Allwyn John D'Souza

Nationality
:
Mumbai/Dubai - Indian passport - Permanent Resident of Canada

Cell No :  001-647-504-2363  

 Ethnicity: Konkani

Mother Tongue: Konkani Language

Email: allwyn@hotmail.com

Website: www.allwyn.com 

 

LANGUAGES

            Fluent in English,  Hindi and Basic French,

            Speak Marathi, Gujarati and Konkani.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

20  YEARS TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN FIELD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,  OF WHICH MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS IN THE U.A.E.

Microsoft Certified Professional 

Exam's completed:

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Track

Courses completed at Karrox – Mumbai - May 2001

Network Security/Defense

Certificate Course in Lotus Notes Rel 4.5

SAP R/3

Balanced Scorecard Practitioner - November 2004

The balanced scorecard is a management system (not only a measurement system) that enables organizations to clarify their vision and strategy and translate them into action. 

 

EDUCATION

 1984 – 1990, St. Xavier’s College (Bombay University)

Bachelor of Science, Principal subjects: Physics  with 

Electronic Instrumentation,     

Other subjects: Math's, Chemistry

1974 – 1984, St. Xavier’s High School, Bombay

Secondary School Certificate   Achieved Distinction

1990 – 1991, Diploma in Computer Science

Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bombay-Stood first with top Grade

 1986 - Certificate in Effective Communication

Learning for Life’ program at St. Xavier’s College

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Humber College - www.humber.ca                                4th Jan. 2010 to 5th Feb. 2010

Temporary Contract from 4th Jan 2010 to 5th Feb 2010

  Help Desk Analyst
-Log all telephone, email and voicemail requests and problems from both internal and external customers into the helpdesk problem management tool
-Analyze, resolve and co-ordinate the resolution of customer problems and act as the liaison between the internal support groups
-Maintain total accountability for the service event until problems are completely resolved
-Perform general PC (hardware/software) troubleshooting
-Maintaining Helpdesk documentation within guidelines and standards

 

Shell Canada Limited, Mississauga, ON - www.shell.com         September 2008 to November 2009
contracted to CCSI Compucom - www.compucom.com
contracted to Kalyx Management Consultantswww.kalyx.ca
contracted to
2189592 ONTARIO INC. – www.allwyn.com

Shell Canada Limited is one of the largest integrated petroleum companies in Canada, producing natural gas, natural gas liquids and bitumen. It is also the country's largest producer of sulphur. Shell Canada is a leading manufacturer, distributor and marketer of refined petroleum products.

Technical Support Analyst
The First Level Technical Service Analysts at our Desk consists of a team of 30 plus analysts manning the desk  24/7.
-Front line incident management and request fulfilment services to 10,000 plus staff from all over Canada.
-Receive, record classify, investigate, escalate/resolve tickets using established process.
-Devise and apply consistent approach to all logged tickets.
-Co-ordinate resources develop and maintain accurate records, best achievable level of Service availability
- S/w ticketing system used for the above - Service Center (from Peregrine Systems Inc.) 

Gulf Agency Company- -Dubai, U.A.E.- www.gacworld.com     Nov 1998 to August 2008
GAC is one of the worlds leading Shipping Services and Transport Corporation, operating with its own offices in Middle East, Africa, East Mediterranean, Indian Subcontinent, Far East, Poland and USA.

IT Support/Help Desk
The IT department WAN team at GAC, Dubai consisted of a team of 5 staff of which I was part and with Mr. Anish Ashar as the WAN Manager. We had to look after every aspect of managing the WAN including Hardware, installation, maintenance, setup, User training etc. The GAC, Dubai WAN is spread over several locations and satellite offices in the United Arab Emirates with GAC, Dubai (at Jebel Ali) being the main location. All offices were connected to each other thru’ leased lines. The 5 of us had our own specialisations and our strengths complimented each other.  I was mainly overseeing and conducting the IT induction and Office Automation training aspects of GAC, Dubai which included the roles underlined below.

  Besides the above I was also involved in the Help Desk and other Network related activities in active and supporting roles.

  
NADIA Training Institute (http://www.nadia-me.com/)
May 1995 to July 1998 (3 years)
Dubai, U.A.E. (Training Instructor of the Year Award – 1997)

Technical Training Coordinator

Senior Training Faculty

 

DJA Group of Companies - May 1993 to April 1995

Dubai, U.A.E.

DJA Specialist Products is a company set up in the Jebel Ali Free Zone with COMICOM Computers, FAME Trading and Mini Electronics – (located at   Holiday Inn, Shopping Mall) as branches in Dubai to cater to specialized solutions in the computer and electronics industry.

Technical Support/Training Executive

Involved in every aspect of setting up the Hardware and Networking divisions including assembling, testing, maintenance, repair and installation of all types of Computer Hardware namely-

 

Network Institute of Computer Education, Opera House, Bombay 
May 1992 to April 1993
Senior Training Faculty

National Inst. Of Computer Technology, Bandra, Bombay 400 050
March 1991 to March 1992
Senior Training Faculty

Regina Pacis High School, Byculla, Bombay
Oct 1990 to March 1991
Computer Instructor

Customer Care Center, Chembur, Bombay
Credit Executive - 1 year

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Developed Software's for various companies on a freelance basis including:

 

 

SKILLS SET

Internet/Intranet:(*****)

Microsoft- Internet Explorer, Visual InterDev, HTML, Front Page, Web Site Development, Netscape-Communicator, Composer...

ERP:(**)

SAP R/3ABAP/4 Reports, Transactions with exposure to EDI and Data Warehousing.

Client-Server:(**)

Microsoft  SQL Server 6.5, Oracle 6.0 (Forms, Menus, Reportwriter)

Applications Software:(*****)

Microsoft: Office Professional/Premium 4.3, 95,97, 2000,XP, 2003, Project 4.0/95, 2000
Lotus: Smartsuite 95,96, Millennium
AutoCAD Rel 12/13/14

Networking and GroupWare:(****)

Microsoft Networking(NT 4/Windows 95,98,2000,XP) Novell NetWare 3.x, 4.11, 5.11, Border Manager, Zen Works , Lotus Notes 4.5,

Programming:(****)

Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, HTML, JavaScript

Operating Systems:(*****)

Microsoft Win NT 4, Win 98/95/2000/XP, Win 3.x/DOS

Miscellaneous:(*****)

(For Internet and Intranet Training and Support):

PC Anywhere, VNC

Anti-Virus-Fsecure, Norton, Mcafee(including - E Policy Orchestrator Server),

Web cam, Chat, IP Telephony,

FTP, TCP/IP, Digital Video, Digital Camera, Touch Screen, Digital Sender,

Laptop, Infra Red, Bluetooth, Mobile Phone connectivity,

DVD RAM/ROM, CD Burners, UPS...

Network Security(****)

Foundations, Attack Techniques, Defense Fundamentals, Risk Analysis, Security Policies

 

(******) - Five Stars - Excellent knowledge, exposure and experience

(****)     - Four Star  - Very Good Knowledge, exposure and experience

(**)         - Two Stars - Good Knowledge, need more exposure, little experience