Manager Project

WAEL HUSSEIN MOHAMED ELAISH

Al Badia Bldg#**, Dubai Festival City

Dubai, United Arab Emirates 79438 &nbsp Phone: +971-**-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

PROFILE

TECHNOLOGY MANAGER / LEAD

Virtualization ~ Infrastructure Development ~ Project Management

Dynamic and highly adaptable IT professional with business savvy; champions aligning IT with the business. Exhibits strong project management and solid technical prowess; passionate about new technology and enjoys being a hands on technical leader. Known as a key contributor and change agent; promoted into successively responsible roles at HC Securities and saved company $550,000 through virtualization. Able to communicate technical concepts at appropriate audience level; influencer with strong negotiation skills; consensus builder and strong team leader. Willing to travel; willing to relocate. Fluent in English and Arabic.

Areas of expertise include:

Project / Risk / Budget Management

Vendor Negotiation

Change Management

Infrastructure Development

Best Practice Implementation

Cost Reduction / Containment

Data Center Setup

Training / Mentoring

Business Process Improvement

SELECT CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

HC SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT

* Reduced server and desktop costs by $550,000 and delivered 35% annual energy cost reduction in Data Centers: championed adoption of desktop and server virtualization.

* Reduced traditional fax costs 65%: developed and implemented Fax Server system with email integration.

AL FUTTAIM HC SECURITIES

* Delivered a 33% improvement in productivity across the organization: designed and built an automated Order Management System (OMS.)

* Architected the Middle East s largest trading floor using virtualization technology and advanced security.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HC SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT, Dubai, UAE, 2009 - Present

A leading financial institution in the Middle East and North Africa (joint venture between NCB and Hussein Chocri.).

Chief Technology Officer

* Strategic and tactical leader for team of 15 (Helpdesk and Network Administrators, Developers, and IT Manager) supporting Data Centers and 260 users at disparate locations in the Middle East and North Africa.

* Leads development of IT infrastructure and enterprise architecture projects; primary point of contact for business and executive team; manages $1.6 Million IT budget.

* Performs extensive needs and requirements analysis; defines project plans and develops roadmap and budget conforming to corporate strategic objectives; ensures timely attainment of all project deliverables.

* Analyzes IT requirements; recognize opportunities to effect efficiencies and conceive innovative solutions.

* Defines and enforces architecture standards throughout the organization; implements best practices.

* Mission-critical projects conceived, developed (as principal technical lead) and implemented include:

- Virtualization of servers and desktops throughout the organization.

- Development of comprehensive customized software solutions for Human Resources Management, Order Management System (settlements, finance, risk and compliance and operations) and a Portfolio Fund Management application.

AL FUTTAIM HC SECURITIES (AFHC), Dubai, UAE, 2006 - 2008

One of the Middle East s largest securities brokerage firms (joint venture between Al Futtaim and HC Securities.)

Information Technology Manager

* Defined and built company IT infrastructure from inception including designing the server room and the largest trading floor in the Middle East; conceived and implemented best practices in policy and procedure.

* Recruited, trained, mentored and provided tactical and technical leadership to team of four.

* Project manager for installation and configuration of servers, network, connectivity with third parties and remote branch locations and for the installation and configuration of the trading system and data centers.

* Led implementation of online trading software in support of FIX (Financial International Exchange.)

AL QUDRA HOLDING, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2006

Leading private strategic investor delivering integrated solutions across various industry sectors.

Information Technology Head

* Delivered exceptional hardware, software and network support for ten servers and twenty-five staff.

* Configured, tested, and maintained new hardware, systems and software; supported administration of servers; designed and managed system backup and restore protocol.

* Monitored and fine-tuned system performance ensuring high availability.

HC SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT, Cairo, Egypt, 2001 - 2006

A leading financial institution (joint venture between Morgan Stanley and Hussein Choucri.)

Information Technology Manager, 2003 2006

* Defined and directed IT priorities, goals and strategic objectives; hands-on management for team of five supporting 15+ servers and 150 staff ensuring 100% network uptime for critical processes.

* Developed strategies and implemented technology solutions for process automation; managed server and network administration including security, backup / recovery and administration of archiving software.

* Subject matter expert and key technical lead for troubleshooting of hardware, software and network issues; designed, documented and installed servers, networks, software.

* Executed comprehensive needs analyses; defined and managed key initiatives including implementation of online trading software supporting FIX.

Network Administrator, 2001 - 2003

EDUCATION

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

6TH OF OCTOBER UNIVERSITY, 6th of October City, Egypt

Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology and Computer Science

ST. FATIMA EL HEGAZ LANGUAGE SCHOOL (English), Cairo, Egypt

High School Diploma (Thanawia Amma)

Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 6 Certification

SKILLS

Software: MS Office 2010 / 2007 MS SQL Server MS Exchange 2010 /2007 MS Lync Server MS Active Directory Services MS Office 2010 / 2007 Adobe Photoshop Symantec Backup Exec Lotus Domino / Notes / Workflow

Operating Systems: VMware ESXi / vSphere / View Citrix XenServer / XenDesktop / XenApp MS Windows 2008 Windows 7 Linux (Ubuntu / Novell / Redhat) AS400

Hardware: IBM Blade Centers / Servers / Enterprise SAN Storage / Tape Devices HP Blade Servers / Servers, Dell Servers EMC Storage Juniper Switches / Firewalls Cisco Switches / Routers / Unified Communication /Firewalls

Virtualization: VMWare Citrix

Databases: SQL Oracle MySQL

Development Tools: Front Page Visual Basic Access

Networking: LAN / WAN DHCP WINS DNS VPNs TCP/IP IPv6

PERSONAL

Birth Date: 21 October, 1977

Gender: Male

Nationality: Egypt

Visa Status: Valid

Residence Location: Dubai Festival City, Dubai

Marital Status: Married

Driving License: UAE and Egypt

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