Management Oracle

Khaled Nofal

Senior Consultant

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

Phone: 301-***-****

Summary

More than 20 Years of IT professional experience in software analysis, design, development, customization and implementation. More than 10 years of MAXIMO implementation experience, including Application Design, Database Configuration and BIRT reports. Solid experience in hardware and networking. More than 8 years of experience as Functional/Technical Resource for core Oracle Financials modules i.e., General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, HR and Payroll. Experience in a wide variety of areas such as Gap Analysis, Module Setup, Business Analysis, Upgrade, Application Design, Conversion and Interface Design, Full life cycle implementation going through Development (DEV), Conference Room Pilot (CRP), User Acceptance Test (UAT), User Training, go-live and post go-live Support in complex Multi-Org Environment. Extensive experience in HR Organization Chart, 12 Years of HRMS, Job/Positions hierarchy, Benefits, Salary Scale and Payroll calculations.

CGI Experience

Senior Consultant Sep 2016 – Present

Participate in Maximo 7.6 upgrading as Technical/Function Senior consultant. Participate in merging two agencies in one Maximo Asset Management Multitenancy. Adding new functions and modules like Maximo Anywhere and Maximo Mobile. Create the UAT scenarios. Assure that all the operation and production activities are performed in accordance with the quality plans, monitor the application performance and produce SLA reports. Administrate the purchasing Workflow.

RES - Summit Aug 2015 – Oct 2015

Maximo Consultant

Participated in Maximo 7.5 upgrading as Technical/Function Consultant. Participated in upgrading, customization and testing for Assets, Locations, Inventory, Workflow and GL modules.

Duke Energy Sep 2014 – Jan 2015

Maximo Consultant

Participated in large scale Maximo 7.5 upgrading as Technical/Function Consultant. Participated in upgrading and customization for Assets, Locations, Time Report and GL integration modules. Conducted Gap Analysis sessions with the SMEs to identify customization.

CGI Federal Feb 2012 – Nov 2013

Senior Consultant

Maximo 7 Upgrade Project

Conducted Gap Analysis sessions with the SMEs to identify Maximo 7 product gaps in inventory, asset management, and labor management.

Coauthored functional and technical design documents to capture domain and schema changes, screen modifications, and Maximo Business Object (MBO) extensions.

Convert the function requirements into technical requirements.

Carried out technical implementation tasks using Maximo’s Database Configuration, Application Designer, and Domains applications.

Developed functional test scenarios for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Conducted end-user training sessions on Asset and Inventory management applications.

Performed Maximo schema analysis to identify schema differences between Maximo 5 and Maximo 7 to identify data conversion requirements and resolution.

Performed data upload activities to populate asset, inventory, and related tables.

Modified BIRT reports.

Provided post go-live end-user support.

Maximo Mobile (Syclo) Project

Performed product demo to the business on Mobile Asset and Inventory Management using Motorola handheld devices and the Syclo Agentry Mobile Platform.

Conducted Gap Analysis sessions with the SMEs to identify Syclo mobile screen customization.

Installed and configured Motorola handheld devices to connect to Syclo Agentry Mobile server and enabled bar code scanning.

Performed Syclo mobile screen customization.

Conducted end-user training sessions on Mobile Inventory and Asset Management.

Provided post go-live end-user support.

Chenega Technical Innovations Jan 2011 – Dec 2011

ERP Architect

Client: The US Government, Washington, D.C.

Maximo 7 Upgrade Preliminary Analysis

Organized meetings with the Upgrade project steering committee to assess the impact of moving from a heavily customized Maximo 5 environment to a standard, out of the box Maximo 7 environment.

Designed a unified Inventory Management process to enable the move from customized Maximo 5 environment to a standard Maximo 7 environment.

Planned multi-site deployment of Maximo 7 and identified common vs. different and sometimes conflicting business processes and provided resolution to reach common process standards.

Conducted analysis work to isolate existing Maximo 5 customization to determine business process adjustments needed to accommodate the decision to upgrade to out of the box Maximo 7.

Mapped Maximo 5 schema to Maximo 7 schema for a number of Maximo modules including Asset, Inventory, Job Planning, Preventive Maintenance, and Work Order.

Maximo Rollout

Rolled out existing Maximo 5 implementation to one of the main remote locations.

Analyzed the site’s existing asset, inventory, and user legacy data to determine data mapping and conversion requirements and assess the conversion effort, and provided solutions to mapping gaps and issues.

Executed data conversion procedures of Asset, and Inventory from the legacy system to Maximo.

Developed and Administrated the Workflow Process.

Collected user and group access requirements and outlined and implemented the required user access, and data security policies.

Conducted training workshops for the new users on Asset, and Inventory Management processes in Maximo.

Freelance IT Professional

Mar 2010- Dec 2010

Analyzed business requirements and work with end users to assist with the functional design, development and customization of Oracle EBS applications. Perform unit and application testing, issue resolutions and provide troubleshooting for Oracle Support.

Attend Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Hands-on training for more than 50 hours.

NORC at University of Chicago Dec 2009 – Feb 2010

IT Consultant – Contractor

Develop Access Database application. Contribute to data validation and clean-up of survey projects using Excel and SPSS tools.

Functional/Technical Consultant – Freelance Jan 2009 – Dec 2009

Attended a technical course in American Career Institute at Johns Hopkins Inst. The course name is Oracle 11g Admin and Microsoft Enterprise Management. Studied Oracle database admin, ASP.net, SQL Server, C#, Java, J2EE, XML and HTML. Undertaken functional implementation task of customized Document Management System for one of my clients.

IT Department Manager Feb 2005 – Dec 2008

National Marine Dredging Co, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

NMDC is one of the biggest dredging company in the Middle East.

Plan, organize, direct and coordinate the IT Department activities. In charge of monitoring and managing performance of IT staff at headquarters and sites.

Duties & Accomplishments;

Evaluate different applications like SAP, Oracle Financial, MS Dynamics and Adept Financial. Produced Gap-Analyses document for each application

Developed and applied the institution’s IT plans

Prepared and monitored the annual budget for IT services at the company level

Lead multidisciplinary teams, modernized computer systems, set project goals, timeliness, budgets and manpower requirements to implant ERP systems

Migrated the company existing COBOL system to ERP & MAXIMO

Combined Supply Chain Management functionality with traditional enterprise resource planning software

Set information security policy

Monitored and managed the performance of IT related services

Implemented all modules of MAXIMO Ver.5.2. Integrate MAXIMO with a financial application "Adept financial.Net"

Developed test scenarios for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Implemented Primavera Project management and integrated with MAXIMO

Water & Electricity Authority - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Jan 1999 – Jan 2005

Senior Business Analyst at the IT Division

Duties & Accomplishments:

Liaised between users and developers of computer systems and converted users’ function requirements into technical solutions that could be developed on a computer. Additionally, suggested ways that business processes can be changed so that the process is streamlined and improved, which in turn should make the process more amenable to inclusion in computerized solutions. Also ensured that users receive an efficient and effective IT support services.

Conducted methodical investigation, analysis and documentation of all or part of a business in terms of business functions and processes, and the information used.

Implemented ORACLE E-Business suits as Multi-Org and Multi-Currency environment.

Implemented the HR’ process Workflow.

Conducted training as required to all levels including senior management.

Contributed to Application customization using OAF, AOL and Oracle Discoverer.

Developed Oracle Users, Responsibilities, key/Descriptive Flex fields and Functions.

Water & Electricity Department - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Jul 1987 – Dec 1998

System Engineer, Computer Section

Duties & Accomplishments:

Developed financial & HR applications using ORACLE Forms, Reports and Discoverer

System Administrator of "Data General" mini computer, OS AOS/VS

Trained, and provided support to computer users

Undertaken the migration of the Human Resources management system from COBOL application to ORACLE database application.

Managed and modified a COBOL Personal Application

Managed “DEC2000” System, using OSF/UNIX

Skills and Certifications

Maximo 5-7, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Discoverer, SQL, PL-SQL, SQL developer, XML, MS Office, Access, Windows and Unix.

Microsoft MCSE 2003 Certified.

Education

Master Certificate in Oracle Administration & Enterprise Solution Developer at Johns Hopkins University. 2010

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer & Information System, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. 1986

Microsoft MSCSE 2003 certified.

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