
Timeline
About me
Projects Director - Banking Solutions at Lyst Technologies
Education

Lebanese american university (lau) - mba
2001 - 2003Master of business administration (mba) administration & finance 3.84
Lebanese american university (lau) - bs
1984 - 1988Bachelor of science (bs) computer science
Experience

Computrade s.a.l.
Jan 1991 - Dec 1992Chief developer - banking solutionsTeam lead for development of banking solutions and various business applications (stock, accounting, others).

Integro middle east
Jan 1993 - Sept 1996System development engineerReported to the Division/Delivery Manager as individual contributor for development of data communication software packages with the responsibilities of developing code generator for Microsoft Visual C/Visual Basic languages, terminal emulations, deployment of cards & network software and other interfacing projects.

Mdsl - an itg company
Jan 1997 - Feb 2015- Reporting to the General Manager; managing the banking solutions’ delivery: Core, Risk, compliance, profitability, etc. Mission critical, online interconnected core and satellite solutions – mainly Misys (currently Finastra) / SunGard). - Planning/Managing multi-million USD projects.- Achieving budget/time targets for most of the projects, especially the ones with deadlines set by the central banks. - Overcoming challenges of scarce resources while conducting implementations at different banks simultaneously. - Meticulous resource planning and leveraging Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies.- Participating in the Pre-sales, Sales / Business Development activities, solutions design, and development of proposals/presentations of POC. Contributing to sales and building go-to-market plans.- Managing suppliers including selection, contracts negotiations (SLA, pricing); controlling purchase orders and deliveries.- Recruiting and leading teams for contracts’ delivery and post-implementation support.- Contributing to process/procedure/product quality improvement through implementation of ISO 9001.- Team management and talent development. Show less
Division Manager (Delivery Head) - Banking Solutions
Jun 2006 - Feb 2015Products Consultant & Project Manager - Banking
Jan 1997 - May 2006

Consultant
Mar 2015 - Oct 2016Consultant it / bankingProviding consultancy in the following areas:- Partnership Contacts’ development.- Sales involvement and proposal preparation.- SLAs preparation.- Business Analysis.

Sab mediterranée
Nov 2016 - Dec 2020Projects director - bankingManaging Core Banking solution implementations.Managing the implementations of Core Banking solutions, including all related tasks: Being the contact for both the end customers and the company, overseeing and assuming the responsibility of the entire delivery lifecycle (whether Core Banking or satellite solutions). Contracts Delivering: team building, requirements collection, mapping to the solutions’ standard functionalities, gap analysis, configuration/development, unit testing and supporting the end users’ acceptance tests, planning for the going to production and post-implementation support. Show less

Lyst technologies
Jan 2021 - nowProjects director - banking solutionsManaging Core Banking solution implementations.Managing the implementations of Core Banking solutions, including all related tasks: Being the contact for both the end customers and the company, overseeing and assuming the responsibility of the entire delivery lifecycle (whether Core Banking or satellite solutions). Contracts Delivering: team building, requirements collection, mapping to the solutions’ standard functionalities, gap analysis, configuration/development, unit testing and supporting the end users’ acceptance tests, planning for the going to production and post-implementation support. Show less
Licenses & Certifications

- leadership seminars at mavens. - certified information systems auditor (cisa). - iso 9001 standards implementation and internal auditing certification. - seminars on banking risk management at the lebanese banks’ association.
Different certifiers
Languages
- enEnglish
- frFrench
- arArabic
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