Syed Waqar Arif
at OICCI (Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry)- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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OICCI (Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
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Pakistan
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Information Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mar 2013 - Present
• Successful roll-out Microsoft office 365 implementation in all OICCI users PCs.• Successfully transferred all OICCI users from desktop PCs to Laptops devices to enable wireless office environment.• Implement Fortinet 61f, firewall and high-quality Ruckus Wi-Fi access points to enable strong Wi-Fi zone.• Address users IT related issues/queries of windows and Mac platform with efficient and quick approach.• Maintain IT setup of the chamber and suggest new IT enhancement required to the chamber.• Vendor assessment, development and management to enable the company to purchase on optimum level.• Implement video/audio conference system to provide the connectivity with the OICCI companies during meetings.• Lead an ERP based project (Biztrax), covered business functions (Finance, Leave, Attendance and Sales Management)• Successful implemented Bit defender Antivirus Client / Server deployment. Rollout of Agent of all end user's PCs• Arrange security training/awareness sessions for security/administration heads of the OICCI members• Coordinate Security, Law and Order subcommittee of the chamber.• Plan/Manage visits of senior Law Enforcement Agency (LEAs) officials to the OICCI and provide opportunity relationship building at organization level for quick reporting and resolution of issues.• Conduct security surveys on a regular basis with OICCI members to provide actual ground level security situation and balance view point of member companies operating in Pakistan. Show less
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Mar 2008 - Mar 2013
• Deployment, monitoring, and configuration of user PCs, worked in a team.• Coordinated efforts to ensure inventory needs were met and budgets were adhere to.• Liaising with OICCI companies for data collection and present to the company to identify current challenges and potential growth investment in the country.• Lead the project of designing new interactive chamber website and increase online users’ traffic.• Provide technical assistance in core business areas to improve business process and efficiency. Show less
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The News International
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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System Support Executive
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Jul 2005 - Feb 2008
• Maintain the computing infrastructure and migrated network environment from Windows 2000 to server 2003. • Layer and user’s rights, rooming profiles and disk quota. • Monitored network traffic and adjusted system parameters to increase system performance. • Resolve technical queries related to windows and Mac (Installation, configuration, backup etc) • Trained personnel in Microsoft Windows and other applications to facilitate corporate functions. • To co-ordinate with ISP regarding bandwidth and connectivity issues. • To communicate with vendors for network expansions and implementations Show less
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Education
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU)
Master’s Degree, MBA (MIS) -
Orasoft Training Institute, Karachi
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) -
AUC Technologies Karachi
PMP (Project Management Professional) Training