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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Working as advisor for Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (Integration Platform as a Service - iPaaS) with focus area on Data & Application Integration, Data Quality and Data Governance - Working with customer to suggest and streamline their data strategy, data analytics, application integration roadmap and governance policies and strategy- Influencing customer decisions on technology choices by becoming a trusted advisor on the strategic direction for Data Integration, AI and Governance roadmap - Working directly as a technical subject matter expert to analyze needs, identify pain areas, and customers’ data and business strategy, to recommend solutions and architecture pertaining to Data Integration, Data Management, Data Governance, Analytics and AI- Advocate to accelerate customers’ migration to cloud platforms, cloud data warehouse, and cloud data lakes, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Snowflake, and Salesforce by emphasizing on integration and governance across hybrid environments.

Qatar

- Managing Business Support System which includes ERP, CRM and in-house custom applications- Responsible for developing, deploying and managing operations of Cloud Billing Solution - Responsible for developing and deploying Enterprise Data Warehouse, along with comprehensive BI solution and putting up the right information architecture to incorporate AI use cases in the future - Collaborate across all departments to develop and maintain technology roadmap supporting organization’s objectives- Responsible for optimizing and streamlining business process incorporated in business support systems- Work closely with go to market team for Data and AI initiatives at various customer - Collaborate with Strategy Team to develop and execute various initiatives around Data and AI

Doha, Qatar

- Cover government and telecom sector for Data and AI portfolio in IBM Qatar- Support greater MEA team for opportunities where my skillset is needed, specifically in Middle East and Pakistan- Analyze customer’s technical and business environment, design and suggest solution incorporating appropriate Open Source and IBM products, services and solutions- Advocate and articulate benefits and differentiate IBM offering(s) for demand creation - Responsible for designing and developing end to end Data and AI architecture that can address customer needs and enable them to be ready for the possible future challenges- Carry out end to end complex Proof of Concepts and demonstrations for IBM Analytics portfolio that includes Information Architecture, Artificial Intelligence and Open Source Analytics Tools- Actively participate with Sales Team for demand creation and forecasting- Work closely with IBM Business Partners and DevEx team for their enablement and active deal closings- Key member of IBM Data Strategy Team with responsibility of developing technology architecture, roadmap and strategy

Pakistan

- Cover cross industry territory for IBM Data and AI portfolio with specific focus on Banking and Telecom industries - Design and develop architectural design of end-to-end IBM Big Data & Analytics platform to map to client use case against clients’ requests, RFPs, RFIs etc.- Run and perform complete end to end complex Proof of Concepts and demonstrations for IBM Analytics portfolio that includes Data Sciences Business Analytics, Hybrid Data Management, United Governance and Open Source Analytics Tools- Conduct technical and commercial workshops focusing on IBM Analytics portfolio and the respective Business Value of these technologies.- Actively participate with Sales Team to generate leads and develop pipeline of IBM analytics portfolio in Pakistan and Afghanistan- Assist and mentor IBM strategic business partners and internal IBM Pakistan team in developing both technical and sales skills in their respective area of interest for IBM Analytics- Key member of IBM Data Strategy Team with key responsibility of developing technology architecture, roadmap and strategy- Nominated as IBM Data First Method workshop conductor for IBM Middle East and Pakistan

- Sourcing of additional information from existing source and new source systems in DWH, ensuring data and system integrity and making the information available for business reporting - Innovating modern approaches to monitor business KPI and coordination with Technology Teams and vendor (Teradata) in setting up and implementation of the respective KPIs- Provide feedback and assistance to organizations in the implementation strategies of data management and extracting maximum value from the available information- Design, improve and implement new and existing reports, analytical models and dashboards- Responsible for DWH and Business Intelligence system capacity planning & vendor management- Responsible delivery of reports, dashboards and high availability of self-service models to the end users- Ensure new Products & Services reports are aligned and available to business user at the time of launch- As part of the responsibility, lead ETL Development, Business Intelligence and campaign management operations team- Responsible for managing and ensuring data to day operations of Data Management Platforms which includes Teradata, Informatica, MicroStrategy and KXEN

- Technical Project Manager for Enterprise Data Warehouse – Netezza, Business Intelligence - Cognos and Campaign Manager - Unica which included orchestrating the requirements, deliverables, timelines and issues with all the cross-department stakeholders involved- Member of Change Control Board (CCB) responsible for giving consultation to commercial departments on operational best practices based on available systems, industry standards for any new product launch- Supervised the End-to-End implementation of new projects for Data Warehouse in alignment with in-house BSS Systems after conducting gap analyses based on current sourcing available versus new requirements- Designed the complete framework for commercial reporting and analysis; ensuring due diligence from the technical side pertaining to data availability in accordance with sanity checks- Active involvement in the Analytical Models for commercial division with focus areas on commercial KPI reporting, X-Sell Models, BTL Campaigns Pre & Post Analysis, Ad-hoc Analytical Reporting, Micro Segmentation Campaigns for Prepaid and Postpaid Segments, Stealth Marketing Campaigns Customer Value Analysis and Subscriber Behavioral Profiling and Segmentation

- Successful implementation of IN Swap (Ericsson platform) in Enterprise Data Warehouse which included managing requirements, timelines, data profiling, designing PDM, LDM and SMX- Key member of Information Design and Data Modeling team involved in designing and modeling data for different business segments; Sales, Business Analysis and Planning, Marketing and Finance- Documented business rules and processes for implementation in Data Warehouse - Managed end to end implementation of Campaign Management Tool – Siebel sourcing up and down from Data Warehouse - Responsible for implementation of GSM and Broadband tariffs and business rules on postpaid billing system – Geneva and prepaid billing system and CRM – IN @vantage, Pre-Delivery Service Agent (PSA)- Active involvement in development of in-house Quality Framework including OLP processes, Control Points, SLAs and KPIs - Responsible for identification, documentation, implementation and testing of rating and charging logic and CDR requirements for new projects - Provided consultation to Office of Strategy Management in new project implementation by recommending creative and best suited solutions- Liaise with Mobilink business and technical units to identify, gather and define IT requirements for projects and analyze/define business processes to map on the identified requirements- Re-engineered and optimized existing operational processes and auditing and reconciliation procedures

- Defining project management processes for the organization that best matches the requirements and were compliant with industry standards- Conducting training sessions and auditing of the implemented project management methodologies and other organizational processes- Developing project plan, resources management, communication management, risk analysis and other documentation targeted to clients and stakeholders for Ad-dictiontv, CureMD PRS, University Physician Network (UPN)- Supervising information architecture and user experience designing for Ad-dictiontv and UPN- Implementing, customizing and administering Microsoft Project Server

Master Of Sciences, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Sciences (Hons.), Computer Science