Omar Mohamed Shaaban is a core banking consultant with over 10 years of experience implementing core banking systems around the world. He has led projects for numerous banks to migrate their systems to Ethix Core Banking from companies like Phoenix International and ITS. Some of the banks he has worked with include Zenith Bank of Nigeria, Caribbean Union Bank of Antigua, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank of the UAE, and DKM Bank of Ghana. He is proficient in databases like Oracle, SQL Server, and Sybase.
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Omar Mohamed Shaaban
Cairo, Egypt
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Omar.shaabaan@gmail.com
PROFILE Professionally Qualified as a Core Banking Consultant with (10) + years of robust
technical and deep business expertise in “Core Banking Implementation” projects
around several regions in the world which makes me qualified to lead core banking
implementation projects through its life cycle starting from presales activities,
project planning, estimation, identifying project risks, building mitigation plan to
insure successful project closure.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality Egyptian
Date of Birth June 06, 1982
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer
Employer Profile
International Turnkey Systems – ITS (Phoenix & ETHIX Core Banking Solutions )
Cairo – Nasr City
www.its.ws
International Turnkey Systems - ITS, a leading integrated information technology
solutions and software services provider, offers world class quality IT solutions and
services that enable large, as well as small to medium organizations to keep up to
date with the fast evolving competitive business environment. As technology
pioneers with 34 years of experience in the Middle East, ITS has a long, proven
and successful track record.
July 2012 - Present
May 2010 – July 2012
Sep 2008 – May 2010
July 2006 – Sep 2008
Functional Consultant
Senior Technical Specialist
Technical Specialist
Software Developer
Responsibilities:
Customer Related Responsibilities
• Perform functional consulting services related to the core products including
projects implementation.
• Gather Information from customers.
• Ensure and monitor the delivery of the solution to customers according to the
defined requirements.
• Parameterize the core banking system (Ethix) to reflect the customers’ needs.
• Assist in providing database designs and customization specifications.
• Providing training to customers’ users.
• Supporting customers – “Post Implementation Activities”.
Functional Responsibilities
• Participate in project scope definition.
• Participate in pre-sales activities.
• Assist in developing implementation plans.
• Gather information about business areas.
• Analyze business cycles.
• Serve as a liaison between the Business and Delivery Services Divisions to
ensure business needs and requirements are understood, valued, prioritized and
communicated.
• Model business requirements against an already made package if any.
• Model business requirements against an application to be developed if any.
• Prepare suitable technical documents for the customer’s use.
• Helping other units in advanced issues related to business areas.
• assist in defining system interface technical specifications.
Implementation projects:
1. Caribbean union bank (Antigua) – 2016.
a. Description: this is a migration for Phoenix Core banking from
Sybase to SQL server and upgrade to the latest release.
b. Role: Core banking Implementation consultant and team leader.
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c. Tasks:
i. Data conversion and migration.
ii. Technical/business Training.
iii. UAT support
2. Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank ADIB (UAE) – 2015.
a. Description: ADIB is one of the biggest customers for ITS which
required to have onsite support.
b. Role: Onsite support for Ethix Core banking and Ethix Trade.
c. Tasks:
i. Manage the onsite support services.
ii. Collecting the customer requests/Issues.
iii. Process the customer requests/Issues.
iv. Report the requests to the different support levels L2 L3
v. Get the customer approvals/ feedback.
3. DKM LTD Bank (Ghana) – 2015.
a. Description: this is a new bank who purchased ETHIX-Core
banking from ITS replacing their old system (MIFOS).
b. Role: Core banking Implementation consultant and team leader.
c. Tasks:
i. Project study, planning and estimation.
ii. Data conversion and migration.
iii. Manage integration with ITS modules (ETHIX-SMS,
ETHIX-ISO) and the bank interfaces.
iv. Technical/business Training.
v. UAT support
vi. Go live
vii. Post live support.
4. Zenith Bank (Ghana) – 2014.
a. Description: this bank is subsidiary of Zenith bank Nigeria;
replace the current core banking system to ETHIX-Core.
b. Role: Core banking technical consultant
c. Tasks:
i. Project planning
ii. GAP analysis.
iii. Technical database upgrade.
iv. Technical Training.
v. Manage integration with ITS modules (ETHIX-Trade,
ETHIX-Treasury and ETHIX-ISO) and the bank
interfaces.
vi. UAT support.
vii. Go Live
viii. Post live support.
5. Zenith Bank (Nigeria) – 2013.
a. Description: Apply central bank cashless policy.
b. Role: Core banking technical consultant.
c. Tasks:
i. Collect bank requirements.
ii. Build prototype for the new requirements.
iii. Write the new requirements design.
iv. Build implementation plan for the new requirements.
v. Implement the new requirements.
vi. Post implementation support.
6. Zenith Bank (Nigeria) – 2013.
a. Description: apply the central bank Unified Bank Account
Number Policy (NUBAN).
b. Role: Core banking technical consultant.
c. Tasks:
i. Collect bank requirements.
ii. Build implementation plan for the new requirements.
iii. Implement the new requirements.
iv. Post implementation support.
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7. Zenith Bank (Nigeria) – 2010, 2011.
a. Description: replace the current core banking system to ETHIX-
Core.
b. Role: Core banking technical consultant.
c. Tasks:
i. Technical database upgrade.
ii. Technical Training.
iii. Manage integration with ITS modules (ETHIX-Trade)
and the bank interfaces.
iv. UAT support.
v. Go live.
vi. Post live support.
8. East West Bank (Philippines) – 2009.
a. Description: replace the current core banking system to ETHIX-
Core and migrate AIG PhilAm bank.
b. Role: Core banking technical team member.
c. Tasks:
i. Technical database upgrade.
ii. Data conversion and migration.
iii. UAT support.
iv. Remote live support.
9. Cavmont Bank (Zambia) – 2009.
a. Description: replace the current core banking system with
Phoenix International core banking system.
b. Role: Core banking technical consultant.
c. Tasks:
i. Technical database conversion and migration.
ii. UAT support.
iii. Go live.
iv. Post live support.
v. Remote support.
Development Projects
1. Migrate ETHIX-Core banking system from Sybase to Oracle.
a. Role: development team leader.
b. Tasks:
i. Manage the tasks between the team members
ii. Convert the code line.
iii. Unit test.
iv. Code review.
v. Integration Test.
Core banking demoes
Employer Aria System– (Aria Apparel system)
Cairo – Zamalek
http://www.ariasystems.biz/
Aria Systems is an innovative developer of comprehensive Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) software specifically designed for the Apparel, Accessories,
Footwear, Home Furnishings and Textiles industries.
May 2005 - June 2006 Software developer
Responsibilities:
• Migrate the Aria system from Microsoft FoxPro to SQL server.
• Develop the crystal reports.
EDUCATION
May 2003 Mansoura University.
Faculty of computer sciences and Information Systems.
Bachelor of computer science and information systems
SKILLS
Personal
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills.
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Technical
• Oracle DBA (D17092GC30)
Software Engineering & Quality
Certification of Soft Skills Development.
• Certification of Business & Technical writing.
• Data Modeling.
• Data Mapping.
• Business Communication Skills.
• Requirements Analysis.
• Gap Analysis.
• Project Management Professional – Attendance.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional – Attendance.
DBMS
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) – SQL Server 2005.
• SQL Server
• Sybase.
Languages
• Arabic – Mother tongue.
• English – Very Good.
REFERENCES Available upon request.