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Dr. Robert Safadi 

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Resume Headline: Dr. Robert Safadi - IT Director

Resume Value: qb6nmyqiet5zz233   

  

 

Robert Safadi

 

Tel: 1. (678)-921-9239  robert.safadi@vionx.com Alt Tel: +974.66022869 Alt Email: rsafadi@yahoo.com

Objectives

I am a senior executive with more than 19 years of experience as Sr. PM, SE, Director, CIO, CTO, COO and much more, as an entrepreneur in thinking, innovative mind while driving structured agile methodologies. I am a multilingual, well-polished executive with a desire to create success stories. I am seeking a reputable organization, with sound management team and financials in relation to a wide range of industries such as telecom providers, real estate, Government, Manufacturing, energy, healthcare, R&D, Banking and transportation.

 

Areas of Expertise

 

Business developmentReal EstateR&D

Banking & Financial Risk ManagementOil & Gas, Bio-FuelMerger/Acquisition                            Audit & Compliance                                          Software and HW testing                            Construction management              Project and Program Management                            IT and Telecom                                                        Health Care systems                            Aviation systems                                                        Transportation sector                                                       

Professional Experience

 Sr. ICT Director MP Properties, 2014-present

 

-          PM over two Mega Projects include three hotels, school and malls, ELV, CCTV, Civil works, infrastructure, architecture, and MEP services.

-          Data center construction manager developing Telco and IT server farm, MS, JUNIPER, Cisco, GIS/GPS systems, access control, LAN/WAN, automation and CCTV for internal and external clients

-          Corporate risk manager working with Risk division in identifying risks to operations, network, security, DR and BC to senior executives and chairman

-          Solution architect for a smart city specification, UX, Human Factor development, identity software and RSA security platform for Lusail city strategy.

-          I managed a company's IT application development using agile methodology through full SDLC Solutions, OSS/BSS and NMS on/off shore development environments.

-          Managed QC and QA processes and department while managing Off and On-shore teams resolving conflicts, defect management, coding quality and testing methodology of large groups of 800 staff member globally.

-          Technical Architect on cloud computing, IT policies, Microsoft AD, Exchange, Helpdesk, CRM,  SaaS, ITaaS, Oracle SAP & ERP, Procurement, Hyperion, Finance, HR, OBIEE, Contracts, I procure, Contracts, BI, Asset management, contracts SLA’s and PMO Director on SAN ranging from TB to multiple Petabytes storage using Netapps, EMC and IBM. Managed performance, capacity and design of hybrid cloud solutions

-          Translating business and technical requirements for technology products and solutions

-          Developing broadcast studio and media platform with content management systems.

-          Managed FM processes and hand-over of phases to state.

-          Managed T&C alongside operations of city wide design and build initially and operate model in a profitable state and condition
 

Director Development of ICT & ITBarwa Real-Estate12/2010 – 20014

 

-          PM over three Mega Projects, including  Civil, infrastructure, architecture, including all services related to low and medium voltage services and ICT related areas.

-          Designed and built a data Center architecture including ELV, GIS, BMS, CCTV, Networks, infrastructure and apps.

-          I developed a company's application using agile methodology and managed E-E SDLC to include investment, Ecommerce Solutions, business intelligence strategy, property and facility management application

-          Sr. PM and program director for MSI “Master System Integrator” building 4 domains to operate a city wide operations from network, FTTX/FTTH, triple play services, ELV, Infrastructure, applications and infrastructure

-          Worked with vendors such as Cisco, Lucent-Alcatel, Huawei, Nortel, Juniper, IBM, Extreme network and many others to enable us to perform and offer an SLA and KPI second to none leveraging QoS, and Cos.

-          Managed and implemented Data warehouse and private cloud SaaS model.

-          Managed  development QA processes and department while managing Off and On-shore teams resolving conflicts, defect management, coding quality and testing methodology of large groups of 800 staff member globally.

-          Managed day-to-day operation, Microsoft AD, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL, Oracle, Open Text and Linux.

-          I Implemented BIG Data managing EDMS and Oracle ERP modules such as Hyperion, Business Intelligence, Self-service, HRMS, Procurement, contract management, asset management “Maximo” running on VMware on our hybrid cloud and much more

-          Managed design reviews of MEP, ICT and ELV solutions including tendering process and award

 

PM & ICT Development DirectorEnergy City 6/2008 – 9-2010

-          PM and a solution architect over Energy City a Qatar hub for oil and Gas research campus. Managed a tier three data center design and fit out including business development and revenue generation model.

-          Developed Work Force Optimization, IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Onshore-Off shore Network software development assignments, Security & Facility management Operation's risk management

-          Developed business plans for smart city design and architecture as a part of consulting contract.

-          I managed a Cap-X of 13 million QR for ECQ data center construction including building a true private/public cloud managing SaaS, ITaaS, IaaS and DRaaS

-          Managed IT server farms MS infrastructure, Telco billing system UCC, ISA, GIS/GPS, SAP, Oracle, SQL 2005, .NET, AD, SQL, Cisco PIX and sun systems

-          Managed Agile development division with RAD, JAD and Agile methodology for enterprise application development including testing, QC and QA process assurance.

-          Managed  and supervised integration of State of the art Data Center facility with NOC, Call Center and complete services such as HVAC using chillers and district cooling, power, ELV, CCTV, MV distribution, MEP plant and capacity management system. Additionally managed, Asset management Maximo, FTTX/H, BMS, TMS, SMS, OSS, BSS, NMS and EMS, developing solar panels and Photovoltaic network of panels for LV consumption

-          Developed green, smart city, LEED plans and company strategy, governance plans including finance and risk strategy, including DR and BC comprehensive plans.

 

CTOVionx Communications2/2006 – 6/2008

-          Managed site acquisition and CO construction site of 39 tier 3 cities

-          I managed software test division, System Test, UAT and deployment for Metasolv M6 & 5 activation and provisioning, CDR collection from class 5 switches, BTS validation and billing system for PSTN and mobile traffic with LCR and QoS details, CRM, Siebel, OSS/BSS/NMS/EMS and Ecommerce.

-          Managed network infrastructure of Labs and NE installation of various types, Cisco 5400AS VoIP GW, Call Manager, AAA radius, Security protocols and authentication standards, GIS, OSPF, IGRP, GSR, ISR or 12K, HP Open View, Tivoli, EMC, RedBack, Juniper M160/320 and T series, 5ESS and Nortel DMS100. Transport gear such as DDM2000, FTTX, TETRA using Nokia system, Radio transmission and site engineering, VSAT, GIS, GPS, IPTV, CCTV, MS server farms, HP Unix and Linux

-          I managed transport systems, and TMS traffic system including MARTA rail station on contract bases

-          Implemented work force optimization, BI applications, IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Network Security and, Operational Management model techniques

-          Developed international joint ventures and interconnects agreements with BT, TelliaSenora, KPN, Bulgaria Tel, AT&T International, Qwest, Global Crossing, ITC DeltaCom, Jordan Tel, SwiftTel and many others.

 

Sr. R&D SE and DMTSAT&T / Bell Labs North America3/2004-2006

-          I managed installation in a Lab equipment such as Cisco routers, juniper with all network elements prior to UAT.

-          Evaluated emerging technologies, managed  and tested the following technology's Private Line, Frame Relay, GPON, A-PON, SONET,  WDM, DWDM, EMC, ATM, VSAT, XDSL, WiMax, IPTV, IVR, VoIP, MetroE, 10/40/100 GE, cloud enabled service provisioning, SaaS and ITaaS.

-          Developed Quality Center test plans for Oracle Meta Solve provisioning and activation application, billing for Telecom terminations wholesale and retail division of BellSouth

-          Developed training classes for new engineers on Meta Solve messaging bus, Oracle Golden Gate transaction and activation dictionary, including Oracle DBA basic record checks and trouble isolation.

-          Designed and implemented metro-Ethernet Architecture and VoN solution including concept and system test

-          Developed State of the art self-healing networks monitored by NOC’s throughout North and southeast center.

 

Chief Technical Officer & Acting COONexus Telecom Corp.2/2002-2004

-          Developed new business, e-comm & marketing, Fraud and Risk assessment, governance plans to meet short and long-term business goals.

-          Managed sales operations, testing division, marketing of wholesale group, Soft switch solution and terminations for more than 93 destinations and markets globally

-          Developed FCC IP wholesale license dialog with US FCC office for regulation of VoIP and E911 as CLEC 499, 214-licensed operator to be exempted from telecom taxes as wholesale termination and VoIP provider.

-          Developed web telco billing software applications custom made to client(s), special security networks, Data Warehouse, OSS/BSS/EMS and CRM with automated billing solutions to manage Client account, CDR’s, payment and network elements for LCR tables.

-          A solution architect managing network architecture including FTTX/FTTH, DWDM, WDM, UNIX networks, switches, ATM gear, TCPIP appliances, VSAT, communication links, Frame Relay, T1/T3/DS3/OC3-192 provisioning with BT, Telia Senora, and many others using AIN

-          Managed three Data Center and collocations across 11 data centers in 9 cities

-          Developed 23 interconnect agreement with 23 different IXC’s extending from New York to Japan such as MCI, AT&T, Qwest, Global Crossing, XO Comm, Sprint, Equant France Telecom, KPN, Tellia Senora, BT and more

 

Director Advanced Technology group & acting CTOKMC Telecom/Bell Labs4/1999-2002

-          Managed data center/call center, vendor selections, hardware installations including testing of various technologies and Carrier Class features for class 4/5 switches from DMS100 to 5ESS, PBX IVR and ACD

-          Constructed 39 cities including civil work, foundations, and buildings, set processes including regulations, compliance, certifications of Tier 3 and 4 cities.

-          Participated in Merge acquisition full cycle due diligence and complete cycle of merge plans.

-          A solution architect on Voice, Video and Data designing  network over optical network ATM/FTTH, OC3-OC-768 backbone for a CLEC, ILEC, IXC, DLEC, NAP, ISP, Call Center, Data Center and PSTN with SS7 IN and AIN.

-          Managed LAN and Wan security, IVR, Nokia TETRA trunking to remote Exchanges, WAP, E911,VSAT, network, VERITAS backup, GSM 2G and 3G, CDMA, Cisco, VoIP, Linux, XDSL, ATM, Frame and PL

-          Developed EF&I group and an ATG “Advanced Technology Group” along with 10 million dollar LAB for testing and validation including OSP guidelines, engineering standards, governance plans and protocols.

-          Developed Risk management systems to reduce non-payment and developed just in time billing to mitigate risk

-          Developed Lafayette University NJ first smart campus with 40 Gig Backbone across all campus & alumni

 

Senior Technical ManagerBellSouth Telecom and mobility5/1994-1999

-          Senior project manager and SE for NT, NOVELL 4x, 5x, HP-AUX Back Bones and Technical supervisor

-          Senior systems, network, security and software development architect

-          Manager of hardware acquisitions, platform integration and implementation, including program management

-          Cisco engineer and SME on TCP/IP, BGP, IGRP , OSPF and ACL

-          Developed and improved  business process, BI, predictive analysis, reengineering, process automation, DBMS, CRM, ERP, and IT projects involving design, development, RFI, RFP, QC/QTP testing, integration, development, migration, QA, Test director, quality control, training, and support.

-          Optical Transport Engineer using DDM 2000 include Nortel Passport ATM backbone for QoS and CoS.

 

Senior Systems EngineerCoca-Cola-USA9/1992-4/1994

-          Senior Project manager of US installation and deployments of all syrup plants

-          Senior Design Engineer for network architecture LANMAN, OS2, AS400 midrange mainframe, and wireless network, Symbol technology and PLC infrastructure.

-          Product Support Engineer on Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, TOKEN RING, FDDI, Frame relay and PSTN

-          Implement State of the art supply chain system for all syrup plants for raw material and logistics.

-          Managed construction of new syrup plant building and infrastructure including telecom and IT

-          Applied best practice security standards while applying ITEL, COBIT, and security measure in compliance to corporate standards.

 

R&D Senior SECenter for Disease Control-Atlanta3/1990-1992

Federal agency Center for Disease Control Atlanta headquarters.

-          Network design engineer, troubleshooting Engineer for NOVELL, SYBASE and AppleTalk networks

-          Reported to general Sanders of infectious section of CDC dealing with Global out breaks of infectious diseases and maintaining records for deployment teams, setting up communication up-links, containment isolation zones, and reported to surgeon general Dr. Coop

-          Designed and built QA/QC protocols for technology centers and clinical teams

-          Implemented Ethernet conversion form Token RING and Managed Entire Network of 8000 nodes

-          Hardware and software R&D Engineer on networks, voice, video and data Systems

-          Develop and implemented Promina Health Systems interface to CDC and Cobb county hospitals

-          Managed R&D lab for Physicians and doctor with state of the art facilities and equipment for medical testing and research sector of CDC including containment section with senior staff in relation to medical facilities and infectious disease control.

-          Monitored GA health care providers, hospitals clinic, and satellite medical center in the south east.

 

Promina Health System of Georgia Sr. Consultant Sr. Manager of IT 3/1990-1992

-          Managed Cobb country centers and all Promina Health center including Cobb County Hospital

-          Maintained QC center for patient information data warehouse

-          Managed Patient software for small clinical center such as Cobb County medical Center

-          Implemented TQM for QA program

 

Olympic Committee consultant for South Carolina, Georgia and Florida

Atlanta MARTA Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail and transportation Division of State of Georgia

CNN broadcasting network

Delta Air Line Business and IT support manager, Atlanta GA

 

Education:

·               BS University North Western Computer Information Technology, IL

·               BS CIS Bellevue University Nebraska Networking and Cyber Security

·               MBA-Finance Florida Institute of Technology

·               MBS Project management from FIT

·               PhD UNW 2001 Computer Science and Philosophy 

·               PhD Information Technology from San Juan Costa Rica

 

Interests / Skill(s): Gardening, Soccer, Tennis, flying small aircraft single and twin engine, Fishing, Reading, programming, computers, Construction and electro-mechanical repairs

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

New generation ASIC control systems Aug, 2007, Chicago, IL Guest Speaker

Networking and security Gwinnett Technical College, March 1999 Introduction to Telecommunication ILEC view                 

Lucent SSDN global symposium “Next Gen of VoIP” Feb 2005, San Fran, CA,

TQM Conference, ‘Total Quality Management," 22 April 1998, Atlanta, GA

Enterprise applications, Doha Qatar April 2010

NGIT Qatar emerging technologies and Smart City concept.

Washington University Campus Speech about Artificial Intelligence applications

 

Certification(s): Novell Master CNE, MS MCSE training, Banyan certified Engineer, Bay network certified Network general Support specialist. Attended ORACLE training classes, CCNA training. Attended TQM Training, ISO 9001 training, member of the electrical engineering Society, RICS Certified, IETF, IEEE member, PMP certification, and SSTPDN for Bell Labs, Leed and Green certified.

 

References will be provided upon request.

 



Experience

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Job Title

Company

Experience

IT Director

Barwa Group

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Current Career Level:

Executive (SVP, VP, Department Head, etc)

Years of relevant work experience:

10+ to 15 Years

Date of Availability:

Immediately

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

Inactive Clearance

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

US citizen

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

IT Director

Desired Job Type:

Employee

Desired Status:

Full-Time

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Occupation:

IT/Software Development

·         Computer/Network Security

·         Enterprise Software Implementation & Consulting

·         IT Project Management

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-GA-Atlanta

Relocate:

Yes

Willingness to travel:

Up to 75% travel

 

Languages:

Languages

Proficiency Level

Arabic

Intermediate

English

Advanced

French

Beginner

Spanish

Beginner