Senior IT Leader with Retirement-Ready Expertise

RESUME

Name: Peter L. Prom

VISION: To provide leadership by improving operational efficiencies, embrace and leverage emerging technologies and maximum utilization of available resources.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Cell: +1-240-***-****

E-Mail: *********@*****.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE: To secure a promising position that meet my competencies, skills, education and experience in a challenging environment.

PERSONAL DATA

Nationality: Gambian

USA Permanent Resident (Green Card holder)

Gender: Male

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 1994 – 2024, Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG), Director, ICT Department

Project Coordinator, modernization of the Central Bank of The Gambia data centers (main and backup sites) hybrid networks (wired and wireless) to house the Real Time Gross Settlement Systems (RTGS, Automated Check Clearing and Automated Clearing House (ACP/ACH), Temenos T24 R22 Core Banking Application, National Payment Switch and upgraded SWIFT network projects.

Project Coordinator, Cybersecurity program and SOC implementation (CISCO Umbrella - Insider threat protection, CISCO Endpoint antivirus, Nessus - vulnerability assessment tool and security awareness staff training.

SharePoint central platform (intranet) implementation for improved communication, cross departmental collaboration and document management.

Document ICT department Strategic Plan, Annual Work Plan, and department’s budget.

Consult with senior Bank officers on future technology issues involving connectivity for LAN/MAN/WAN and Internet applications.

Chairperson, Gambia SWIFT User Group

Consultant with Gambia’s leading Mobile Operator, Africell on uptake of their Mobile Money operations and strategies.

Member, World Bank funded West African Regional Digital Integration Project (WARDIP).

Project Coordinator, ICT Infrastructure Upgrade, Payments Systems of the Gambia Financial sector, funded by West African Monetary Institute (WAMI).

Core Member, Project Implementation Team ACP/ACH upgrade Project

Core Member, T24 R10 to R16 to R22 upgrade Project

Coordinated the implementation of Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) for the Gambia.

Member, Gambia National Payment Gateway Committee

May 1987- Oct. 1993 USA Washington DC: MCSI Technologies, Project Team Leader, Maritime Statistical Information System (MSIS).

Downsized, redesigned, and implemented US Department of Transportation MSIS Ports Subsystem to PC platform.

Monitoring and scheduling of group tasks and presentation of weekly status reports to US Department of Transportation (DOT) system stakeholders.

EDUCATION

Degrees

George Washington University, Washington DC, USA

Master of Science in Information Systems Technology (MSIST)

Major: MIS

Capstone Project (Thesis): Design of an Online Information System

Graduated: May 2006.

Howard University, Washington DC, USA

BBA, Computer Based Management Information Systems.

Major: MIS

Graduated: May 1987.

Certification

George Washington University, Washington DC, USA

Certified Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Graduated: May 2006

Training

September 2010 (1 week) BFI – Tunis, Oracle 11g Administration Level 1

September 2010 (1 week) Futuresmart – Tunis, Configuring, Managing & Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers

Summer 2003 (2 weeks) - Cattronic Computers Inc., Gaithersburg MD, USA Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional & Server

Summer 1998 (5 weeks) – Catapult Inc., Washington DC, USA

Windows NT4 Server Network Training

Fall 1998 (5 weeks) - Kindle Banking Systems, Dublin, Ireland

Bank Master Software Training

SKILLS

Hardware

Personal Computer and Compatibles

Software and Applications

Windows OS Servers

Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, Access etc.)

MS Access (application developer)

Social media bundles

Chat GPT

MS Visio

IQ Objects – reporting tool

OPNET IT Guru

COBOL Batch Programming

IDMS/R

MVS/XA JCL

REFERENCES

Mr. Amadou Wadda

Senior Director, Project Development and Technical Solutions

Africa Finance Corporation

email: ******.*****@********.***

Tel: +234 703-***-****

Mr. Batchi Baldeh

Director, Power Systems Development

African Development Bank

email: *.******@****.***

Tel: +220-***-****

Mr. Basil Jones PhD

Assistant to the Chief Economist and Vice President

African Development Bank

email: *.*****@****.***

Tel: +216-****-****

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