Group IT Manager
Al Ghandi Group
Total years of experience :36 years, 2 Months
• Managed infrastructure design, implementation of Incadea.dms for Al Ghandi Auto, Saeed Mohammed Al Ghandi, National Auto and Yaseer car Rentals.
• Designed and implemented SharePoint Portal for Al Ghandi Auto.
• Designed and implemented ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (Information security management system) process based approach for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, maintaining, and improving ISMS.
• Managed the implementation of DQA (Dubai Quality Award).
• Deployed GM dealerships interfaces for RIM, GWM, and other Service, Sales modules.
• Following six months of precision planning and preparation, implemented Autoline (CDK) Dealer management system in Automotive operations.
• Streamlined and enhanced the corporate accounting and operations system.
• Merging GMC and Chevrolet Agencies: compared the data structure for both companies and prepared migration tool and converted all live and historical data to one system, Infrastructure requirements for the servers; communications were tested and required upgrades were done.
• Designed and implemented new server standards in VMware for core business services.
• ERP implementation for Al Ghandi Electronics, Al Ghandi General Trading, Al Ghandi Investment. Project selection, scope, estimation, objectives were defined and all risks involved in the project were documented.
• Ensured network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.
• Designed and implemented interface from OS/400 Dealer man system to Financial Accounting System.
• Designed and Implemented additional modules in ILE RPG for enhancing the corporate accounting and operations system.
• Diagnosed and trouble-shooted OS/400 and Windows processing problems and applied solutions to increase company efficiency.
• Managed firewall, network monitoring and server monitoring both on-site and off-site.
• Recommended network security standards to management.
• Designed and implemented new server standards for core business services.
• Diagnosed and trouble-shooted UNIX and Windows processing problems and applied solutions to increase company efficiency.
• Did the analysis, design, implementation and the operational maintenance for transportation, financial accounting and pay roll requirements.
• Analysis, Design, Implementation and the operational maintenance for spare parts ordering, sale and financial accounting requirements for the group company Saeed Mohammed Al Ghandi & Sons
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications
Bsc Mathematics Physics and Statistics as a subsidiary subjects