Alaa Murad Email & Phone Number

Jeddah, Makkah, Sa

KartNGo is a retail & technology company and we built and operate autonomous stores, our approach is based on simplicity, trust and deterrence ! Our stores mimic the current and real life shopping experience, users select items and then do a self checkout using our Kiosk devices and pay with his/her mada/credit card (or by madaPay / ApplePay).

Jeddah, Makkah, Sa

Jeddah, Sa

Responsibilities :● Works closely with business by demonstrating/accepting new technologies that will enable them to create new products, new channels, cost-cutting and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. ● Identifies programs and projects that requires Systems Integration & Development and conduct feasibility study, prototyping, PoC and finally produce risk-reward analysis.● Works collaboratively with teams technical leaders to define execution plans to ensure program deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.● Breakdown and define tasks, milestones and deliverables.● Identify dependencies across projects and manage them as the development proceeds.● Lead Projects communication - visibility and accountability on each project and make sure the communication is clear at all levels of the project and program (team member to executive leadership). Achievement / On-Going Projects :● Successfully launched AlJazira SMART (II).● Leading Multimillion-dollar One Portal initiative; a project that will unify dozen of portals across BAJ Group. Using IBM WebSphere Portal / Forms Server / Rules Engine / BMP / AIX / Linux. ● Leading the initiative for replacing legacy connection ( screen scraping ) to the Core Banking System ( Misys Equation) by leveraging Misys latest version ( BankFusion ) and connect directly using Java APIs. This allowed us to call the full APIs stack, use transaction ( commit / rollback ) and significantly improve the performance by 20-fold. ● Co-Developing Multimillion-dollar SOA / Middleware based on IBM Message Broker, to connect over 160 banking systems in one central core (One of three seniors committee). ● Co-Developing Multimillion-dollar Security Architecture System based on IBM Tivoli & WebSEAL.

Jeddah, Sa

ResponsibilitiesAnalyze the business requirements, clients’ needs and opportunity cost for a wide range of banking software. Led a team and developed mobile web applications that targeted iPhone, Android and other modern touch devices. Unlike developing using Objective C that targeted only iPhone devices, I used GWT, HTML5 that has the look and feel of a native mobile app, yet it is a cross platform web application. Functional and technical oversight of multiple software projects developed by external vendors such as IVR and ATM issuance system.Re-architect the AJC’s award winning share trading application to full OO design, enhanced user experience with modern UI design and used best practice patterns, such as MVC.Re-architect the back-end and business rules system located in legacy Oracle stored procedure to Java Stored Procedures (JSP). Achievement:Successfully developed the first Android banking app in Saudi Arabia.Successfully managed complex projects.

Jeddah , Sa

Developing Hafil's website

Founder of Digital Thoughts Inc. A software company that grow to 12 IT professionals and expanded to 3 branches. Worked in it as general manger, web developer and Linux administrator. My company (Mkan.net) ranked once as one of the top 15 web hosting companies in KSA.Responsibilities:● Established the Company brand identity.● Built and architect the company's Infrastructure, including the platform technologies (OS's, servers, networks), quality control process (Ticket System, Emails and Forums) and the E-Commerce Front (Credit card process system, E-Carts, Website).● Installed and maintained Linux and Windows Servers.● Developed and customized endless numbers of websites and CMS (Content Management System) systems.● Managed an overall half-dozen servers.● Managed the daily business tasks, HR, sales, advertisement and customer service.Achievement:● Grow the company to three branches within two years and had over 1000+ hosted websites that made Mkan.net ranked once as one of the top 15 web hosting companies in KSA.● Built a huge local and international clients base by aggressively targeted foreign markets and provided support for advance technologies and maintained unparallel customer support.● Built a huge local and international clients base by aggressively targeted foreign markets and provided support for advance technologies and maintained unparallel customer support. Clients ranged from amateurs to publicly held companies such as Tadco Co. We had over 50%international clients base from UAE to Canada.

Worked as a freelance programmer for many years, developed many front-end and client/server application for small and mid size business. Applications were written using VB/SQLServer and Java/MySQL.Responsibilities:● Developed ERP system and customized it for many businesses, used VB.6.● Developed POS (Point-Of-Sale) systems along with bar code support.● Developed Internet café management system.● Developed small MS-Access applications for small entities.

B.S, Computer Information System

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