Wael Okasha, Head of Innovation Management and Support Unit

Wael Okasha

Head of Innovation Management and Support Unit

RDI

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, Business Information Technology
Experience
21 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 10 Months

Head of Innovation Management and Support Unit at RDI
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2016 to December 2018

Responsibilities:
 Fostering the Science and Innovation culture and environment
 Expanding research collaboration between the R&D and business sectors
 Enhancing the impact of Egyptian researchers' participation in EU funded programs
 Advancing Egypt's scientific and technological capacity through supporting Centers of Excellence
 Monitoring and evaluations of projects progress technically and financially.

Business IT Consultant/TAM at ITB
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2015 to September 2016

Selling and Supporting IT Professional Services.

IT Senior Support Manager at Oracle
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2006 to November 2015

Starting up, Team development ramp up and operations handling for different support team in Egypt like RAC, HA, JAVA, AS, WLS and DB Generic teams.

Coordinating, Organizing and managing different projects to increase customer satisfaction, enhancing operations and reduce costs.

Managing performance appraisals, salary review and bonus allocation.

Managing customer situations and handling escalations.

Align IT technology with business demands to increase profit/margin.

Principal Service Delivery Manager at Oracle
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2004 to April 2006

Managing strategic accounts as single point of contact in Egypt and Africa Like Vodafone, Bank Misr, MTN, Ministry of Finance in Nigeria, Government of Botswana and some other similar strategic accounts in telecommunication, Banking and Governmental sectors.

Discussing business issues and align them with IT solutions.

Organize between customer and different LOBs in Oracle.

Minimize customer risks/threats and confirm quality excellence.
Provide technical and awareness sessions for our customers to work effectively with support.

Senior Support Consultant at Oracle
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2000 to January 2004

Delivering new features for different DB versions to our customers and internally to other LOBS.

Providing Onsite support to key customers to assist in installation, tuning and knowledge transfer in DB & BI products.

Troubleshooting customers’ problems and proposing solutions for technology solutions bridging with business solutions.

Information Technology Instructor, Implementer and free-lancer. at RITSEC
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 1998 to April 2000

Mainly delivering DB tracks courses and Developer tracks occasionally.

Develop internal applications for managing different resources related to classes, instructors and time management.

Deliver Microsoft trainings in Office, Access and HTML training

Software Skills Trainee at ITI
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 1997 to January 1998

ITI Diploma in Software Skills Development.

Education

Master's degree, Business Information Technology
  • at Middlesex University
  • February 2000

Business Information Technology Masters is taught in three locations across the globe. The course focuses on methods for improving existing information systems and the processes involved in moving to new or revised systems. The course offers a vital overview of industrial data management and decision making, including information strategic planning, web-based systems, software quality issues, networking, wireless communications and software developments. The business emphasis ensures that you have a broad set of hands-on skills, and a knowledge of established and emerging practices, to contribute significantly to any organisation. By combining information systems and technology with business and management topics, you will develop crucial skills for supporting growth and competitiveness for modern businesses.

Bachelor's degree, Software Skills Development Program.
  • at ITI
  • March 1998

Full track of software skills taught in Operating systems, DB engines, Development Software and implemented 2 projects for e-commerce and governmental statistics website.

Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Engineering, Compuer and Communication
  • at Cairo University
  • May 1995

1990 to 1995

Specialties & Skills

Software Quality
Statistics
Planning
Operating Systems
Web Based Systems
Research, Innovation Management and Fund Raising
People and Project Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert