Syed Shafqat Ali

Syed Shafqat Ali Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Mobile No: 968 99363327 / Home: 968 24582070 Address: Muscat Oasis Residence, Block 4A - 33, Bousher, Way No. 4550 P. O. Box 106, Postal Code 118, Muscat, Oman EXPERIENCE SUMMARY An extremely hardworking and dedicated IT professional with 20 years of have hands-on experience of the entire spectrum of computer technology management functions. Heading a large financial institution’s Information Technology function for the past 13 years, I have polished up managerial skills required for the development of an IT-centric organization. I have exhaustive experience of supervising and managing computer and communication infrastructure, system continuity, vendor management, system controls and audits. The objective is to work for a renowned Company in order to further increase my knowledge and to serve by bringing in use my vast experience in the field of IT. PERSONAL INFORMATION Nationality Resident of Birth Date Gender Marital Status Dependants Pakistani Muscat, Oman 01-APR-1971 Male Married 3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Head of Information Technology August 2000 till Present Oman ORIX Leasing Company SAOG (Muscat, Oman)

Oman ORIX Leasing Company (OOLC) SAOG, formed in the year 1994 under the umbrella of ORIX Leasing Pakistan is one of the top leasing companies operating in the Sultanate of Oman. OOLC has its Head Office situated in the capital with branches located in five cities across the sultanate.

Responsibilities: Requirement Analysis. Software Development and Implementation. Technology and Communication Infrastructure Management of Computer Systems and related Management and Upgrades. equipment. Selection and correspondence with IT vendors Development, implementation and monitoring and service providers. of IT security policies and procedures. Development, execution and monitoring of Documentation of IT related manuals. annual technology budget. Management of Software Licensing and Development and implementation of Business Service Level Agreements. Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans. Management of daily, weekly, monthly and Coordination with internal and external yearly backups. auditors.

* Automated more than 75% of Company’s processes

Major Projects: Leasing System Redesign: In order to bring about interdepartmental integration and streamline system throughput, a major revamp of the entire Leasing System was undertaken. As part of the redesigning effort the following modules were redesigned:

Marketing Customer Services Recovery and follow-up System IT request system General Ledger Administration and HR system IT Inventory Cheque Management System Payroll and Time & Attendance Development & implementation of Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Plan

Introduced the following technologies: Leased Line/ADSL/VPN connectivity Short messaging System (SMS) Digital photocopiers between Head Office & branches Document Management System Developed Company’s Website LCD Projectors Wireless Local Area Networks Email Exchange BlackBerry Servers Biometric System for Attendance and Currency counting machines CCTV system Access control VLANs Port Security ISDN PRI Lines Queue Management System SharePoint SolarWinds

Servers, Platforms and Databases: Servers Platforms Databases/Development tools HP RX 2660, Itanium processor, 64 –bit HP UX 11i Oracle 7.3.4, 9i. 10g architecture HP rp5400 L1000 server, PA RISC Windows Server processor 2003/2008 Oracle developer 6i/ Dell Server Oracle Developer Suite 10g HP Compaq Servers Red Hat Linux Database Administrator June 1999 - September 2000 Pakistan Services Limited (Karachi, Pakistan)

Pakistan Services Limited is the management and holding company for the Marriot and Pearl Continental Hotels in Pakistan. Combined, the two chains have 7 different locations in Pakistan with strength of more than 2000 rooms and staff strength of more than 3000. As Database Administrator with PSL, I was responsible for Software Development and Implementation at all 7 locations.

Responsibilities: Supervision of development and maintenance of existing system in FoxPro under the Novell Netware Platform Complete redesigning, development and deployment of existing systems using Oracle for Windows NT environment

Major Projects: Room Reservation System (Oracle 7 using Developer 2000 release 2.1) Kitchen Order Ticket (KOT) System in FOXPRO 2.6. Successful implementation at 2 of the 7 hotels Was part of the team that replaced Novell Netware with Windows NT at all the 7 hotels Studied and implemented Time Management System at Marriott Hotel, Karachi Analyst / Programmer July 1996 – June 1999 Alstom Pakistan Limited (Karachi, Pakistan)

One of the worlds largest Electronics and Electrical manufacturing companies, AEG Pakistan, as ISO 9001 certified firm, was also a leader in the industry in Pakistan. Later on rechristened as Alstom Pakistan, the company has massive investments in manufacturing units in Pakistan.

Responsibilities: Development and modification of software packages using Oracle version 7, under AIX environment using both character based and GUI based Development Tools (Developer 2000).

Major Projects: Provident Fund System Shipment Monitoring System. (Developed in Oracle / Developer 2000) Accounts Payable System (Developed in Oracle / Developer 2000) Managed the Y2K Compliance Project at Head Office and Factory with 100% results. Audit System Automatic generation and posting of Salary JVs into General Ledger System Automatic retrieval of Data from Informix server to Oracle server Merged similar systems installed at two different premises after the shifting of ALSTOM’s head office to the factory Developed several reports on user request General Ledger System – Accounts Payable System – Cash Book System Bank Book System – Human Resource System – Payroll System

Titles Received: In the Performance Evaluation Process held for the year 1997-1998, my performance was declared as Exceptional. Software Consultant/Engineer August 1993 – June 1996 ACE – Advanced Information Management Services (Karachi, Pakistan)

The leading Oracle-based Software Consultancy firm in Pakistan, AIMS was a renowned name in the financial business sector with many of the largest corporations as clients.

Major Projects: Extensively improved Inventory Systems for Engro Chemicals (Pvt.) Limited Developed and Modified Software using Oracle version 6 and 7 under UNIX environment as well as in FOXPRO under DOS and Windows environments Studied, analyzed, designed and programmed the Airline Sales & Accounting System for Trade Wind Airlines (TWA), Karachi. (FOXPRO 2.5) Improved and made extensive modifications to the Foreign Exchange Settlement System of the American Express Bank Ltd. Karachi. This system is in Oracle ver. 6 under UNIX environment Provided software development support to multiple client sites including Lahore and Dharki. EDUCATION Master of Science in Information Technology July 2013 University of Liverpool (United Kingdom)

Diploma in Computer Science July 1993 Petroman Institute for Computer Science (Karachi, Pakistan)

TRAININGS RECEIVED Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL – Foundation) Oracle RDBMS 9i SKILLS Skills Level Years practiced Project Management Expert More than 10 years System Analysis / Business Process Reengineering Expert More than 10 years Oracle DBA Good More than 15 years Oracle Developer (Forms & Reports) Expert More than 15 years MS-Office Suite / Windows / NT Good More than 10 years Unix Administration Good More than 15 years Communication Skills (oral and written) Expert More than 15 years

LANGUAGES English, Urdu