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Adil Samir

Adil Samir

IT Project Manager
Dubai,United Arab Emirates

Summary

Dedicated IT Project Manager takes hands-on approach to running problematic information technology projects. Boasts over 15 years of experience overseeing technical and planning aspects of tech deployments, including installation, maintenance and troubleshooting. Provides expert navigation to avoid risk associated with cost, allocation and technical considerations. Able to collaborate with senior stakeholders, lead project teams through all phases of a project life cycle and ultimately deliver business focused results on time and within budget.

Overview

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years of post-secondary education
14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Project Manager

Dubai Health Authority
Dubai, UAE, UAE
11.2016 - Current
  • Follow all relevant PMO policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
  • Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
  • Deliver projects on-time, within scope and within budget, by minimizing and mitigating project risks
  • Organize and lead workshops with key stakeholder to define requirements and delivery milestones for new service.
  • Financial management including budgeting, forecasting and obtaining funding from sponsor.
  • Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
  • Develop a detailed project plan and schedule to track progress
  • Project planning and tracking, create key milestone and performance indicators.
  • Managing RFI & RFP process for external vendors.
  • Manage third party vendor, contractors or suppliers throughout the project and where ever integration required.
  • Coordinate the resources availability with other department and functional managers to complete the project as per schedule.
  • Providing high level project reports to stakeholders, Executive committee and PMO.
  • Delivering Objectives to strict budgets, deadlines and service level agreement.
  • Managed teams of contractors and full time staff by coaching, mentoring and driving efficiency.
  • Manage the relationship with the business stakeholders, internal resources, and external vendors
  • Perform risk management to minimize project risks
  • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

Network Administrator

DHA
Dubai, UAE, UAE
08.2010 - 10.2016
  • Administration of IP telephony over 4 Hospitals and 44 Health centers across Dubai using multiple technologies (Cisco, AVAYA) and serving more than 15000 users
  • Administration of telecommunication applications such as RightFax eFax, Soft-ex RingMaster, Cisco Jabber, Cisco WebEx, Vocera etc.
  • Troubleshooting various issues related to telecommunication & networking on daily basis on LanDesk management tool.
  • Provide L2/L3 support and guidance to the onsite IT support team to troubleshoot issues.
  • Configure Cisco routers and switches with basic configuration as per DHA network requirement.
  • Identifying requirements to enhance DHA telecommunication network and submit report to higher IT management.
  • Installed, configured, and supported local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) and Internet system.
  • Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance and support.

Telecommunication Engineer

Al Ghandi Electronics
Dubai, UAE, UAE
08.2008 - 06.2010
  • Installation and Programming of PABX Systems.
  • Conducting Survey and Site Inspection.
  • Installation, Configuration and Administration of IP, Wi-Fi, DECT & Digital Telephones.
  • Respond to the technical support emails and phone calls from customers and helped site administrator to troubleshoot and resolve Telephony systems issues.
  • Led product testing, failure investigations and corrective action planning.
  • Analyzed electronics system requirements, capacity or customer needs to determine project feasibility.
  • Recommended repair or design modifications of Telecomcomponents or systems based on factors such as environment, service or system capabilities.

Technical Support Engineer

DELL Computers
Casablanca, Morocco
09.2006 - 06.2008
  • Troubleshooting issues raised by the users with relation to theIT hardware/ software applications.
  • Format, Reinstall, Update and Restore OS and Applicationsas per client requirements.
  • Perform remote login for installations and product fixes, aswell as various troubleshooting support.
  • Responsible member of the team which achieved the highestrating for customer support.

Education

Bachelor Degree - Networking And Telecommunications

Institute of Engineering Applications (IGA)
09.2002 - 07.2006

Skills

Self-motivated professional

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Accomplishments

  • Program manager for Multiple Infrastructure related projects (01-2021 till date): 1.Microsegmentation in DC, 2.Disaster recovery site for Critical Applications, 3.Web Application Firewall implementation, 4.Infrastructure Hardware consolidation .5.Backup and offline backup Consolidation 6.Network Access Control 7.SDWAN Implementation .8. Refresh of Network and Telecom Hardwares . Make sure to enhance the security poster of DHA Infrastructure before the Expo event by upgrading the infrastructure and enabling critical security features and systems with a governance approach to minimize the cost, risks and increase the efficiency .
  • Telemedicine Project - Doctor for Every Citizen (03/2019 – Oct 2019) Tele-Health Project to provide UAE citizens and residents with immediate access to a caregiver through video application.The project has helped in the pandemic lockdown situation by taking an average of more than 33,000 medical consultation video calls per month .Integration with EMR Solution and DHA Flagship App to unify and ease the patient and doctors access to te solution .
  • DHA Contact Center Project (03/2019 – 10/2019) Provide to UAE Citizens and residents with a Unified DHA contact center (800DHA) to book appointment through multiple channels of communications such as Call, Chat, Email and seek information using the latest contact center technology. Integration with CRM, DHA Website site for the chat and EMR solution, Top 3 best CC in dubai Government sector awards, Comply with GDCCS awards, 690 agents , 60,000 call per day , rapid capacity expansion and ramping up the staff during Covid 19 (200 additional staff during 2 week time).
  • Rashid Hospital IPT Migration Project (04/2019 - 10/2019) Replace Legacy PBX system with IPT Solution : Save 6,600,000.00 Aed in project cost and reduce the project duration from 12 months to 6 months only by suggesting and implementing new Architecture Design.
  • Emergency Communication System Project in Latifa Hospital (VOCERA) (01/2017 – 11/2017) Implementation of emergency communication system (Vocera) to facilitate the communication between care givers in the hospital . Integration with call manager Reduce the doctor no show to 0 no show, Enhance the WIFI coverage in the hospital, reduce the call load on the operator agents in the hospital.
  • IP Telephony Migration Projects (01/2013 – 11/2015) Migrated Legacy telephony system to IP Telephony system in Latifa Hospital, Dubai Hospital and DHA HQ. Provide IP Telephony services to more than 4000 staff and integrate with different solutions.
  • Smart Communication Project (06/2013 – 02/2014) Implementation of Cisco Jabber and WebEx solution .Provide access to video collaboration suite to more than 1500 staff .

Certification

PMP (Project management certificate )

Timeline

IT Project Manager

Dubai Health Authority
11.2016 - Current

Network Administrator

DHA
08.2010 - 10.2016

Telecommunication Engineer

Al Ghandi Electronics
08.2008 - 06.2010

Technical Support Engineer

DELL Computers
09.2006 - 06.2008

Bachelor Degree - Networking And Telecommunications

Institute of Engineering Applications (IGA)
09.2002 - 07.2006
Adil SamirIT Project Manager