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Aida Lotfi

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Last update: 11.02.2023

Senior Consultant, Senior Consultant, Business Analytics Trainer

Graduation: Bsc. Computer Science
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Full Professional) | Persian (Native or Bilingual)

Keywords

Business Analysis Customer Demand Planning Software Engineering Software Systems User Requirements Documents Testing

Attachments

Aida-Resume-25_110223.pdf

Skills

Versatile software development professional with over 19 years of experience in successfully producing robust systems to meet diverse customer needs. Manages projects and teams to accomplish challenging timelines. Explores technical capabilities and push boundaries to exceed expectations. Ability to work on the development of software systems by accurately interpreting user requirements, then creating the required software designs, coding and testing and finally integrating the software.

Project history

06/2022 - Present
SENIOR APPLICATION CONSULTANT (IFS)
PILANESBERG PLATINUM MINES – JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (Energy, water and environment, 250-500 employees)

 

  • Supply Chain Data Management Activities

  • Workshops for solution design documentation. Currently the project is in prototype phase.


01/2015 - 05/2022
SENIOR APPLICATION CONSULTANT (IFS)
ROYAL COURT AFFAIRS – MUSCAT, OMAN (Auditing, taxes and law, 50-250 employees)

  1.  

    • Coordinated work of team to successfully develop new user-facing features in document management, health,

      and safety. Training and testing.

    • Implementing IFS document management across Royal Court Affairs organizations.

    • Analyzing and extracting Company's KPI s through enterprise architecture concepts using CPM Tool (Corporate Performance management).

    • Representing KPI S using generated OLAP Cubes based on organization existing software (one or more sources), through IFS CPM , SSIS and SSRS.

  • Facilitated flow of communication and requirements as proactive conduit between users and software development team.

  • Gathering user and business requirements / functional specifications.

  • Oversaw team function by delegating assignments and monitoring performance against expectations.

  • Responded to emergent issues and organized personnel to correct issues by technical priority.

  • Tuned software features to meet specific customer demands and hardware limitations.

  • Improved performance of existing software, helping organizations remain agile in face of changing needs.

  • Kept up to date on web developments and trends.

  • Resolved errors through close collaboration with quality assurance team.

  • Determined limitations, capabilities and performance requirements of with pre-development assessments.

  • Informed decision-makers through documentation of project specifications, activities and status.

  • Analyzed user needs and workflows to create easy-to-use interfaces.

  • Verified technical feasibility of designs and changed plans to match technical capabilities.

  • Configured roles and managed users for different segments of SAP.

  • Maintained compliance with program specifications by collaborating with programmers.

  • Helped developers and subject matter experts establish technical visions and analyze tradeoffs.

  • Wrote functional specifications for enhancing existing programs and developing new versions.

  • Completed functional, unit and integration testing.

  • Increased revenue by helping client organizations benefit from innovative solutions and ideas.

  • Adapted existing software to new purposes, improving performance and including new functionality.

  • Verified compliance with customer needs by testing software functionality and equipment load capabilities.

  • Tested coded program routines and made revisions to eliminate errors.


04/2012 - 06/2014
SOFTWARE/BUSINESS CONSULTANT
SASOL – JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (Energy, water and environment, 10-50 employees)

  1.  

    • Technical & Business consultant, report developer, tester for Project InteGreat.

    • Developing customized reports for planning department based on their MS Project Data.

    • Developing a SharePoint site for Project Portfolio Database.

    • Analysis, designing and implementation of Capital Procurement Project using SharePoint Designer.

    • Representing Business needs to IT Department on proper BRS, control and suggesting the best Technology for the business Requirement, final testing of the developed solutions.

    • Implementing Agile Solutions based on Organization ‘s Requirements for several functions.

    • Data warehouse Designer for Rand Water Tableau Project.

    • Designing Data Warehouse based on existing SAP ERP System in order to be used in Business Intelligence tool Reporting system.

  • Designing efficient star schema database based on business requirements and available ERP system data.

  • Analyzing existing data to extract Data Warehouse based on business requirements.

  • Analyzed and recommended options to leverage current technologies.

  • Offered targeted business and planning advice to enhance leadership skills.

  • Determined causes of failures to implement corrective actions.

  • Created high-level presentations and reports to outline technical review findings.

  • Assessed business procedures and approaches to improve processes.

  • Helped to increase business efficiency and profitability with recommended process optimizations.

  • Tracked and analyzed reports, including budgets, operation activities and department metrics.

  • Consulted with company leadership to optimize business operations.


08/2007 - 03/2012
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
AVEC CONSULTING ENGINEERS CO – JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (Architecture and civil engineering, 10-50 employees)

  • Oracle DBA & Database / Query Optimizer & Developing reports for IFS ERP using Business Intelligence and Crystal Reports.

  • Took requirements from design through to implementation both independently and with larger team.

  • Leveraged technical expertise to support, maintain, document and enhance software functionality.

  • Performed quality assurance and integration testing for projects after development was completed and before projects are deployed.

  • Teamed with colleagues to solve problems and come up with creative solutions.

  • Collaborated with system architects to drive tech strategy.

  • Led technical team to coordinate software maintenance and new development activities.

  • Worked with senior engineers to refine and finalize designs.

  • Helped with peer-to-peer code reviews, project planning and timeline estimations to support development.

  • Took requirements from design through to implementation both independently and team.

  • Collaborated with team of developers, production support, customer support, clients and vendors on software projects.


05/2005 - 06/2007
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SYSTEM ANALYST
TEHRAN ELECTRICAL CO – TEHRAN, IRAN (Energy, water and environment, 50-250 employees)

  • Analysis, Design and Implementation of Planning Sub-system in a total system as part of a team.

  • Gathered and defined requirements of target users.

  • Developing interface for converting data between Primavera and Total system (both based on Oracle Database

  • Implementing Primavera Solution and design and develop integration tool between customized system and primavera.

  • Maintained, tested and upgraded applications to stay current with demands.

• Troubleshot program and system malfunctions to restore normal functioning.


08/2004 - 04/2005
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
BEHPARDAZ JAHAN CO – TEHRAN, IRAN (Architecture and civil engineering, 50-250 employees)

  • Architectural analysis of current system at Ports & Maritime Organization.

  • Modeling of current systems and suggesting going forward methodology based on organization requirements and current systems.

  • Documentation of RUP Methodology and UML Language.

  • Developing UML/RUP Guidelines for using in the entire Architecture.

  • Suggestion of new infrastructure including methodology and technology going forward.

  • Communicated with system users to facilitate account setup and network access.

  • Planned efficient projects, estimating requirements and coordinating schedules.

  • Recommended and implemented network security measures like firewalls and automated security probes.

  • Protected organizational assets with clear and effective disaster recovery plans.

  • Monitored network performance to identify inefficiencies and determine performance levels.


03/2003 - 08/2004
JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
MAPNA COMPANY – TEHRAN, IRAN (Energy, water and environment, 10-50 employees)

  • Analysis, design and develop of insurance and inspection sub-systems in Total System.

  • Took requirements from design through to implementation both independently and with larger team.

  • Selected Contributions.

  • Adjusting the whole lifecycle of project within 1 year of scheduled plan.

  • Leveraged technical knowledge and project management skills to contribute to software development lifecycle.

  • Maintained professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, reviewing professional publications and networking and participation in professional organizations.

  • Worked with senior engineers to refine and finalize designs.

  • Planned and developed creative software solutions to meet business goals and objectives.

  • Learned technologies and adopted tools to maximize performance and contributions.

  • Helped with peer-to-peer code reviews, project planning and timeline estimations to support development.


Certifications

IFS CERTIFIED SCM CONSULTANT
IFS
2022

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