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                Irfan Ahmed Ilyas 
                
                Management Information Systems Department, 
                
                1668 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
                
                Dhahran – 31261, Saudi Arabia 
                
                Phone(O) 966 3 8604041   Phone(R) 966 3 8605556 
                
                Mobile: 0509566991 
                
                
                
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                Career Objectives 
                
                o       
                
                Pursue a position of 
                Senior Developer/ Consultant in the area of Software 
                Development  
                
                o       
                
                Pursue a dynamic 
                career as an Information Technology (IT) Professional 
                utilizing a broad range of skills in System Planning, Analysis, 
                Program Development, Database Administration, Network 
                Administration, User Training and System Deployment  
                
                o       
                
                Peruse a position of
                Business IT Consultant utilizing a rich research 
                background in resolving Change Management Challenges being faced 
                by Businesses while adopting IT usage in Businesses 
                
                o       
                
                Pursue an Industry 
                Education and Training Program Developer position using 
                planning, organizing, coordinating, and communication skills in 
                training IT end-users and other technology adopters 
                
                o       
                
                Pursue a dynamic and 
                productive career as a Technical Writer utilizing 
                creative writing and technical skills for technical 
                documentation 
                  
                
                Career Highlights  
                
                o       
                
                Specialized and 
                professionally qualified with good amount of technical exposure 
                in Web-based Application development and Enterprise Resource 
                Planning (ERP) System Implementations. 
                
                o       
                
                Worked in Funded 
                Research Projects in some hot areas of business research like 
                Customer Relationship Management (CRM), E-learning , 
                Collaborative Support Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 
                Systems. 
                
                o       
                
                Experienced as 
                Information Technology Support Professional in Planning, 
                Troubleshooting, Administration and Distributed Program 
                Development for Computer Networks  
                
                o       
                
                
                Working as a developer (Dynamic Web/ Database development) and 
                technical consultant in an ongoing implementation of Oracle 
                based ERP platform for King Fahd University of Petroleum & 
                Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 
                
                o       
                
                Worked on off-shore 
                (US clients) development projects 
                
                o       
                
                Academic Experience 
                in Teaching, Research (applied and abstract), Supervising 
                University-Industry Collaboration Projects, and Administrative 
                duties (chairing committees/task force) 
                
                  
                  
                    
                      | 
                      Skills in Information 
                      Technologies |  
                    | 
                    
                    Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Platforms | 
                    
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                    Oracle EBusiness 
                    Suite (Oracle applications 11i – Release 11.5.10.2) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle Applications Framework (OAF) for Oracle Applications 
                    
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                    Systems 
                    Applications and Products (SAP) ERP | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Install a complete 
                    11i System (11.5.10.2) on Windows XP (SP2) on Intel platform 
                    (for details: 
                    
                    http://irfanailyas.wordpress.com)  
                    
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                    Worked recently as 
                    an in-house technical consultant in a real-life ERP 
                    implementation practice within King Fahd University, 
                    Dhahran, KSA 
                    
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                    Worked in a team 
                    dealt with Oracle Applications 11i module extension (using
                    Java Server Pages technology support provided in Oracle 
                    Applications Framework) and integrate it with a running 
                    11i instance (using Oracle Apps workflows) 
                    
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                    Usage exposure 
                    to a running SAP System within KFUPM’s System Engineering 
                    Department. 
                    
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                    An active 
                    participant in online discussion forums 
                    related to Oracle Apps (OTN’s forums) with username
                    
                    drrubinai@gmail.com  |  
                    | 
                    Database Management Platforms | 
                    
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                    Oracle Database 10g 
                    
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                    Oracle Database 9i  
                    
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                    Oracle Database 10g - Express Edition 
                    
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                    Oracle Berkley DB (for embedded systems) 
                    
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                    Microsoft SQL Server 2000 
                    
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                    Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition (MSDE) 
                    
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                    Microsoft Access 2000/2002 
                    
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                    MySQL 
                    
                    version 5.0 
                      | 
                    
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                    Involved in 
                    installation, configuration and management of Oracle 
                    database servers in KFUPM’s network environment 
                    
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                    Establishing (in 
                    process) a database Clustering Environment using Oracle’s
                    Real Application Cluster (RAC) technology: 
                    
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                    Use the following 
                    RAC configuration: 
                    
                    o        
                    
                    OS platforms: 
                    Two Virtual Machines running RHEL 4.4 (VMware Workstation 
                    Version 5)  
                    
                    o        
                    
                    Hardware: 
                    Intell Pentium IV – 2.4 GHz, 1 GigaByte RAM 
                    
                    o        
                    
                    
                    Oracle Instances: 
                    Oracle Database 10g Release 2 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Certified Administrator and 
                    PL/SQL Developer for Oracle Database 9i platform from Oracle Corporation, US 
                    
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                    Taught relational 
                    technologies in Unviersity courses using Oracle, Microsoft, 
                    and Open-source technologies 
                    
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                    Installation, 
                    configuration, Administration and troubleshooting experience 
                    (ongoing) of Oracle Database on Linux platform. 
                    
                    o        
                    
                    Linux: RHEL 4.4 
                    
                    o        
                    
                    Oracle: Oracle 
                    DBMS Release 9.2.0.2 
                    
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                    Having a 
                    sufficient exposure (teaching, supervising and program 
                    development) with Microsoft Database Technologies (SQL 
                    Server, Microsoft Acess, ADO.NET Libraries etc) as well 
                    
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                    An active 
                    participant in OTN discussion forums related 
                    to databases with username
                    
                    drrubinai@gmail.com |  
                    | 
                    Database Tools | 
                    
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                    SQL*Plus (Release 9.2.0.1.0) 
                    
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                    SQLPlus WorkSheet  
                    
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                    Oracle SQL Developer (1.1.0) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    iSQL* Plus  
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Enterprise Management Server (9.2.0.1.0)        
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    SQL Server Enterprise Manager  
                    
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                    TOAD 7.5.2.0 FROM QuestSoft
                     
                      | 
                    
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                    Made an extensive 
                    use of these tools during development and teaching 
                    assignments 
                    
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                    Feel confident in 
                    the areas like installation, configuration and 
                    troubleshooting of such tools  |  
                    | 
                    Database Scripts | 
                    
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                    PL/SQL  
                    
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                    Oracle 9i SQL  
                    
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                    Transact-SQL             
                      | 
                    
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                    Certified PL/SQL 
                    and SQL Developer on Oracle 9i Platform 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    T-SQL exposure in 
                    real life and test environments (industry-university 
                    collaboration projects) |  
                    | 
                    Web Development Platforms/ Tools/ Scripts 
                      | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    .NET/ J2EE Development 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle JDeveloper 10g/ 9i 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle Application Development Framework 
                    (ADF) for Web Developement 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle Application Express (HTML DB) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Visual Basic Script 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Java Script 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    ASP/ ASPX     
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Dream-weaver MX 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Microsoft Front Page 2002 | 
                    
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                    Got an extensive 
                    development exposure with J2EE RAD Techniques using 
                    Oracle’s JDeveloper 10g IDE while working on Oracle Apps 11i 
                    JSP extensions 
                    
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                    Develop and 
                    troubleshoot .NET codes in real-life (supervising 
                    projects/ teaching courses) and test environments 
                    
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                    Made use of 
                    Oracle’s ADF code libraries during Oracle’s EBusiness 
                    related development 
                    
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                    Made use of Web 
                    authoring tools (FrontPage, Dreamweaver) both for 
                    personal and professional site development 
                    
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                    Sufficient 
                    exposure with popular Web scripting technologies (VB & Java 
                    Script, AJAX) |  
                    | 
                    Software Development Platforms | 
                    
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                    Java 
                    
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                    C,C++ 
                    
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                    Fortran 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Pascal 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Quick Basic 
                     
                    
                    §         
                    
                    80286/ 386 
                    Assembly Language 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Visual Basic for 
                    Applications (VBA) for Microsoft Office Apps 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Visual Basic .NET 
                    / C# .NET 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Visual Basic 
                    Window’s Script 
                    
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                    Python 
                      | 
                    
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                    Built a 
                    full-fledge bulletin board system as a Final year project 
                    requirement for Undergraduate degree using C++ platform 
                    
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                    Developed a system 
                    for demonstrating load balancing issues in distributed 
                    programs using Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) class 
                    libraries as a requirement for Master degree (Compute 
                    Science Dept. KFUPM) 
                    
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                    Received 
                    recognition in Pakistan’s National level exhibitions on 
                    development projects  
                    
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                    Taught different language 
                    platforms 
                    in a number of University courses (Fortran, C/C++, Java, VB 
                    etc) 
                    
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                    Wrote scripts 
                    for automating regular Network administration activities 
                    using Windows scripting support (backup management etc.) |  
                    | 
                    System Modeling Tools | 
                    
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                    Oracle Designer 9i 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle JDeveloper 10g       
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Microsoft Visio 2002    
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Visible 
                    
                    Analyst 7.0 
                    
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                    Rational Rose 2000 
                      | 
                    
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                    Made use of 
                    Visible Analyst 7.0 during my course teaching
                     
                    
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                    Install and 
                    configure a complete setup for supporting development 
                    activities using Oracle Designer (for details:
                    
                    http://irfanailyas.wordpress.com) |  
                    | 
                    Front End Development Tools | 
                    
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                    Oracle Forms 9i / 6i 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    VB.NET Web Forms  
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Power Builder 5.0 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Microsoft Access Forms 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    VBA Forms for Microsoft Office Applications 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle Reports 10g     
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Microsoft Access Reports | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Worked on front-end system 
                    development in real-life projects using Oracle, PowerBuilder  and Microsoft 
                    technologies 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Supervise and 
                    troubleshoot projects using .NET technologies 
                    
                    §         
                    
                     Taught front end 
                    development methodologies and techniques in a number of 
                    teaching assignments |  
                    | 
                    System (Network) Administration Environments | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Windows 2003/ 
                    2000/ XP/ Vista/ ME/ 98 (TCP/IP,   Active Directory 
                    Configuration) 
                    
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                    Linux administration (NFS, NIS, Samba configurations etc.) 
                    
                      | 
                    
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                    Almost two 
                    years of Network Administration experience as System & 
                    Network Professional for College of Industrial Management’s 
                    Network  in KFUPM 
                    
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                    Good idea of 
                    working in heterogeneous networked environments 
                    having a mix of platforms (Windows, Linux boxes) 
                    
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                    Familiar with 
                    centralized network management technologies like 
                    Microsoft active directory environments |  
                    | 
                    Operating System Platforms | 
                    
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                    Windows Platform 
                    (2003/ 2000/ XP/ ME/ 98/ 95) 
                    
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                    Unix/ Solaris 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Fedora Linux (Kernel version
                    
                    2.4.22.2115.nptl on i386 ) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    SuSe Linux 
                    (version 5.0) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    RedHat Linux 3.3.2-1 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Xandrox Linux for Desktops 
                      | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Develop and 
                    deploy the JAVA based distributed system as a part of 
                    Master degree’s requirement on Linux platform (Computer 
                    Science Department, KFUPM) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    An in-depth 
                    familiarity with the procedures of system administration 
                    on Linux and windows platforms 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Familiar with 
                    bridge technologies enabling the use of Windows applications 
                    on Linux platforms (Xandrox Linux) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    An active 
                    participant in different Linux online forums on the net. |  
                    | 
                    Workflow Management | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle WorkFlow Builder 2.6 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle Standalone WorkFlow Engine        | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Setup, configure 
                    and test a complete workflow environment using Oracle DBMS 
                    and Oracle’s standalone workflow engine support (for 
                    details:
                    
                    http://irfanailyas.wordpress.com) 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Got exposure with 
                    workflow design using Oracle’s workflow builder |  
                    | 
                    J2EE Development Technologies | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Java Server Pages (JSP)  
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Java Servlets 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Java Script,
                     
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Enterprise Java Beans,  
                    
                    §         
                    
                    HTML/ XHTML 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Cascading Style Sheets  
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Remote Method Invocation       | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Made an extensive 
                    use of J2EE technologies during Master’s thesis development 
                    project  
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Taught Java 
                    in University courses 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Made an extensive 
                    use of JSP and Servlet technologies during Oracle 
                    Apps 11i extension project |  
                    | 
                    XML Technologies | 
                    
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                    Oracle XQuery 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Oracle XML DB 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Oracle Portal | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Going through a 
                    variety of testing procedures on XML related technologies 
                    (for details:
                    
                    http://irfanailyas.wordpress.com) |  
                    | 
                    Tools for Data Analysis | 
                    
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                    Microsoft Excel 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    SPSS 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Statistica 
                      | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Taught data 
                    analysis with Excel in teaching assignments 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Used analysis 
                    tools in different research projects with renowned 
                    researchers of KFUPM |  
                    | 
                    Hardware Platforms | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Pentium Deskops 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    SUN SPARC Servers 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    NeXt Workstations 
                      | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Dealt with a mix 
                    of hardware platforms during network administration duties |  
                    | 
                    Middle Tier Technologies | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle Application Server SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Oracle Application Server 9i       
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Internet Information Server 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Personal Web Sever    
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Apache Web Server 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Tom Cat (Servlet Container) 
                      | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Install, configure 
                    and troubleshoot middle tier servers during development 
                    assignments (in KFUPM’s ERP implementation project) |  
                    | 
                    Miscellaneous Tools | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    
                    Microsoft Virtual PC | 
                    
                    §         
                    
                    Install and 
                    configure a number of Virtual machines setups using VMWare
                     |  
                  
                  
                
                  
                
                IT Certifications 
                  
                  
                    | 
                    
                    June, 2005 | 
                    Oracle Certified Database 
                    Developer  (Professional Certification from Oracle 
                    Corporation, USA)  |  
                    | 
                    
                    Nov, 2004 | 
                    Oracle Certified Database 
                    Administrator  (Professional Certification from Oracle 
                    Corporation, USA) |  
                  
                  
                
                Major 
                
                Projects & Technical Reports 
                  
                  
                    | 
                    
                    2006 | 
                    ·        
                    
                    Working on an 
                    Organization-wide implementation of Oracle Applications 
                    11i (ERP)  
                    ·        
                    
                    Working on customized 
                    web-based applications with integration and deployment 
                    issues  
                    
                    ·        
                    
                    Working  in collaboration with 
                    world-class external consultants from Asia’s biggest IT 
                    contractor company (Zamil Tata Consultation Services) |  
                    | 
                    
                    2005 | 
                    
                    Working as an active Team Member (Content Designer/ Media 
                    Specialist) on online-course development (web-based 
                    interactive multimedia content development) projects for the 
                    courses, titled  ‘Business Data Management’  |  
                    | 
                    
                    2005 | 
                    
                    Worked as a Development Team Member (Database Designer & 
                    Developer) in the design and implementation of a Hospital 
                    Management System, developed for the local clinical setup of 
                    Kind Fahd University Medical Center. |  
                    | 
                    
                    2004 | 
                    Worked as a Team Leader 
                    (Content Designer/ Media Specialist) on online-course 
                    (web-based interactive multimedia content development) 
                    development projects for the courses, titled ‘Introduction 
                    to Computer Applications in Business’. |  
                    | 
                    
                    2002 | 
                    
                    Developed a data backup utility for supporting an automated 
                    data backup mechanism on a centralized networked server 
                    machine for the  users of College of Industrial Management, 
                    King Fahd University. |  
                    | 
                    
                    2001 | 
                    
                    Developed a ‘Course Administration System‘(web-integrated 
                    database) for serving faculty and students of College of 
                    Industrial Management in different course administration 
                    activities. These include student performance tracking like 
                    attendance, exam scores etc., automated grade assignment 
                    generation etc.   |  
                    | 
                    
                    2001 | 
                    Developed a database-driven 
                    web-site for serving the departmental community related to 
                    their IT support needs. The site utilized up-to-date web 
                    technologies for providing a better servicing environment . 
                      |  
                    | 
                    
                    2001 – to date | 
                    Provided supervision and 
                    technical consultancy in department’s industry-based 
                    cooperative programs (seven month mandatory industry 
                    training for students).  |  
                    | 
                    
                    2000 | 
                    Design & Implementation of a 
                    Java Based Load Balancing Software Framework for 
                    parallel/distributed applications on a Local Area Network.
                     |  
                    | 
                    
                    1999 | 
                    A Graphical Research tool 
                    for contrasting the working of different vector graphic 
                    algorithms and demonstrating their relative effectiveness.
                     |  
                    | 
                    
                    1998 | 
                    A model simulator for 
                    validating Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) working.
                     |  
                    | 
                    
                    1997 | 
                    A Network clock 
                    synchronization tool for avoiding clock synchronization 
                    problems among machines in a networked environment .   |  
                    | 
                    
                    1996 | 
                    ‘An automated billing system module for Time Warner Comm., USA.
                     |  
                    | 
                    
                    1994-    1995 | 
                    Software development and 
                    maintenance for private automated branch exchange (PABX) 
                    units of Digital Communications Pvt. Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan.
                     
                      
                      
                      Developed a data compression utility (using popular 
                      compression methods) for an automated compression of 
                      monitoring/ billing logs.
                      
                      Troubleshooting and reloading of  micro-controller based 
                      software modules in erasable programmable ROM (EPROM) 
                      chips. |  
                    | 
                    
                    1994 | 
                    Design, implementation and 
                    deployment of a Bulletin Board System (BBS) for NED 
                    University of Engineering & Technology , Pakistan. 
                     |  
                    | 
                    
                    1992 | 
                    Design and development of a 
                    Gaming software, named ‘Labyrinth Challenge’, for 
                    demonstrating the creation and path-searching  (using 
                    Artificial Intelligence based techniques)of complex 
                    labyrinth structures (path-searching puzzles) .     |  
                  
                  
                
                Education  
                
                o       
                
                Masters in Computer 
                Science, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia (GPA: 3.5 out of 
                4.0) 
                
                o       
                
                Bachelors in 
                Computer Systems, NED University of Engineering & Technology,
                Pakistan (Secured 9th position in a class of about 
                100 students) 
                  
                
                Working Experience 
                  
                  
                    | 
                    
                    Web-Application Developer  / 
                    
                    ERP Consultant 
                    
                      | 
                    King 
                    Fahd University, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. | 
                    Mar,’06 to date |  
                    | 
                    
                      | 
                    ·        
                    
                    
                    Worked as a Technical Consultant in an enterprise-wide 
                    implementation of ERP Software (Oracle Applications 11i) in 
                    KFUPM. 
                    ·        
                    
                    
                    Worked heavily during vendor selection phase in the Business 
                    Intelligence deployment, where optimized selection criteria 
                    matrices were devised and used for a detailed scrutiny of 
                    available options. 
                    ·        
                    
                    
                    Worked as a Developer on different module implementations. 
                    The details of the modules and development tools are as 
                    follows: 
                    o       
                    
                    
                    Workflow development for automating certain business 
                    processes for ‘Servicing and Maintenance Department’ using 
                    Oracle Wrok-Flow Builder. 
                    o       
                    
                    
                    Report development for ‘Security and Safety Department’ 
                    using Oracle Report Builder.  
                    o      
                    
                    
                    Form Design and code generation using Oracle Designer.
                     
                    o       
                    
                    
                    Worked upon JSP based Web-application using Oracle 
                    Application Development Framework (ADF) for ‘Housing & 
                    Office Services’ Module using JDeveloper. 
                    ·       
                    
                    Handled various configuration 
                    and installation issues in the area of Web Application 
                    Development (troubleshooting installation, configuration 
                    and deployment of Web server/ Database server/ Application 
                    Server)  
                    §        
                    
                    Involved in Requirement 
                    Analysis and System Planning Phase 
                    o       
                    
                    Coordinated & managed group 
                    meetings during the project development period.  
                    o       
                    
                    Conducting requirements 
                    analysis sessions with users to obtain data requirements
                     
                    §        
                    
                    Supporting the Technical Lead 
                    in technical design and development  
                    §        
                    
                    Participating in installation 
                    and post-installation reviews  
                    ·       
                    
                    Managing the resolution of 
                    production support issues |  
                  
                  
                    | 
                    Network Administrator / IT Support Specialist | 
                    
                    College of Industrial Management  
                    King Fahd University, 
                    Saudi Arabia | 
                    
                    
                    Sep’00 to Sep’02 |  
                    | 
                    
                      | 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Planned, managed & 
                    troubleshoot different IT related services on the college’s 
                    Local Area Network consisting of over 200+ PC running on 
                    Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Linux platforms. 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Supervised and 
                    monitored different software/ hardware system deployments. 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Looked after 
                    procuring of computer hardware/ software equipments for 
                    building better infrastructures for college computing 
                    facilities. 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Supervising IT 
                    support staff for the college of Industrial Management. 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Development and 
                    deployment of custom-made IT solutions (software programs) 
                    for serving the college community. 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Administer and 
                    conduct seminars, open discussions, and public 
                    demonstrations for promoting user trainings for newly 
                    installed/ in-demand IT applications. 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Evaluate the 
                    annual performance of the IT staff and propose opportunities 
                    for improvements. |  
                    |  |  |  |  |  
                  
                  
                    | 
                    Software Engineer 
                      | 
                    Crescent Software  (Pvt.) Ltd., Pakistan. | 
                    Jan,’96 -Nov’96 |  
                    | 
                    
                      | 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Worked on 
                    team-based projects for design & implementation of 
                    local/off-shore software.  
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Planned, 
                    organized, directed, controlled, and evaluated the 
                    activities and operations of the working team. 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Platforms used: 
                    PowerBuilder 5.0, Visual C++ 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Coordinated & 
                    managed group meetings during the project development 
                    period.  |  
                  
                  
                    | 
                    Systems Engineer 
                      | 
                    
                    Digital Communications (Pvt.) Ltd., Pakistan. | 
                    Apr’95 –Jan’96  |  
                    | 
                      | 
                    Responsible for design, development and maintenance of a 200+ 
                    lines Private Automated Branch eXchange (PABX) unit. 
                    Involved in software development/ troubleshooting for the said 
                    PABX unit. 
                    Provided Technical Support to clients. |  
                
                  
                
                Teaching Experience 
                
                  
                  
                    | 
                    Lecturer 
                      | 
                    Management & Information Systems  
                    College 
                    of Industrial Management
                    
                    King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia | 
                    
                    
                    Feb‘00 to date |  
                    | 
                    Courses Taught | 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Introduction to 
                    Computer Programming  
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Introduction to 
                    Computer Applications in Business & Management 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Introduction to 
                    Management Information Systems 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Business 
                    Information System Analysis & Design |  
                    |  |  |  |  |  
                
                  
                  
                    | 
                    
                    Lab Instructor | 
                    
                    Information and Computer Science  
                    College 
                    of Computer Sciences & 
                    Engineering
                    
                    King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia | 
                    
                    
                    1997 -1999  |  
                    | 
                    
                    Courses Taught: | 
                    §        
                    
                    Computer 
                    Programming (Fortran Language Constructs) 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Introduction to 
                    Computing (C/C++ Language Constructs) |  
                    |  |  |  |  |  
                  
                  
                
                Research Experience 
                  
                  
                    | 
                    
                    Lecturer 
                      | 
                    Management & Information Systems  
                    
                    College of Industrial Management 
                    
                    King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia | 
                    
                    
                    Feb’00 to date |  
                    | 
                    
                      | 
                    
                    §        
                    
                    Involved in an 
                    ongoing university funded research project in the area of 
                    Use of IT for enhancing Human Collaboration, titled ‘Modeling 
                    Collaborations in Scientific Research Environment for 
                    designing and Implementing a collaboration-support system 
                    using different Computing & Communication Technologies’
                     
                    
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                    Involved in an 
                    ongoing university funded research project in the area of 
                    Customer Relationship Management , titled ‘An 
                    Empirical Examination of Adoption and Maturity Level of 
                    Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Practices in Saudi 
                    Arabian Companies’.  
                    
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                    Involved in an 
                    ongoing university funded research in the area of 
                    E-Learning, titled ‘A Conceptual Model For A Better 
                    Understanding Of Key Stake-Holder’s Concerns Related To The 
                    Success Of An Online Learning Environment’ 
                    
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                    Involved in a 
                    research project in the area of Enterprise Resource Planning 
                    Systems, titled ‘Examination Of Public Sector ERP 
                    Implementation Issues – A Case Study Of An Higher Education 
                    ERP Implementation In Saudi Arabia’ 
                    
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                    Involved in an 
                    ongoing university funded research project in the area of 
                    High Speed Networks, titled ‘Design Of An Efficient 
                    Algorithm For Reducing Interrupt Handling Overhead In 
                    Gigabit Ethernet Networks’ 
                    
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                    Assisted different 
                    professors in compiling research proposals, literature 
                    surveys in different business research areas, and preparing 
                    presentations. 
                    
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                    Research 
                    encompassed areas such as E-Commerce, Process/ Data 
                    Modeling, CRM Systems etc. |  
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                    Research Assistant | 
                    
                    
                    Information and Computer Science  
                    College 
                    of Computer Sciences & 
                    Engineering
                    
                    King Fahd University, 
                    Saudi Arabia | 
                    
                    
                    1997 to 1999  |  
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                    Researched with 
                    Dr. Muslim Bozyigit (MS Thesis Supervisor) on master thesis 
                    problem, titled ‘Design & Implementation of  a Java Based 
                    Load Balancing Framework (for parallel/distributed 
                    applications on a Local Area Network’. 
                    
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                    Researched with 
                    Dr. Subaro Ghanta in the area of ‘Data-Mining Applications 
                    in Business’. 
                    
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                    Researched with 
                    Dr. Muhammad Sarfraz in the area of ‘Computer Graphics’, 
                    specifically on curve designing algorithms. |  
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                Awards & Honors 
                  
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                    2004 | 
                    
                    Official acknowledgement from Scientific Research 
                    Administration, King Fahd University on prominent 
                    contributions in the committee for planning, designing, and 
                    organizing the electronic conference proceedings for Second 
                    conference on Administrative Sciences, “Meeting the 
                    Challenges of the Globalization Age” (Apr, 2004) |  
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                    2004 | 
                    
                    Rated as ‘Excellent Teacher’ in the Peer Consultation 
                    Teaching Program of the Deanship of Academic Development, 
                    King Fahd University (more details at
                    
                    
                    http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/dad/tlcenter/services/peer.htm).
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                    2001 | 
                    Excellence in Teaching 
                    (Department of MIS, King Fahd University). |  
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                    1997-2000 | 
                    Graduate Studies Award – 
                    King Fahd University  |  
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                    1997 | 
                    Best Lab Instructor 
                    (Information & Computer Science, King Fahd University). |  
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                    1995 | 
                    Certificate of Merit – NED 
                    University |  
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                    1993 | 
                    Compete among 100+ Computer 
                    Science University Students by getting selected for 
                    participation in 1st All Pakistan Software Competition & 
                    Exhibition at Mehran University of Engineering. & 
                    Technology, Pakistan (Artificial Intelligence based gaming 
                    software was demonstrated). |  
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                    1992 | 
                    Compete among 200+ Computer 
                    Science University Students by getting selected for 
                    participation in 3rd All Pakistan Software Competition & 
                    Exhibition, Organized by:  Dr. A. Q. Khan Research 
                    Laboratories, Pakistan (Artificial Intelligence based gaming 
                    software was demonstrated). |  
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                    1989 | 
                    Distinguished Student Award 
                    – Board of Intermediate Education, Pakistan (secured a 
                    position in first 20 ranks among 25,000+ candidates) |  
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                    1987 | 
                    Distinguished Student Award 
                    – Board of Secondary Education, Pakistan (secured a position 
                    in first 15 ranks among 40,000+ candidates) |  
                  
                
                Professional Affiliations 
                  
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                    Academic Member, 
                    Association Computing Machinery (ACM) 
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                    Academic Member, 
                    Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 
                    §        
                    
                    Member, 
                    Association for Information Systems (AIS) 
                    §        
                    
                    Member, Pakistan 
                    Engineering Council (PEC)  
                    §        
                    
                    KFUPM Faculty 
                    Association |  
                  
                
                Publications (Working Papers) 
                  
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                    Irfan A. Ilyas, 
                    Dr. Eid Mustafa, ‘Design and Implementation issues in the 
                    development of a collaboration-support system for 
                    collaborative research environments’, will be submitted in 
                    top-ranking journals of MIS, including: INFORMATION & 
                    MANAGEMENT , and INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH. 
                    
                      
                    
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                    Irfan A. Ilyas, 
                    Hasan Al Muhmin , ‘An Empirical Examination of Adoption and 
                    Maturity Level of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 
                    Practices In Saudi Arabian Companies’ , will be submitted in 
                    top ranking journals of Business, including: BUSINESS 
                    STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 
                    
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                Contributed Talks  
                  
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                    Irfan A. Ilyas, 
                    Dr. Haidar Fraihat, ‘Modeling Collaborations in Scientific 
                    Research Environment for designing and Implementing a 
                    collaboration-support system using different Computing & 
                    Communication Technologies’, presented in a University wide 
                    Research Seminar in King Fahd University on April 19,2005
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                    Irfan A. Ilyas, 
                    “Design & Implementation of  a Java Based Load Balancing 
                    Framework”, presented while defending the master’s thesis, 
                    April 2000. |  
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                    Demonstrated and 
                    presented a seminar related to a software development 
                    project in a software exhibition arranged by NED University, 
                    Pakistan (1992). |  
                  
                  
                
                Other Information  
                  
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                    Linguistic Abilities |  
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                    Excellent 
                    communication skills in English and Urdu (native language). |  
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                    Familiarity with 
                    Arabic, Persian, Punjabi & Sindhi. |  
                  
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                    Volunteer Jobs |  
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                    Jan 97 – Dec 99 | 
                    Worked a number of times as 
                    a registration staff member to help KFUPM Registration 
                    Department during semester registration weeks, during 
                    Research Assistantship. |  
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                    1999 - present | 
                    Trying to be an active part 
                    of many Internet Technical Forums (e.g., Oracle forums at 
                    Oracle Technology Network web site) to serve international 
                    IT community |  
                  
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                    Hobbies |  
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                    Playing Cricket, 
                    Squash and Tennis 
                    
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                    Internet Surfing/ 
                    Technical Forum Participation 
                    
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                    Reading 
                    Books/Magazines/News |    
                
                CyberContacts     
                  
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                    1. Dr. Alhassan G. Abdul-Muhmin,Associate Professor,
 Department of Management & Marketing,
 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KSA
 
                    Phone: (966)3 860 4265 
                    Email:
                    
                    alhassan@kfupm.edu.sa | 
                    3. Dr.  Dr. Muhammed A.M. Al-Khaldi, Assistant 
                    Professor,Department of Accounting & MIS,
 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KSA
 
                    Phone: (966) 3 860 1800 
                    Email: 
                    
                    makhaldi@kfupm.edu.sa |  
                    | 
                    2. Dr. Salem Al Ghamdi, 
                    Associate Professor/ Asst. Dean EMBA Program,Department of Management & Marketing,
 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KSA
 
                    Phone: (966)3 860 1143 
                    Email:
                    
                    sghamdi@kfupm.edu.sa | 
                    4. Dr. 
                    
                    Sahalu, Junaidu 
                    Assistant Professor,Information & Computer Science Department,
 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KSA
 
                    Phone: (966)3 860 4698 
                    Email:
                    
                    sahalu@ccse.kfupm.edu.sa |  
                    | 
                    5. Dr. Hafid Agourram, 
                    Associate Professor, 
                    Department of Business,  
                    Bishop University, Canada 
                    Phone: (819) 822-9600 Ext  : 2715 
                    E-Mail: hagourra@ubishops.ca | 
                    6. Dr Mohammad Yousef,Professor,
 Department of Management & Marketing,
 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KSA
 
                    Phone: (966) 3 860 4664 
                    Email: mayousef@kfupm.edu.sa |  
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