Maher K. Al-Jendasi

Self-motivated, self-confident, and good communication skills, with high ability to develop my own skills. Looking for a job as a computer programmer and/or analyst (Web and Desktop applications), or as an IT Specialist.

Languages

• .NET Platform: including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, and related Technologies.
  

• Visual Basic, Active Server Pages (ASP), HTML, XHTML, SQL and XML.
  

Software

• Database: Microsoft SQL Server.
  

• UML Design: Microsoft Visio & Rational XDE for .NET
  

• Project Management: Microsoft Project.
  

• Opertaing Systems: Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows XP.

Mindscape is certified SEI CMM Level 3 and ISO9001:2000 wholly owned subsidiary of Mashreq bank http://www.MashreqBank.com/, providing cost effective and value added technologies for business solutions.

• As part of the EAI team, preparing for introducing and executing EAI initiative of Mashreq bank http://www.MashreqBank.com
  

• Analyze existing systems for enhancements.
  

• Design and implement middleware components that act as bare bone for various banking channels (IVR, online banking, CCDM, etc...).
  

PROJECTS
Mobile Banking
The first bank to launch Mobile Banking facility to make it more convenient to access and make transactions on their account anytime, anywhere and globally.

• Requirement gathering
  

• Collaborate between different internal teams, core banking, middleware, channels, etc...
  

• Collaborate between middleware team and service provider (Mobile operator) and mobile application vendor
  

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
The project aim to integrate silos bank application, introduce the SOA and build a modern infrastructure based on industry standards

• As part of the EAI team, preparing for introducing and executing EAI initiative of Mashreq bank http://www.MashreqBank.com. Gathering requirements, producing documentation, participate in Risk Management workshop; participate in Architecture design, etc...
  

• Work closely with Microsoft Service consultant on the assessment phase and to produce initial documentation for business processes
  

• Attend workshops with other Integration vendors such as TIBCO and IBM to get a glance of their EAI offerings

• Leading team of developers for the full life cycle of development.
  

• Assist project manager in preparing Project Proposal to be submitted to clients.
  

• Report status of projects to Project Manager.
  

• Assist company consultants to evaluate customers needs.
  

PROJECTS
NBK Core Realignment Project
This project aims to transfer the bank core banking systems from traditional mainframe & client/server environments to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environment.

• Migrate legacy components for the main banking channels like Online banking, online banking for corporate, CRM, etc... from VB 6.0 to Microsoft C#.
  

• Integrate the new components with banking system through web services.
  

Technologies

• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1/2.0 (ASP.NET, C#).
  

• XML Webservices.
  

• Microsoft BizTalk 2006
  

Salary Automation & Processing System
The client, wanted to introduce a secure channel for his clients (companies, government, etc...) to automate salary processing.

The solution, develop a web-based file transfer facility that integrates into bank's Corporate Online Banking, and using middle-ware (BizTalk) to process salary files uploaded securely from bank's clients, and exposing web services to send salary information to the banking system on Mainframe.
Technologies

• Microsoft .NET Framework.
  

• Microsoft BizTalk 2004.
  

• XML Webservices.
  

• HostFront.
  

IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP)
The Rational Unified Process (RUP) is an iterative software development process. RUP is an adaptable process framework. As such, RUP describes how to develop software effectively using proven techniques. While the RUP encompasses a large number of different activities, it is also intended to be tailored, in the sense of selecting the development processes appropriate to a particular software project or development organization. The RUP is recognized as particularly applicable to larger software development teams working on large projects.

• Well understanding of RUP in all its phases.
  

• Help some organization to standardize and customize the Rational Unified Process to fulfill there needs.
  

• Help some organizations to adapt RUP with there current development processes standards, such as CMMI.

Risk Rating System
Web-based Risk Management System for SixSigma ? UAE

• Designing Data Access Layer and the Data Tier (SQL Server database).
  

• Implementing Data Access classes and business logic classes.

Project Lead
A first of its kind lease application in the middle-east.

N-tier, multi-lingual (Currently English, Arabic, French) application with the ability to support multiple database engines with same code-base (currently SQL Server and Oracle), the application has a multi-currency feature.

• for designing and implementing a database independent data-tier layer, insuring the code can interact with different database without any modification of code, as well as designing the data-tier classes to interact with middle-tier and back-ends.
  

• Implementing report section, using DataDynamics ActiveReports. Reports range from statistical to financial reports, for both regular users and high management level reports.
  

Project Edge
Internal, web-based system for Ferring Pharmaceuticals.

• I was responsible for designing the security system.

Trained on the following fields:

• Networking (Installation, Administration, Maintenance).
  

• Banking Systems.
  

• SQL + ORACLE.