IT Manager

Ali Sharifzadeh

604-***-**** **********@*******.***

OBJECTIVE: IT Director, IT Manager

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Creative team player who works well with both business and technical staff

Master’s degree in Information Technology (E-Commerce) & Commerce (Accounting)

Experience in IT Project Management, IT Planning, Network design & Administration, Web Solutions

Excellent Management, Technical, design and people skills

Skilled in assessing business needs, able to complete task on time and within budget

Strong work ethics

EDUCATION

Master of Commerce (Accounting), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia 7/2006 - 6/2008

Master of Information Technologies (E-Business), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 7/2005 - 6/2006

Bachelor of Science (Computer Information Systems), Devry University, Calgary, AB, Canada 3/1998 - 6/2001

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

IT Manager, Clarius Mobile Health 8/2017-6/2019

Manufacturer of clinical mobile ultrasound devices to improve patient care.

IT Manager, strategic consulting and advising VPs about implementing new innovative & cost-effective solutions based on the budget.

Researching independently and implementing IT solutions with 3rd party vendors or consultants keeping in mind both user friendliness and management expectations in the cloud based environment.

Project lead for cloud applications such as Network Security, Wifi system, Printers, Antivirus, Scanning and monitoring, backup & recovery

Collaborate with IT security and audit/quality departments to put in places best practices for maintaining data security & compliance

Purchasing & Maintaining vendor & 3rd party consultant relationships on behalf of the organization

Creating and documenting IT procedures & policies

Office 365 & SharePoint implementation in the cloud environment

Data Migration from one platform to another platform in the cloud

Managing and implementing cloud based Video Conferencing & Collaboration tools such as MS Teams, Slack and Skype for Business

Implement online IT support portal for better servicing the users

Network administrator & support for more than 80 Employees

IT Manager, Ultrasonix Medical Corporation (BK Ultrasound) 2/2010 – 7/2017

Manufacturer of ultrasound systems that are designed to make ultrasound easy to use in more areas of patient care.

Project management (Network infrastructure & Web), planning, budgeting and implementation

Project lead - SAP ERP solution

Project lead - MS Dynamic CRM

Project lead - Cisco & Mitel Phone systems

Project lead - Web Solutions (SharePoint, Web based Knowledge base, Web based Inventory tracking applications)

Project lead - point to point Ethernet wireless connection between two offices

Managing vendor relations for sourcing IT needs

Coordinating and managing three outsourced employees

MS dynamics CRM, SAP B1 (ERP software) administration

Network Administration for above 100’s of employees

Managing Windows Servers including domain controllers, SAN, SAP B1, Exchange and VPN Servers

Web solutions consultant

Troubleshooting (Hardware & Software), Servers, Phone systems

IT Security planning and administration

Backup planning and administration

Systems Administrator, IT Manager, E-Commerce Specialist

Small Business BC (Canada BC Business Service Society), Vancouver, BC 10/2008- 2/2010

The Small Business Branch aims to support a growing small business sector that contributes to a strong, sustainable provincial economy through the development of programs, initiatives and resources designed to break down barriers to doing business in British Columbia.

Managed the IT infrastructure for the company including Hardware & Software

Project management (Migration from Novel Netware environment to Windows 2008 Server environment)

Windows Server 2008 Administration and troubleshooting

Microsoft Share point 2007 Administration and customization

IT support for over 30 employees

E-commerce, website consulting for clients who would like to promote their businesses online

Website administration in Plesk environment

Working with open source web applications such as Drupal, Wordpress, Magento.

Presenting seminars related to E-Commerce

Contribution to Website design for different projects in LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment

Web Developer and Content Manager, Ensign International, Sydney, NSW, Australia 3/2008 - 7/2008

Australian manufacturer, wholesaler & distributor of neckwear, business wear, school wear, work wear & promotional items

Consulted with the management to establish the overall look, graphic elements, design, and contents of the E-Commerce websites.

Developed the design, coding, testing and implementation of the E-commerce websites.

Managed the contents of the websites including the documentation.

Coded in HTML, ASP, PHP and JavaScript.

Created the graphic elements of the websites.

Created backup and recovery procedures for the websites.

Managed the payment system which enabled the customers to pay by credit card

Managed the databases related to various products

Optimized the Promotional and Marketing aspects of the websites in a competitive environment which increased the traffic for the websites

Relational Database Management Systems teacher, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 3/2008 - 7/2008

3/2007 - 11/2007

Higher Education 7/2005 - 11/2005

Web development for a personal business, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1/2005- 6/2005

Technical Support, International House, Sydney, NSW, Australia 7/2005 - 1/2007

Hospitality & Accommodation for tourists and students

Systems Administrator, Graphic designer, Future Trek Enterprises, Calgary, AB, Canada 7/2001- 7/2002

IT Consulting

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