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Tamer Sayed

A seasoned IT and Project Manager

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Project Delivery ExecutiveFull Time

    IBM

    May 2018 - Present -7 yrs, 1 month

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Cloud Engagement LeadFull Time

      British American Tobacco

      Jun 2017 - Jan 2018 -7 months

      United Kingdom , London

      • Job Details:• Managing the Cloud Full Potential Project; overlooking the migration of on-perm servers to Microsoft Azure Cloud. • Following up on local resources and partners for milestones fulfilling. • Following up on vendors to guarantee SLA adherence. • Ensuring smooth landing on Azure platform with no business impact. • Verifying project costs and RoI are adhering to budgeted figures.
    • Area IT Services Manager Full Time

      British American Tobacco

      Jan 2012 - May 2017 -5 yrs, 4 months

      Egypt , Cairo

      • Job Details:• Managing the IT Services across the North Africa Area. • Managing the suppliers and ensure service delivery against the agreed SLA. • Leading a team of 16 IT members including insourced and outsourced professionals. • Achievements: o Aligning the tactical and strategic IT plans to the business plans. o Delivering against multilevel SLA(s) and setting OLA(s) between the IT support teams. o Setting and delivering SIP(s) with strategic vendors. o Cost reduction via the implementation of Virtualization (VMWare) and Cloud Computing (MS Office 365). o Implementing ITIL principals throughout the IT department. o Proactive BCPs, Risk Analysis, and BIA aligned to the business requirements. o Managing Capex and Sallex budgets with 95% forecasting accuracy. o Delivering Global and Regional Projects:  Implementation of centralized Service Desk.  Migration of IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Office 365.  Implementation of SAP, including Warehouse Management live-tracking of materials and finished goods via Barcodes and RF-Scanners.  Implementation of Zscaler centralized proxies.  Implementation of Riverbed Steel Fusion mesh.
    • Area IT Services Manager Full Time

      British American Tobacco

      Jan 2012 - May 2017 -5 yrs, 4 months

      Egypt , Cairo

      • Education

        • Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering

          Cairo University (CU)

          Jan 1993 - Jan 1998 - 5 yr

        • High School - Thanaweya Amma

          Victory College Maadi

          Jan 1993 

        Skills

        • Service Delivery
        • Project Management
        • XSLT
        • IT Security
        • Services
        • IT Security

        Languages

        • Arabic

          Fluent
        • English

          Fluent
        • Italian

          Intermediate

        Training & Certifications

        • Scrum Master

          Scrum Alliance·2018
        • PMP

          PMI·2018
        • Finance for Non-Financial Managers

          Global Knowledge ·2014
        • Leading Managers.

          Global Knowledge ·2014
        • ITIL Foundation V.3

          Global Knowledge ·2013
        • Business Relationship Management

          Global Knowledge ·2013
        • IT Account Management

          Global Knowledge ·2013
        • CISSP

          ISC2·2010
        • MCSE

          Microsfot·2002
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