Engineer Project Manager

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

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Marital Status: Married

D.O.B.: 20/10/1975

Nationaltiy: Lebanese

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Samer Salameh

Profile

A motivated IT Director who consistently achieves objectives;

Experience gained across a large number of projects, services and

technologies. Well developed inter-personal skills, motivation and team

building, with an analytical and investigative approach to work. In depth

understanding of financial, commercial and contractual issues, with

proven success in formulating and negotiating commercially sound

solutions.

Objective To manage people, interface with customers, and work with highly

technical Software and Hardware applications.

Key Skills

• Deliver a high quality IT service, both within the company and to all

customers, based on the high industry standard for IT service delivery

within negotiated SLAs.

• Ensure the continued, uninterrupted operation of the global DNS

infrastructure required for the company’s services, secure from threats

and operating within agreed performance metrics.

• Plan and manage the departmental budget and the IT capital

programme.

• Implement a continuous measurement, review, audit and

benchmarking process to monitor the security, capacity and performance

of systems.

• Work with the Chief Executive and Director of Operations to plan

schedules and priorities and respond to any major issues.

Experience Nov 2003–To Date Horizon Int’l Flight Academy Al-Ain, U.A.E

I.T. Department Head

Responsible and handling:

.. Successfully designed and implemented the major systems introducing

On-line Systems for: Distribution, Inventory Management, Appliance

Stock and Order, Insurance, Quality Control.

.. Be responsible for the management of IT and systems risks and

ensure maximum system up time.

.. Develop, maintain and review the company project programme, in

partnership with the Director of Operations. Ensure projects are

delivered on schedule that meet the agreed objectives and business

needs.

.. All servers which are windows 2000/2003 server based and includes

ISA Server, Exchange Server 2003/2007Webaccess,Commvault

Backup Symantec Enterprise Antivirus server.

.. All Cisco Cat switches, Pix Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Sensors,

Wireless Access Points and network.

.. CCTV system, security cameras, access cards, and security doors.

.. Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 PBX and Telephone system.

.. Microsoft Great Planes and SQL Server.

.. Commvault Backup Server using Compaq LTO Tape Library up to 6

T.B. of compressed data capacity.

.. VPN, and RAS connections between the academy and remote sites.

.. Russell Adams Aviation software.

.. Horizon Website design and updates.

.. Making Department annual reports, budget, meetings, vendors, and

expansions.

.. All client machines, network printers, scanners, projectors.

.. Handling upcoming projects and expansions like in-house E-learning

Center and CBT Training System.

Mar 2000– Nov 2003 Emirates Computers Est. Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

Senior Systems Engineer

.. Progressed from Systems Engineer to Senior Systems Engineer.

.. Configuring, designing, installing, handling project and troubleshooting:

.. Actively identified and delivered new opportunities for test environment,

network support, hardware maintenance, software support

and disaster recovery services.

.. EMC SAN Boxes & Silicone Graphics NT Boxes.

.. Dell products (Powervault storage SAN & NAS (Fiber-SCSI),

Powervault Tape Libraries, PowerEdge Servers, Precision

Workstations, Desktops, and Laptops.

.. ACER products (ALTOS Servers, Desktops, and Laptops).

.. Cisco Products Routers, Switches, and Firewalls.

.. Microsoft Products (Exchange 5-5.5-200-2003 Server, Proxy server

2.0-ISA Server, Microsoft Cluster Server).

.. Veritas (Data Center, Business Server, & Backup Exec).

.. Veritas Netbackup, Data centre, Business Server, and Backup Exec .

Mar 1997– Jan 2000 Al-Rams General Sanitary Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

Computer Engineer

.. Responsible of all Company sites computers and remote connections.

.. Working on some engineering specialized programs. (AutoCad/3D

Studio).

Apr 1995– Jan 1997 MASK Computers Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

Computer Technician

.. Cabling, assembling, troubleshooting computers, and many other

computer Software.

Education 1995 –1999 Ajman Univ. of Science & Tech. Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

.. B.Sc., Computer Engineering from Faculty of Engineering and

Computer Science.

.. Graduated with Very Good Merit.

Languages .. Arabic: Native Speaker

.. English: Fluent reading, writing, and spoken

.. French: Intermediate

Certificates .. Microsoft Certified Professional Systems Engineer (MCSE)

.. Dell Certified Systems Expert (DCSE) (Master Level)

.. ACER Certified Systems Administrator (ACSA)

.. VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) (High Availability)

.. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

.. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Hobbies Bowling, Football and Swimming

Projects Achieved

Project: ADNOC Takreer IT Infrastructure SAN Project:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: EMC FC4700 SAN Boxes, Dell Poweredge Servers, Dell Powervault Tape, Library

with robotic arm, Broacade Fiber Switches, Veritas Data Center, Intelligent Disaster

Recovery, Vaulting, and Storage Replicator, Navisphere 5.0, Access Logic, Power

Path.

Description: Install & Configure total LAN free SAN (Terabytes) solution backup using VERITAS,

Microsoft Windows 2000 servers, and various network devices in Redundant solution.

VERITAS Oracle Agent, Veritas Exchange Agent, and Veritas SQL Agent were all

installed and configured.

Project: National Drilling Company (NDC):

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: EMC FC4700 SAN Boxes, Dell Poweredge Servers, Dell Powervault Tape, Library with

robotic arm Broacade Fiber Switches, Veritas Data Center, Intelligent Disaster

Recovery, Vaulting, and Storage Replicator, Navisphere 5.0, Access Logic, Power Path.

Description: Install & Configure total LAN free SAN (Terabytes) solution backup using VERITAS,

Microsoft Windows 2000 servers, and various network devices in Redundant solution.

Veritas Oracle Agent, Veritas Exchange Agent, Veritas SAP Agent and Veritas SQL

Agent were all installed and configured.

Project: Ministry Of Interior:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: EMC CX600 SAN Boxes, Broacade Fiber Switches, Navisphere 6.0.

Description: Deployment & installation of SAN Box, configuring zones on the fiber switches, and

creating LUNS and automated redundant paths for each HBA on HP Unix Server.

Project: ZADCO HQ:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: Microsoft Windows 2000, Maximo, HR Access, Hummingbird.

Description: Deployment & installation of 450 Dell Workstations & Servers, installation of different

Software all using automated unattended installation.

Project: ADNOC HQ:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer (Team Leader)

Technology: Microsoft Windows 2000, Maximo, HR Access, Hummingbird.

Description: Deployment & installation of 450 Dell Workstations & Servers, installation of different

Software all using automated unattended installation.

Project: ADNOC Um Al-Nar Petroleum Institute:

Role: Project Manager Engineer

Technology: Dell Poweredge Servers, APC UPSs, Microsoft Windows 2000, MS Exchange 2000

Server, ISA 2000 Server.

Description: Design & provide all the network infrastructure including, Microsoft Windows 2000

servers, Installing and configuring Exchange 2000 server and various network devices.

Project: GASCO:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer (Team Leader)

Technology: Microsoft Windows 2000, Maximo, HR Access, Hummingbird

Description: Deployment & installation of 500 Dell Workstations & Servers, installation of different

Software all using automated unattended installation.

Project: Arab Monetary Fund Network Infrastructure Migration:

Role: Project Manager Engineer

Technology: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, MS Exchange 2000 Server, ISA 2000 Server,

Cisco Pix Firewall, Cisco 2950 Series Switches and Cisco 1600 Series Router.

Description: Migration all 10 MB speed network to 100 MB, all network and servers were migrated

from Windows NT environment to Windows 2000 environment, Exchange 5.5 to

Exchange 2000 Server in DMZ Secure Configuration & Web Access, Checkpoint

Firewall to Cisco Pix Firewall, and Proxy Server 2.0 to ISA 2000 Server.

Project: State Audit:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: Dell Poweredge Servers, Dell Powervault SCSI External Storage, Microsoft Windows

2000, and Microsoft Cluster Server.

Description: DC & Microsoft Cluster installation and configuration in Active-Passive mode.

Project: Ali & Sons Co.:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: Dell Poweredge Servers, APC UPSs, Microsoft Windows 2000, MS Exchange 2000

Server.

Description: Configuring Two Windows 2000 Domains in one Active Directory Forest, Installing and

configuring two exchange 2000 server sites in same Organization unit for each domain

in a full transitive trust mode.

Project: Bundoq Oil Company:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: Dell Poweredge Servers, Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Dell Powervault Tape

library with robotic arm, Veritas Netbackup Business Server.

Description: Installation and configuration of Netbackup Business Server for Exchange Server

clients, UNIX workstations, and NT clients. The installation involved setting up the tape

library with Robotic arm.

Project: Ministry Of Interior:

Role: Senior Systems Engineer

Technology: Dell Poweredge Servers, Dell Powervault Fiber External Storages, Microsoft Windows

2000 and Microsoft Cluster Server.

Description: Installing and configuring servers to use external storages over fiber Connections in a

cluster active-active mode setup for using oracle databases

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