SUMMARY:

• I’m an experienced Project/Programme Manager with a strong track record of delivering business transformation, vendor onboarding, software development and implementation, infrastructure, and hardware rollout projects for global corporations.
• I am currently looking for new job opportunities.
• My key skills are in governance setup, C - level presentations, stakeholder engagement, planning and financials.
• I am a conscientious self-starter with demonstrated success in initiating, tracking, reporting and closing projects.
• I hold PRINCE2 Practitioner, Executive MBA with Cisco Integration Change Management qualifications.
• I have experience of Agile, Waterfall and SCRUM delivery methods.
• Managed the launch including processes and onboarding of large networking vendor into a major distributor across 12 countries
• Helped the UK's leading property management company to develop and rollout a mobile app
• Successfully led the turnaround of failing Windows 10 rollout program worth £1.4m
• Project managed an integration of major acquisition of 1,200 people into a major networking firm
• Managed the delivery of system integration project for a UK based automotive giant by closely working with 7 vendors
• Project managed the development of eye screening software solution for children (website and mobile)
• Performed process evaluation and managed process improvements for a retail bank
• Managed the implementation of legacy system changes to create capability for producing modern luxury supercar

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Goal is to engage, onboard and integrate with a significant sized vendor in 12 countries.
• This opportunity represents potential revenue stream of $140m per annum to the client.
• Follow the project management methodology to onboard to the specified Confidential standards.

Confidential

Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Senior Management to define and plan new projects and roll out group wide initiatives
• Served as a conduit between customers, management and development teams (in multiple locations)
• Worked with Development Managers, PMO, technical analysts, technical architect, QA Lead and Scrum Masters to ensure successful projects execution
• Performed continuous assessments and retro sessions to identify deficiencies and skill gaps
• Responsibility for conflict management, program budget and expenditures
• Created communication and stakeholder management strategy
• Applied best practices to ensure projects run consistently.

Software: JAVA, .NET and Microsoft Azure (Cloud Services)

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Created Project Board. Agreed project scope with the Business
• Developed deployment process by closely working with internal and external parties
• Created user feedback forms. Defined acceptance criteria
• Implemented checkpoints and governance controls. Directly reported to Regional Directors and other Senior Managers
• Managed user and communication needs
• Successfully rolled out 500 Windows 10 devices within 10 week period. Created project improvement plan

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported bank's transformation of end-to-end Customer Journeys specific to Mortgages/Lending
• Performed UK wide detail study. Identified areas to improve process efficiencies and customer experiences
• Worked in key strategic areas with regulatory significance and high volume transactions.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Acted as liaison between client and business, advised teams on business change areas, scoped projects, and managed IT infrastructure projects on-time
• Led over 20 projects with up to 30 team members in global locations
• Conducted meetings with functional and business teams to understand challenges, set milestones, agreed effort, and secured SME support throughout migration phase
• Identified and implemented the required project governance and via regular meetings tracked progress, managed stakeholder communications and managed risks and dependencies
• As an outcome, around 1200 users from different regions (France, US, UK, India, and Israel) have been transitioned to single SCM tool in Cisco’s Data Centres within agrees timescales. This migration enhanced global collaboration via secure centralized access and reduced tool license costs.

Software: SCM, Continuous Integration Tools, and Re-hosting number of applications

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Introduced new business processes, 6 new applications, and 20 terabytes of storage on 43 new servers by closely working with external (7 vendors) and internal teams
• Worked with various teams to develop realistic milestones, defined stakeholder needs, created user acceptance criteria, and coordinated
• Defined support levels with internal IT and identified process improvement phases at the end
• As a result, JLR reduced the time required to fully validate software for a given permutation from around 6 weeks to only 3 days for the positive test cases
• In a second project, as Business Change Consultant, delivered AIM transition project. This involved, outlining journey from as-is to to-be state, presenting in road shows, and engaging business and technology teams, coordinating and communications, and supporting business to realize benefits.

Software: IBM Rational Tools (ClearCase, ClearQuest, DOORS, and Rhapsody) and NI Test Stand

Confidential

Programme/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully delivered £1.1m P11 production program
• Managed technical project managers, system integrators, architects, and offshore development and test teams to deliver 16 projects
• Within first 4 weeks, plan was developed with agreed milestones by working with all parties and suppliers
• Accountability for month end spends, stakeholder reporting and remedial action plans
• Post programme delivery, support levels agreed and road car production started.

Software: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), JAVA, and .NET

Confidential

Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business and offshore teams to define scope, gateways, and sign-off procedures
• Negotiated attractive delivery and payment terms with suppliers
• Managed technical architecture and system design heads, and 6+ offshore development team
• Delivered web based application and mobile app into the UK market. Also, identified and implemented new functionalities to enhance customer value proposition.