Walid Achkar

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Walid N. Achkar

Web: www.achkar.org
E-Mail: walid@achkar.org


Hosri Bldg, 4th Floor
Maounat Street

Haret Sakhr, Keserwan

Cell Phone: +961-70-ACHKAR (224527)

Home Phone: +961-9-635973

 

OBJECTIVE

To tackle new challenges; to seek better opportunities; to gain more experience and to earn a better life.

EDUCATION

1993–1997 University of Balamand, El-Koura

  • B.S., Computer Science.

1992–1993 Balamand Secondary School, El-Koura

  • Lebanese Bacc. II, Math. Elem.

EXPERIENCE

1999–till date Byblos Bank S.A.L. Achrafieh, Beirut

2009–till date ECM Project Manager

·    Manage all aspects of Byblos Bank EDMS project including BPM, capturing, Bulk scanning,… – providing progress updates to the ECM project Sponsor & Business Owner.

·     Conduct detailed requirements gathering (RFP), business/technical analysis, Proof of Concept, and design of solutions consistent with existing implementations.

·     Conduct research into relevant products.

·    Develop functional design for each implementation project, and ensure full integration with core banking applications (Temenos T24, Swift, Exchange,…).

·     Ensure communications, client training and go-live support for users in Byblos Bank is effective.

2005–2009 Desktops & IT Support Supervisor

·     Desktop support quality assurance: defining the quality monitoring process (average response time, periodic checklists…). Making sure that quality of interventions is implemented, good response time, good follow-up, timely and efficient escalation for all Byblos Desktops and Laptops.

·     Ensuring that hardware, software and Data standards are properly deployed on all desktops through on site interventions or through automatic updates and deployment or remote assistance tools.

·     Controlling service level agreement with suppliers (CIS, Quantech...)  

·     Training support officers during their shifts on new technologies and standards implemented.

·     Maintaining and ensuring set-up of the Bank's applications on the workstations (Globus Desktop, Card Management, Retail, Mecanique, Bancassurance, Credit scoring...) according to current procedures and standards.

·     Documenting and updating all Support procedures, Data policy, Hardware policy, and Software policy.

·     Testing all Bank’s applications and Globus update patches in “Virtual Branch” Lab within Banking Technology Dpt. (BT) before deployment in Branches and HQ.

·     Project Manager for deploying Windows XP and all other applications through RIS, BDD and SMS technology from Microsoft. (2005)

 

1999–2005 IT Support Officer

·     Installing and maintaining all necessary infrastructure components on the workstations (MS Windows, MS Office, Antivirus, network setup, service packs, Security patches...)

·     Installing and maintaining the Bank's applications on the workstations (Globus Desktop, Card Management, Retail, Mecanique, Bancassurance, Credit scoring...)

·     Offering to Byblos Bank users a full helpdesk support for all type of applications (Globus, Retail, Cards, Office applications...)

·     Ensuring quality control for all calls, tickets, technical incident and infrastructure failures within BT.

·     Working with the Temenos Globus development team in designing Bank’s specific deal-slips and other menus upon request.

·     Applying hardware standards on the workstation level (PCs, printers, check readers...)

·     Ensuring hardware support on PCs, printers and all peripherals. Coordinating with local suppliers CIS, Quantech, and other suppliers for laptops and printers.

·     Coordinator of the merger of Retail Products Dpt. between Byblos Bank S.A.L. and ABN Amro Bank. (2002)

·     Deploying SMS 2.0 in 70 branches (including packaging, collections, advertisements, reporting,…) (2004)

 

1996–1999 Don Carlos Bookshop, Fih - El-Koura

IT Technician

·     Selling computers to end-users.

·     Installing and/or upgrading desktop hardware and software.

·     Diagnosing and fixing problems associated with any desktop application or hardware including printers, scanners and other peripherals.

·     Configuring PC network parameters.

 

1997–1998 Ecole Technique Nader, Deddeh - El-Koura

Teacher, Lab Supervisor

·     Course: “ Technologie de L’informatique”

·     Classes: BT2, BT3.

 

1997 Villa Nadia Hotel (Château des Oliviers), Haykalieh - El-Koura

Web Page Designer

·     Designing the web page: http://www.chateau-des-oliviers.com

·     Providing continuous updates and Web Hosting for the site

TRAININGS

  • Introduction to Unix (1999)
  • AIX V4 System Administration – Quantech (2000)
  • Introduction to Globus (2000)
  • Security Management System on Globus (2001)
  • Globus – Retail Products (2002)
  • Bancassurance (2002)
  • Modern Project Management (2002)
  • Bills Management (2003)
  • Bancassurance II (2003)
  • Performance Management System (2004)
  • Managing Microsoft SMS 2003 – New Horizons (2005)
  • Microsoft Management Workshop – Safir Heliopolitan Hotel (2005)
  • ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management - HP Training Center (2007)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) - Formatech (2010)

COMPUTER

KNOWLEDGE

  • Pascal, Assembly, HTML, C++…
  • Microsoft Operating Systems (DOS, Windows 3.1/95/NT/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/7)
  • Unix (AIX 4.0).
  • MS-Access, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-FrontPage…
  • Graphics Software (Adobe PhotoShop, GIF Animations…).

LANGUAGES

  • Arabic, French, English: Fluent