pibas - company profile

8/3/2019 PIBAS - Company Profile

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Brief Profile of the Company:

PIBAS Pakistan is a software company focused on developing end -user solutions for

financial institutions. The banking solution of PIBAS include core banking for both

conventional and Islamic banking, loans and microfinance, treasury, trade finance, leasing,

reconciliation, etc.

PIBAS has developed its product suite for conventional and Islamic banks aiming at

empowering the financial industry at an affordable cost with increased operational

efficiency and better customer service. Our current client base comprises of some leading

commercial and retail banks in Pakistan, Oman, Qatar, Tanzania, South Africa and

Bahamas.

Company Description:

PIBAS Inc. was established in 1996 as an affiliate of Pioneers Computer Company LLC.,

Sharjah UAE (PCC), which was formed in 1985 with the sole objective of developing state-

of-art international banking application system, PIBAS.

The first generation of PIBAS was successfully developed and implemented in various

financial institutions in Gulf and Pakistan regions. Our extensive development work

continued to further strengthen the application suite by adding new modules.

In 1996, PCC entrusted PIBAS Inc., the task of developing a more comprehensive solution

suite based on modern technologies. PIBAS Inc., in a very short span of time, completed

the transformation task and developed a complete suite of applications, PIBAS Plus,

through its offshore development office in Pakistan.

PIBAS Inc. has consolidated its posit ion as one of the very few companies in the world thatprovide end-to-end core banking solutions that are most economical, financially viable

and are quality focused. The continued market acceptance of the Company's products and

services, its sustained growth and invaluable confidence of customers, is a clear

manifestation of the quality and dedicat ion, the company is committed to. We are

constantly working to achieve excellence in the quality of products, services and solutions

that we provide to our customers. PIBAS Paki stan is ISO 9001:2000 certified and has

rigorously implemented processes compliant to CMMi quality standards.

Brief History

The parent company, Pioneers Computer Company (Pvt.) Ltd. (PCC), was established inNovember 1985 with its Head Office in Sharjah. Established as a private limited liability

Company, the sole objective of the organization was to develop and market a

comprehensive banking product for the international market with international quality

standards. The initial development of the integrated application, PIBAS, was done in

Sharjah, UAE. The new version, PIBAS Plus, has been developed in Pakistan. The group has

offices in UAE, Canada, Kenya and Pakistan. The PCC is now serving as PIBAS sales and

marketing office for Gulf and Africa regions.


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The Management Team:

Mr. Khal ique Qadr i , Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Khalique Qadri has been with the IT and Financial industry forover 40 years. During the first two decades of his professional career,

while working with large financial institutions, he closely monitored

the problems that those institutions were facing with the core banking

solutions that they had. He also realized that though very expensive,

those products lacked quality and support. As a visionary leader, he

decided to facilitate institutions by developing world class quality

banking products at not only affordable costs but to provide them

best possible support after sale.

He thus formed Pioneers Computer Company in UAE in 1985 where he successfully

developed a comprehensive solution for banking sector. The solution acquired a wide

acceptance by banks in Pakistan and Mid East regions. In 1996, Mr Qadri decided to openup a subsidiary of his company in Pakistan to utilize human capital of Pakistan for

transformation of COBOL based solution on to Windows based platform. PIBAS Pakistan

was thus formed in 1996 with an objective to provide economical and reliable IT solutions

to empower the financial industry. Prior to establishing PIBAS group of companies, Mr.

Qadri worked for UBL Pakistan, Stenberg Inc. Montreal Canada, and Middle-East Bank

Dubai in various capacities. Mr. Qadri has Masters Degree from University of Karachi and

has attended a number of specialty courses and trainings in various fields of IT and

Finance.

Dr. Mashhood Qazi ,

Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Qazi has been involved with the Information Technology since

1990. He has worked with a number of clients and organizations to

strengthen their IT Governance by developing strategic IT objectives,

policy frameworks and roadmaps, risk profiles, business continuity and

disaster recovery plans, and annual business and management plans,

to ensure that the enterprise and IT governance frameworks enable

clients and organizations in achieving optimal value from technology,

people and process. With exceptional leadership skills, he has earned a

solid experience in program management, process discipline, quality

assurance, incident management, change management and client support, while working

for both government and non-government sectors around the world. He has successfully

managed planning and execution of large, complex and strategic information technology

projects. Dr. Qazi has abilities to resolve group conflicts, identify problems and is always

willing to make decisions. Dr. Qazi has the capability to think outside of the box and

provide innovative solutions for increased profitability. He has worked on implementation

of ISO standards and CMMi quality processes in various engagements world over.


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Dr. Qazi has extensive experience and expertise in the IT industry , Paki stan i, North

American and Middle Eastern Markets. He has successfully supervised initiatives in

Government, Financials, Telecommunications, Supply Chain, Retail and Healthcare verticals.

Dr. Qazi holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Pakistan, MBA

and PhD from USA. He is Member of Information Systems Audit and Control Association

(ISACA), and IT Governance Institute (ITGI) USA. He is also Member of the Government of

Sindh Information Technology Advisory Board and Member of the Core Group of Pakistan

Standards and Quality Control Authority. Together with this, he is Member of Project

Management Institute USA, MBA Association USA, and Pakistan Engineering Council.

Mohammad Sa leem,

Manager Technical Services Mr. Saleem has almost 18 years of experience in managing, designing, developing,

implementing softwares for the Banking / Financial industry. He has worked for

investment and financial services industries where he developed/managed projects for the

Commercial/Investment/Islamic banks, Leasing companies, Modarabas, Insurance companies, etc.He has expertise in project management, planning, team building with a strong focus on

customer relationship management through support services.

Mr. Muhammad Saleem has been associated with PIBAS for more than 9 years. In his

current role, he is heading the Technical Services Department providing support and

quality control services to our valued clients. Before taking on this challenging role, he was

heading the Development Services Department where he was instrumental in developing

value-add modules for the PIBAS suite of banking products. He is an MCS graduate from

University of Karachi with distinction.

Sarda r A t t a Moham m ad,

Senior Project ManagerSardar Atta has 11 years working experience, attached with large

enterprise applications/organizations. He has more than 6 years IT

industry experience and expertise that include Software Engineering,

Database Administration, System Architect and Project Management in

addition to 5 years banking experience worked in various departments.

He has proven record from Programmer analyst to Project Manager and

System Architect along with multi-dimensional experience on hand for

the project management that includes deeply involvement in the

complete SDLC of the systems on Windows platforms for both desktopand web based applications. He has exposure of project management of

analysis, development and implementa tion of outsi zed products for

large enterprises on Windows platform (.NET, Visual Studio 6, ASP, ASP.NET) for both Oracle

and SQL Servers. These products/projects are up and running not only in Pakistan but also

in South Africa and middle East.


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He has extensive experience on hand for project/team management, project planning,

system architecture, supervising development and implementation of technically complex

multi branch n-tier distributed/centralized systems on both Oracle and SQL Servers. Atta

has the degrees of MCS and MS in sof tware eng ineering. He is Microsoft Certified

Professional and Sun Certified Java Programmer

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Saad Java id ,

Manager Business Development

Saad has 10 years experience in banking and customer service.

Moreover, experience of Management and Administration of handling

a retail and Franchise business in America. He has worked for banks

like Bank of America and Wells Fargo in America. He became

employee of the year at Bank of America twice and has g ot the

certificate due to his punctuality and accuracy. He has experienced as

a teller, cash handler, and customer service as well as client

relationship in branch. In add ition to that , he has taken di ffer enttraining session at different banks such as Customer Satisfaction,

Winning Through Service and Client Relationship Management. He

is also in touch with media industry and production houses and has

done interviews with different celebrities. He is the member of Media council at Institute of

Business management.

Besides the job experience, he has done his bachelors in Commerce from Karach i

University and Business Management from California State University, USA. He has strong

interpersonal and good communication skills and has an ability to synchronize in any

environment.


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Mission Statement

Inspired by challenges, resourced with talent, driven by commitment and humbled by

accomplishments; we have a dream to take our organizations and those of our business

partners/customers to the pinnacle of success; by zealously pursuing our business

objectives, with all sincerity, honesty and integrity

Vision Statement

To be a market leader in providing complete suite of conventional and Shariah compliant

products to financial institutions at an affordable cost attaining highest level of customer

satisfaction.

Core ValuesIntegrity

We do what we say we will do We will not compromise on what is right We recognize our mistakes, and are committed to learning from them We will be honest with our daily activities and do the right thing at all the time

Teamwork

We believe PIBASs success depends upon teamwork We recognize that a team accomplishes more than individuals alone We encourage all team members to help and learn from each other

Continuous Improvement

We learn continuously, leveraging informal and formal learning opportunities We endeavor to do the best we can We celebrate our achievements but see them only as beginnings

Client Success

We strive to develop the solution that best addresses the clients business We are committed to delivering results on time and within budget, driving long-

term business value for each of our clients

We value long-term client relationshipsMaximize Value for Stakeholders

We will follow a clear business strategy, which embraces our core values Our organizational discipline and operational excellence will drive our financial

and marketplace success


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Our Differentiator:

We are able to attract the clients mainly due to:

? Economical cost of automation and operation? Reduced TCO? Comparable quality? Robust support? Fast implementation/deployment, data conversion and migration consultancy

The Value Proposition:We provide the best value for money, both in terms of total cost of automation as well as

the operating cost due to high level of efficiency accomplished through our system. The

distinct advantage we have over the competition is because:

? A better Return on Investment for financial institutions by acquiring PIBAS productsuite

? The low cost of doing comprehensive automation of full banking operation? A reduced total cost of ownership? PIBAS software products are rich in functionalities, features and facilities, and are

easy to use and deploy

? A versatile application product range, that can be customized with or withoutcharges to customers in order to fulfill their requirements

? A proactive approach to continuous improvement process for meeting customerscurrent and future needs

? Robust product support exceeding service level expectations


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Quality Policy

Our Focus is to satisfy needs of our clients, manage through process discipline, be proactive in our

approach, lower total cost of ownership through continuous improvements, and provide better

empowerment to our employees.

Client Management:

? The organization follows the Client Satisfaction, Evaluation & Improvement Process to solicitand action improvements to improve client satisfaction. Customer Feedback is captured and

actioned in accordance with the Client Feedback Process.

Project Management:

? Project/product managers are responsible for negotiating commitments and developing theprojects software development plan, project activities and results

? Projects follow the Project Tracking and Monitoring Process for both tracking and controlling itssoftware development activities.

? Projects follow the Project Planning Process for planning a software project.? Projects will follow the PM processes defined in the QMS for managing the software project.? Projects will follow the Software Configuration Management Process.Process Management:

? Senior Management oversees the organizations activities for software process developmentand improvement.

? The organization follows the Process Management processes defined in the QMS for developingand maintaining a standard software process and related process assets.

? The organization follows the Product Support Plan for improving the Product capability.? Senior Management sponsors and overseas the organizations activities for technology change

management

Quality Management:

? All projects will follow the Metrics Process for measuring and quantitatively controlling theperformance of the projects defined software process.

? All projects will follow the Defect Prevention process for defect prevention activities.

Quality Assurance and Control:

? Projects will follow the Quality Assurance and Control processes for implementing softwarequality.

? All projects follow the Project Planning Process to define plans for managing software quality.Project Execution:

? Projects will follow PIBAS Requirements Process for managing the requirements allocated to thesoftware.

? All projects will follow the Proper Review Process for performing peer reviews.? All projects will follow the Project Execution processes defined in the QMS for performing the

software engineering activities.

People Management:

? The organization follows the Training Needs Processes for meeting organizational and individualtraining needs.


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