I am a well educated, technically sound, business-savvy management professional with over sixteen years of experience in "hands-on" IT project management.
My greatest asset and skill is my ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success, by exhibiting strong leadership, bringing innovative ideas and implementing keen teaching abilities.
I have had tremendous success in all kinds of highly competitive industries, cutting-edge markets, and fast-paced environments. (_)
I bring a superior record of developing and implementing large-scale solutions.
I have complied a proven track record in successfully analyzing and identifying an organization's critical business requirements, deficiencies and potential opportunities.
I continually find ways to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for: enhancing competitiveness, increasing revenues, and improving customer service effectiveness.
Quick Overview:
• Application development, including back-end and UI development.
• Database management and development.
• SDLC, Data integration/interface and ETL development.
• Project management including both theoretical and practical aspects of project management, project management techniques and tools including software.
• Process automation, business process re-engineering and optimization.
• People management, strategic planning, risk management and change management.
My most recent employments between 1997 and Present
Accenture (February 2011 - Present)
IT Manager
- Under construction
Chicago Board of Education - Chicago Public Schools (April 2003 - February 2011)
IT Project/System Manager
- Provides technical and business leadership in the design, development, implementation and management of all telecommunications projects, activities and web solutions.
- Leads the development of technical design documents and processes.
- Promotes best practices among the team to improve testing techniques, design methodology and promote code reusability.
- Participate in design, design review, and code review processes to ensure that solutions effectively to meet business objectives while using innovative, performance orientated technologies.
- Manages on-going technical support for all non-PBX telecommunications systems and telecommunications web portals.
- Acts as primary liaison with diverse levels of associates across Technology Services Department CPS departments and outside parties or vendor.
- Mentors team members and other Technology Services staff with both technical and non-technical issues.
- Analyzing functional process of existing systems and provide recommendations.
- Developed reporting capabilities which allows management to collect data from several resources.
- Establishes processes for governing the identification, collection, and use of corporate metadata; assuring metadata accuracy, validity and extensibility.
- Establishes innovative methods and procedures for tracking data quality, completeness, redundancy, and improvement.
- Supports the E-Rate team data requirements.
Yourlink Web Services (July 2003 - October 2009)
Lead Developer (Consulting - Part Time)
- Manage the e-commerce development team developing and delivering long-term strategic goals for data architecture vision and standards in conjunction with data users, department managers, network members, and other key stakeholders.
- Maintain manpower plan for the Web Team.
- Lead the design of large and small scale web-based applications.
- Lead the development of technical design documents.
- Participate in design, design review, and code review processes to ensure that solutions effectively meet business objectives while using innovative, performance orientated technology.
- Create short-term tactical solutions to achieve long-term objectives and an overall data management roadmap.
- Managing websites/web application solutions and e-Commerce development for both front and back end for several clients.
- Develop database architecture for all web application solutions. Coordinate application development with marketing and sales and other staff.
- Provide technical mentoring to other team members. Provide technical support and maintenance for third parties products.
- Hire, train and develop a lead of 10-people technical team. Manage projects budgets and ensure optimal expenditures.
Allegiance Healthcare (June 2001 - December 2002)
Data System Manager
- Managed the Supply Chain development team responsibilities and workload.
- Evaluated client’s requests and managed projects priorities and budgets.
- Developed and automated production tools supporting the Supply Chain department different channels.
- Provided training to developed solution and ensure technical compliancy for all distribution centers.
McCain Foods, USA (November 1997 - June 2001)
Sr. Forecasting Analyst
- Built and managed technical and business solutions supporting the Supply Chain workforce including sales, marketing, and distribution and warehousing.
- Developed automated reporting environment producing sales and forecasting intelligence report.
- Developed and implemented orders fill-rate SLA for key accounts that enhanced order fill rate to 99.97% reducing shipping cost by almost $1M annually.
- B.S. Information Technology - Capella University - 2008
- Undergraduate Certificate in Project Management – DePaul University - 2007
- Undergraduate Certificate in Web Application Security - Capella University - 2004
- Certificate in Visual Basic Programming - William Rainy Harper - 2003
- Diploma in Computer Science - Damascus International Institute - 1990
- .NET
- PHP/ASP
- Javascript
- HTML/DHTML
- FLASH
- CSS
- XML/XSL
- AJAX
- JSON
- jQuery/Spry
- Google API
- Web 2.0
- RIA
- VISIO
- Microsoft Office
- Crystal Reports
- Business Objects
- SQL Server (2000, 2005)
- Oracle (8.5, 9, 10i and 11)
- MySQL (4 and 5)
- TOAD
"I have had the opportunity to work with Tarek over the past year and I continue to be impressed with his abilities. Tarek was integral to the successful launch of my Company's website and software solution. He was able to take a complex proposed software-as-a-service concept and successfully architect it into a working solution. While doing so, his creativity and perseverance was critical and several of the solutions that exist today are a result of his forward-thinking. In addition to his technical skills Tarek possesses necessary communication skills that allow him to interact with his team members while being able to inform team members and team leaders of key milestones and project roadblocks. Also, during our project there were several instances whereby other team members were not contributing to the team's dynamic. As a result, Tarek utilized his management skills and motivated these individuals in order to reengage them in the project and ultimately compled the project ahead of schedule and with great success. I have had the pleasure working with Tarek but more importantly have had the pleasure of becoming Tarek's friend. Based on my professional experience as well as my personal relationship with Tarek, I believe Tarek’s extraordinary work ethic coupled with his technical skills, enthusiasm, creativity, and integrity would make him an invaluable asset to any organization. I have full confidence in Tarek’s abilities and look forward to watching him accomplish his goals. I extend my highest recommendation for Tarek Orabi and would be more than happy to discuss his qualifications in further detail."
Phillip Olson - CEO, Shortlister, LLC."Mr. Orabi and I have collaborated on a number of different initiatives for the Chicago Public Schools. Mr. Orabi has a outstanding ability to understand and be able to move between nuanced technical issues and the larger business and enterprise context while maintaining focus on customer needs. Mr. Orabi is the type of colleague whom I would gladly want on my team or want to report to if the opportunity arose. Mr. Orabi is a talented leader and contributor who I believe can bring a great deal of value to any organization."
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