Irshad M. Baig
IT Head
Riyadh
Summary
Dr. Irshad M. Baig Phd (Information Sciences) Profile: Male, 52, Married Nationality: Indian Current Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Current Position: IT Head Company: Confidential (Reporting to: Managing Director) Preferred Locations (Orderly): Jeddah, All GCC Countries Salary Expectation: USD 15,000 per month
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
IT Head
Confidential
02.2006 - Current
- Company Overview: One of the leading transportation, Logistics, Express Distribution company.
- Dual Reporting to Chairman and Managing Director
- Managing group of companies for IT Infrastructure, Applications and Networks
- Experienced in setting up of New Companies, Basic infrastructure, Business Plan, IT Plans, Budgets, Strategies.
- Involved in Policy Making, Procedures, Methods and Standards
- Head of IT in Implementing ERP - Oracle Fusion, CPQ, Oracle EBS, Siebel CRM with CTI Integration, Sales, Loyalty, Marketing
- Implemented CISCO Contact Center Manager for 150+ Call Agents
- Handling Network infrastructure of 300+ Branches Kingdom wide, with MPLS, Leased, Wireless, Fiber and DSL connectivity
- Designed, Developed and Implemented Business Applications generating revenues Millions of Dollars yearly, Managing diversified teams of Consultants, Sub-ordinates and Support Staff
- One of the leading transportation, Logistics, Express Distribution company.
- Saved company Millions by downsizing request of ERP Licenses
- Designed, Developed, Implemented and Managing Business Applications which generates revenue 10 Million+ / year
- Implemented CISCO Contact Center with SIP Technology
- Selected Consultants, SMEs, Vendors, Technical Teams for Fusion, Oracle EBS, Siebel CRM & BI Implementation
Logistics Applications Manager
Ajwa Group
10.2001 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: Considered as the largest group Trading and Manufacturing Food products as brand leaders in mainly Rice and Oil products.
- Define, Manage and Head, Logistics and Applications needs, lead Implementation projects, provide functional support and global optimizations of ERP Applications within the Ajwa Group of companies.
- Responsible for all Logistics Functions within the Group for Warehouses, Purchasing & Transportation.
- Responsible all ERP Applications, Implementations, Customizations according to Business needs, Optimizations, Support and Trainings within the Group.
- Recommending, suggesting and coordinating with IT Department for Application issues, Support contracts, selection of IT solutions and proposals for Applications related Hardware like High End Servers, Software like Reporting Tools and Third party interface with Applications etc.
- Provide support for BaaN end users on Logistics and Manufacturing modules.
- Provide backup support for BaaN Finance modules.
- Define and implement solutions to ongoing problems and develop improvements to current BaaN processes.
- Take lead role in investigating and piloting BaaN enhancements.
- Developed reports using reporting package and/or MS Query / Excel.
- Modify / enhance existing BaaN reports using BaaN Tools.
- Develop capabilities of certain key users to bring their skill levels to the point where they can provide primary support.
- Provide relevant BaaN training for end users.
- Provide current documentation for key BaaN procedures.
- Considered as the largest group Trading and Manufacturing Food products as brand leaders in mainly Rice and Oil products.
Project Manager / Senior Application Consultant
Arabic Computer Systems
12.1998 - 09.2001
- Worked as a Project Manager and worked before as a Project Leader / Senior Application Consultant - Manufacturing & Distribution and Service Packages, implemented BaaN IV c2, c3 & c4 at more than 5 prestigious BaaN sites of Saudi Arabia.
- Actively participated in Pre-sales Activities like conducting, Demonstrations, answering RFP's, interaction with prospects for their queries and providing IT solutions.
- Responsibilities include Implementation, live and parallel run support, design and testing of various customizations, project deliverables, consultants management for scheduling, assisting in company set-up and initial setup of Master data and parameters.
- BaaN Implementation Projects
- Project Site VI: Ajwa Group for Food Industries (AJWA) ERP: BaaN IV c4 Operating Environment: HP UNIX Database: Oracle Project Status: Live. Team size: Three Role: Project Manager
- Project Site V: National Panasonic, Alesayi Electronics Co. Ltd (AEC - Jeddah) ERP: BaaN IV c3 Operating Environment: Windows NT4.0 Database: SQL7.0 Project Status: Parallel Team size: Three Role: Project Leader - Customization for Marginal Profit and OPSI Reports.
- Project Site IV: Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases (AHG) Jeddah ERP: BaaN IV c4 Operating Environment: SCO UNIX Database: Informix. Project Status: Live. Team size: Three Role: Project Manager
- Project Site III: Riyadh Furniture Industries, Riyadh, KSA ERP: BaaN IV c3 Operating Environment: Windows NT Database: SQL server Project Status: Live. Team size: Four
- Project Site II: United Food Industries (Deemah) Riyadh KSA. ERP: BaaN IV c4 Operating Environment: Windows NT Database: SQL server Project Status: Live. Team size: Three Role: Senior Distribution Consultant
- Project Site I: Al Essa Head Office Riyadh KSA. ERP: BaaN IV c2 Operating Environment: SCO UNIX Database: Oracle Project Status: Live. Team size: Three Role: Distribution / Manufacturing Consultant
Engineer - Projects
Armetal Industries
09.1997 - 10.1998
- Company Overview: A gulf-leading manufacturer of Architectural metal fabrications especially of Stainless steel and brass.
- Worked as an Engineer Projects in the Engineering Department.
- Responsibilities were to monitor the assigned projects. Status and progress, Manpower control, meeting consultants, convincing them regarding design factors and factory standards, tracking and implementation of planned man and machine hours.
- Responsible for project over shooting, Project on hand Value (POV).
- Reporting to operation Manager for design discrepancies, critical comments of Consultants, coordinating with design, sales, purchase, production, Dispatch and Installation for completion of projects in stipulated time.
- Weekly and monthly forecast of Projects on hand value (POV), submittal of various reports like Project Activation report, Project Implementation report, Project Planning report, Man hours Utilization report, Overtime report, targeted hours / consumed hours reports generation etc.
- A gulf-leading manufacturer of Architectural metal fabrications especially of Stainless steel and brass.
- Prestigious Projects handled were: Al Wazir Commercial Center - Riyadh, King Khalid Airport - Riyadh, King Abdul Aziz Historical center - Riyadh, Al Ghazali Towers - Riyadh, National Commercial Bank - Dammam, Royal Protocol - Jeddah.
Engineer - Production & Design
Zamil Airconditioners
09.1993 - 05.1997
- Company Overview: A Gulf leading and largest manufacturer of Air-conditioning equipment with UL certification and ISO 9001.
- Worked as a Engineer in product Engineering Department.
- Job responsibilities were monitor production schedules on shop floor, supervise machine area, production runs of various air-conditioning accessories and parts like outer metal shell, base pan, front panels, and other various sheet metal parts on CNC machines, automatic, semi-automatic and manual machines like presses, breaking, shearing, grinding and drilling machines.
- Also responsible for trial production of newly designed units, proto-type design units, report generation like man/machine hours, production charts, machine idle reports, break-even analysis, machine breakdown reports, scheduling machines for production maintenance.
- A Gulf leading and largest manufacturer of Air-conditioning equipment with UL certification and ISO 9001.
Education
Ph.D. - Information Sciences
AEU
03.2008 - 03.2010
MBA - IT
SKM
Bangalore, Karnataka 03.2006 - 03.2008
Bachelor - Mechanical Engineering
CIT
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 03.1988 - 03.1991
Skills
Fusion
SAP
Oracle EBS
Siebel
Baan - Infor
Cisco Contact Center Manager
Exchange Server Management
Windows Server Management
Certification
2010, CISA, United States
Skills
Advanced, Advanced, Advanced, Expert, Advanced, Advanced, Advanced
Preferred Locations
- Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
- All GCC Countries
Salary Expectation
USD 15,000 per month
Personal Information
- Age: 52
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Ph.D. - Information Sciences
AEU
03.2008 - 03.2010
MBA - IT
SKM
03.2006 - 03.2008
IT Head
Confidential
02.2006 - Current
Logistics Applications Manager
Ajwa Group
10.2001 - 01.2006
Project Manager / Senior Application Consultant
Arabic Computer Systems
12.1998 - 09.2001
Engineer - Projects
Armetal Industries
09.1997 - 10.1998
Engineer - Production & Design
Zamil Airconditioners
09.1993 - 05.1997
Bachelor - Mechanical Engineering
CIT
03.1988 - 03.1991