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Tarek Selim Elakshar

IT Service Manager Having 9+ years

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • IT ManagerFull Time

    Centra Electronic Industries

    Feb 2009 - Present -16 yrs, 4 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:My Job Roles & Tasks as below :- • Ensure technology is accessible and equipped with current hardware and software as below :- • Ensure that all systems in Data Center are running. • Familiarity with Data Center power, UPS, cooling, cabling, fire system, surveillance as well as other Infrastructure issues. • Very good knowledge in Installing, configuring and maintaining production server infrastructure. • Good Knowledge of the Data Center infrastructure. • Ensure data center operates at maximum operational efficiency. • Managed the Data Center infrastructure and ensured support to the facilities. • Ensured the work was completed in accordance to the regulations of data protection. • Prepared a list of all inventory required for the continuous functioning of the data center system • Preparation and maintenance of Data Centre operational procedures Report and analysis of Data Centre operations. • Proactively detect any problems and devise solutions or workarounds. • Proactively detect and report to management any operational threats. • Implemented & improved the overall IT policies, standards & procedures and assure the compliance from systems and users. • Designed, planed, implemented, monitored, tracked and reported the technology plan including IT budget & utilize IT resources and Co-ordinated with other managers to evaluate their IT needs and propose new solutions to answer these needs. • Planed, Deployed & Managed new security measures including E-Mail, URL Filter, Network Admission Control & Web Application Firewall. • Building customer relationships and establishing customer need. • Monitoring service delivery and customer satisfaction to maintain high standard services • Resolving issues that may arise within the team or between the team and any external party (e.g. the customer) • Understand customer goals, business and service plans for proper account planning and execution. • Engage with customers during solution phase to manage service level requirements and develop service level agreements (SLAs) and align them with service delivery capabilities. Technical Project Manager Such as below :- • Implement CVM System for TE Phone Boutique locations over all Egypt. First phase 207 branch • Chrysler Data Center including “Active & VOIP & Wireless & UPS, Cooling & PC & Servers & Racks, Surveillance “. • EPP (Endpoint Protection) System to protect 5K+ end user systems with smooth migration from old EPP Sys & introduction of new Host Protection Features in Telecom Egypt. • Implement WardaTex Factory Data Center including Network, Servers, Rack, Surveillance, APC UPS. • Deliver Complete School Lab’s to MOE on 900 Different Location over all Egypt Including Passive & Active Network, Preparing Electric to Lab’s, UPS & Printers, Student Desks & Data Projector, and Local PC including Technical Inspection from Internal QM & MOE and Handle Delivering Items with Vendors & Customer. • UPS APC Symmetra for (VSE Egypt at Egyptian Navy, SCCT, Acumen Egypt, CDJE, Etc. …). • EMC Storage for “Egypt Post, Sigma Farm, 5757 Hospital, IDSC, Etc... “ • Active Network For “ TE-Data , RTA , QWWC , May Trade “ • Xerox Printer for “ Egypt Post , IT Trans “ • Smart Client & Storage for “MOE, Alex Bib.”
  • Senior Systems AdministratorFull Time

    Centra Electronic Industries

    Jul 2007 - Jan 2009 -1 yr, 6 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:• Centralized & consolidated the whole IT services offering for all branches its in 3 different locations (Cairo, Alexi & Assiut) from one single location (Head Office) and implemented a DR site. as below :- 1- New Datacenter Infrastructure for Centra & DR. 2- Connect different branches through VPN connection with head office. In this we implement and deploy all of this:- 1- Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2010 [SCCM] 2- Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 20107 [SCOM] 3- Microsoft Forefront Client Security 4- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise edition 5- Microsoft Active Directory Servers [4 Sites and 4 Servers] 6- Microsoft windows2008 Cluster 7- Microsoft File and Print Server 8- DPM backup Server. 9- Configure, install and deploy 12 Intel Server. 10- Racks 42 U [2 Racks] 11- Install & Deploy APC UPS. 12-Install & Deploy Hardware Firewall. 13-Install & Deploy VLANS, STP, VRP, QOS, Access List in Core & Edge Switch’s. • Meet goals and KPIs as set by the line manager. • Ensure that team’s KPIs are monitored; actions are taken, evaluated accordingly and delegated properly. • Configure Implementing and troubleshoot various desktop & Servers Hardware and Software problems and handle user request. • Configure MS Outlook and Troubleshoot Emails Account Problems. • Monitoring and Maintaining Domain Controller, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP Services. • Administrate and Monitoring GP9 Database Backup. • Impalement and Administrate and Monitoring Attendance database and backup • Marinating network hardware as configure routers, access points, switch’s, batch panels. • Handle all users’ problems software and hardware & Writing technical reports.Developing internal network database& Log problems in database. • Ensure that IT Service Desk actively participates in improving the usability and reliability of IT services. • Identify and implement improvements to the Service Desk incident logging system in order to provide a more effective and efficient service to customers. • Ensure that the Service Desk is fully using appropriate knowledge management tools and practices in order to provide a more effective and efficient service to customers.
  • System EngineerFull Time

    Centra Electronic Industries

    Feb 2004 - Jul 2007 -3 yrs, 5 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:During this period, I’ve been responsible for Support Centra Technologies Products for both hardware & software. Centra assembling PC’s in workshop and Centra Factory. Follow up production lines for pc, Servers, notebooks assembling, besides solving any technical problems and Assisting in qualifying the company to gain the ISO 9001:2000 certifications. In July 2005 I’ve been responsible for Centra Workshop:- • Troubleshoot various desktop & Servers problems and handle user request. • Ensure that user machine is up-to-date with security patches. • Testing Items from customers, suppliers and Centra Suppliers. • Writing Technical Reports About Detective and Repaired Items. • Support All models of Centra Technologies’ Products of PC’s and Laptops • Assembling, Installing, Configuring Centra server based on Intel Technology. • Responsible for Centra testing Software product as follows :- 1-Microsoft Windows Logo. 2- Spec test. 3- Windows OPK. During this period My Director chose me to be Responsible for R&D Department and responsible to develop Centra brand hardware, Testing & benchmarks, GAP Analysis and put pilot plan. My Company Choose Me to attended Computex exhibitor Show in Taiwan last year to looking for ODM’s & making a relationship with Taiwan’s vendors. During this period I was developing the following Centra products :- 1- Centra Smart client with MS windows embedded team & Taiwan ODM’S. 2- Centra Smart Storage. 3- Centra Laptops 4- Centra PC’s
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in COMMERCE

      Benha University

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2001 - 4 yr

    Achievements

    Technical Project Manager Such as below :- •Implement CVM System for TE Phone Boutique locations over all Egypt. First phase 207 branch •Chrysler Data Center including “Active & VOIP & Wireless & UPS, Cooling & PC & Seers & Racks, Surveillance “. •EPP (Endpoint Protection) System to protect 5K+ end user systems with smooth migration from old EPP Sys & introduction of new Host Protection Features in Telecom Egypt. •Implement WardaTex Factory Data Center including Network, Servers, Rack, Surveillance, APC UPS. •Deliver Complete School Lab’s to MOE on 900 Different Location over all Egypt Including Passive & Active Network, Preparing Electric to Lab’s, UPS & Printers, Student Desks & Data Projector, and Local PC including Technical Inspection from Internal QM & MOE and Handle Delivering Items with Vendors & Customer. •UPS APC Symmetra for (VSE Egypt at Egyptian Navy, SCCT, Acumen Egypt, CDJE, Etc. …).•EMC Storage for “Egypt Post, Sigma Farm, 5757 Hospital, IDSC, Etc... “

    Skills

    • Windows Server
    • Microsoft Office
    • network
    • Security

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • ITIL Service strategy V3

      IT Egypt Corp·2010
    • ITIL fundamental V 3

      IT Egypt Corp·2009
    • CCNA

      IT Egypt Corp·2008
    • CEH V 5

      IT Egypt Corp·2008
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