Manager Project

Mohammad F Abdulhadi

Jeddah, KSA

E-mail: *******@*******.***

Mobile: +966-*********

A qualified Computer Graduate and a seasoned IT Professional having 17 years of rich and extensive experience in Technology alignment with Business needs and value addition, including over 3 months of International (Malaysia and Egypt) tenure, seeking senior level leadership challenges to drive strategies & initiatives for Comprehensive Business growth as…

IT Director

Profile Highlights

Functional Skills

A senior Technology and Business Solutions Professional with Management qualification (MBA) and having accomplished track record of leading cross-functional team to Exceed Corporate and Client Goals by defining Strategic Plans, Technology Research to satisfy Client Needs with feasible & cost-effective solutions, automating a wide range of business functions, especially on collaboration and content management platforms and for solution integration and business intelligence.

Strong Technical Expertise in Windows Platform (OS), multiple Languages, Databases, Microsoft .Net Framework and Tools (Graphic/Web/SOA Programming/Reporting). Similar Functional Knowledge on Construction & IT sectors in multiple business domains.

Exclusive experience in Project Delivery Management involving Initiation, Requirement Finalization, Project Scoping, Planning (Estimation, Scheduling & Milestones), Quality & KPI, Risk management, Communication between project stakeholders, Execution Control and Delivery within agreed timeline and designed quality.

Similar experience in System Analysis by Data Research, User Interaction & Business Process Study (AS IS), Functional Specification Development (TO BE), Work & Process Flow, Interface Design to suit business requirement, Proof of Concept Presentation & User Agreement on Solution Design, Development Support

Proficient in all phases of Development Life Cycle including Requirement Elicitation/Analysis, Functional Specification development, Solution Design, Test Planning, Development, Testing & Integration, Implementation and Support

Deft Team Leader enforcing team performance excellence, knowledge sharing, motivation and mentoring while being Team Player with analytical, problem solving, planning communication & interpersonal skills

Career Graph

Saudi Bin-Laden Group, Jeddah Saudi Arabia

(2008 onwards) & (1997 to 2000)

Career Progression:

IT Director - Safety & Security (2013 onwards)

e-Services Program Manager - Safety & Security (2011 to 2013)

Senior IT Manager - Safety & Security (2009 to 2011)

Systems Consultant - KAUST Phase 2 (2008 to 2009)

Project Manager – Operation & Maintenance (1997 to 2000)

Current Accountabilities (2013 onwards):

Currently reporting to the GM and leading a team of 20 resources to manage the kingdom-wide IT Unit aligning technology with Safety & Security requirements.

Accountable to lead the team for designing, developing, hosting and enforcing use of various Safety & Security awareness/compliance portals and dashboards for corporate level.

Managing development, deployment and operation of portals like self-services portal for Safety and Security Dept., Safety911 is online SMS portal and Rush Safety Services (RSS) portal etc.

Responsible to coordination with the department head and understand the needs of safety services of each department and suggest suitable solution for them.

Involved in continuous development and management of online safety and security portal while analyzing the new business services.

Spearheading development and hosting of electronic safety magazine listing the services provided by Safety and Security as well as social news of the employees along with the company events.

Performing daily team administration routines as well as team development and people management activities to improve team productivities.

Accountabilities (2011 to 2013):

Led a team of 20 resources to manage design, development, deployment, operation and support of online portal, covering all services related to safety and security department.

Managed to study & analyze day-to-day activities and understand all the requirements required by the top management to implement on-line facility for daily and weekly meeting with all safety and security officials.

Responsible to design and develop a digital dashboard, which dedicated to the upper management, to monitor all safety and security services.

Involved in deployment & operation of access control system for Makah holy mosque expansion project and supervise the control room including CCTV system and online reporting system.

Engaged further in installation & operation of other systems like access control system for Islamic world clock tower, access control system for Makah area labor camp and ID Cards System for multi-mega projects within Saudi Bin-Laden Group.

Spearheaded creation of suitable Document Management System, with proper workflow, and eliminated the daily paper work resulting in corporate saving of effort & time.

Provided development & deployment of online reporting system for all accidents and injuries, which occur during the construction work for all Saudi Bin-Laden Projects.

Developed new functionalities such as Web Parts, Event Handlers, Application Pages, Workflows, and other SharePoint assets aiming system, based on environments.

Supported application support activities for existing SharePoint 2007 and 2010 applications as well as SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 migrations.

Performed daily team administration routines as well as team development and people management activities to improve team productivities.

Accountabilities (2009 to 2011):

Reported to the Safety & Securities Dept. Manager and led a team of 10 resources to set-up and establish suitable IT unit servicing the necessities of the department.

Managed to study & understand all safety & security requirements to define & enforce necessary strategies, policies and procedures to ensure compliance to the statutes.

Responsible for implementing new web services addressing the employee needs while launching online portal for safety and security department.

Involved in installation and operation of turnstiles in holy mosque expansion project as well as CCTV system in holy mosque expansion project.

Reviewed and reported the progress of the work with the upper management.

Performed daily team administration routines as well as team development and people management activities to improve team productivities.

Accountabilities (2008 to 2009):

Joined this Group after a gap of 9 years and after completing Management qualification and reported to the HR & Administration Manager as individual contributor for phase 2 of KAUST project.

Managed to generate daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly analytical reports in coordination with the planning division and cost control department.

Responsible for defining, study, analyze and change management of charts for Saudization program which been agreed with Saudi Aramco in all levels of management & users.

Involved in attending all the weekly progress meetings with KAUST Management Team.

Accountabilities (1997 to 2000):

Initiated the IT career with this leading Construction Groups in KSA and was promoted to define strategy and support entire IT function for group's newly created business model

Established and assisted in managing the MIS Department with team of 35 resources

Responsible for strategic planning, IT profit & loss management, policy & procedure implementation, hardware/software purchasing/outsourcing, operational management, staff training and mentoring.

Significant Achievements during this engagement:

Design, Development, Deployment and Support of multiple portals (management dashboards; control room safety portal & many others), Safety based e-journal, automation of access control in strategic places like Makkah and several web/desktop applications using Microsoft technologies

Large-Scale Systems Implementation for series of innovative systems development and integration initiatives, including Oracle-based Human Resources Management System (HRMS), Area-wide network with 4 main hubs in major offices accommodating over 1, 000 users, Work-Flow system for large-volume activities and Y2K program covering more than 200 projects

Contributed to establishment of effective cost control and mentoring cost-coding system subsequently utilized as prime sensor for business application systems.

Other Engagements

Integrated Visions, Jeddah, KSA

Project Manager (Oct 2005 to Jul 2007)

ASP Consultant (Jun 2000 to Apr 2003)

Qualification

Education:

M.B.A. (General), Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University, UK (2004)

B.S. (Computer Science), King Abdelaziz University, Jeddah, KSA (1997) with CGPA 3.56/5 (Cert. of Excellence)

Accreditations:

Designer/2000 Server Design and Generation - Oracle

Data Modeling and Relational Database Design - Oracle

Designer/2000 First Class - Oracle

Strategic and Operational Review Workshop and Business Planning Training

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems: WIN 95/98/XP/Vista/7

Languages: C#, VB, C, C++

Databases: MS SQL Server, Oracle, Access

Framework: MS.NET

Graphic Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dream Weaver

Web Tools: Asp.Net, HTML, JavaScript, AJAX

SOA Programming Tools: Web Services, WCF, WPF, Silver Light, Oracle Forms

Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports, Oracle Reports

(Note: Took leave from pursuing career to complete Management qualification during 2003 & 2004)

Personal Particulars

Date of birth: 10-07-1975

Languages known: Arabic and English

Location Preference: Jeddah/Riyadh/Dubai

Nationality: Saudi

Passport No: U831819 (valid till 06/05/2027)

Project Summary

Project

Digital Dashboard

Organization

Saudi Bin-Laden Group – ABCD (Safety & Securities Dept.)

Duration

2 weeks

Team Size

3

Environment

SharePoint, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server

Details

Project for facilitating on-line dashboard for the upper management including the owners - all the services provided to the dept., no. of accidents in all projects, no. of violations in all projects and KPI for safety performance in all projects

Role

Project Manager

Project

DMS Portal

Organization

Saudi Bin-Laden Group – ABCD (Safety & Securities Dept.)

Duration

2 Months

Team Size

5

Environment

SharePoint, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server

Details

Project for development & operation DMS for safety dept. with workflow for all documents

Role

Project Manager

Project

e-Services

Organization

Saudi Bin-Laden Group – ABCD (Safety & Securities Dept.)

Duration

5-6 months

Team Size

8

Environment

ASP.NET, MS SQL Server

Details

Project for providing several online services, using some designer tools like flash and silver light

Role

Project Manager

Other Projects:

Safety Cafe - Social portal for all safety employees

SPI - Safety performance indicator for all projects kingdom wide

Other Portals -

ohttp://portal.sbg-safety.com

ohttp://hr.sbg-safety.com

ohttp://id.sbg-safety.com

ohttp://safety91l.sbg-safety.com

ohttp://rss.sbg-safety.com

Oracle-based Human Resources Management System (HRMS)

Area-wide network with 4 main hubs in major offices accommodating over 1,000 users

Y2K program covering more than 200 projects, including 2 Holy Mosques, 8 airports, 1 seaport and Royal Palaces.

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