Being the E-learning Coordinator at Ta’allum Group, Decision Support Systems & Technology Director in
the Biggest Oil & Gas Services Company in Egypt with 14 years of experience and a Certified Project
Management Professional who is responsible for the overall planning, execution and monitoring of all IT
functions in my Company and in many related Egyptian Oil & Gas Sector Companies and as a member of
the HSE Committee, I’m open to new challenges and I am willing to take the risk, walk the talk and complete
the mission. I’m self-motivated and excellent plan maker. I’m accustomed to work under pressure and I
understand the importance of time management. I always have big ideas that can save the day. I do not
care who gets credit however, I have received the best employee five times.
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1. Ahmed Sami Ahmed Hussein Qatar
Viva Baharya Tower 07 – The Pearl, Doha, Qatar
Mobile Phone: 00974 55015044
E-Mail: ahmedsamiahmed@hotmail.com
Age
35
Education
Qualifications:
- Preliminary Studies for Master of Science (Major: Information systems) - 2009
Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
- Bachelor of Computer Science & Information Systems, Major: Information Systems - 2006
Helwan University, Egypt
Languages:
- Arabic Fluent - Native Language
- English Fluent - IELTS Overall Score: 7.5
- French Fair - Level 5
Professional Experience
Objective
- I aim to pass my knowledge to others, use my experience and education to harness new technologies and
enhance strategic team learning.
Summary
- Being the E-learning Coordinator at Ta’allum Group, Decision Support Systems & Technology Director in
the Biggest Oil & Gas Services Company in Egypt with 14 years of experience and a Certified Project
Management Professional who is responsible for the overall planning, execution and monitoring of all IT
functions in my Company and in many related Egyptian Oil & Gas Sector Companies and as a member of
the HSE Committee, I’m open to new challenges and I am willing to take the risk, walk the talk and complete
the mission. I’m self-motivated and excellent plan maker. I’m accustomed to work under pressure and I
understand the importance of time management. I always have big ideas that can save the day. I do not
care who gets credit however, I have received the best employee five times.
Soft Skills
- Interactive & Fast Learning of New Technologies
- Highly Organized
- High Communication Skills
- Time Management
- Analytic
- Attentive to Details
- Leadership
- Resource Allocation
- Critical Observation
- Advanced Research Abilities
- Conflict Management & Resolution
- Self-Motivated
- Strategic Thinking
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Create and Maintain Vendor and Client Strong Relationships
2. Key Skills
- Administrating the Office 365 Tenant
- Oracle 10g Developer, Oracle 11g Developer
- Oracle 10g Administration, Oracle 11g Administration
- Linux Administration
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008,2012, 2016 Administration
- Network Administration (DHCP, DNS, Directory Server)
- Network Security (Encryption, Compression, Administration)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2016
- Grandstream, Polycom & Elastix VoIP Systems
Courses & Training
- Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE)
- Certified Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Decision Support Systems
- Certified Oracle Developer 10g
- Management Information System
- Certified Microsoft Application Developer
- Critical Systems Operating
- Database Design
- Network Security
- Network Design
- Data Quality
- E-Business
- E-Commerce
- Management for VoIP Solutions
- C/C++ Course
Career History
Sep 2016 - To date Al Maha Academy for Boys (Ta’allum Group)
VLE Coordinator
- Worked as the Virtual Learning Environment Coordinator. My Role Functions Mainly Consists of:
Coordinating and providing advice, guidance, demonstrations and training to staff on the use of the
virtual learning environment (VLE) in teaching, learning and assessment.
Providing advice to strategic plans for VLE use and expansion.
Keeping up to date with advances and best practice in online learning related technologies.
Keeping accurate records using internal systems to handle student data in accordance with data
protection policies and practice.
Providing timely updated reports regarding teachers and students utilization of all VLE modules.
Participating in planning for all academic year VLE projects.
Leading all teachers to become MIEEs.
Planning for the Academy to be a Microsoft Showcase School.
Preparing and training all teachers on new technologies.
Training all the teachers and staff on using Office 365 Tools in education: (Microsoft Teams,
Microsoft Forms, Microsoft OneNote; Class NoteBook and Staff NoteBook, Sway and Stream).
Training all teachers on using OWL Testing Software for official exams.
Training all the teachers on using the GL Assessment.
Coordinating with the Ministry of Education on conducting the TIMSS and PISA in the Academy.
Implementing Minecraft and STEM in classes.
Providing timely reports on the progress and the achievements of the students using SQL Server
and Power BI to the school management.
Holding and organizing events.
Representing the Academy in many events including Microsoft Private Schools, Microsoft Summit
and Microsoft Weekly Webinar
Participating the Microsoft Community and attending many events as a Guest Speaker.
Creating audio and video training material for all the teachers, staff and students.
Utilizing Microsoft SharePoint to leverage the Educational Process.
Utilizing Microsoft technologies in handling large amounts of data and scripts.
3. Creating and managing scripts to integrate between the school’s management system and office
365 Tools.
Providing support to IT staff in Database management, Azure, AD and server management.
Jan 2015 – Sep 2016 Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company (PETROSAFE)
Decision Support Systems & Technology Director
- Worked as the Decision Support Systems & Technology Director for Petrosafe Company. Responsibilities
included overall planning, organizing, and execution of all IT functions at the HQ and the seven branches
across the country. This includes directing all IT operations to meet customer/employees’ requirements as
well as the support and maintenance of existing applications and development of new technical solutions.
My Role Functions Mainly Consists of:
Analyzing complex business needs presented by the user community and/or clients and
recommending technical solutions.
Ensuring the consistency and maintainability of existing applications by creating, maintaining, and
enforcing standards/procedures for implementing technical solutions.
Directing operations in executing production tasks according to a documented schedule that meets
customer/employees’ expectations.
Producing detailed time line for each application release and implements effective project control
by monitoring the progress of the software release and reporting the status.
Directing and prioritizes the workload of subordinate personnel.
Reviewing all designs, code and unit test plans.
Approving all business requirements prior to the technical solution.
Participating on all hardware and software evaluations and evaluating vendor contracts.
Performing liaison duties between users, operations, and programming personnel in the areas of
systems design, modifications or trouble shooting.
Performing salary administration and conducts interviews and makes recommendations for new
hires, consultants and/or replacement personnel.
Contributing in planning the annual budget and the board reports.
Attending the meetings of the Board of Directors and to help formulate and codify the
recommendations and decisions issued, and to develop appropriate plans.
Signing vendors' contracts, conducting tenders and reviewing RFPs and tenders.
Represent the company at events and formal interviews commissioned by the representative of the
Board of Directors.
Managing the learning and educational strategy of the company.
Managing and monitoring the curriculum of development courses.
Managing the e-learning resources and strategies.
Jan 2013 – Dec 2014 Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company (PETROSAFE)
Information Systems Section Head
- Worked as a Section Head for Petrosafe Company. Responsibilities included the following:
Managing the IT Department Team.
Working as a Team Leader to manage the development team resources, plan different phases of
the projects & follow the installation & execution plan.
Administrating different applications using different technologies.
Guiding the design of high-level reports according to business requirements (monthly, quarterly &
annually).
Analyzing proposals provided by the vendors in order to conclude the best proposal that meets the
company’s software and hardware requirements with respect to the financial perspective.
Administrating the network’s hardware and software security.
Administrating the company’s Network Domain.
Contributing in planning the annual budget.
Signing vendors' contracts, conducting tenders and reviewing RFPs and tenders.
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012 Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company (PETROSAFE)
Senior IT Specialist
- Worked as a Senior IT Specialist for Petrosafe Company. Responsibilities included the following:
Leading, guiding and teaching the team members to develop and administrate in-house
applications using different technologies.
Working with the team to develop and administrate different applications using different
technologies.
Designing reports according to business requirements (monthly, quarterly & annual).
4. Analyzing proposals provided by the vendors in order to conclude the best proposal that meets the
company’s software and hardware requirements with respect to the financial perspective.
Design network’s infrastructure.
Design network’s hardware and software security.
Building and administrating the company’s Network Domain.
Develop learning materials for the developed applications.
Conduct train the trainer courses to internal employees.
Manage the train the users’ sessions.
Coach the internal employees to be instructors.
Nov 2006 - Dec 2010 Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company (PETROSAFE)
IT Specialist
- Worked as an application developer for Petrosafe Company. Responsibilities included the following:
Build design document of the current solution using UML methodologies.
Develop desktop and Web application using C#.Net, ASP.NET & Oracle Forms.
Maintain web application using Rational Application Developer.
Working with oracle database to load and extract data.
Design and build report solutions according to business requirements.
Develop learning materials for the developed applications.
Conduct training courses to internal employees.
Projects Experience
Feb 2018 – To Date VLE Department – Ta’allum Group
Computer Based Exams Implementation
Role: Team Leader.
Project Description: Implementation of a CBE platform that accommodates formative assessments for 4000
students.
Contribution:
- Conduct & Review proposals from multiple international platforms.
- Testing multiple products virtually and physically during the academic year without interrupting teaching &
learning activities.
- Participate in developing a special version from the CBE platform.
- Managing and Running the system for 10 assessments with a 100% success rate.
Planning and delivering the entire training (including the training material) for all staff including the SMT.
Apr 2017 – To Date VLE Department – Ta’allum Group
Migration from CLG LMS to Microsoft Tools
Role: Team Leader.
Project Description: Replacing CLG LMS with Microsoft Office 365 Tools without compromising any of the
functionalities and establishing needed infrastructure and hardware requirements.
Contribution:
- Managing the LMS replacement system to properly function as our previous LMS.
- Produce feasibility studies.
- Participate in developing the learning materials required for the migration.
- Supervising the creation of all tablets systems.
- Planning the entire training for all staff including the SMT.
Apr 2015 – Sep 2017 Financial Department – Petrosafe Egypt
Oracle E-Business Suite R12
Role: Requirement Analysis Gathering - RFP - Software Engineer - Project Owner.
Project Description: Implementing the Oracle E-Business Suite (Financial & HR).
5. Contribution:
- Gathering the Financial department process cycle and the required functionalities.
- Supervising the tender for purchasing the hardware.
- Reviewing the RFPs and the Tender.
- Analyze and design the business process.
- Configuring the Hardware to inhabit the Oracle E-Business Suite.
- Customization to the ERP according to the business process analysis.
- Data migration from legacy systems and spreadsheets.
- Participate in developing the learning materials.
- Conduct train the trainer courses to the internal employees.
- Manage the train the users’ sessions.
- Coach the internal employees to be instructors.
Feb 2015 – May 2015 Petrosafe Egypt
Emergency Control and Video Conference Room
Role: System Engineer – RFP – Owner.
Project Description: Implementing Video Conference System that Connects 7 Oil Spill Prevention Bases to the
HQ and can Broadcast Live Events with Two Way Audio/Video Guidance.
Contribution:
- Conduct & Review the Tender.
- Supervising the installation of the network.
- Configuring the servers, the gateways and the terminals.
- Testing of the system.
- Implementing the system on seven branches across Egypt.
- Develop learning materials.
- Conduct training courses to the internal employees.
Aug 2015 – Sep 2015 Petrosafe Egypt
Video Surveillance System
Role: System Engineer – RFP.
Project Description: Implementing Video Surveillance System with Hazard, Fire & Leak Alarms in HQ and the
seven branches.
Contribution:
- Conducting the Tender.
- Supervising the installation of the network.
- Configuring the servers, the gateways and the terminals.
- Testing of the system.
- Implementing the system on seven branches across Egypt.
- Conduct training courses to internal employees.
- Conduct train the trainer courses to internal employees.
- Manage the train the users’ sessions.
Apr 2011 – Nov 2011 Petrosafe Egypt
VoIP System
Role: System Engineer – RFP – Owner.
Project Description: Implementing the VOIP System.
Contribution:
- Conducting the RFP and the Tender.
- Supervising the installation of the network.
- Configuring the servers, the gateways and the terminals.
- Testing of the system.
- Develop learning materials.
- Conduct training courses to the internal employees.
6. Apr 2013 – Jun 2013 Petrosafe Egypt
Sagem Time Attendance System
Role: System Engineer – RFP.
Project Description: Implementing the Sagem Time Attendance System.
Contribution:
- Conducting the RFP and the Tender.
- Supervising the installation of the network.
- Configuring the servers, TA Machines, setting up of schedules.
- Generating various reports.
- Supervising the testing of the system.
- Integrating with HR system and the financial system.
- Implementing the system on seven new branches across Egypt.
- Develop learning materials for the developed applications.
- Conduct training courses to internal employees.
Apr 2010 – May 2012 HR Department – Petrosafe Egypt
Human Resources Application
Role: Developer - Software Engineer.
Project Description: A system that stores and produce reports of all the company employees' information
about the vacations, promotions, relatives, medical insurance and payroll.
Contribution:
- Gathering the HR department process cycle and the required functionalities.
- Analyze and design the business process entities using Object Oriented tools and concepts.
- Designing the database structure based on the design using Oracle 10g Database.
- Data migration from legacy systems and spreadsheets.
- Designing the forms and the reports using Oracle Forms & Reports.
- Designing the security for the application.
- Conducting training sessions to the application users.
- Designing new forms and reports using oracle 10g.
- Maintaining the integrity and the consistency of the database and scheduling backup schemes.
- Develop learning materials for the developed applications.
- Conduct training courses to internal employees.
- Coach the internal employees to be instructors.
Sep 2007 – Oct 2009 Financial Department – Petrosafe Egypt
General Ledger, Assets & Pay Roll Application
Role: Developer - Software Engineer.
Project Description: A system that stores and produce reports of all the company’s financial records, the
company’s assets and processing the employee’s payroll.
Contribution:
- Gathering the Financial department process cycle and the required functionalities.
- Analyze and design the business process entities using Object Oriented tools and concepts.
- Designing the database structure based on the design using Oracle 10g Database in cooperation with a
third party.
- Data migration from legacy systems and spreadsheets.
- Designing the forms and the reports using Oracle Forms & Reports in cooperation with a third party.
- Designing the security for the application that contains privileges for the users and for the forms and
reports in cooperation with a third party.
- Designing and developing a main customizable module that can inhabit many different sub modules within
in cooperation with a third party.
- Designing new forms and reports using oracle 10g.
- Maintaining the integrity and the consistency of the database and scheduling backup schemes.
- Manage the train the users’ sessions.
7. - Coach the internal employees to be instructors.
Jan 2007 – May 2007 HSE Training Department – Petrosafe Egypt
Training & Courses Management Application
Role: Developer - Software Engineer.
Project Description: A system that keeps track of the trainees, the course material, the course financial details
and certificates in addition to producing various timely reports.
Contribution:
- Gathering the Training department process cycle and the required functionalities that need to be
implemented.
- Analyze and design the business process entities using Object Oriented tools and concepts.
- Designing the database structure based on the design using Microsoft SQL 2005.
- Designing the forms and the reports using ASP.Net.
- Conducting training sessions to the application users.
- Develop learning materials for the developed applications.
- Conduct training courses to internal employees.
- Coach the internal employees to be instructors
May 2007 – Jan 2008 Fleet Department – Petrosafe Egypt
Transportation and Staff Movement Management Application
Role: Developer - Software Engineer.
Project Description: A system that keeps track of the cars trips and the drivers' assignments, in addition to
producing various timely reports based on multiple criteria.
Contribution:
- Gathering the Transportation department process cycle and the required functionalities.
- Analyze and design the business process entities using Object Oriented tools and concepts.
- Designing the database structure based on the design using Microsoft SQL 2005.
- Designing the forms and the reports using ASP.Net.
- Develop learning materials for the developed applications.
- Conducting training sessions to the application users.
Nov 2011 – Nov 2012 Follow Up Department – Petrosafe Egypt
Follow Up Keeping Application
Role: Developer - Software Engineer.
Project Description: A system that keeps track of all the jobs assigned (Work) to the company’s different
departments while integrating with older systems.
Contribution:
- Gathering the company’s document workflow.
- Analyze and design the business process entities using Object Oriented tools and concepts.
- Designing the database structure based on the design using Microsoft SQL 2005.
- Designing the forms and the reports using ASP.Net.
- Develop learning materials for the application.
- Conducting training sessions to the application users.
Awards
- Special Award for ongoing support and the successful CBE Implementation (January 2020)
- Best Admin Staff (December 2019)
- Microsoft Educator Exchange – representing Qatar (April 2019)
- Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow (November 2018)
- Super Educator Support Award (October 2017)
- Appreciation Certificate (May 2017)
- Special Award (Unique Employee 2015)
- Best Employee of The Year 2015 Petrosafe
- Best Employee of The Year 2010 Petrosafe