Shams Ahmad

Email : shamsahmad@rediffmail.com
Mob : 9336879070,9026041517
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PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

Myself having Seven years of experience in the areas of Web and Software Development,
Analysis, Coding,Testing, Installation and Maintenance, using varied softwares specially
Oracle9i ,D2k and Visual Basic 6 and regular Office management tools, on different Operating
systems platform. My ambition is to excel in the above field and to make a heavy contribution to
the ever improving software industry.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Presently Employed with Ad’Launchers Advertising Agency since June 2008 as an I.T.
Manager.

• Worked with B.B.C. Paints and Solvents Co. LTD. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (K.S.A) since January 28th 2006 as a Software Programmer.

• Worked with Beeah Consultancy Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (K.S.A) since
May 2001 , as a Software Developer.. Earlier posted at Jeddah and Taif, Ministry of Municipal
and Rural Affairs (K.S.A) as a Software Consultant on a different project .
• Earlier Worked with Brains APL, Pvt Ltd, Lucknow, India for two years as a
Programmer/System Analyst since May 1999 till April 2001.

JOB SPECIFICATION

• Developing projects in Oracle 8i with D2K and Visual Basic .

• Linking Oracle Spatial Database with other Geographic Information System Softwares as
Front End tools in a Client Server Architecture.
• Developing In-house as well as External projects.
• Maintenance and Upgradation of Client sites.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN SAUDI ARABIA :

1. Project Details :

Client B.B.C. paints and Solvents Co. Ltd

Project Name Sales,Purchase,Stock and Production Management System
Project The project dealt with the enhancement of current system of Managing Sales,Purchase
Description and work flow of the production system
Project Duration Feb 2006 to Jan 2008
Responsibilities Design and Development As a System Analyst cum Programmer
I managed an independent module in the role of System Analyst and Programmer.
Identifying and documenting the user requirements.This includes initial investigation,
questionnaires, creating Data Flow Diagrams, Entity Relationship diagrams, flow charts
 and Normalizing the tables. Also developing Database, Forms and Reports for the End
Users and applying numerous Front End as well as Back End Triggers,Procedures and
Functions on them for performing various Validation checks and Queries against the
stored Database.
Environment This Project Developed in Oracle 8i , Forms6i on Windows platform.

2. Project Details:

Client Jeddah Municipality, Jeddah, K.S.A

Project Name Web Based GIS System
Project This project was developed for local government for managing and regulating various
Description aspects of Privately owned parcels of land, like property registration,recording legal
documents for public access and review. Landuse zoning & issuance of construction
permit. The idea was to put up all the relevant Maps on the web so that users can perform
related quries ,look-ups and map viewing based on easy access to large data stored on
Spatial database.
Project Duration Feb 2004 to Oct. 2005
Responsibilities Design and Development As a Senior Programmer
Creating PostgreSql(PostGIS) database to store Spatial data(both Gepgraphic and
Demographic) associated with different parcels of land areas on Map, that can be queried
and viewed from MapLab & MapServer(Front End Web based GIS tools) through
Internet .
Environment PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Linux, MapServer, Apache Webserver and PHP(scripting Lang).

3. Project Details:

Client Taif Municipality, Taif, K.S.A

Project Name Goods Information system
Project This Project formed the part of Material Requirement Planning System. This module
Description integrated the activities of the stores, purchase and goods inward department of the
Organization.
Project Duration March 2003 to Jan 2004
Responsibilities Design and Development As a Senior Programmer
I managed the whole project in the role of System Analyst and Programmer. Identifying
and documenting the user requirements.This included initial investigation, questionnaires,
creating Data Flow Diagrams, Entity Relationship diagrams, flow charts and Normalizing
the tables. Also developing Database, Forms and Reports for the Ministry and applying
numerous Front End as well as Back End Triggers,Procedures and Functions on them for
performing various Validation checks and Queries against the stored Database.
Environment This Project was Developed in Oracle 8i , Developer/ 2000 on Windows platform.

4. Project Details :

Client Al Beeah Planners, Architects & Engineers, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Project Name GIS Data upload in Oracle 8i
Project Conversion of GIS Spatial Data into Oracle Database.
Description
Project Duration August 2002 to February 2003
Responsibilities Programmer
Design and Architecture
This application was of very critical importance to the company. The Geographic and
demographic data had to be uploaded on Oracle 9i from the MapInfo 6.0 (Architectural
design tool) to build web enabled database to be viewed on the intranet and internet. The
task was accomplished using EasyLoader as the middleware, Oracle 9i as backend and
MapInfo as the front end tools.
Environment Oracle 9i as Backend , EasyLoader, MapInfo 6.0 on Windows platform.

5. Project Details :

Client Ministry Of Agriculture , Riyadh, K.S.A.

Project Name Management System and Data maintenance of Trees, Ministry Of Agriculture
, Riyadh, K.S.A.
Project This program was all about database management of trees and details. The trees were
Description grouped under various heads according to their smell, leaves, size and so many other
characteristics (around 20-25): There was also some Contractors information as to who
were the contractors who were given the orders to plant these trees and what were the
costs. Financial parts were also involved.
Project Duration December 2001 to July 2002
Responsibilities Programmer
Creation of Database, Forms and generation of Reports
Environment Oracle 9i/8i with D2k on Windows 98

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN INDIA :

6. Project Details :

Client State Bank Of Patiala, Lucknow, India.

Project Name Automation of Bank Account.
Project This project dealt with the various processes and routine transactions that take place
Description against the centralized Bank Accounts Database .
Project Duration November 2000 to April 2001
Responsibilities Programmer/ System Analyst
Database Design , Architecture and Programming
In the capacity of system analyst I performed the initial investigation to identify the
problems in the existing system, analyzing and designing the candidate system and in
the capacity of programmer , automated the whole manual process through Creation of
Tables, Forms ,generation of Reports to felicitate the transactions taking place in the Bank
and developing the user friendly Menu system.
Test Plans and Executions
Prepared Test and Plans to Implement the system .
Environment Oracle 8i with D2k on Windows platform.
7. Project Details :

Client Central Command ,Army Head Quarter, Lucknow, India

Project Name Enemy Information System
Project This project dealt with Database Management of Enemy Information System to keep track
Description of Enemy activities which included Addition, Manipulation and Display of enemy
information thru the execution of various complex queries.
Project Duration May 2000 to October 2000
Responsibilities System Analyst/Programmer
Design and Programming
The process involved were creation of database tables, generation of forms and reports
and providing different access levels on them to the users. This system being highly
confidential from integrity and security point of view, the consistency and security of data
had to be monitored cautiously to prevent any data loss or unauthorized access to data
thru the implementation of various checks and validation on Database ,Forms and
Reports. Also making arrangements for Backup and Recovery process.
Test Plans and Executions
Prepared Test and Plans to Implement the system .
Environment Oracle 8i with D2k on Windows platform.

8. Project Details :

Client Ad’Launchers Advertising Agency, Lucknow, India

Project Duration From June 2008 to Till date
Responsibilities MIS Manager
Environment Oracle 8i with Forms 6i on Windows platform.

TOTAL NO. OF YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE :

In India : 2
Abroad : 5
In Main Skill Area (Application Programming) : 7

PROFICIENCY IN COMPUTERS

• RDBMS : ORACLE 8.0 with Forms 6i,VB

• Operating Systems
• Software Packages
• Computer Languages
• Internet Technology
• Computer Hardware
• Web based GIS
6.0,PostgreSQL
: Windows 2000/98,UNIX, Linux(Red Hat),MS-DOS
: Foxpro 2.5,Dbase IV,MS-Word, Access, Lotus
: C, C++,COBOL,FORTRAN 77,BASIC.
: HTML,DHTML,Core & Advance Java , Apache
Web Server
: PC Upgradation and Maintenance
: Maplab, Mapserver,Mapinfo
 QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATIONAL

• Graduation with B.Sc. (Computer Science) Lucknow University in 1995.

• Intermediate U.P.Board in 1991.
• High School I.C.S.E. Board in 1989.

PROFESSIONAL

• M.B.A. in Information Technology and Management.

From : ALL INDIA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION-CME, NEW DELHI.
(Approved by A.I.C.T.E.). Course Duration : 2 Years(Jan ‘96 to Jan ‘98).

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (P.G.D.C.A).

(Sponsored by U.G.C. Accredited by D.O.E.A.C.C.), Lucknow.
Course Duration : 1 Year.

• Certificate course in ORACLE 8.0 with DEVELOPER/2000.

From:SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (S.T.G.),
Lucknow, India, Course Duration : 6 Months.

• Certificate Course In Core and Advance Java from SSI, Lucknow, India.

• Advance Diploma in Computer Hardware, Maintenance and Networking .

From : INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER LANGUAGES AND TECHNOLOGY(ICL),Lucknow, India

PERSONAL PROFILE

FATHER’S NAME : Musharraf Husain

DATE OF BIRTH : 31st of May 1973