Project / IT Manager

Seeking a challenging position as a Project Manager / Team lead in a reputed organization where I shall be a contributing team player through the devout application of my skills and experience for the sustained growth of the organization.

Vision Valley (Dubai) May 2010 TILL Date

Responsibilities:

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/ or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises and devise contingency plans.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.


AL-NAWASI GENERAL TRADING & CONT. (Kuwait) NOV 2008 TILL APR 2010

Responsibilities:

• Manage Small & Medium Projects from Kick off to the closure
• Manage Teams of Engineers to carry out and successfully deliver the project.
• Manage Multiple projects and teams
• Involve and monitor in Planning, Installation and designing of Networks
• Involve in and assist the team if require for the Configuration, Installation, Administration and troubleshooting of Servers and clients.
• Monitor hardware and software maintenance.
• Responsible for the network enhancement.
• VolP and wireless Link implementation using Nortel BCM 4.0
• Monitoring, configuring Blackberry Enterprise Server.
• Responsible for the data control, monitoring Microsoft Dynamics Great Plain 9.0 using SQL Server 2000.
• Automating Daily Backups.

Bachelor of Computer Sciences, (B.C.S)
Faculty of Sciences

• PMP ( In progress)
• CCNA
• Microsoft Certified System Engineer ( MCSE)
• MCP + Internet
• NICON Computer College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Diploma in Oracle 8.0
Pl/Sql
Developer 2000 ver 2
Designer 2000
DBA
Diploma in Visual Basic ver 5.0

• Over Eight Years Extensive experience Engineer to the Project Manager
• Strong trouble shooting and problem-solving skills, which helps in managing teams
• Detail-oriented with strong organization skills
• Works effectively individually or with others as a team.

Specialized Areas:

WAN Expertise:

• Capable to install and configure the large scale of Network.
• Wide Area Network Administration.
• Routers and Catalyst switches configuration, management, troubleshooting and link Establishment.
• OS and routing protocol Configuration.
• Designing, Implementation and Support of WAN Domains.
• Virtual Private Network configuration, Implementation and troubleshooting.
• Red Hat 8.x LINUX based Server Management.
• Internet and network security management using Cisco Router, SonicWall Firewall and LINUX OS.
• ISDN (BRI and PRI based) configuration and management.


LAN Expertise:

• Installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of Win2003/NT/XP and BlackBerry Server.
• Windows 2003, 2000 and NT 4.0 expertise (Active Directory System), DHCP, DFS, Disk Quota, ISA server, Proxy Server and Microsoft Exchange.
• VLAN Implementation on Switches.
• LAN infrastructure defining implementation.
• Establishment of Star Topology.
• Access Control Tools like SonicWall Firewall, CDP.