Thair Al-Ibrahim has over 15 years of experience in software development including 5 years experience implementing automatic meter reading (AMR) solutions. He currently works as a Software Development Lead at Amplex-Emirates LLC where he manages software projects for smart metering and is responsible for technical design documents and software development. He has extensive skills in metering protocols, programming languages, databases, and software design practices.

1. THAIR AL-IBRAHIM Smart Metering AMR/AMI
Mobile: +971 551236163
Email: tjust80@gmail.com
LinkedIn: http://jo.linkedin.com/in/thairalibrahim
PROFILE
 Comprehensive knowledge in implementation of AMR & AMI smart metering solutions.
 In depth knowledge of metering protocols DLMS (IEC 62056), M-Bus, Euridis, ANSI C.12-18, ANSI C.12-19.
 Well versed in integration between smart metering Head-End systems, MDM and CC&B solutions.
 Over 5 years of experience in embedded development of Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) solutions.
 Software development activities with over 12 years’ experience in agile software development, and technical architecture
using C/C++ and .Net Framework.
 Self-motivated, work under pressure, and good interpersonal and communication skills.
SKILLS SUMMARY
METERING PROTOCOLS:
METERS
STANDARDS &
SPECIFICATIONS
SERIAL COMMUNICATION:
LANGUAGES:
WINDOWS PROGRAMMING:
DATABASES:
SOFTWARE DESIGN:
DEVELOPMENT MODLES:
IDE & SOURCE CONTROL:
OPERATING SYSTEM:
DEVELOPMENTS:
IEC 1107, DLMS, COSEM, HDLC, M-Bus, Euridis, ASNSI C.12-18, ASNSI C.12-19
Elster AS1253, Elster AS1440, Elster AS253, Elster A1800, Actaris ACE 5000, Actaris ACE 6000,
Actaris water meter Echodis, Iskra ME37x, Iskra MT37x, Iskra MT83x, Elster Severntrent water
meter, Hydrus water meter, EDMI MK10D.
IEC 62055 (STS), IEC 62056 series
RS232, RS485, SPI, UART, I2C
C/C++, C#
VC++, MFC, STL, ATL COM objects, Active-X controls, Win 32 API.
PL/SQL, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite
UML, Design Patterns, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, MVC, SOA
Agile Development (XP, Scrum), Waterfall
Microsoft Visual Studio, IAR, Eclipse, XCode, MS Visual SourceSafe, TortoiseSVN
MS Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Embedded Firmware Development, Windows Mobile Development, Protocol Stack
Development
SOFT SKILLS  Flexible to adjust in diverse environments
 Fast learner with strong trouble-shooting and problem solving skills
 Capable to work in a team as well as independently
 Good Interpersonal & Decision Making Skills
 Willing to take responsibilities and accept challenges
 Work under pressure with excellent time management
 Self-motivated with potential for professional growth
EDUCATION M.Sc. (Computer Engineering) 2004 – 2007
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid – Jordan
B.Sc. (Computer Engineering) 1998 – 2003
Jordan University of Science and Technology ,Irbid – Jordan
CERTIFICATIONS &
TRAININGS
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) – 2015
Scrum.org
Professional Project Management (PMP) – 2015
Cambridge Education
MAY 2015 TO NOW
POSITION:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Amplex-Emirates LLC www.amplex-emirates.ae
Software Development Lead / Technical Consultant – Smart Metering AMR/AMI
 Manage the software development team and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
process by establishing software development project plan, timeline, and ensure proper
execution.
 Prepare, implement, review, update and approve the software technical design
documents, route cause analysis reports, software systems documentations and manuals.

2. ACHIEVEMENTS:
 Lead, implement and execute ongoing support and maintenance of production systems.
 Provide technical leadership and guidance to the software development team
 Lead and provide technical assistance and training to end-users and ongoing support and
maintenance for production systems.
 Lead and execute the fix and resolution of defects in established due dates.
 Responsible to communicate with meter manufacturers (Itron, Elster, Iskra, Diehl, EDMI
etc.…) for all software related issues.
 Preparation of RFI and RFP responses, which include but not limited to technical
proposals.
 Responsible for the software development technical part for smart metering tenders.
 Assisting tendering team in pre-bid process
 Prepare, review and approve many design documents for AMR system.
 Design, architect and develop software modules for AMR system
 UAT for AMR mobile application for reading the meters through optical probe.
 Evaluate the software development technical part for smart solutions tenders
 Provide feedback for proposals related to smart metering solutions tenders
 Participate in preparation of M&S proposal for ADEWA
JAN 2011 TO APRIL 2015
POSITION:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Amplex-Emirates LLC www.amplex-emirates.ae
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
 Requirement gathering and analysis from the clients (Abu Dhabi Distribution Company &
Al-Ain Distribution Company).
 Design and develop smart metering modules
 Lead and execute the fix and resolution of defects in established due dates
 Help ICT manager to establish software engineering methodology and process; AGILE
SCRUM.
 Designing and developing many AMR features such as Schedule reading, Load profile,
Billing history, Remote programming, read alarms and Connect/Disconnect.
 Designing and implementing a JobOrder Mobile as windows mobile application that
handles the maps, shows GPS locations and gives directions.
 Designing and implementing a SiteInventory Mobile application that used for scanning and
managing items barcodes.
 Designing and implementing Amplex-Deployment-Tool (ADT) mobile PDA application that
communicates with meters on electrical interface for discovery and getting readings using
.Net C# to generate xml output files.
 Designing and developing a windows mobile library that communicates with meters
through optical interface to get meter data like meter reading, serial, load profile,
maximum demand, time of use, and list of alarms for Elster AS253/AS1253 meters that
runs over IEC1107 protocol, Elster A1800 meter that works on ASNSI C.12-18 protocol, and
for Actaris Water meter runs over M-Bus protocol.
 Designing and implementing an iPhone application to get the meter details (power
consumptions, alarms, load profile, and location) from database through web service.
NOV 2008 – DEC 2010
POSITION:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ACHIEVEMENTS:
ProgressSoft Corporation www.progressoft.com
Senior Software Developer
Member of a work team to handle the image capture page and support many of cheque
scanners.
 Designed and developed many features on image capture module for PS-ECC project.
 Handled cheque scanners drivers used on PS-ECC using C/C++/STL/ATL/ Win32 API's
/ActiveX COM such as Epson, Canon, and VisionX scanners.
 Dealing with XML web services to communicate with server used in image viewer and use
GDI+ to handle image processing.
May 2007 – OCT 2008
POSITION:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ACHIEVEMENTS:
CR2 Company www.cr2.com
Software Engineer
Implement and handle the Gateways in BankWorld project.
 Designed and developed the gateways used in BankWorld project like VISA, TIC and JoNet
using C/C++/VC++, troubleshooting code defects with existing production systems, and

3. handling gateways issues and fix it.
OCT 2005 – APR 2007
POSITION:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ACHIEVEMENTS:
ProgressSoft Corporation www.progressoft.com
Software Developer
Member of the team responsible for analysis, designing, modeling and programming of
Enterprise Document Management System.
 Designed and developed many modules in EDMS project like Vectorization and generic
scanner drivers modules using C/C++/STL/VC++/C#/ATL COM and Active X technologies.
Aug 2003 – SEP 2005
POSITION:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Arabic Textware Company
Software Engineer
Design, development, maintenance and optimization an Arabic Search Engine project
(ADDAALL).
 Participating in the design & develop modification/enhancement on Arabic search engine
project (ADDAALL) using UML language, C/C++/VC++
PROJECTS
PROJECT NAME:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Amplex Automatic Meter Reading - AmpAMR
Automatic Meter Reading solution designed for automatically collecting consumption
readings, alarms and load profile data from water or energy metering devices and
transferring that data to a central database for billing, troubleshooting and analyzing.
PROJECT NAME:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Amplight
A system used for controlling street lights in Abu Dhabi & Al-Ain for energy saving and reduce
maintenance cost.
PROJECT NAME:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Amplex Deployment Tool - ADT
A windows mobile application responsible to auto discover the AMR modules and meters and
get the readings from the meters and issue all problems occurred onsite and report all
information as an XML file to be uploaded.
PROJECT NAME:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
AmpMobile
A Windows mobile application to communicate with meters through optical interface to get
meter data like meter reading, serial, load profile, maximum demand, time of use and list of
alarms, also connect/disconnect the meters.
PROJECT NAME:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
iAmpMobile
iPhone application to get meter details (location, alarms and last reading) from database
through web services. Use the location information to get the direction to the meter.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF BIRTH:
NATIONALITY:
MARITAL STATUS:
CURRENT LOCATION:
December 18, 1980
Jordanian
Married
Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates
INTERESTS Pre-payment & Post-payment smart metering solutions (AMR/AMI), Smart Grid, Smart Home,
Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Enterprise Application Integration, Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA)
LANGUAGES English (Good), Arabic (Native)
REFERENCES Will be furnished on demand