raed ashour profile

Raed Ashour

IT Professional

Objectives

Seeking a position within a Consulting/Information Technology firm that will utilize my analytical, technical, leadership & management skills and will offer the opportunity for continued professional growth.

Professional Description

• Eleven years of IT experience• Responsible of planning, organizing, and

managing resources• Capable of quickly adapting to changing

environments and out-of-comfort work areas• Experienced in managing various Project Types• Flexible, committed team player• Excellent communication and documentation

skills• Proactive, hard worker, self challenging• Gets things done

Highlight of Experiences and Skills

• Manage projects simultaneously

• Scope, Time and Cost Management

• Resource, Risk and Procurement Management

• Stakeholder Management and progress reporting

• Scheduling• Communication

Project Manageme

nt • Writing RFPs • Writing Proposals• Business demonstrations

• Show case presentations

• Analyze enterprise data

• Oracle Best Solutions

• Partnerships Management

Consultation

• System Design• DB Design• Requirement Gathering

• Requirement Analysis

• Financials and HR

• Real Estate• Investments• Education• Legal affairs• Portal, CMS, DMS

Analysis

• SDLC• Task Management

• Resource Management

• Scheduling• Conflict Management

• System Design• Technical Guidance

• Oracle AIM

Team Lead

And Others...General understanding of GIS technologies provided by ESRI , Well-Versed in Document Management solution provided by Open Text, CMMI, ITIL, HTML, XML, JSP, .NET, ASP and Adobe scripting

Technologies

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

GIS Project Manager08, 2008 – present

Outsourced to Kuwait Oil Company

Deploy GIS solutions to core business

Develop GIS and create opportunities

Time Management

Scope Management

Cost Management

Resource Management

Release Management

Procurement Management

Project Manager11, 2004 – 08, 2008

Diyar United Company, Kuwait

Project Planning

Project Execution

Quality Control

Documenting lessons learned

Pre-Sales

Oracle Consultation

Solution recommendations

Development Management

System Analyst / Oracle Developer06, 2008 – 08, 2008

Free Lancer for NDP Appliances, CA, USA

System Analyst

Solution Design

Using Oracle Designer 9i

Application Development

Database Installation

Application Deployment

Testing

Forms 6i, Reports 6i, SQL and PLSQL

System Analyst / Senior Developer09, 1999 – 11, 2004

Management Information Systems, Kuwait

Gather and compile user requirements

Gap Analysis

Prepare Requirement analysis documents

Database and application design

Application User interface design

Prepare Design documents

Portal Content Design

Oracle Designer, Developer 6i/9i

System Administrator / Developer04, 1999 – 08, 1999

Baze’e Shareholder Reg. bureau, Kuwait

Network day-to-day support activities

Virus detention and removal

Hardware upgrades

Configure PCs

Upgrade software

Application Debugging

Report Development

Follow up with software vendors

Managing Partner06, 1997 – 03, 1999

Reeme Kids Store, Jordan

Book Keeping

End of Year auditing

Staff Management

Retail selling

Inventory

Cash Management

Liabilities

Balance Sheet

Instructor Assistant01, 1997 –06, 1997

Science Labs in University, Jordan

Tutored freshmen

Supervise labs

Assure adherence to all safety procedures

Prepare Labs Material

Inventory

Mark Results

Provide Guidance

Manage Reservations

Professional Development & Education

• Deep Dive in Adobe Live cycle designer• PMP Exam Preparation• Oracle OCS10g• Farabi Host Front Integration to Mainframe• ITIL Foundations• Project Management Professional• Oracle SOA and BPEL• LiveLink – Document management System• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP9i)• Oracle HRMS Release 11i

Professional Development & Education, cont.

• Oracles 11i, Use and Administer CRM Foundation

• Oracle 11i, Implement Service Core• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP6i)• CIW Foundation and Design• A+ Certification• Basic Hebrew Language• Basic Dutch Language• Pre-Masters, Information Systems (minor

financial Science)• B.S., Chemistry Science

PROVEN WORK SAMPLES

Project I - Enterprise GIS – Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait

Team Size: 15Project duration: 4 yearsValue: more than $10 millionBrief Description: This is a Time & Material Contract with Oil

Sector to provide and install required ESRI Software Licenses and modules, and develop required GIS-based solution for different departments in KOC, we focus mainly on the company core business i.e. Oil exploration and drilling but we also cover the needs in Health and Safety, Well Surveillance, Projects, Facility Management, Assets Management, and others, we also utilize and update the required Airborne and Satellite images. Different technologies are being used in this project such as ArcGIS 9.3, ArcIMS, ArcEditor, ArcView, Maximo, Street Map, ArcExplorer (Google Earth alike), Windows Server 2008, and SQL Server 2005.

Project II - Smart Forms – Public Authority for Industry, Kuwait

Team Size: 6Project duration: 1 yearValue: $250KBrief Description: This solution is based on Adobe Live

cycle designer. It is a Document Process Management Solution used to cut back expenses and time-consumption by manual processes required at the front-end CRM. This solution provides the mechanism to capture data in a dynamic PDF format that is seamlessly integrated into workflow processes, and automatically routed to the applications and employees involved in the process.

Project III - Mobile Data Terminal – MDT/AVLS, Ministry of Interior, KuwaitTeam Size: 5Project duration: 2 yearsValue: $1.5 millionBrief Description: This is a support contract to provide support and maintenance

for the existing system running in GPD, the system consists of DB2 database, ESRI Products, WebSphere and MQSeries, the contract covers:

Standard software support offered by ESRI (Map Objects, MapInfo)• Product Updates • Phone, Web and email Technical SupportExtended support covers:• Software Installation, Configuration and updates • Database Administration (DB2, Oracle 9i)• 24 hours Phone Technical Support • On-site technical supportAnd enhanced support includes:• “How to do” help support and 24 On-site technical support As well as: On-site resident engineer, consultancy services

Project IV - Export Promotion Portal - Public Authority for Industry, KuwaitTeam Size: 9Project duration: 1 yearValue: $500KBrief Description: PAI established a new division to

promote and increase export of Kuwaiti products, a Portal was created as the first step to having a complete B2B and e-Commerce site which runs the complete communication between exporters and worldwide importers. The portal was built using Oracle Portal 10g R1, an application was developed to maintain portal content and Kuwaiti establishment industrial information, the site provides various contact methods like email notification, online contact forms and questions.

REFERENCES

Professional Colleagues

Name Title Company Telephone Email

Eyad Arab Projects Department Manager

Diyar United Company

+965 66-656-429

eyad@duc.com.kw

Bashar Atout General Manager

Diyar United Company

+965 99-709-865

basher@duc.com.kw

George Bayyod

Senior Project Manager

Diyar United Company

+965 99-813-001

bayyoud@hotmail.com

Hisham Saker

Senior Project Manager

Diyar United Company

+965 66-397-397

hsakr@duc.com.kw

Rimah Ghaddar

Sales Manager

Diyar United Company

+965 66-868-049

rimahg@hotmail.com

Clients and Business Partners

Name Title Company Telephone Email

Ammar Darwish

NDP Owner NDP Appliances

909-915-8736

immousa@gmail.com

Alan Edward Reynolds

Member of the Independent Consultants Group

Independent +44 (0)20 86 86 20 10

alan@alanreynolds.com

Ahmed Sadiq Development Manager

Public Authority for Industry

+965 99-623-244

a_sadeq@pai.gov.kw

Khaldoun Sahmani

Sales Manager

Farabi Technologies

+971 50-274-7300

Khaldoun@farabi.ae

Ibrahim Riachi

IT Manager National Real Estate Company

+965 99-800-570

ibrahimr@nrec.com.kw

Personal

Name Title Company Telephone Email

Khalil Anshasi

Sales Manager

Plexus +965 99-875-669

khalilanshasi@hotmail.com

Tariq Mahmoud

Operations Manager

Cisco 714-330-6075, 949-823-3758

Raed Ashour

West Covina, CA Cell: (951) 634-0644 SKYPE: RAED.ASHOURraed_a@yahoo.com, raed.ashour@gmail.comHTTP://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/RAEDASHOUR

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