Hikmat Kanaan
Computer Science graduate from Al-Mansour University. Currently working as IT & Network Architecture Advisor at DPK consulting – Rule of Law program – Jordan - Amman.
| Headline: | Club Leader |
| Website: | http://geeksconnecetd.com/hkanaan |
| Skills: | English, Languages, Russian |
| Location: | Jordan |
| Groups: | Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) |
| Interested in: | Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Sharing my projects |
| Tags: | IT, jitpros, networks, windows |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | DPK consulting – Rule of Law program – Jordan - Amman |
| Position: | IT & Network Architecture Advisor |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Support, operate, repair and enhance the data center and other secondary data centers or distributed server sites, equipment, and networks.
• Assist the ROLP and MOJ design and implement redundant and secondary data centers and functionality to ensure high availability at all times of the judicial sector technology systems. • Assist the development of the MOJ ICT Directorate to strengthen its capacity for development, maintenance, and support of technology systems. • Identify and coordinate outsourced technology services. • Train and transfer your technical skills to ROL project and judiciary staff. • Other duties assigned by the Chief of Party or supervisor. |
| Employer: | DPK consulting – Masaq Project – Jordan - Amman |
| Position: | IT advisor |
| Time period: | August 2004 - November 2008 |
| Description: | www.dpkconsulting.com
A USAID funded project (# DFD-1-00-03-00141-00 Task Order 801) 10.2 Million USD • Serve as liaison between the MASAQ project and the Ministry of Justice on issues related to information systems • Work to strengthen the capacity of the Information technology department in the MOJ • Mentor, oversee and coordinate the work of the staff of the IT Department of the MOJ • Assist in the development of needed capacity to maintain and support IT applications introduced into the courts • Assist to develop terms of reference for equipment and software for courts automation and review bidding documents • Assist in developing business requirement for software development of any applications that the MOJ develops to support the courts. • Designed MOJ network infrastructure and supervised the installation 50 Windows server's installation at different courts locations that service 3000 Users. • Assist in ensuring that IT applications introduced into the courts are functional and help improve productivity • Coordinate between local vender's technical teams, Masaq teams and MOJ teams to solve court role out problems. • Evaluate software functionality, developed recommendation for software improvement, Software acceptance recommendation. |
| Employer: | International Youth Foundation & Welfare Association, Ramallah IT4Youth Project |
| Position: | IT Coordinator |
| Time period: | January 2003 - July 2004 |
| Description: | Winner of the UN 2004 International habitat award for best community project
www.IT4Youth.org A USAID funded project (# 294-A-00-00-0007-00) 4.5 Million USD • Advise the Chief of Party/Program Director (COP) on and manage all technical aspects of the Program dealing with assessment, provision, upgrading and maintenance IT hardware, software, network and internet connections and any other necessary equipment in schools, regional center and the Program Management Office (PMO). • Recruit and manage a variety of technical consultants who will carry out the necessary work, in consultation with the COP, and, as necessary, in coordination with the relevant Ministry • Train and technically supervise the local Network Administrator based in the Regional IT Center and ensure system maintenance and support for the Regional IT Center • Coordinate and supervise assessment teams for annual technical reviews • Support the Curriculum and Training Coordinator in developing and delivering technical training through the regional IT center, including computer networking and maintenance of software and hardware • Support the Field Coordinator for Youth and Communities Activities to train and mentor local staff to network with the private sector and place trainees in jobs • Facilitate work of the Evaluation Team regarding all technical aspects of the program • Compile and submit all reporting on technical aspects as required by the annual implementation plan • Identifying needed skills to be enhanced/developed for staff • Provide support to the Ministry of Education & Higher Education (MEHE) for installation, maintenance and upgrading of computer labs in the MEHE schools on an as needed basis |
| Employer: | National Institute of Information Technology |
| Position: | Part Time Trainer, IT Consultant |
| Time period: | October 2001 - December 2002 |
| Description: | • Trainer for Cisco Courses
• Trainer for Microsoft Courses • Consulting and support services for different organizations |
| Employer: | Hally Computer & Electronic Engineering Nablus , www.hally.net |
| Position: | IT Manager / Network Security Administrator |
| Time period: | February 1999 - September 2001 |
| Description: | • Cisco Routers installation & setup;
• WAN , LAN Networks Design; • Leased lines, Frame-relay & Dial-up technology; • 3COM Total Control installation & setup; • 3COM Security & Accounting server administration; • VPN Server and Clients setup; • Check Point Firewall-1 Security Administrator; • Network Security Policy design and implementation; • DNS servers installation and setting (UNIX, Windows); • Mail Servers Administration (MS Exchange, IP Switch IMail); • Proxy servers installation & maintenance (UNIX, Windows); • Solaris UNIX system setup & administration; • Simens PBX programming; and, • Network performance monitoring & maintenance. |
| Employer: | INTELLECT Co., Moscow Russia, www.intellect.ru |
| Position: | MIS Supervisor |
| Time period: | April 1995 - December 1998 |
| Description: | • Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0 server installation;
• TCP/IP, DHCP & WINS services; • Migration company from Windows 3.0 to Windows 95; • Daily Data Backup; • Maintenance of LOTUS NOTES Server and Clients; • LOTUS NOTES server administration; • Installation of MS exchange & MS IIS servers; • Company staff training and support; • Samsung DCS PBX programming; and, • Design, organization & implementation of Company Document Management system: - Worked out specifications and methods of document registration and storing; - Trained office administrators to use the new document management system; - Installation & administration of MS SQL server; - Installation of PC DOCS software at server and client machines; - Integration MSoffice application to use PC DOCS; and, - Customized PC DOCS forms to meet business requirements. |
| Employer: | Armaz Trade Co, Moscow, Russia |
| Position: | Marketing Manager |
| Time period: | January 1993 - December 1995 |
| Description: | • Contracts negotiations;
• Sales network administration; • Customer payments flow control; • Marketing policy planning; and, • Stock flow control. |
| Employer: | Lotus Software House, Iraq, Baghdad |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | January 1991 - December 1992 |
| Description: | Modem’s network installation between the Iraqi universities, to share CD-ROM databases information systems:
• Using Norton close-up; • Modems & software installation; • Scanners installation; • OCR software installation; and, • User training. |
