Waleed Alzuhair

Current

Business Development Team Member at Saudi Research and Marketing Group - SRMG
Head of Visual Content at Saudi Research & Publishing Company - SRPC

Past

Photographer & Owner at Waleed's Gallery
Multi-Media Manager at Saudi Systems Corporation
Core Technology Consultant & Team Leader at Oracle Corporation

Technical Support Manager at Saudi Systems Corporation
System Manager at Security Forces Hospital
System Operator at Al-Muhandis

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Education

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Industry

Photography

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Waleed Alzuhair’s Summary

A commercial photographer with focus on conveying a message through photography, majoring in environmental, architectural and corporate photography. Leveraging over 30 years in photography and 18 years in information technology.

My professional past experiences have added management and soft skills to my toolbox, which aided a lot in the execution of tasks in different fields.

Some of my personal convictions:
- I highly value ethical conduct and believe it's they key to a better society, at all levels.
- I believe in long-term relationships and planning, what's better than setting a roadmap for life.

Waleed Alzuhair’s Specialties:

Photography: Environmental, architectural, and product composition, lighting, and RAW post processing.
Information Technology: Solutions architect, process re-engineering, and problem solving.
Strong business orientation in all business areas.

Waleed Alzuhair’s Experience

Business Development Team Member

Saudi Research and Marketing Group - SRMG

(Privately Held; Media Production industry)

June 2008 — Present (2 months)

Part of the Business Development team at SRMG, lead by the Chief Business Development Officer; in addition to my role as Head of Visual Content at SRPC (an SRMG company).
Head of Visual Content

Saudi Research & Publishing Company - SRPC

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

March 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

The Visual Content Department now has the following sections:
1. Editorial, Sport, and Commercial Photography.
2. Editorial Support.

Both sections produce material for the 14 publications of SRPC in 20 countries.. The department employs +40 local professionals and a worldwide network of freelancers to aid in the different assignments.

There are several ongoing projects that will continuously be tuned, to make the visual content more accessible to the journalists at SRPC, and the the sister companies under the Saudi Research & Marketing Group (SRMG).
Photographer & Owner

Waleed's Gallery

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Photography industry)

September 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 2 months)

Some clients: Sunset Beach Resort - Saudi Systems Corporation - Saudi Aramco - Saudi Export Development Center - Oracle Corporation - Herfy Restaurants - Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development - Shubaily Real Estate Development - Supreme Commission for Tourism - Ministry of Water & Electricity - Athar Almajd Holding - King Abdulaziz Public Library - Pfizer - Altheyab Travels - Emaar - Princess Alanood Charity Organization - Saudi Arabian Encyclopedia - Islamic Online Catalogue - Farghali Fresh Juice.

Due to health reasons, I've temporarily closed work at the commercial studio, until further notice.
Multi-Media Manager

Saudi Systems Corporation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)
Core Technology Consultant & Team Leader

Oracle Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1998 — September 2004 (6 years 4 months)

Technology products include Oracle’s Database, Internet Application Server, and Development tools. My task was involved in all lines of businesses. Sales, Partner Management, Support, Education, Consulting and Finance LOBs. But to summarize, I had four main roles and they are as follows:

1. Sales Consulting role.
2. Product Management role.
3. Presales Team Leader role.
4. Country's License Management Consulting role.
Technical Support Manager

Saudi Systems Corporation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1990 — June 1998 (8 years 1 month)

The main role was MIS management of the in-house infrastructure of computers, networks, and office automation software running under a blend of operating systems and communications protocols.

Other roles also involved producing technical documents, procedures, and technical proposals for undergoing projects. Localization of a document management system was also carried out for a product named “Optix®”, in addition to working on technical projects that the company is involved in, be it consulting, GIS, office automation, multi-media, internet, or turn-key solutions using state-of-the-art technologies.

I managed a team of three professionals and more resources were allocated on project-by-project basis.
System Manager

Security Forces Hospital

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

January 1989 — June 1990 (1 year 6 months)

System management and operations of the in-house HP-3000, DG-10000, and DG-8000. The systems ran the hospital’s operational and medical applications such as appointments, admission, pharmacy, laboratory, and medical records.

I was also involved in minor software development projects such as interfacing laboratory equipment to the main medical records system and the automation and organization of system operations and management under on unified menu driven system, which increased employees’ productivity and efficiency. I was awarded with an appreciation letter by the IT Director for that system.
System Operator

Al-Muhandis

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

March 1988 — January 1989 (11 months)

Al-Muhandis was an architectural engineering firm owned by Engineer Nazar Kurdi. This firm spurred the company NATCOM (National Computer System Company), the dealers of DEC computers.

I was a trainee and attended several training courses on the management of VAX/VMS platform, DECnet, and ULTRA Datebase. I was also a member of DECUS (Digital Equipment Computer User Society) in Saudi Arabia..