ALI QASIMDeira, P.O. Box 1080, Dubai, UAE

Mobile: +971 556678841 | E-mail: alyqasim@gmail.com

PROJECT MANAGER / SOLUTION ARCHITECT

A qualified and dynamic IT Professional having rich and insightful experience of 13 years, including over 8 years of International (UAE) tenure, seeking

leadership challenges

PROFILE HIGHLIGHTS

Accomplished track record of analysis, design development/customization of Business Solutions, including providing Technical and Functional Documentation/Guidance/Support for the same.

Extensive experience on Project Delivery Coordination through project planning, monitoring & control, time & effort estimation, quality & risk management, change control & configuration management and communication between project stakeholders.

Similar expertise in Solution Architecture through Functional Analysis (FA) of Business Requirements; Solution Strategy to Support the FA; Selection & Evaluation for Solution Design; Monitoring & Review of Development / Customization; Integration & Testing

A competent Team Leader in driving the team to performance excellence through knowledge transfer, motivation and mentoring as well as a Team Player with analytical, problem solving, team building and mentoring (locals), communication & interpersonal skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System WindowsLanguage C#, VB.Net, VB 6.0Scripting Tools JavaScript, PHPDatabase MS SQL Server 2008/2005/2000, Oracle9i/10g/11g, MS Access, MYSQLFramework MS.NETDesign Tool MS VISIO, MS ProjectIDE MS SharePoint, MS Visual Studio 2005/2003Development Tools Asp.Net, Ajax, Infragistics Controls, ComponentOne controlsVersion Control MS TFS, MS Source SafeReporting Tool Crystal Reports

CAREER DETAILS

DUBAI ISLAMIC BANK, DUBAI, UAE

Sr. Software Engineer &Team Lead (Sep 2014 onwards)Responsibilities: Reporting to the Project Manager and leading 2 resources for management and support of Payments, Payroll and AML

applications. Engaged in gap analysis, requirement engineering and fine tuning for multiple outsourced applications. Managing application problems and BAU issue in coordination with business and vendor. Responsible for business requirement analysis, guidance, support and documentation for customization of various

solutions, both in-house developed as well as outsourced products. Performing daily team administration routines including scheduling, task allocation, monitoring, control and feedback.

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Areas of StrengthProject Delivery ManagementApplication Support & ServicesSolution Architecture, Design & DevelopmentTechnical & Business SupportBusiness Process AnalysisProject DocumentationMicrosoft technologiesDevelopment Life CycleTeam & People Management

AcademicsMaster in Information Technology, from University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi (2003) with CGPA of 3.21

AccreditationsMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)ITIL (Foundation) – Certified (2015)Attended training course for PMP (Jul 2016)

Mobile: +971 556678841 E-mail: alyqasim@gmail.com

EMIRATES NBD, DUBAI, UAESr. Software Engineer &Team Lead (Nov 2009 to Aug 2014)Responsibilities: Reporting to the Project Manager and leading 3 resources for management of Payments, Payroll and AML applications

for the leading bank in UAE. Engaged in project delivery management as well as in requirement engineering for multiple outsourced applications. Managing all functions of the project life cycle including Initiation, Planning, Analysis, Monitoring and control, Execution

and closure. Responsible for business requirement analysis, guidance, support and documentation for customization of various

solutions, both in-house developed as well as outsourced products. Spearheading all the phases of the software development cycle from analysis to integration and Application Support

Services. Performing daily team administration routines including scheduling, task allocation, monitoring, control and feedback. Integration of main applications with Core Banking Systems (Finacle, Equation) using middle ware channel TIBCO, and

merger of NBD (National Bank of Dubai) with EBI (Emirates Bank International) & DB (Dubai Bank) with EI (Emirates Islamic) for respective applications.

DICETEK L.L.C., DUBAI, UAESoftware Engineer (Oct 2007 to Nov 2009)Responsibilities: Reported to the Project Manager as an individual contributor and was deputed to leading Bank in UAE for development

and support for various solutions. Engaged in requirement gathering from business and conversion to technical specification, cost and resource planning of

projects Responsible further for development and analysis for Emirates NBD in house applications. Functioned as a Team Lead for in-house developed applications and as IT Support Person for outsources applications. Spearheaded vendor & business communication on business requirement, project/change implementation.

PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS

LUMENSOFT TECHNOLOGIES (P) LTD., LAHORE as Software Engineer (Jun 2005 to Aug 2007) NEXCOM SOLUTIONS, ISLAMABAD Software Developer (Oct 2003 to Jun 2005)

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PERSONAL PARTICULARS

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Mobile: +971 556678841 E-mail: alyqasim@gmail.comDate of birth: 25-Dec-1980, Languages known: English, Urdu and Punjabi(Note: Please refer to the Annexure for project details)

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