Ammar Ahmed

IT professional with strategic vision and high ability to execute, over twenty years of diverse international experience providing IT business solutions. Leverage IT strategy, data management, cloud computing, information security and risk management best practices. Combined with academics, business relationship building and proven high quality of delivery. Interests: Enterprise architecture, data strategy, cloud computing, decision support systems, information security.

Experience

Principal Architect

• Company Name Cloud Technology Partners, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
• Dates EmployedMay 2016 – Present
• Employment Duration3 yrs 9 mos
• Location Greater Boston Area

Work on horizontal topics for foundational service maturity, and vertical industry practice and innovation. Build intellectual properties and reusable concepts, standardize offerings, service delivery and practice frameworks. Define strategy, plan and execute moves to the cloud for large enterprises and financial institutions. Lead the security architecture, design and implementation in AWS and Azure. Support presale and executive discussions and negotiations

Visiting Professor

• Company NameDeVry University / Loyola University / IIT
• Dates EmployedJun 2012 – Present
• Employment Duration7 yrs 8 mos
• Location Greater Chicago Area

Teach advanced topics in cloud computing, information Security & Privacy, web security, strategic management of technology, business continuity & disaster recovery, databases, data warehouse, project management, system analysis & design, presentation skills & scientific writing.

Director of Information Systems

• Company Name City of Chicago Inspector General's Office
• Dates EmployedApr 2015 – Mar 2016
• Employment Duration1 yr

Build a team and the core business systems, a cloud-based infrastructure, an open-source web-based data management and decision support system, incorporating best security practices and transform all of the office IT systems and operations.

Enterprise Architect

• Company Name CCC Information Services
• Dates EmployedMar 2012 – Apr 2015
• Employment Duration3 yrs 2 mos

Improve the overall architecture, strategic planning, technologies, systems, security, governance, design, development and maintenance of CCC’s Enterprise systems.

Architect/ Analytics

• Company Name Informatics Research Unit for Sustainable Engineering, UCC
• Dates EmployedJun 2008 – Mar 2012
• Employment Duration3 yrs 10 mos
• Location Cork, Ireland

Awarded a Ph.D. for the exceptional achievements and delivery of strategic planning and program management of data strategy, governance, analytics & business intelligence initiatives that support data analysis & representation requirements, for building energy and facility management with regard to the building energy usage.

IT Specialist

• Company Name Higher Colleges of Technology
• Dates EmployedOct 2003 – May 2008
• Employment Duration4 yrs 8 mos
• Location UAE

Plan strategies to enhance better E-learning, E-teaching, and advised enhancement of applications & database systems, within the Technical Educational Department.

Software Engineer

• Company Name Daimler Chrysler
• Dates EmployedJul 2002 – Apr 2003
• Employment Duration10 mos
• Location USA, MI

Meet with user groups and discuss the functionality and enhancements/maintenance issues to the DEALERCONNECT Portal Framework.

Lead Developer

• Company Name MEDCO Consultant
• Dates EmployedOct 2000 – Jul 2002
• Employment Duration1 yr 10 mos
• Location USA, MI

Manage the developer team to program multiple applications in several fields such as automotive, human resources (personnel), and billing web-based systems for different clients.

Engineer/ Research Assistant

• Company Name Multiple Organizations
• Dates EmployedNov 1996 – Apr 1999
• Employment Duration2 yrs 6 mos

• Location Sudan

  • Research assistant at the Hydraulics Research Station, Department of Engineering.
  • Research assistant at the Institute of Building and Road Research.
  • Engineer at multiple contracting companies.

Education

National University of Ireland, UCC

• Degree Name Ph.D.Field Of StudyInformatics
• Dates attended or expected graduation2008 – 2011

Activities and Societies: Swimming

The engineering of information systems and information processing: Data strategy, knowledge discovery, data mining, machine learning, analytics, and business intelligence.

University of Detroit Mercy

• Degree NameMaster Field Of StudyComputer Science
• Dates attended or expected graduation2000 – 2002

University of Khartoum

• Degree Name Bachelor of ScienceField Of StudyEngineering
• Dates attended or expected graduation1991 – 1996