Gis Software Developer
Resume:
YUSUF KHAN
GIS LAND BANK MANAGEMENT +
COST OPTIMIZATION + GROUP
FINANCE MANAGEMENT
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PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Nationality: Indian
Visa Status: Employment
Marital Status: Married
Languages: English, Arabic, Hindi,
Urdu, Gujarati
Driving License: UAE
KEY SKILLS
GIS Land Bank Management
GIS Implementation
Governance
Group Fixed Assets Accounting
Process Improvement
IT Implementation
Escrow Audits
EDUCATION
Heriot Watt University, UAE
MBA (2012)
Manchester Metropolitan
University, UK
PG Diploma in GIS and
Management (2011)
The American University of Asia,
UAE
Bachelor of Computer
Engineering (2002)
GPA: (4/4)
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Information Systems
Auditor (CISA)
Project Management
Professional (PMP)
Microsoft Certified Professional
Brainbench Certified C
Programmer
ESRI certified course in ArcView
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
A management professional with 20+ years of experience across diversified business verticals ranging from government, hospitality and real estate with core competencies in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) implementations, strategic planning, financial performance management, financial and IT asset management, regulatory escrow audits across the UAE markets. Have extensive experience in GIS project management, system design and implementation. Have created and managed software applications to aid government entities in issuing land ownership and demarcation certificates. Have developed many software libraries and tools to perform data analysis and data conversions.
Have spent over a decade at MERAAS with several distinctive achievements to credit. Was instrumental in the implementation of the GIS system in house which was used to develop the Group’s Land Bank. The GIS Land Bank was updated automatically by integrating it with various other systems. The Land Bank was used as astrategic base for Project Financing and Real Estate team to develop group strategies.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Executive Manager - Asset Registry & GIS September 2008 - Present Meraas Holding, UAE
The company is one of the largest developers in the country with projects in multiple sectors including real estate, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, leisure and entertainment and healthcare. Its portfolio comprises key projects like City Walk, Ain Dubai, Port de La Mer & Bvlgari Resort. Achievements:
Rewarded for saving costs by implementing the GIS system in-house.
Recognized for single-handedly maintaining the GIS and the Land Bank Asset Register.
First line of support for GIS software. Ensured the GIS system is up and running with 0 downtime and 0 vendor escalations.
Proposed a management dashboard to view operational and under development projects live through CCTV.
Spearheaded the consolidation exercise to create a central financial Fixed Asset Register for all business verticals including Retail, F&B, Hospitality, etc.
Implemented process improvement by reviewing Capex Purchase Requests to ensure Capex Purchase Orders are complete and accurate, thereby reducing rework, administrative tasks, and improving efficiency.
Performed physical verification and reconciliation exercise by implementing a tagging system, developing asset tagging guidelines and tagging fixed assets.
Identified process improvements and cost savings, gaps in IT systems, drove the fintech initiative and served as part of the ERP team to analyze and recommend ERP upgrade.
Have the authority to sign on cheques and bank transfers as per Group DOA.
Concluded escrow audits satisfactorily within the RERA stipulated deadlines.
Participation in VAT and IT implementations for asset tagging, leasing, procurement, budgeting, etc.
Provided inputs to strategy team for development of Group Strategy.
Presented complex financial information in an understandable format to senior management and onwards to the Audit and Risk Committee.
Developed department policies, procedures and delegation of authority and aligned them with the Group policies.
Key Responsibilities:
Leading a team of 3 as part of the Financial Asset Management team at Meraas Holding. Nature of work is multi- disciplinary which includes accounting, IT implementation and governance.
Responsible for the Groups financial Fixed Asset Register worth billions of dirhams.
Involved in the issuance of Groups audited Financial Statements by providing inputs and resolving audit queries.
Monitoring and maintaining the organization’s real estate Land Bank in a GIS system, having millions of square feet.
Performing annual audit of off-plan Escrow Projects as per RERA regulations.
Developed data analysis tools for analyzing GIS data.
Identifying and investigating variances to financial plans and forecasts by interpreting financial results, effecting control measures and optimizing financial forecasting to ensure accurate reporting.
Proposing metrics and KPIs to be incorporated into the monthly financials and scorecards providing the management with target actions.
Software Engineer August 2005 – August 2008
Dubai Municipality - Survey Department, Dubai, UAE Achievements:
Played a major role in developing and maintaining Planning Support System (PSS) ArcGIS application to issue demarcation certificates.
Developed and managed Land Parcel Withdrawal Application.
Designed and developed a website for viewing live Tidal/Meteorological data (Dubai Civil Aviation)
Recognized and rewarded for designing and developing a system to monitor earthquakes (Dubai Police)
Spearheaded and managed an intranet application to provide a single point of access for surveying projects. Software Developer July 2000 – July 2005
Fugro MAPS, Sharjah, UAE
Achievements:
Acknowledged for outstanding contributions in architecting, developing and implementing an encryption software library.
Spearheaded and managed a Client–Server based ArcGIS plotting Solution (PlotServer).
Served as the main architect and author of MicroStation Image Viewing Software.
Acknowledged for created a library to convert between various coordinate systems.
Managed a program to bulk import shape files into a Geodatabase (Military Survey Department).
Managed the Contour Generation Software Library & Application Development.
Developed MicroStation to ArcGIS (and vice versa) conversion software. SOFTWARE KNOW-HOW
GIS Software ESRI’s ArcGIS suite of products (ArcGIS Server, ArcMap, ArcCatalog, etc), MAPInfo, MGE Application Tools GeoCortex IMF, ArcObjects, MDL, Visual Studio Languages C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Java, Pascal Operating
Systems
WIN NT/2000/98/XP
RDBMS/ERP Oracle, SQL Server, Oracle Financials
CAD Software MicroStation, MicroStation Geographics, AutoCAD Web
Technologies
ASP, ASP.NET, AJAX, XML, VB Script, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML Design and
Installation Tools
MS Project, MS Visio, UML, InstallShield Developer REFERENCES CAN BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST
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