A capable, results orientated general manager with experience of leading high performance teams and of successfully increasing efficiency and productivity whilst reducing costs and inefficiencies. Ability to keep a level head at all times, nurture and grow a business, evaluate opportunities and risks and also deliver innovative new solutions to challenges. Possessing excellent client facing and configuration skills and highly successful in helping define company direction, achieving goals and optimizing business, also over twenty-five years of experience in computing industry and excellent at corporate growth, managing staff, mentoring, establishing best practices, project and program management.
• Worked as an IT consultant for SRO (Saudi Railways Organization, Dammam, KSA), where I developed a completely System Analysis and Design Report for ticketing & reservation. I was also involved in the re-engineering of the IT activities in SRO.
• Worked with the IRO (International Islamic Relief Organization, Dammam, KSA), regional office in the Eastern province, automating its activities.
• Organize the IT procedures and issue a written concise manual to be used to operate the IT section.
• Mange the IT section efficiently with possibility to expand the system to cover accountancy to support the operation of profit/loss and cost centers, marketing, stock control …..etc.
• Manage and maintain an approved procedure to validate and check the system data and the updated information from the initial data input exercise with the provision of keeping all the original data input forms from where the data is copied, with the ability to retrieve such documents quickly and easily.
• Assure the quality and performance of all of the IT team.
• Developed several software packages in most business areas, such as, but not limited to: sales, stock control & inventory, payroll & personnel, book stores, book distribution, audio tape libraries, hospitals, restaurant, orphans & Widows follow-up and donations funds.
• Worked as a presentation designer for MEIRC (British company working in the field of human resource development by training, Al-Khbar, KSA.), whereby I designed and developed material and graphics presentations for 12 courses.
• Taught several Information Technology related courses while working with MEIRC.
• I have worked with Novell Netware, Novell lite, and MS Windows for workgroup 3.11.
• Installed and managed networks in several sites such as Eastern Province Police, Al-Kaltham Est., Ibn Al-Jauzi book Store, and others.