Karim Hasham

20 Ruby Cres, Richmond Hill, ON L4S 2E8

(416) 277 4753

karhas@gmail.com

Profile

A senior systems professional with over 18 years of Information Technology experience, encompassing a wide range of business applications and all aspects of the development cycle. A particularly strong background in online systems and management primarily in healthcare/ ATM/POS/ debit/credit card based systems.

Professional Experience

Royal Bank of Canada (Contract))

(May 2006 – Present)

Project Manager, Card Based Systems.

• Responsible for Production team – Host and Tandem online systems.
• Responsible for Audit / Compliance – Visa / Mastercard / Discover / Interac
• Manage Moneris projects (online / host)

Emergis Inc. (Formerly NDC Health Canada / Global Payment Systems of Canada, Ltd)

(1997 – 2006)

Director, Information Technology (2001 – 2005) NDC Health / Globalpayments Inc.

Director, Don Mills Operations (2005 – May 2006) Emergis Inc.

• Responsible for the entire IT department. (budgeting, staffing, vendor contracts) reporting directly to the VP of Operations.
• Managed all projects within the IT department. Key projects includes (Year 2000 readiness, Wal-Mart/Costco/Safeway connections, technology conversion from Motorola to CISCO Access Servers, datapac to IP conversion, ACD/IVR conversion, development of the Manulife switch component, Base24 / IMN upgrade)
• Responsible for strategic planning, research, development, RFP and pre-sales technical support for both retail and healthcare customers.
• Negotiated both vendor and supplier contracts and managed customer relationships.
• Played a key role in the integration of Global Payments (Base24 / IMN) to HP datacenter and NDC Health Canada to Emergis Inc.
• Recognized as a key resource and received the Circle of Excellence award by NDC Health Corporate.

Consultant (1997 – 2001)

• Responsible for configuring the Base24 and the Interac IMN application for Global Payments and assisted with the certification of the new node with Interac Association. Responsible for all upgrades.
• Design and build all the applications and SQL databases associated with the settlement system including all the custom reports for both the internal and external clients. (TAL,Pathway)
• Built automation tools for operations. (TACL based)

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (1996 - 1997)

Senior Software Developer

• Design, develop and test TAL applications for a customized host interface to the Base24 product for Husky Oil and CIBC’s Electronic Banking. Worked on CIBC’s Base24 base essential team. (RPQ’s).

North American Trust Company (September 1992 - March 1996 Full-Time/Contract)

Senior Software Engineer

• Senior member of the team responsible for the design, development and system tests on the following projects: (All development performed on HP NonStop – Tandem)
• Relational Banking System.
• Check Clearing System.
• Electronic Funds Transfer System.
• Taxation System.
• Branch Internal Reports.

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) (March 1992 - September 1992).

TAL Developer

• Design, develop and test TAL applications for the TSE’s floor closure project.

ACI Worldwide. (formerly TXN Solutions Integrators / ACI Canada) ( January 1989 - March 1992)

Software Engineer

• Member of a development team for the Interac Debit Card Project assigned to design, develop and system test a debit card system for the 5 major Canadian banks. Developed a large number of the SQL/COBOL85 based Pathway applications in the system. Also extensively involved in the system testing and Certification process for this product. Provided production support for this system when it was implemented.

• Primary designer/developer of the Management Information System to provide card system management functions to INTERAC member banks. Among the processes developed were a number that utilized interactive dynamic SQL.

• Developer on TXN’s custom implementation of Tandem’s Image Processing System, at Tandem’s Seattle Washington facility.

• Senior developer/system tester on customized components of a Document Management project for Ontario Hydro.

Canadian Kawasaki Motors Inc. (April 1987 - January 1989)

Junior RPG Programmer (Co-op Term)

• Maintenance programming and support of existing in-house systems. Trouble shooting. (IBM/System36)

EDUCATION

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology (North York, Ontario)

· Computer Programming & Analysis (3 year Co-op program)

Professional Development:

* Tandem Relational Database Certificate * Project Management Certificate

* Tandem NON-STOP SQL Database Design Certificate * Active Management Certificate

* Tandem TACL Programming Certificate * Introduction to Power Builder 4.0

* Tandem TAL Programming Certificate * Base24 Point of Sale Systems Certificate

* Tandem RMS Library Management Certificate * Base24 Point of Sale Pgm Certificate

Other Professional Committees / Association

Interac Association Network Operations Committee (1997 – 2004)

Interac Association Application Support Committee (1997 – 2004)

Interac Association Re-Architecture Committee (1999 – 2002)

Chair, ACI Special Interest Group representing the Canadian Financial Institutions. (2003 – 2004)

Director, Canadian Tandem Users Group (1999 – 2001)

President, Canadian Condominium Board, MTCC 1414 (2003 – 2005)

Director, Canadian Condominium Board, MTCC 805 (1998 – 2001)