup of Business Apps data and troubleshoot the servers if needed.

Editor in chief at Teedoz.com
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2008 to August 2014

I started Teedoz.com an Arabic new tech blog in 2008 where i posted more than 6000+ posts in 5 years.

In 2014 i had to stopped to difficulties and conflict with day to day job but i still write from time to time on my personal blog.

PHP Developer at Softriva
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2009 to July 2009

Developing websites using PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript.

IT Administrator at Al Hijaz Int. School
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2008 to January 2009

I was responsible for maintaining the school Network, PCs and Computer lap.

Correspondence + IT at Rayyes Binmahfooz EST
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2007 to February 2008

I was the one doing correspondence with other companies, preparing price lists and schedule plus helping with any IT related issues such as maintenance and networking.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University of Science & Technology
  • August 2005

I finished my Bsc in computer science and my graduation project was a simple chat client like yahoo messenger using (Java+PHP+MySQL).

Specialties & Skills

Problem Analysis
Development
Writing
Software Implementation
Writing
Project management
IT Operations
Cloud Technologies

Social Profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website
thamood.me

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2019
Project Management Essentials for Non Project Managers (Training)
Training Institute:
Franklin Covey
Date Attended:
January 2018
Duration:
16 hours
Business Analysis 1 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
December 2016
Building Trust and Delegation of Authority (Training)
Training Institute:
Leron
Date Attended:
November 2018
Duration:
8 hours
Blockchain and Bitcoin Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
George Levy
Date Attended:
December 2018
Duration:
3 hours
Zend Certified Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
M101JS: MongoDB for Node.js Developers (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
PMP Traning (Training)
Training Institute:
Alkhaleej training center
Date Attended:
December 2014
Duration:
50 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading
    I love to read and i love my Kindle, some of the books i read recently are: - The year without pants - Rework - Inferno - Hatching Twitter - The everything store
  • Video games
    I have many old consoles systems and plan to collect as many as possible.