Perbincangan:Syed Ariffin Abu Thahir

message: Syed Ariffin bin Abu Thahir (Jawi: سيد عارفين بن أبو طاهر ; born 9 September 1980) is the Director of Persatuan Generasi Bersekutu Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. He is also Chairman of Putra Port Dickson FC and Teraju Futsal Club. Not only that, but Syed Ariffin is also the Head Branch of UMNO Jalan Lama Sri Tanjung, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. He is the president of an non-governmental organizations in Negeri Sembilan.

message: === Early Life ===
Syed Ariffin was born at Hospital Port Dickson and received early education at SRK Port Dickson. He continued his studies at Sekolah Tinggi Port Dickson for Form 1 before moving to Subang Jaya. Syed Ariffin's family has been living in Port Dickson since before independence where the late grandfather runs a grocery store business. His dad had worked at Shell before moving to Kuala Lumpur. After a long journey of studying and work, he married a Port Dickson person, who is Siti Habibah, and had 3 children.
thread_title:  Biography 

message: Syed Ariffin was born at Hospital Port Dickson and received early education at SRK Port Dickson. He continued his studies at Sekolah Tinggi Port Dickson for Form 1 before moving to Subang Jaya. Syed Ariffin's family has been living in Port Dickson since before independence where the late grandfather runs a grocery store business. His dad had worked at Shell before moving to Kuala Lumpur. After a long journey of studying and work, he married a Port Dickson person, who is Siti Habibah, and had 3 children.
thread_title:  Early Life 

message: === Master In Economy ===
* The University of Malaya- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
* Major: Economy
* Overall CGPA: 3.43/4.0
=== Bachelor of Computer Science ===
* The University of Malaya- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
* Major: System and Network, May 2003
* Overall CGPA: 3.39/4.0
thread_title:  Education 

message: * The University of Malaya- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
* Major: Economy
* Overall CGPA: 3.43/4.0
thread_title:  Master In Economy 

message: * The University of Malaya- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
* Major: System and Network, May 2003
* Overall CGPA: 3.39/4.0
thread_title:  Bachelor of Computer Science 

message: * Java and .net course conducted by Guidance View Sdn Bhd
* Oracle 9i class organized by Dell
* ALUI administrator course by ORACLE
* ALUI Weblogic course by ORACLE
thread_title:  Technical Course Attended 

message: Syed Ariffin always is active in community organizations and programs as well as helping the community. He is very easy to approach and courteous to the community as well as friendly with all parties. He is also a perfectionist person who won't stop doing something until the job feels perfect.
thread_title:  Character Including Competence And Skills 

message: Syed Ariffin Abu Thahir is a Director of Persatuan Generasi Bersekutu, who is always active in community organizations and programs. He also holds the position of Chairman of Putra Port Dickson FC and Chairman of Teraju Futsal Club. In political experience, Syed Ariffin active in the political arena and task NGO or Community Activities since 2013.
thread_title:  Position and Political Experience 

message: Result-oriented Information Technology leader. Experienced in strategic and tactical planning, budget preparation and management, project analysis and execution, product evaluation and selection, vendor negotiation, team building, and leadership with a constant focus on customer service.
thread_title:  Professional Summary 

message: === Brilliant Group ===
==== Assistant Vice President, PMO Department (October 2013 – Present) ====
* Successfully led and managed uCustoms project worth 378 million comprising 150 members and 120 external agencies.
* Periodically update Finance Minister on the progress and way forward as uCustoms is one of the National Agenda projects on revenue collection.
* Establishing a strong and solid PMO team to improve quality and project management process.
* Establishing proper governance and standard in managing and handling project.
* Responsible to define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management that establishes the project way forward and efficient framework so that project will be delivered on time.
* Created a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project.
* Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc) required to complete the project.
* Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities so that the project could be completed within the allocated budget.
* Review the project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required to minimize the delay and ensure the overall costing did not burst the allocated amount.
* Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion.
* Execute the project according to the project plan.
* Develop forms and records to document project activities.
* Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
* Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.
* Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project to ensure effective communication and minimize any miscommunication that dampens the project's progress.
* Review the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards.
* Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget, and at the required level of quality to ensure there is a surplus budget.
* Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase.
=== Ernst & Young ===
==== Senior Associate 2 (February 2011 – Sept 2013) ====
* Engagement Lead for an external audit engagement on ERP applications for various industries which includes banking, telecommunication, Oil & Gas, consumer goods, construction, and plantation. The areas of review include IT General Controls and application embedded controls. Assess the control design effectiveness. Obtain pieces of evidence and access the adequacy of operating effectiveness. Propose recommendations based on the industry best practices
* Provide value-added IT advisory and consultancy services to clients via an in-depth understanding of the stakeholders’ business areas, anticipating the needs of stakeholders, and continuously keeping abreast of the latest applicable technology to support the various business areas
* Engagement Lead on a SOx ITGC review for a multinational manufacturing company. Assess the controls design effectiveness which includes the area of computer operations and automated inventory costing. Assess the visibility of implementing the proposed recommendation based on the client’s environment.
* Assisted in recommending improvements of security standards, controls, and services for all levels of application (including OS and DB) for various clients. The review included a technical security review of the associated servers
* Managed a diverse resource pool (multi-cultural team) including coaching and supporting for remediated controls
* Acted as a compliance QA for controls knowledge transfer (KT) prior to eventual handover to relevant stakeholders
* Team Lead on a JSOx ITGC review for a global barcode and RFID technology company. Areas of focus are Access to Programs and Data, Change Management, and Computer Operations. Assess the client’s control design and test its effectiveness. Report findings to client’s management and to Japan counterpart.
=== Bank Negara Malaysia ===
==== Senior Executive (Acting Manager) (January 2007 – January 2011) ====
* Primarily responsible for formulating, designing, developing, and implementing IT projects that deliver quality IT solutions, within stakeholder expectations, and according to agreed timeline and cost.
* Manage the availability, reliability, and performance of the system. To ensure maximum system uptime and optimal system response time, with minimal business disruptions, according to the established service level agreement (SLA).
* Provide value-added IT advisory and consultancy services to stakeholders via an in-depth understanding of the stakeholders’ business areas, anticipating the needs of stakeholders, and continuously keeping abreast of the latest applicable technology to support the various business areas
* Gather and analyze business requirements, taking into consideration the immediate and future business needs and conceptualize the requirements in order to surface the required functionalities, inter-linkages with other dependent processes, issues and concerns, and stakeholders’ coverage
* Manage the support and maintenance activities for applications in the production environment, which includes performing application health checks, preparing impact analysis, performing trend analyses on reported problems/issues, making recommendations, and implementing fixes and change requests to enhance the application software
* Ensure implementation of software infrastructure and system enhancements are done according to change management standards and best practices
* Manage and provide support services to stakeholders: To ensure that all reported incidents, problems, and issues are resolved conclusively in the shortest possible duration, with no disruptions to critical business operations.
* Successfully undertaken and implemented the Enterprise Portal project where the appointed vendor failed to deliver within the specified timeline.
* Translate current and future business needs into IT solutions that support the achievement of business objectives and strategic results.
* Undertake continuous system and process improvements by benchmarking with industry standards or models, best practices, and methodologies, and ensuring they are in accordance with BNM’s guidelines and stakeholder expectations.
* Manage relationships with stakeholders ensuring that IT services deliver value-add and stakeholder satisfaction.
* Established a complete Customer Relationship Management system where it stores the history of all customers and transactions in order to serve the customer better
* Managing Contact Centre business process to enhance responsiveness and effectiveness in handling multi-channel public inquiries as well as optimal usage of the infrastructure and continuous service availability
* Initiate and successfully implemented Bank Negara e - payment system called e Spick
* Established a complete solution and knowledge repository for application for future reference
* Report to management on weekly basis on the progress of each project and issues
* Awarded the most outstanding award by Governor for the past 2 years
=== Dell Asia Pacific ===
==== IT System Analyst (July 2005 – January 2007) ====
* Primarily responsible for supporting Dell's factory
* Established a complete solution for application for future reference
* Submit weekly report to management on availability of application
* Weekly bridge call with US counterpart on issues
=== MayBank (Malaysia) Berhad ===
==== Information System Division - Apploan (October 2003 – 2005) ====
* Primarily responsible for programming and maintaining the commercial loan system called “MEAA”
* Maintained the database of clients through oracle
* Assisted in support and maintenance of system and hardware
* Troubleshoot daily encountered problems and maintain the list through the mainframe
* Structured and created a program to notify the approving party through e-mail whenever a new loan application is created
=== British Telecom, Cyberjaya Malaysia ===
==== Industrial Training - Internship (January 2002 – May 2002) ====
* Primarily responsible for programming in Java
* Established a complete database for users and maintain the record
* Developed British Telecom’s mail service called easy access
* Created virtual database using MySQL
thread_title:  Professional Experience 

message: ==== Assistant Vice President, PMO Department (October 2013 – Present) ====
* Successfully led and managed uCustoms project worth 378 million comprising 150 members and 120 external agencies.
* Periodically update Finance Minister on the progress and way forward as uCustoms is one of the National Agenda projects on revenue collection.
* Establishing a strong and solid PMO team to improve quality and project management process.
* Establishing proper governance and standard in managing and handling project.
* Responsible to define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management that establishes the project way forward and efficient framework so that project will be delivered on time.
* Created a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project.
* Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc) required to complete the project.
* Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities so that the project could be completed within the allocated budget.
* Review the project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required to minimize the delay and ensure the overall costing did not burst the allocated amount.
* Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion.
* Execute the project according to the project plan.
* Develop forms and records to document project activities.
* Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
* Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.
* Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project to ensure effective communication and minimize any miscommunication that dampens the project's progress.
* Review the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards.
* Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget, and at the required level of quality to ensure there is a surplus budget.
* Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase.
thread_title:  Brilliant Group 

message: * Successfully led and managed uCustoms project worth 378 million comprising 150 members and 120 external agencies.
* Periodically update Finance Minister on the progress and way forward as uCustoms is one of the National Agenda projects on revenue collection.
* Establishing a strong and solid PMO team to improve quality and project management process.
* Establishing proper governance and standard in managing and handling project.
* Responsible to define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management that establishes the project way forward and efficient framework so that project will be delivered on time.
* Created a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project.
* Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc) required to complete the project.
* Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities so that the project could be completed within the allocated budget.
* Review the project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required to minimize the delay and ensure the overall costing did not burst the allocated amount.
* Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion.
* Execute the project according to the project plan.
* Develop forms and records to document project activities.
* Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
* Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.
* Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project to ensure effective communication and minimize any miscommunication that dampens the project's progress.
* Review the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards.
* Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget, and at the required level of quality to ensure there is a surplus budget.
* Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase.
thread_title:  Assistant Vice President, PMO Department (October 2013 – Present) 

message: ==== Senior Associate 2 (February 2011 – Sept 2013) ====
* Engagement Lead for an external audit engagement on ERP applications for various industries which includes banking, telecommunication, Oil & Gas, consumer goods, construction, and plantation. The areas of review include IT General Controls and application embedded controls. Assess the control design effectiveness. Obtain pieces of evidence and access the adequacy of operating effectiveness. Propose recommendations based on the industry best practices
* Provide value-added IT advisory and consultancy services to clients via an in-depth understanding of the stakeholders’ business areas, anticipating the needs of stakeholders, and continuously keeping abreast of the latest applicable technology to support the various business areas
* Engagement Lead on a SOx ITGC review for a multinational manufacturing company. Assess the controls design effectiveness which includes the area of computer operations and automated inventory costing. Assess the visibility of implementing the proposed recommendation based on the client’s environment.
* Assisted in recommending improvements of security standards, controls, and services for all levels of application (including OS and DB) for various clients. The review included a technical security review of the associated servers
* Managed a diverse resource pool (multi-cultural team) including coaching and supporting for remediated controls
* Acted as a compliance QA for controls knowledge transfer (KT) prior to eventual handover to relevant stakeholders
* Team Lead on a JSOx ITGC review for a global barcode and RFID technology company. Areas of focus are Access to Programs and Data, Change Management, and Computer Operations. Assess the client’s control design and test its effectiveness. Report findings to client’s management and to Japan counterpart.
thread_title:  Ernst & Young 

message: * Engagement Lead for an external audit engagement on ERP applications for various industries which includes banking, telecommunication, Oil & Gas, consumer goods, construction, and plantation. The areas of review include IT General Controls and application embedded controls. Assess the control design effectiveness. Obtain pieces of evidence and access the adequacy of operating effectiveness. Propose recommendations based on the industry best practices
* Provide value-added IT advisory and consultancy services to clients via an in-depth understanding of the stakeholders’ business areas, anticipating the needs of stakeholders, and continuously keeping abreast of the latest applicable technology to support the various business areas
* Engagement Lead on a SOx ITGC review for a multinational manufacturing company. Assess the controls design effectiveness which includes the area of computer operations and automated inventory costing. Assess the visibility of implementing the proposed recommendation based on the client’s environment.
* Assisted in recommending improvements of security standards, controls, and services for all levels of application (including OS and DB) for various clients. The review included a technical security review of the associated servers
* Managed a diverse resource pool (multi-cultural team) including coaching and supporting for remediated controls
* Acted as a compliance QA for controls knowledge transfer (KT) prior to eventual handover to relevant stakeholders
* Team Lead on a JSOx ITGC review for a global barcode and RFID technology company. Areas of focus are Access to Programs and Data, Change Management, and Computer Operations. Assess the client’s control design and test its effectiveness. Report findings to client’s management and to Japan counterpart.
thread_title:  Senior Associate 2 (February 2011 – Sept 2013) 

message: ==== Senior Executive (Acting Manager) (January 2007 – January 2011) ====
* Primarily responsible for formulating, designing, developing, and implementing IT projects that deliver quality IT solutions, within stakeholder expectations, and according to agreed timeline and cost.
* Manage the availability, reliability, and performance of the system. To ensure maximum system uptime and optimal system response time, with minimal business disruptions, according to the established service level agreement (SLA).
* Provide value-added IT advisory and consultancy services to stakeholders via an in-depth understanding of the stakeholders’ business areas, anticipating the needs of stakeholders, and continuously keeping abreast of the latest applicable technology to support the various business areas
* Gather and analyze business requirements, taking into consideration the immediate and future business needs and conceptualize the requirements in order to surface the required functionalities, inter-linkages with other dependent processes, issues and concerns, and stakeholders’ coverage
* Manage the support and maintenance activities for applications in the production environment, which includes performing application health checks, preparing impact analysis, performing trend analyses on reported problems/issues, making recommendations, and implementing fixes and change requests to enhance the application software
* Ensure implementation of software infrastructure and system enhancements are done according to change management standards and best practices
* Manage and provide support services to stakeholders: To ensure that all reported incidents, problems, and issues are resolved conclusively in the shortest possible duration, with no disruptions to critical business operations.
* Successfully undertaken and implemented the Enterprise Portal project where the appointed vendor failed to deliver within the specified timeline.
* Translate current and future business needs into IT solutions that support the achievement of business objectives and strategic results.
* Undertake continuous system and process improvements by benchmarking with industry standards or models, best practices, and methodologies, and ensuring they are in accordance with BNM’s guidelines and stakeholder expectations.
* Manage relationships with stakeholders ensuring that IT services deliver value-add and stakeholder satisfaction.
* Established a complete Customer Relationship Management system where it stores the history of all customers and transactions in order to serve the customer better
* Managing Contact Centre business process to enhance responsiveness and effectiveness in handling multi-channel public inquiries as well as optimal usage of the infrastructure and continuous service availability
* Initiate and successfully implemented Bank Negara e - payment system called e Spick
* Established a complete solution and knowledge repository for application for future reference
* Report to management on weekly basis on the progress of each project and issues
* Awarded the most outstanding award by Governor for the past 2 years
thread_title:  Bank Negara Malaysia 

message: * Primarily responsible for formulating, designing, developing, and implementing IT projects that deliver quality IT solutions, within stakeholder expectations, and according to agreed timeline and cost.
* Manage the availability, reliability, and performance of the system. To ensure maximum system uptime and optimal system response time, with minimal business disruptions, according to the established service level agreement (SLA).
* Provide value-added IT advisory and consultancy services to stakeholders via an in-depth understanding of the stakeholders’ business areas, anticipating the needs of stakeholders, and continuously keeping abreast of the latest applicable technology to support the various business areas
* Gather and analyze business requirements, taking into consideration the immediate and future business needs and conceptualize the requirements in order to surface the required functionalities, inter-linkages with other dependent processes, issues and concerns, and stakeholders’ coverage
* Manage the support and maintenance activities for applications in the production environment, which includes performing application health checks, preparing impact analysis, performing trend analyses on reported problems/issues, making recommendations, and implementing fixes and change requests to enhance the application software
* Ensure implementation of software infrastructure and system enhancements are done according to change management standards and best practices
* Manage and provide support services to stakeholders: To ensure that all reported incidents, problems, and issues are resolved conclusively in the shortest possible duration, with no disruptions to critical business operations.
* Successfully undertaken and implemented the Enterprise Portal project where the appointed vendor failed to deliver within the specified timeline.
* Translate current and future business needs into IT solutions that support the achievement of business objectives and strategic results.
* Undertake continuous system and process improvements by benchmarking with industry standards or models, best practices, and methodologies, and ensuring they are in accordance with BNM’s guidelines and stakeholder expectations.
* Manage relationships with stakeholders ensuring that IT services deliver value-add and stakeholder satisfaction.
* Established a complete Customer Relationship Management system where it stores the history of all customers and transactions in order to serve the customer better
* Managing Contact Centre business process to enhance responsiveness and effectiveness in handling multi-channel public inquiries as well as optimal usage of the infrastructure and continuous service availability
* Initiate and successfully implemented Bank Negara e - payment system called e Spick
* Established a complete solution and knowledge repository for application for future reference
* Report to management on weekly basis on the progress of each project and issues
* Awarded the most outstanding award by Governor for the past 2 years
thread_title:  Senior Executive (Acting Manager) (January 2007 – January 2011) 

message: ==== IT System Analyst (July 2005 – January 2007) ====
* Primarily responsible for supporting Dell's factory
* Established a complete solution for application for future reference
* Submit weekly report to management on availability of application
* Weekly bridge call with US counterpart on issues
thread_title:  Dell Asia Pacific 

message: * Primarily responsible for supporting Dell's factory
* Established a complete solution for application for future reference
* Submit weekly report to management on availability of application
* Weekly bridge call with US counterpart on issues
thread_title:  IT System Analyst (July 2005 – January 2007) 

message: ==== Information System Division - Apploan (October 2003 – 2005) ====
* Primarily responsible for programming and maintaining the commercial loan system called “MEAA”
* Maintained the database of clients through oracle
* Assisted in support and maintenance of system and hardware
* Troubleshoot daily encountered problems and maintain the list through the mainframe
* Structured and created a program to notify the approving party through e-mail whenever a new loan application is created
thread_title:  MayBank (Malaysia) Berhad 

message: * Primarily responsible for programming and maintaining the commercial loan system called “MEAA”
* Maintained the database of clients through oracle
* Assisted in support and maintenance of system and hardware
* Troubleshoot daily encountered problems and maintain the list through the mainframe
* Structured and created a program to notify the approving party through e-mail whenever a new loan application is created
thread_title:  Information System Division - Apploan (October 2003 – 2005) 

message: ==== Industrial Training - Internship (January 2002 – May 2002) ====
* Primarily responsible for programming in Java
* Established a complete database for users and maintain the record
* Developed British Telecom’s mail service called easy access
* Created virtual database using MySQL
thread_title:  British Telecom, Cyberjaya Malaysia 

message: * Primarily responsible for programming in Java
* Established a complete database for users and maintain the record
* Developed British Telecom’s mail service called easy access
* Created virtual database using MySQL
thread_title:  Industrial Training - Internship (January 2002 – May 2002)