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Aly ELMarsafy

Aly ELMarsafy

Senior Manager
Oxford

Summary

Forward-thinking Senior Manager adept at managing teams of 28 direct reports to accomplish challenging objectives. Imparts clear vision to guide cohesive, high-performing teams.


Leading COE technical consultancy division for the EMEA region at Dell Technologies, I am responsible for ensuring that our customers receive the highest quality IT transformation services and advice. Quality and efficiency are my top priorities, as well as to manage projects averaging over 30 million GBP per year in areas such as multi-cloud dispositioning, IT transformation, and cyber security. This involves developing comprehensive roadmaps to guide customers in their transformation journey, providing professional advisory services, and building strong relationships with them. My team of over 30 consultants, with expertise in IT, digital, multi-cloud, and workforce transformation, works under my leadership to deliver with excellence and efficiency. Lead them in a way that balances the management of current operations and resolution of operational activities and conflicts, while also seeking out new business opportunities and driving growth for the organization. I have an extensive experience in transformation programs driven by data, capacity planning, and long term planning execution in multiple industries specially Telco and Banking.


Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Senior Manager

Dell Technologies
03.2021 - Current
  • Leading a team of 30+ both directly and dotted in a hybrid mode to provide technical and strategic advice to clients on their information technology systems
  • Assess IT systems, develop IT strategies, provide expert advice on technology solutions, manage IT projects, coach the teams consultants, stay current on industry trends, ensure quality delivery, manage budgets, communicate with stakeholders, and maximize return on investment
  • Duties summary:
  • Coaching the team career progression
  • Assessing clients' IT systems and identifying areas for improvement
  • Developing and implementing IT strategies that align with clients' business objectives
  • Providing expert advice on technology solutions and their potential benefits and risks
  • Managing relationships with clients, vendors, and stakeholders
  • Mentoring and leading teams of IT consultants
  • Staying up-to-date on the latest technology trends and best practices in the industry
  • Ensuring that all IT consulting services are delivered in a timely and effective manner

IT Advisory Consultant

Dell EMC
09.2015 - 02.2021
  • Advisory consultative leadership in complex engagements for vast range of industries
  • Data center As-Is discovery, workshops conducting for IT infrastructure and applications
  • Storage migration strategy scenarios and alternatives preparation
  • Building services catalogue and Applications classification and mapping to storage/compute
  • Harmonizing and integrating all project streams to include Program Management, analyzing business requirements, solution architecture, integration & documentation, and execution plan
  • Proper communication with different teams levels up to ExCo
  • Competency lead in IT operating model based on ITSM best practice framework
  • Data centers consolidation and migration
  • Workshops running and customers’ requirements collating coming up with solid road maps and executable runbooks
  • Projects:
  • Nuclear power plant]: ENEC (Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation)
  • Pro consult activity to review the suitable Operating model after around 10 years of kickstarting the corporation and before getting into production/operation mode
  • 5 months project time frame: o Interview workshops with different teams members and management layers
  • O Reflecting the current As-Is situation and the list of issues/pain points currently in place
  • O Crystalizing the vision and guiding principles that best suits the business
  • O Proposing and agree on the future state and the roadmap projects to achieve these goals
  • O Analyze the Device 42 discovery tool raw data
  • O Visualizing (using Power BI) the applications dependencies and weight relations for more robust pin pointing reliance needs.

Capacity Planning Manager/Technical Expert

Vodafone
Cairo
02.2007 - 08.2015
  • Implemented process improvements to smooth development cycle and increase collaboration.
  • Developed new hardware virtualization approach with advanced features and improved performance.
  • Created innovative solutions to meet changing market demands and future growth plans.
  • Build solutions based on best practice and future ready capabilities.

Education

Master of Science - IT

School of Computer Science
Nottingham University
06.1998 - 10.1999

Bachelor of Science - Computer science and Statistics

Ain Shams
Cairo
09.1993 - 06.1997

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • STC (Saudi Telcom Company) Fedex (US)
  • Santander Bank (Spain) ARB (Al Rajhi Bank)
  • Swisscom (Switzerland) Scotch Water (UK)
  • ATOS (Multiple Countries) Noatum (Spain)
  • THALES (France) Al MAdar (Telecom - Libya)
  • NWG (NatWest Group) GKN (UK - Automotive industry company)
  • VF Group (UK) STC Pay
  • MTN (Telecom - Nigeria) Xeros (US)
  • Paragon (Bulgaria) Boubyan Bank (Kuwait)
  • First Bank of Nigeria (Nigeria) Qatar Air Force (Qatar)
  • Qatar Airways (Qatar) Ministry of Defense (Egypt), Vodafone – 1 February 2007 to 31 August 2015
  • Capacity Planning Manager/Technical Expert
  • Telecommunication backend IT datacenter and Office desktop server rooms capacity planning, performance monitoring, and budgetcontrol
  • Focal point for the IT Operation & Support reviewing the BCM (Business Continuity Management) procedures
  • Establish the crucial systems required PRO and RTO
  • Capacity IT modeling
  • Established an ITIL controlled environment
  • Established the Long Range Planning (LRP) and strategy establishing for both Financial/Technical requirements
  • Team management, goals, appraisal, and staffing responsibilities
  • Technical Projects manager for 6 months short term assignment
  • Establish, review, control, challenge, and execute the IT budget YOY (300+ Million EGP) and LRP
  • Technologies used covers but not limited to (SAN enterprise/medium storage and backup boxes, High-end servers [Solaris, HP-UX,
  • AIX, Linux, Win], Oracle DB, Application servers, vmware/LDOM/vPAR/nPAR, …)
  • Interacting with vendors and SCM (Supply Chain Management) to manage the planning & purchasing of backend computersystems Hardware/Software
  • Supply chain management follow-up for IT purchasing and cost negotiation requirements
  • Vodafone – 15 August 2001 – 31 January 2007
  • Data/Performance Analyst / Capacity Planner
  • Collate business growth and future forecasting data
  • Collate System performance statistics
  • 3rd part licensing agreements, purchases vs consumption, and compliance
  • Inventory management, hardware, software
  • ROI supporting sales team
  • Produce necessary in-house procedures and scripts to achieve the required functions
  • Measure, monitor and analyze business volume statistics against business forecast data
  • Measure, monitor and analyze Systems performance statistics
  • Manage the capacity planning data repository
  • HP Openview management system implementation
  • HP Openview performance module support
  • Regular mission critical systems performance and recommendations report issuing
  • Supported OS: UNIX (Solaris, Tru64, AIX, HP-UX), Windows 2000
  • Legislation and Development Information Systems – 1 September 1998 to 31 July 2001
  • Analyst Programmer / Systems Analyst
  • Stock exchange portfolio and fund management broker agencies market as well as Legalization sector
  • Gather and analyze customer requirements
  • Document and communicate with backend developers
  • Deliver and conduct user acceptance test
  • Develop customer tailored applications
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Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Affiliations

Data Science and Analytics ISO Lead Auditor EMC Enterprise Storage Networking Proven Specialist. EMC Enterprise Backup Recovery Design Proven Specialist. ITIL v2 Service Management (Delivery & Support) ITIL v3 Service Management Foundation Solaris System Performance Management Mobile: +44 7869493865 / email: amarsafy@yahoo.com / address: Oxford, OX5 1DG / Mobile: +20 1005600400 ALY ELMARSAFY | Page 2 of 6 Project management Problem solving skills, Negotiation and communication skills, and Strategic Thinking Vendor management ISO quality assurance HPUX System Performance Management Oracle DB Performance tuning MCDBA (MSSQL design, administration, networking, DWH) Oracle developer/reporting TRAININGS VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, and Manage. NSX Architectural Overview Converged and Hyper-Converged Foundations Microsoft Azure: Designing an Azure Architecture, Implementing, Networking, Backup and Recovery. Enterprise Hybrid Cloud 4.1 Fundamentals VxRack System SDDC Technical view ViPR Controller Fundamentals ISO Lead Auditor 9001-2015 IRS Architectural Overview Operating Model - Cloud and IT Transformation Practice Overview Business Resiliency Consulting - IT continuity Advisory Introduction

Additional Information

  • EMCISA - ISM v3 (Information Storage Associate Proven Professional) DECA-CSHC (Converged Systems and Hybrid Cloud) EMC Enterprise Storage Networking Proven Specialist. Dell EMC Converged and Hyper-Converged Foundations Big Data – Data Scientist EMC Enterprise Backup Recovery Design. iTi professional Software Skills Development 99 months program) ITIL v2 Foundation ITIL v2 Service Management (Service Delivery & Service Support) Consulting Skills for Professional Services.

Timeline

Senior Manager

Dell Technologies
03.2021 - Current

IT Advisory Consultant

Dell EMC
09.2015 - 02.2021

Capacity Planning Manager/Technical Expert

Vodafone
02.2007 - 08.2015

Master of Science - IT

School of Computer Science
06.1998 - 10.1999

Bachelor of Science - Computer science and Statistics

Ain Shams
09.1993 - 06.1997
Aly ELMarsafySenior Manager