Jamil Faraj is a Jordanian IT professional with over 15 years of experience in project management, business analysis, and software development. He has managed projects for telecom companies, government entities, and an oil and gas company. Faraj holds an MSc in computer information systems and has technical skills including PMP certification, MCSE, and experience with Oracle, SQL, and Microsoft technologies.

1. Mobile: + 962 78 555 9692 +962 79 8710970 Home: + 962 5 386 2996E-Mail: jamilfaraj@yahoo.com pmp.jamil@yahoo.com <br />Jamil M. Faraj Hassan<br />Personal Date of Birth: May, 13, 1970InformationNationality: Jordanian Marital Status: MarriedEducation2005 - 2007 M.Sc. in Computer Information Systems CIS, The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences (AABFS), Amman, Jordan -Very Good.1988 – 1992 B.Sc. in Computer Science CS, Mu’tah University - Karak, Jordan- Very Good. Summary of SkillsOver fifteen years of IT experience focusing on project management, knowledge management, business development, systems and business analysis, software development, and systems administration in different industries.PMP Eligible.IT strategy planning and development expertise.Microsoft Certified System Engineer MCSE.Professional experience in the projects management skills PMP; In the process of obtaining the PMP Certification.IT infrastructure and database architect.IT Contracting Experience, including planning all the IT contract procurement processes.Business analysis experience and information systems Analyst with wide experience in Systems Development Life Cycle SDLC methodologies.Business Process Reengineering; analyzing the Organization’s current procedures and workflows, designing new procedures to achieve a defined business outcome.Wide experience in Jordanian and the MENA Region industries as a strategic marketing planner. Problem Solver and High level of interpersonal skills and integrity.Self-starter and team leader with strong leadership capabilities.Excellent communications and presentations skills in both Arabic and English.Coaching and leadership skills and the ability to liaise with people at all levels.A solid experience in conducting training courses for multinational audiences.Results driven, team player with strong interpersonal skills.Ability to provide effective follow-up in a multi-tasking environment.Scientific Researcher, implementing a novel algorithm to extract tri-literal Arabic roots.Future ObjectivesObtaining the PhD in Computer Information Systems.Continuously improving myself and sharpening my skillsMembershipIEEE , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers PMI, Project Management Institute Life Makers Society Work Experience January 2011 – Present: Information Technology & Automation Co. (ITAC)Title: Projects & Pre-sales Manager at ITAC. Information Technology & Automation Co. (ITAC) is a Jordanian IT company since 2002, specializes in providing advanced and integrated solutions in the field of information technology and automation. Role: as a Projects & Pre-sales manager, I am responsible for all activities related to both IT sales and technical aspects of the company as well as following up all running projects. These activities including:Technical proposal writing. Customer Relationship Management.Project management, project estimating, costing and all projects related activities.Following up concurrent projects working together. Conducting customers’ presentations.Gathering customer business requirements.Conducting required training to development team.Leading and supervising the development team that consists of 15-25 senior and junior developers.Supervising the technical support team that consists of around 10-15 technical support professionals.December 2008 – January 2011: PricewatrehouseCoopers(PwC)-AmmanTitle: Senior Consultant at the IT- Performance ImprovementPricewaterhouseCoopers PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is one of the world's largest professional services firms and the largest of the Big Four auditing firms.During my job, I participated in planning the IT strategies and creating the policies for database metadata, identifying organization’s resource data as well as ensuring data integrity and data quality.Moreover, I participated in several projects:Project Name: IT Strategy and Implementation Roadmap Development for Kurdistan Regional Government KRG.Role: Participating in the Information Technology Strategy and Roadmap Development covering all the governmental entities passing through bellow roles:Performing the assessment phase: data collecting by visiting nine KRG’s entities and ministries.Identifying and describing the KRG priority business needs and quick win opportunities Understanding the strategic intent.Performing a research and capturing best in class in regional Government information technology adoption and deploymentPerforming research and capture relevant leading IT practices and trends.Performing benchmarking and Current Situation AssessmentDeveloping Vision, Mission and Objectives draft with DoIT.Capture government challenges and dependencies in introducing IT infrastructure, business solutions and technology delivery capabilitiesDeveloping Strategic Directions draft covering all the areas of Governance.Identifying IT Governance policies and processes.Identifying the IT gaps between existing situation and the future IT Strategy.Identify the Common Applications taking into consideration the Current KRG Situation Assessment, Business Needs, Strategic Direction and BenchmarksAnalyze Strategic Alternative Options and Develop Draft Strategic Directions covering all the areas of Applications, Middleware, Infrastructure and GovernanceProject Name: Financial Operations Automation ERP and Accounting System Selection for KOREK.Role: I was a member of the evaluation committee for the KOREK Telecom Company in Kurdistan- Iraq. January 2008 – January 2009: Civil Service Bureau (CSB) ديوان الخدمة المدنية Jordan Title: Project Manager /System AnalystCSB is responsible for regulating the affairs of public employees and development dimensions of the human, procedural and legal and human resources management in the civil service in Jordan. During my work with CSB, I was responsible for the following responsibilities:Business Process Reengineering for the Jordanian Government Entities; analyzing the entity’s current procedures and workflows, designing new procedures to achieve a defined business outcome.Controlling the quality service delivery by the vendor “The Royal Scientific Society” RSS.Setting up the appropriate IT policies and procedures for CSB.Managing the relationship with RSS, the internal users and with the key persons in the Ministries and Organizations.Creating the appropriate environment for the systems and procedures to be aligned with the Jordanian e-government program.Worked as the IT Contract Advisor, was responsible for the planning and managing all the aspects of the IT contract procurement processes of CSB.During my job, I participated in several projects:Project Name: Data Cleansing for Public Sector Employees Database. Role: worked as a system and business analyst and as a member in the development team. Project Name: Electronic e-Card project for public sector employees, converting all records to electronic records to be available on the CSB web Site www.csb.gov.jo. Role: one of the administrative team. I was responsible to present the public sector employees by conducting awareness sessions and conferences. Project Name: Human Resources ( HR1 and HR2) projects for public sector employees in all Ministries and public Departments via a central database. Role: I was the project manager for the HR1 project and the CSB’s coordinator in addition to my daily responsibilities.November 1996 – September 2007: MCE- Amman- JordanTitle: IT Project ManagerIT and Project Manager is the last position in MCE. During my work, I gained a wide experience in project management, general management, HR management, total quality management and Information Technology (IT) team management al well as team leadership.In addition to conducting specialized training courses in several topics, I was a member of the development team who developed Human Resources and Payroll Systems. Moreover, participated in computerization of the Department of Mobilization and connecting this department with the Jordanian e-government Program.Title: System Analyst and Senior DeveloperAs a member of the development team of the Financial Systems, I worked on the Oracle DBMS technology as a System Analyst in addition to working as a Senior Oracle Developer and Database Administrator (DBA). Participated in analyzing the main requirements of the financial system as well as developed parts of the database objects (packages, procedures and functions) and designing the end-user’s screens and reports using Oracle Tools ; such as: Oracle Developer and Oracle Discoverer.Title: Database Administrator DBA and Developer (Programmer).Role: Participated in analyzing, designing and developing the following information system: Human Resources HR System, Point Of Sales (POS) and Cash Management System using FoxPro and Oracle DBMS tools starting with Developer 2000.CertificationsCurrently, Eligible to have the PMP.MCSE Microsoft Certified System Engineer, ID: 6355179.OCA (Oracle Certified Associate).ICDLLanguagesArabic: mother tongue.English: Excellent in reading, writing and speaking.Training CoursesProject Management Professional- PMP Course. And MS-Project Course.ORACLE, SQL, PL/SQL, Developer2000, Designer2000 and Oracle Database Administration (DBA)Oracle Jdeveloper and JAVA Programming LanguageInformation Systems Analysis and Design methodologiesInformation Systems Management.Computer and Information systems SecurityHuman Resources management course (HR)General management skills course.Microsoft Certified System Engineer MCSE.TOEFL.Interest and activitiesReading and searching scientific materials. Learning and teaching new useful methodologies and practical ideas to develop myself, my team, my students, career path and my future plans. Exploring new opportunities in multi fields of life. Doing charity and helping people improve their life via the Life Makers Society and othersJogging and light exercises during leisure because quot;
a sound mind is in a sound bodyquot;
Scientific ResearchesA Novel Arabic Stemmer to Extract Tri-Literal Roots PAPER (2006/2007) as a requirement for Graduation from The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial SciencesScope of Satisfaction of Arab Academy Students' about the Academy Web Site http://www.aabfs.org practice research in spring 2006.Attended ConferencesIEEE Annual Conference Named (AICCSA) in Jordan, Amman, May 2007. My participation was a paper called “A Novel Algorithm to Extract Tri Literal Arabic Roots” by M.Momani and Jamil M.Faraj” ReferencesMohammad Nafe’ Khader , IT Manager and Technical Manager of Government HRMIS Project, Civil Service Bureau, www.csb.gov.jo ديوان الخدمة المدنية . Jordan, Mob: 00962-795-976-809, mkhader@hotmail.comMedhat Isma’el Al-Azzeh, Projects Manager, Dawaer Technologies Co, Riyadh, KSA, www.dawaertec.com دوائر التقنية , Mobile:00966-590-704-471, e-mail: medhat_al_azzeh@hotmail.comAbdel Wahhab Kalil , Manager, Price Waterhouse Coopers, www.pwc.com Canada, mobile: 0012269292007, , email: awahhhab@gmail.com Dr. Nidhal Omari , Assistant Professor, World Islamic Sciences University http://www.wise.edu.jo Jordan, mobile: 00962-777-410-444, email: nidhal_omari@hotmail.com <br />#ClientIndustryThe Project Name- Type of ServiceYearCountry1Orange-JTG, JordanTelecomOrange is one of the 3 Telecom Jordanian Operators. Distribution Tracking System: a real time solution to automate, monitor and control all field activities of Orange indirect sales force and distributors2011Jordan2GAM Greater Amman MunicipalityGeneral Government ServicesDesigning Assets Management and Labeling System and Inventory Management Information System: to track and manage all GAM assets and guardian materials using hand held computers and barcode technologies. I am the project manager of this project2011-2012Amman, Jordan3JETTTravel and TourismPortable Ticketing System: This system was designed to be used across all stations of the Jordan Express Tourist Transportation JETT Company http://www.jett.com.jo using hand held computers and portabe printers. I am the Project Manager.2011All Jordan stations4UNRWANGO EducationalFixed Assets tracking and management System for UNRWA: the purpose is to count, track and manage the properties of UNRWA all over Jordan. I am the Project Manager of the project.2010-2011Amman, Jordan5WAJ - Water Authority of Jordan Public ServicesPortable Billing System: across more than one municipality and in coordination with the following water distribution companies( Engicom, WAJ and Orient), this project aimed to issue portable bills at customer’s site I was the Project Manager 2010-2011All cities across Jordan6TOTAL JordanOil and GasFuel Delivery System: using the mobility technology; i.e. Hand Held Computer hardware and in-house developed software to produce a full potable sales force solution to deliver fuel to customers.2010Jordan7Kurdistan Regional GovernmentGovernmentKRG IT Strategy and Roadmap Development Project. My role was data collection, process mapping, database architecture, infrastructure design as well as issuing business readiness reports and IT readiness report. I participated in the IT Strategy development as a researcher and a business analyst.2009-2010Kurdistan, Iraq8Korek TelecomTelecomERP and accounting System Selection for Korek, I was a member of the evaluation committee2008-2009Kurdistan, Iraq9Civil Service Bureau (CSB)GovernmentData Cleansing For the Public Sector Employees Database. This was a huge project that required to transform and cleanse around half million records of government employees in Jordan. I was the System Analyst.2008Jordan10Civil Service Bureau (CSB)GovernmentElectronic e-Card project for Public Sector Employees, converting all Paper-based records to a database to be available on the Civil Service Bureau web Site www.csb.gov.jo2008Jordan11Civil Service Bureau (CSB)GovernmentHuman Resources Management Information Systems (HR1 and HR2) projects for Public Sector Employees in all Ministries and public Departments via a central database to unify the data source and data manipulation. I was the senior system analyst for HR1.2007Jordan<br />Reference Sample Projects <br />