Sales Executive Required For IT Company In Internet City

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Sales executive required for IT Company in internet City Oct 08, 2004
We require IT sales Executive, good command in english... full of energy ..we provide care .. transportation.. salary : Good - negotiable.


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Jun 21, 2005
Please provide more details on this opportunitu. I am a senior IT executive looking for opportunites in the UAE. Attached is my profile:


Ather A. Khan
34 Purdue Avenue, Ajax, Ontario, L1T 4L3, CANADA
Tel: +1 905 686 9789
Email: ather@sympatico.ca
Nationality: Canadian
Date of Birth: October 29, 1958


PROFILE

A Senior Executive with more than 20 years of Technology Management experience in the areas of distribution, hardware, software, network infrastructure, telecommunications and data communications support. Strong technology background combined with sound business acumen and a leadership style that focuses on individual coaching and team building. An avid problem solver with ability to generate stability in high pressure environments. Proven ability to communicate, manage and negotiate effectively internally and with vendors at all levels.


SYSTEMS / TECHNOLOGY

Front Office Trading and Portfolio Management and Execution, Middle Office Market Risk Management, Compliance and Financial Controllers and Back Office Securities Administration, Settlements and Statutory Reporting

Trading & Analytic Systems:

Bloomberg, Reuters RTW, Bridge, Barra, PC Bond, Findur, RSL, DealGen, Belzberg, Reuters CX-Trader, CDNX, Brass, ACT, Reuters CanPros, Star Data, Bloomberg, Telerate.

Back-office Systems:

Maximis (Vendor Unisys), ISM, CDS, CODA, DTC.

Infrastructure: Windows NT/2000/2003 servers and Windows/XP workstation on an Intel platform. AIX and HP UNIX servers. IBM AS/400 and IBM Mainframe. Databases included: DB2, Oracle, Sybase and SQL. Bay and Cisco Systems network communications equipment on an Ethernet backbone. Routers, switches/hubs and Cylink network encryption equipment.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


MANULIFE FINANCIAL, Toronto, ON 2003 -Present
Assistant Vice President, Application Management, Investment Division

Responsible for supporting Manulife Financial, Investment Division’s overall Production Support environment, Front, Middle and Back Office Systems and Applications. Technology infrastructure liaison with outsource business partner. Leading a team of 50 Business and Systems Analyst, conduct application break-fix, enhancements and front line support.

• Provided system integration following Manulife’s take over of John Hancock Financial and Maritime Life. Managed large scale integration projects to move JH and MAC Investments assets onto Manulife systems. Led a team of 40 senior business and systems analysts and infrastructure technical staff on projects involving Front office trading and analytic applications and Back Office accounting, securities administration and settlements functions.
• Directed work to certify applications for Sarbanes-Oxley Section-404 controls. Completed control templates for IT Access Controls, Application Development and Change Management Controls and IT Environment Controls.
• Ensured quality delivery of key operational and integration projects.
o Provided leadership to each project team to provide timely deliverables for each project.
o Coordinated activities between the Project area and Application Management group to set priorities and assign appropriate resources for each task.
o Liaised with Vendors and external contractors to ensure they complete tasks on time and within the allotted budget.
o Coordinated activities with Project Office and Finance to provide control on all hardware, software and employee expenditures. Achieved project Integration cost savings by retiring JHF redundant systems and terminating associated resources.
• Provided Optimal Service for all Manulife Investments Franchised (Mission Critical) Systems.
o Ensured minimal downtime by maintaining a close control over IBM’s infrastructure support.
o Completed all Investment Service Requests for Break Fix/Enhancements on schedule and within the allotted budget.
o Consulted with Business Users to review requirements and provide feedback on all outstanding issues.
o Controlled expenditures to reach a goal of coming within 10% of budget.
• Improved Customer Service across all Business Clients.
• Developed Industry focused channel for self education and team building.
• Built and maintained a “TEAM” Model within Investment Systems and Business clients.


UBS WARBURG, Toronto 1994 - 2002
Vice President, Information Technology

Responsible for UBS Warburg, a subsidiary of UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland) AG, overall technology requirements including Network Management, Trading and Business application support, Telecommunications and Data communications needs. Liaise with exchanges, market data providers, software vendors and consultants for support and upgrades. Directly deal with all hardware vendors and suppliers of Telecom, Data network, servers and workstation products.

Projects completed:

• Implemented a securities and portfolio Risk Management system within UBSWs Pro-trading, Liability and Arbitrage trading environment. Taking the inventory feeds from ISM’s overnight batch a Risk Management system was designed and implemented. Raw data from ISM’s feed was captured onto an AS/400 and processed to generate Inventory positions reports, daily and monthly profits/loss calculations, risk/exposures on long inventory positions. This allowed the trading desk to analyse their exposures before market open and cover their positions.
• Upgraded the UBS Warburg telecommunications environment. It involved upgrading existing Nortel Option-11 SL1 switches in and Toronto and branch locations in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. The project also involved integrating the PBX environment to the Trading floor IPC turret systems. Researched the latest products and software releases from various vendors and the final selection was made with Bell Canada/Nortel switches and IPC’s Alliance turret systems.
• Upgraded UBS Warburg’s Canadian data network between the head office in Toronto and the branch offices in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. The project involved upgrading the data network from 512KB dedicated circuits to T1 connections. The Canadian network is also liked via multiple T1 connections across the border to UBS Warburg’s US operations in Stamford, CT and the Global UBS environment. The project also required upgrading the Routers, Switches/Hubs, encryption devices etc. to comply with the enhanced data speeds.
• Worked on a project of upgrading UBSW’s entire technology environment to be compliant with the UBSW global standards. This involved all server and workstation hardware and software. Migration of the network operating system from Novell to Windows NT and extending communication links among offices in Canada and US.
• Implemented UBSW’s global applications at BW, which allows the business area to communicate with offices around the globe.
• Worked on the Year 2000 project as a project manager to insure UBSW’s technology and entire business environment is millennium complaint. This involves testing of internal applications and conducting point-to-point testing with external information and service providers.


CIBC WOOD GUNDY, Toronto, ON 1992 -1994
Senior Manager Fixed Income Technology

• Interfacing directly with end-users to assess their requirements and translate these into functional applications. Provide a bridge between Wood Gundy Fixed Income Trading desk and CIBC’s Technology group for systems and applications development and support.
• Primary Technology support for Wood Gundy’s Fixed Income Trading Floor. Responsible for smooth functioning of all applications and hardware on a NOVELL network linking servers in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, New York and London
• Responsible for supporting ComputeChan's SUPER COUPON SYSTEM, a STRIPS BONDS trading application both in Toronto and a stand-alone system in Montreal. Keeping a direct liaison with the vendor for product support, upgrades and modifications.
• Was responsible for setting up a separate, stand-alone Super Coupon system in Montreal. This required setting up all the hardware including the server and network and installation of the application.
• Established a Fixed Income WAN using Novell's LINK-64 product to connect Montreal, Vancouver and New York offices.



RABCO SYSTEMS, Markham, ON 1991 - 1992
Manager Network Support

• Supported Rabco's customers with installed base of Novell Networks for upgrades from Netware v2.15 and v2.20 to Netware v3.11.
• Installed and managed in-house network configured with Netware v3.11 and running Accounting, Database Management and Word Processing applications.


SANDOZ CANADA, Whitby, ON 1990 - 1991
Network Support

• Provided network support for a large Novell network.
• Maintained and support a user support Info. Centre hot-line for SANDOZ employees and assist in solving their network or PC related problem.
• Provided hardware, software and network support to end-users.


DATACOM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 1984 - 1990
Product Manager

• Responsible for IBM, AST, NOVELL, EPSON and HP product lines.
• Established a network of over 40 dealerships to market and support Datacom's products.
• Provided dealers' support on technical problems.


EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

M.B.A - Roosevelt University, Chicago. Graduated in December 1983
with major emphasis in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Management Information Systems.

B.S. - University of Illinois, Chicago. Graduated in July 1982 with major emphasis in Finance and MIS.

Partners, Directors and Officers Exam (PDO), passed with honours.
Registered with the Investment Dealers Association (IDA) as Vice President
Registered NOVELL CNE (Certified Netware Engineer) ID No. 6067602
Windows NT Server and Workstation Course
IBM AS/400 Operations Course
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