1. QUALIFICATIONS
(A) ACADEMIC
(B) TECHNICAL
CURRICULUM VITAE
CAREER OBJECTIVE : A dynamic, challenging and responsible Management position that
will be benefited from my initiative, capabilities and experience.
My passion is to get involved in the decision making
responsibilities and my aspiration is to perform outstandingly in
top management roles.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name : HASSAN A. AL-MANIE
Nationality : Saudi
Marital Status : Married
Contact Address : C/o Saudi Industrial Dev. Fund, P O Box 4143, Riyadh-11149
Tel: MBL +966 505477178 (Home +966 11-4708308)
: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science 1988
Minor in General Business
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
: Training Courses
Attended a number of short courses conducted by IMD, Digital,
Hoskyns and BIS:
U Leadership & Performance improvement
U Programming
U System Development
U Project Management
U Personnel Management
2. WORKING EXPERIENCE:
From : 01-03-1409H : SAUDI INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND , Riyadh
till present (Financial Institution affiliated with Ministry of Finance and National
Economy)
From:2011 To: till present
As Department Manager
Job Responsibilities:
Develop and Implement short and long term IT Strategy
aligned with SIDF strategy.
Direct the management of all Information Technology issues
related to the organization.
Direct the management of the department activities and
resources
Provide overall management of Departmental activities
and resources.
Develop and implement the Annual Information
Technology, Capital and Operating Budget plans.
Explore and provide the Fund with Information Systems
to meet business requirements in a cost effective manner
Ensure that IT strategies are in line with Fund business
direction by maintaining close relationship with Fund
Senior Management.
Ensure highest level of support services to all users.
Facilitate Information Technology transfer within the Fund.
Provide Network of communication, interaction of
Information Technology and organizational structure.
Provide Information Technology training services within
the Fund to facilitate Saudization and the effective use of
IT.
Provide Information Technology consultation services to the
Fund and its customers.
Research and assimilate the latest emerging Information
Technology to meet the organizational goals, create business
opportunities and improve productivity and effectiveness.
Provide various sets of means to enable the Fund to exploit
emerging Information Technologies, identify short and long
term information system requirements of the Fund
Develop Policies and Procedures for IT security, IT Audit and
other procedures for smooth running of the IT Department
Arrange periodical exercise to identify the Gaps and
subsequent action to mitigate the risks
Establish and maintain cordial relationship with internal
customers (SIDF Business Users), external vendors and
outsourcing suppliers.
3. From:2008 to:-2011
As Deputy Department Manager
Job Responsibilities:
> Take management responsibility of one or more of the
Information Technology Divisions (three team or more)
> Assist in the management of all Information Technology
issues related to the Fund.
> Assist in the management of the department activities and
resources, ensuring that information technology are in line
with Fund objectives.
>Direct and manage one or more of Department Divisions.
> Act as a Department Manager in the absence of the
Department Manager.
> Work with other Division Managers to :
Explore, recommend and provide the Fund
with Information Systems to meet business
requirements.
Ensure that IT strategies are in line with Fund
business direction.
Recommend various sets of means to enable the
Fund to exploit emerging Information Technologies,
identify short and long term information system
requirements of the Fund.
Control and ensure highest level of support
services to all users.
> Assist in the :
Definition of short and long term Information
Technology strategies.
Development and implementation of the
Annual Information Technology and
Capital Budget plans.
Facilitation of Information Technology transfer
within the Fund.
Provision of Information Technology training
services within the Fund to facilitate Saudization
and the effective use of IT.
Provision of Information Technology consultation
services to the Fund and its customers.
Research and assimilation of the latest emerging
Information Technology to meet the organizational
goals, create business opportunities and improve
productivity and effectiveness.
4. From: 2004 to: 2008
As Applications Development Division
Manger Job Responsibilities:
Manage the activities and resources of the Applications
Development Division in an efficient and effective manner
and ensuring that information technology are in line with
Fund objectives
Provide day-to-day management of Applications
Development Divisional activities and resources.
Identify short, medium and long term information system
requirements of the Fund.
Research, recommend and develop the necessary business
application software to support agreed objectives, within
budget and to agreed quality standards.
Establish Applications Developments annual objectives.
Achieve these objectives in a timely manner.
Ensure that, within approved budgets, resources are
available to meet the Fund's information processing needs.
Achieve the highest levels of professional standards of
performance in Divisional activities.
Assist in devising and implementing a plan for Saudization,
capitalizing on opportunities for Saudi upward mobility.
Ensure that adequate and appropriate training is provided to
staff.
Liaise with all departments to establish a communications
channel for identifying business application software
requirements to meet their objectives.
Identify best possible ways to integrate departmental
business needs, in order to streamline the business
operations of the Fund.
Provide an on-going process of re-engineering the business
application software legacy to accommodate the
implementation of emerging Information Technologies.
Provide IT training to Information Technology Department
staff and Users
5. From: 2000 To: 2004
As User Support Division Manger
Job Responsibilities:
> Manage the activities and resources of the End User Support
Division and ensuring that information technology are in line
with Fund objectives and operational and available to the users
at all time
> Provide day-to-day management of End User Support
Divisional activities and resources to provide professional
level of services.
> Establish End User Support annual objectives. Achieve these
objectives in a timely manner.
> Liaise with all Departments and other Divisions within the
department to identify the business application software
support requirements to meet their objectives.
> Support the users in the use of business application software.
> Provide maintenance support to the users for all current
applications and ad-hoc enhancement requests.
> Provide training and assistance to users in the use of
Information Technology.
> Provide a "Help Desk" service to the users.
> Identify IT training requirements. Develop and co-ordinate
training plans to meet these requirements in order to
enhance the use of IT within the Fund.
> Provide training and education facilities and services to
support the implementation of Information Systems.
> Liaise with the Human Resources Training and Career
Development function.
> Ensure the quality of delivered business application software
and services.
> Secure and maintain the integrity of the corporate data.
> Provide chargeable consultancy services, in the best use of
Information Technology, to the Fund's customers.
> Liaise with other Divisions within the Department to develop
and ensure adherence to the agreed policies, standards and
procedures.
> Ensure the quality of delivered business application software
and services.
> Secure and maintain the integrity of the corporate data.
> Provide IT training to Information Technology Department
staff and Users.
From: 1996 To: 2000 As Team Leader & Senior Programmer
From: 1994 To: 1996 As Programmer/Analyst
From: 1988 To: 1994 As Assistant Programmer/Programmer
6. Major Challenges/Achievements during my career:
1) Established Project Management Office(PMO)
Established PMO team within SIDF IT Department in order to ensure appropriate governance
for IT projects. This PMO function was tasked with automating the management of projects
using internationally accepted methods. To achieve this, the PMI methodology was adopted
and the Microsoft EPM tool was configured to automate and standardize the project
governance. In addition, pre-determined gateways were established where project deliverables
are monitored for quality purpose.
2) ISO Certifications
We were able to get the following accreditations for SIDF IT Department and am proud that
these projects were/are under my direct responsibility:
Accreditation Subject Status
ISO 9001 Quality Certified
ISO 27001 Security Certified
ISO 20000 Service Management In the Process
ISO 22301 Business Continuity Planned
3) Representation in various National committees
> Member of "IT & Telecommunication committee" formed by Ministry of Finance .
> Representing SIDF in the National Committee for E-Governance
> Representing SIDF in Yesser Committee
4) As Project Manager Y2K implementation
Was the Project Manager for the Y2K project, which was successfully implemented with zero faults.
The team had to investigate, modify and test many applications developed under traditional languages
(COBOL, Fortran etc.). The team consisted of more than 50 persons from various disciplines.
5) As Project Manager, Conversion of Software Applications from Cobol/Ingres to
Sybase PowerBuilder and Database conversion from Ingres to MS SQLServer.
Was the project manager for this complex and tedious task of converting the legacy systems. We had
to convert more than 50 applications, data migration to the new Database and train the users to use
the new applications. Everything went smoothly without even a single day down time.
6) Upgrade of Information Technology from a Division to a Department. Information
Technology was a Division which got upgraded to a fully functional Department having 4 Divisions
currently. Also ITD PMO was set up during my leadership as IT Manager.
7. ADDITIONAL TRAITS : Sound knowledge of current IT Trends
Sound planning and communication skills
Maintained high productivity and efficiency
Contributed to the situations beyond my area of responsibility
Capable of adapting to changing demands of the job
Capable of working efficiently under pressure and to meet strict
deadlines
Capable of working with different Nationalities(European,
American, Canadian, Asian etc..) in a team environment.
REFERENCES : Will be Provided whenever required.
HASSAN A. AL-MANIE