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What global region are you based in? For example Eastern Europe, North America...: Middle East

Current Employer: Etisalat

What is your current job title?: Business Applications Manager

Areas of professional interest:/history/education eg BSS/OSS, Femtocells..... (don't be shy a small book will fit - or copy of Linkedin, Xing, Autobiography etc): IT Manager with 12+ years of experience in the IT and Telecommunications industries. Built and managed competent teams to achieve hi-tech projects and programs with focus on the business targets.

• Business oriented strategic thinking
• Building skillful and target oriented teams
• Project management expertise (IPMA certified)
• Experienced in the full software lifecycle
• Skilled leadership – performing through people
• Communication and presentation skills
• Vendor management and negotiation skills
• Demand management and analysis expertise
• Standards literate (ISO, SOX, CMM, eTOM, ITIL, etc)
• Multinational working experience

Currently Business Applications Manager at Etisalat Egypt: responsible for IT Demand Management for the Marketing, Marcom, Commercial Planning and Engineering departments. Previously was senior business analyst in Vodafone Egypt: resposible for Vodafone live! and Mobile TV services.

Specialties:
IT management, Project management, IPMA, Software development, Portals, Web development, Content, video streaming, 3G, Data services, VAS Applications, Messaging.

Experience:
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Business Applications Manager Etisalat Egypt
Since March 2007

Responsibilities:
• IT Demand Management for the Marketing, Marcom, Commercial Planning and Engineering departments. This includes business analysis, technical project management, and relationship management through managing team of project managers and business analysts.
• Plan the roadmaps for the owned platforms and ensure proper support and SLAs in place
• Align the IT plans with the business plans and calendars
• Build and implement a business process automation plan for the mentioned departments
• The typical projects include:
- Portal projects: Web portal, WAP portal, and SIM toolkit
- Self services: Internet Bill browsing, Bill e-payment, Balance recharge, etc.
- VAS applications: SMS broadcasting, MMS applications, and Mobile applications
- Promotions: Bonus on recharge, reduced minute rates, handset bundles, etc.
- Enterprise solutions: GIS, Mobile Number Portability, and business process automation

Achievements:
• Participated in launching Etisalat Misr
• Built the Business Applications Demand Management unit
• Launched “Choose your number”, the first service for Etisalat Misr in the market
• Built and managed key platforms including the web portal, mobile portal, SIM menu toolkit, alerting engine, content delivery engine, promotions subscription system, and others.
• Launched aggressive time to market promotions and commercial products and services
• Introduced the IT Demand Management process and other processes
• Established strategic partnership deals with technology and services vendors

See my LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedkamal

See my Naymz profile: http://www.naymz.com/search/ahmed/kamal/1721939

What would you like to get out of Telcoprofessionals.com: Professional Q&A Environment, Ability to connect with like minded professionals globally, Expand network for next job

Which of the following subject areas are you interested in? Each one is also setup as a microsite within Telcoprofessionals. Optional Question.: OSS/BSS, Value Added Services (VAS), The Middle East and African Telecoms Market

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At 11:25am on March 28, 2009, mohamed nasser said…: AHMED NEED TO CALL U FRIENDLY ((SAME Cairo University))
I AM AT LAST YEAR NEED UR HELP ABOUT JOB
ASK U FORGET DR ((3AFAF)) CIRCUITS

At 9:04am on October 30, 2008, Suresh T Kumar said…: Pls reach me on sixhats@gmail.com or on suresh@netxcell.com

At 9:03am on October 30, 2008, Suresh T Kumar said…: Hi Ahmed,

I am visiting EGYPT (Cairo) on the 1st November and would like to meet you in understanding the Telecom Business. Would appreciate if you could spare some time for me.

Pls let me know your comfort and your mobile number if possible.

Thanks in Advance
Suresh T Kumar
+91-9949197777
www.sureshtkumar.com
www.mobilesummit.se/speakers.html

At 6:57am on May 5, 2008, James S. Huntingford said…: Hi Ahmed, Welcome to the OSS/BSS microsite. Over the coming weeks you will see more and more Telecoms professionals joining. We are hopeful that the microsite will be a melting pot for debate plus a very useful place to keep up to speed with the evolving OSS/BSS marketplace. Please make use of the discussion forum, a place where you can ask open questions to a network of OSS/BSS professionals, and its also a great way of engaging with likeminded people that you might never have met before. I look forward to chatting soon. Cheers James