Business Support Group Officer at Emirates Airlines
United Arab Emirates
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- Business Support Group Officer at Emirates Airlines
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- Senior Consultant I.T at Nexus Automotive (Pvt) Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)
- Senior Network Engineer at AKD Securities (Pvt) Ltd
- Research Officer at FAST National University for Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi
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- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
- FAST Institute of Computer Science, University of Karachi
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Umar Pirzada’s Summary
Its been a diversified experience touching base with different industries. I have a flavour of the education industry, the finance industry, the automotive industry and have recently entered the aviation industry. I like it here.
I have come a long way from my graduation and after starting as Networks & Systems person, I have moved towards more functional roles in ERP and Financial Systems. I plan to go further on this track with a post-grad financial qualification when the opportunity arrives. This should complement my portfolio as I have already completed my Masters in Computer Science.
Umar Pirzada’s Specialties:
Automation, Streamlining, Innovation & Training
Umar Pirzada’s Experience
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Senior Consultant I.T
Nexus Automotive (Pvt) Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 51-200 employees; Automotive industry)
November 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 3 months)
At Nexus Automotive (Pvt) Ltd, I was managing the System Administration (SAP Basis) Team as well as acting as a bridge between the functional consultants and our employees during the SAP implementation. I was acting as the IT Manager as well reporting directly to the CEO & CFO with periodic updates. So the role revolved around improving network operations, WAN connectivity projects, disaster recovery planning, budgeting, vendor coordination & procurement, introducing standard operating procedures for IT operations etc. I was also maintaining the company website in coordination with an off-shore webmaster team. I also conducted in-house trainings for employees to train them on basic computer skills as well as advance usage. An interesting part of my job was exploring new gadgets, security devices & diagnostic tools for the automotive industry. Hence I was involved with developments in other departments of the organization as well.
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Senior Network Engineer
AKD Securities (Pvt) Ltd
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; AKDS; Capital Markets industry)
May 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 3 months)
I was part of a team which monitored the Online Stock Trading Application hosted on at www.akdtrade.com. I introduced Exchange Server and hosted 4 Email domains on it. I researched clustering & fail-over options. The implementation was 99% fault tolerable.
Basic administration of Windows 2k/2k3 Active Directory including Group Policy, ISA Server 2000, IIS Server was daily routine. I also created a “Backup Script” to automate the routine backup procedure.
I was learning on the job about IT Auditing & Disaster Recovery Planning under the supervision of the I.T Head. I used tools such as MBSA, EXBPA, Tenable (NESSUS for Windows) etc to secure the network regarding patch management issues.
I was made Team Leader of the Systems Management team & also Editor of the IT Newsletter, IT NEWSWIRE, during the time I was there. Moreover, at the Launching of our new application back in July 2004 I was made Special Coordinator and Technical Support at our Clifton Branch. -
Research Officer
FAST National University for Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
March 2002 — April 2004 (2 years 2 months)
Initially, my responsibilities were related to the role of a Teaching Assistant. This included Conducting Workshops, Seminars, Hands-on Lab Sessions, Extra Lectures & Projects. Moreover, I graded exams & quizzes other than finals as well. I assisted instructors of Data Communications and Data Structures courses. I was also part of the admission test invigilation & grading committee. This included conducting orientation sessions for new entrants as well.
In November 2002, I took over as Network Manager. I had a great learning experience on Windows 2k Server, Novell Directory Services environments and the exposure to MS Exchange 5.5 and ISA Server. In the summer of 2003, I conducted the 1st ever Online Admission Test at FAST-NUCES.
The staff under me comprised of Lab Operators and Assistants. I conducting training workshops to improve their skills on the job. I was also briefly involved in Budget Proposal Preparation regarding IT equipment for the year 2004-2005.
Umar Pirzada’s Education
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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
MS, Computer Science, 2002 — 2006
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FAST Institute of Computer Science, University of Karachi
BCS, Computer Science, 1999 — 2001
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Umar Pirzada’s Interests:
Playing Basketball, Blogging, Exploring investment opportunities...
Umar Pirzada’s Honors:
- Received scholarship from Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) for years 2001, 2002
- Represented Pakistan internationally while playing little league baseball in Taiwan in 1994
- Invited as Judge at Procom 2006 and Final Year Project (FYP) evaluation 2006 at FAST NUCES, Karachi
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