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CURRICULUM VITAE OF AHMED TAKOLIA

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Cellular +27-82-759-**** Email ac3lnq@r.postjobfree.com

Business +27-21-417-**** Confidential Skype ahmedtakolia

OVERVIEW

I see myself as an articulate, pragmatic and analytical individual with superb communication skills. My strengths include total commitment, decision making, accountability, collaboration, contract management, tendering, negotiating, analytical skills, complex problem solving, working well under pressure, training, portfolio management and solid personal ethics. My specialties are Oracle® EBS, Oracle Cloud™ P6 PPM and Primavera.

I’m keen to gain international experience as a Cost and Contracts Engineer/Primavera Solutions Consultant and fully utilise my complex problem solving, analytical and collaborative skills.

PERSONAL DETAILS

AVAILABILITY One month’s notice required

NATIONALITY/PASSPORT South African / #A04654065

DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH 4 Feb 79 / Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

DRIVER’S LICENCE B (light motor vehicle)

LANGUAGES English (mother tongue), fluent Afrikaans, conversational Arabic

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Project Management Institute (Jun 16 to Present), The Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (Jan 17 to Present), The Mara Foundation – Business Mentor (Jan 16 to Present)

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES SQL, C#, .NET, Java, VBA and .NET, XML, SOAP, TOAD

TOOLS/SOFTWARE Azure Cloud, MS SQL Server, Oracle CRM/Cloud, Visual Studio, AutoCAD 2010, Primavera, BI Publisher, CA Clarity PPM, Microsoft Office and Office

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS, SOUTH AFRICA

Lenasia Muslim School, Gauteng Prov. - Matriculation with University Entrance Nov 97

English, Physical Science, Arabic, Accounting, Mathematics, Afrikaans

Presently serve as a board member for the finance committee at the Lenasia Muslim School

University of Cape Town, Western Cape Province - Bachelor of Commerce Full-time, Feb 98 to Nov 99

Financial Accounting IA, Information Systems IA, Statistics IA/IB, Business Law I, Microeconomics IB, Commercial Programming I

Discontinued studies, decision to study closer to home.

Rand Afrikaans University, Gauteng Prov. – Bachelor of Commerce, Informatics Full-time, Jan - Nov 00/Jan - Nov 02

Credits c/f : Accounting IA/B, Informatics IA, Commercial Law IA,, Analytical Techniques IA/IB, Economics IA

General Management, Industry Differences and Human Divisions in the Workplace, Introduction to Industrial Psychology, Introduction to Management, Consumers Psychology, Ergonomics

Subjects : Commercial Computer Systems III*, Advanced Software Engineering III, Business Management IB/IIA/IIB/IIIA/IIIB, Informatics IIA/IIB, Management IA/IIA, Economics IB, Marketing, Introduction to Software Engineering, Data Structuring I

Member of team that designed/implemented a security system for online sale by Tarsus Secure Data

University of South Africa (UNISA) Part-time,

Honours Bachelor of Commerce in Business Informatics Correspondence, Jan 04 to Jan 08

Software Project Management, Information Systems Development : Methodologies/Techniques/Tools, Information Management, Database Design, Software Engineering, Information Security, Human-Computer Interaction, Adv. Strategic Marketing Issues

EON Consulting (Pty) Ltd., Gauteng Province

Seminar : Back to Basics, SAP Crystal Solutions (ESKOM) 1 Day, Sep 11

Seminar : Future of Software Evaluation and Selection (ESKOM) 1 Day, Jun 12

Discovering Excel 2010 Assessment 1 Day, Aug 12

Excel on Steroids Workshop 1: Worksheets and Formulae 3 Days, Aug 12

Excel on Steroids Workshop 2: Data Lists and Macros 3 Days, Aug 12

Excel on Steroids Workshop 3: Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts 3 Days, Aug 12

Marketing Mix Workshop (ESKOM) 1 Day, Jul 13

Self-Funded, Gauteng Province :

Life Skills in the Workplace (University of Pretoria) 3 Days, Nov 12

Conference : Annual - Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI) 1 Day, May 15

Conference : Leadership (The Next Generation) 1 Day, Jun 17

Seminar : Entrepreneurship and Digital Opportunities (Lean Innovation) 1 Day, Jul 17

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS, SOUTH AFRICA

Oracle Partnernetwork (https:/competencycentre.oracle.com/)

Online courses : Ongoing, Jul 14 to Oct 17

Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Support Specialist, Exadata Database Machine 2014 Support Specialist, Database Performance Tuning 2015 Support Specialist, Argus Safety 7 Enterprise Edition Support Specialist, Exalogic Elastic Cloud 2014 Support Specialist, Virtual Networking Support Specialist, Oracle Taleo Enterprise Cloud Service 2013 Support Specialist, Policy Automation Support Specialist, Oracle Solaris 10 Support Specialist, Primavera Unifier 9 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 6 Support Specialist, Primavera Unifier 9 Implementation Specialist, Enterprise Taxation Management Support Specialist, Enterprise Communications Support Specialist, General Product Support Specialist (v3.0), Network Session Delivery and Control Infrastructure Support Specialist, iStore Support Specialist, Instantis Enterprise Track 8 Support Specialist, Linux 6 Support Specialist, Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 6 Support Specialist, Primavera Unifier Cloud Service 2016 Pre-sales Specialist, Primavera Unifier Cloud Service 2016 Sales Specialist, Primavera Unifier 9 Sales Specialist, Primavera Unifier Cloud Service 2017 Sales Specialist, Primavera Unifier Cloud Service 2017 Pre-sales Specialist

Bytes Managed Solutions (Pty) Ltd., Gauteng Province (Aurecon, Unifier)

Contracting and Multi Currency (Development Bank of Southern Africa) 1 Day, Jun 13

Change Management Commitments (Development Bank of Southern Africa) 1 Day, Jul 13

P6 - Admin, EPS, OBS (Development Bank of Southern Africa) 2 Days, Jan 14

Unifier - Document Mgmt. & Process (Development Bank of Southern Africa) 2 Days, Jan 14

P6 – Codes (Actuals/Budget/Reporting) (Dev. Bank of Southern Africa) 2 Days Jan 14

P6 - Project Management Detail (Development Bank of Southern Africa) 2 Days, Jan 14

Unifier – Change Management (Development Bank of Southern Africa) 1 Day, Jan 15

P6 – Analytics Reporting & Demand Planning (Dev. Bank of Southern Africa) 1 Day, Jan 15

Contract, Purchase Order and Change Management 1 Day, Mar 17

Document Management and Processes, Project Delivery 1 Day, Mar 17

Notices, RFI, Minutes, Action Items, Invoices, Payments 1 Day, Mar 17

Conference : Media and Technology (African Telecoms) 1 Day, Nov 17

Intel Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 1 Day, Nov 17

Above studies successfully completed. * Denotes Distinctions attained.

Relevant documentation is available on request.

CAREER HISTORY

Bytes Managed Solutions (Pty) Ltd., Gauteng Province, South Africa

4 Client : Vodacom (Pty) Ltd. (mobile phones), Western Cape Province

Senior Systems Specialist Permanent, Jul 17 to Present

Summer Campaign rollout achieved earlier than deadline

Technical implementation of the application’s end-to-end integration solutions

Documenting and integrating data aspects, implementing information solution framework

Facilitation of business and functional design sessions and client meetings

Design/development/testing/implementation of repositories, tables, scripts etc.

Collaboration with IT teams and external vendors

Interfacing systems in conjunction with Application Development Support Leads

Conversion of existing Vodaphone Europe applications for the South African market

3 Client : Aurecon (Pty) Ltd., Gauteng Province – Snr. Oracle Application Consultant Contract, Jan to Jul 17

Analysis/design/remote implementation/configuration/support of Primavera Unifier application (BP Configuration and Custom Reports) for Australian client

Integration between Primavera Unifier, P6 Analytics and BI Publisher

Risk analysis - project schedules and cost estimates

Oracle Business Intelligence Analytics, configuration of UDR reports and dashboards

Migration of data configuration for P6 Analytics and customised setup of new server

Configuration changes, testing customized business processes

Responsible for business processes and training of Project Management Scheduler

Configuration of document management system/business processes (Tendor/Ventor/PR process/U-Designer), user-defined reporting (integrated P6 to Unifier through gateway) and contractor schedule (matching master schedule in Primavera 15.2)

Delay analysis, look ahead view configuration, plan vs actual and S-Curve

Configuring cash flow through P6 and Unifier Schedule sheet

2 Client : CDM Smith (Pty) Ltd. (hydroelectrical dam), Lesotho

Snr. Oracle Application Consultant Contract, Jan to Jul 17

Supporting existing Primavera deployment - Primavera Unifier application

Generating SOV, invoices, payment applications, estimates, budgets and scope management

Unifier data configuration (uDesigner staging and production environments)

Preparation of design documents and work task plans and schedules (Schedule Manager)

Quality assurance, configuration training and system administration

General responsibilities as listed in Point 1

1 Client : Development Bank of Southern Africa, Gauteng Province -

Oracle Application Consultant Contract, Nov 13 to Dec 16

Analysis, design, implementation and support of Primavera Unifer application (Primavera 8.2, Unifier 9.14)

Integration between Primavera Unifier, P6 Analytics and BI Publisher

Risk Analysis, project schedules, cost estimates

Configuration of UDR reports and dashboards (Oracle Business Intelligence Analytics)

CAREER HISTORY

Migration of data configurations for P6 Analytics, customised setup of new server

Designing solutions on enterprise integration and project cost management

Installation/configuration/maintenance/support of P6 EPPM and WebServices

Planning/design/deployment of Unifier components PCM to Unifier Migration

User training, system administration and document management

Allocating and distributing of resources and tasks

Preparing EPS and OBS after understanding the organisational structure

Creating projects for each EPS, all packages and the master schedule

Confidential Referees : Mr Brian Edy, former Managing Director, Bytes Managed Solutions (Pty) Ltd. +61-450-***-*** / ac3lnq@r.postjobfree.com

Mr Brian Brougham-Cook, former Senior Business Development Consultant, Bytes Managed Solutions (Pty) Ltd. +27-72-382-**** / ac3lnq@r.postjobfree.com

: Mr Lundi Kumalo, former Mgr. Program Management Office, Infrastructure Development Division, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) +27-72-367-**** / ac3lnq@r.postjobfree.com

EON Consulting (Pty) Ltd. Gauteng Province, South Africa

3 Clients : Sanlam & Santam insurance – CA Clarity PPM Functional Consultant Contract, Feb to Aug 13

Responsibilities as listed under Point 2, in the Western Cape Province

2 Client : Harmony Gold Mines – CA Clarity PPM Functional Consultant Contract, Aug 11 to Jan 13

Harmony was the first corporate company in South Africa to implement CA Clarity

Configuration, implementation and support of CA Clarity Portfolio Management Solution (on demand and on premise)

Project and portfolio Management utilising Software Solution Tool

Expertise in GEL, SQL and PL/SQL, Business Objects and Web Intelligence

Collation of documents into the Taxonomy structure, storage in central repository

Supporting SAP portal in conjunction with Planning and Implementation team

1 Client : ESKOM Holdings SOC (Pty) Ltd. - Senior Business System Analyst Contract, Aug 08 to Jul 11

Back to Basics project : standardised SAP system achieved for this major parastatal

Defining information management system requirements

Managed business analysis processes and frameworks

Performing quality assurance testing, management of user acceptance testing

Back to Basics project : supported MS Project Server/SharePoint/MS SQL Server

BIDAT 1 Project : functional decompositions, analysis of user requirements, performance management design, package and industry intelligence projects, transferred project office information to Hyperwave and SAP

Project Management Support Office - ISO Audit Document Controller and document management on Hyperwave, collation of documents into the Taxonomy structure and storage in a central repository (Google Drive/ SharePoint/Dropbox)

Key Advanced Project Solutions (Pty) Ltd., Gauteng/Western Cape/Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa

Client : Safcor Panalpina (Pty) Ltd. (shipping)– IT Business System Analyst Contract, Aug 07 to Jun 08

Analysis of business requirements, process modelling and analysis, compilation of functional specifications

Replacing CCS system with Core Freight system across various regions

Advising on investment in IT systems and resources, purchasing

Enerweb Business Solutions(Pty) Ltd., Gauteng Province, S.A.

Systems Analyst/Training Facilitator Contract, Aug 05 to Jul 07

Training EXCO on EDH concept

Presentation of EDH Data Hub concept to EXCO

Conducted in-depth comparative GAP analysis of existing Human Resources division systems

Implementation and rollout of IPSO lifecycle methodology

Training users on the use of the Capture and Declare Tool to navigate the Executive Information website, website administration/content publication

Facilitated Joint Application Design sessions, training of senior executives

Vumani Consulting (Pty) Ltd., Gauteng Province, South Africa Contract, Jul 04 to Jul 05

Client : ESKOM Holdings SOC (Pty) Ltd. (Electricity Supply Commission) - Information Systems Architect

Formulation of increased electricity pricing structure for Regional Electricity distributors

Presented the Eskom Data Hub (EDH) concept to EXCO and other members

Assessment of information systems architecture methodology

In-depth analysis, implementation of ISPO lifecycle, in-depth analysis

Conducted in-depth comparative GAP analysis of existing Human Resources division systems

Ongoing process improvements to track and resolve customer problems

Analysis of technical performance of products/systems/services

ABSA Bank, Gauteng Province, South Africa

Information Systems Administrator/Systems Analyst Contract, Sep 03 to Jun 04

Implemented fully automated (Crystal Reports – MSDN) Call Centre reporting system (inbound and outbound)

Monitoring data analysis, budgeting and business operations

Implementation of management dashboard

Client liaison regarding reporting requirements, briefing developers on client requirements, testing outcomes

Job Hunting, Gauteng Province Jan to Aug 03

Bachelor of Commerce, Informatics studies Full-time, Jan to Nov 02

Takolia’s Hyper and Hardware, Gauteng Province – General Assistant Full-time, Jan to Dec 01

Bachelor of Commerce, Informatics studies Full-time, Jan to Nov 00

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