PROFILE:

• Results - driven project management professional with exceptional skills in directing full cycles for complex, multi-site programs and initiatives.
• Proven abilities to deliver substantial revenue, productivity, and quality improvements through well-managed, on-time projects.
• Full life cycle, operational, interdepartmental responsibilities with a sound technical background within the IT Infrastructure, Refinery, Petrochemical and Aviation Industries.
• Proven s in the estimating, business development and contract negotiation process as well as the operational project controls.
• Contributing to strategy formulation as part of a Senior Management Team - workforce potential that has achieved all KPIs and objectives within budget and production targets.
• Interface with all levels of management. Effectively bridge the IT / business communication gap.
• Skilled Confidential turning around Confidential -risk projects.
• I have performed projects for major domestic and International commercial corporations, oil and gas companies, the Aviation Industry and Telecommunication companies and have a broad international experience for clients in the Middle East, Europe and the US.
• Particularly strong in staff development through motivation, coaching through example and strict adherence to processes.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Project Management
• Communication
• Team Management
• Strategy Development
• Mentee development
• Proof of Concept
• Canary
• Production Deployment Automation
• Infrastructure Config Management
• Large Scale Implementation
• Commercial Analysis and Forecasting
• Critical Infrastructure Systems
• Waterfall Methodology
• Agile Methodology

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee all client relations and build on existing relations to produce alternative revenue streams for the company, identifying, and proactively improving and resolving all business issues.
• Managing logistics and equipment delivery on time and as per agreement is crucial to the success of the organization.
• Manage and track progress across multiple business streams, providing status and forecast spend projections and budgets.
• I manage all accounts payable and receivable and fulfillment of orders placed with the company.
• I also manage the business development for the company to be able to grow into a more solutions oriented company than a reseller of components.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Projects involved implementing production deployment automation with canary, and with infrastructure as code both via immutable server architectures and infrastructure configuration management.
• The projects included custom software development to software customizations to better integrate into the current e-Commerce environment.
• The projects included evaluating and selecting the most suited vendors and also driving them to complete their deliverables within budget and time.
• It also included detailing the requirements from the given project objectives and obtaining approvals from all stakeholders, maintaining communication progress upwards and to peers and team members.
• The requirements were translated into individual tasks and assignments made to a highly matrixed team to deliver the project and meet expected BIs.
• These were mission critical projects with uptime critical to the systems they were being integrated.
• The project was divided into 3 phases to be able to implement RFID for Confidential .
• The Tech Ops (Operations responsible for plane parts and onboard materials such as life vests and oxygen tanks) was phase 1 and then it would be followed by baggage and then also be applied to cargo.
• The process involved in-depth analysis of the company’s business flows and models in each arena and then to have that translated into requirements that were vetted out with the help of industry RFID experts and reporting back to senior management on the progress and proactively identifying any risks and obstacles.
• Managing multiple teams Confidential multiple sites and keeping them on target and working to very challenging timelines and stringent budgets.

Confidential, Houston, Tx

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Management of all the LCMS (Life Cycle Management System) projects in North America.
• Performing all project management duties including planning, scheduling, resource management, budgeting and risk management projections and mitigation.
• Delivering weekly reports and holding regular progress meetings with stake holders and management to inform of project progress and problems and presenting alternative solutions to mitigate foreseen risks. Management of projects wide spread within North America geographically.
• Projects worked with infrastructure as code both via immutable server architectures and infrastructure configuration management.
• Demanded constant communication with stakeholders, management peers and the resources deployed for the projects.

Confidential

Program Manager/Resident Engineer

Responsibilities:

• A hands-on project management role with extensive technical and project based experience.
• Requiring a highly efficient, cost conscious professional with the required technical knowledge and experience to make complex decisions.
• The role necessitated the ability to collect and analyze information and quickly grasp complex technical issues and complete projects to the highest standards within agreed deadlines and budgets without compromising on quality.
• Managing and motivating teams and working on critical national infrastructure projects where uptime was non-negotiable.
• Successfully managed resources optimizing cross-utilization across projects and also ensuring growth improvement and retention across the team of engineers.
• Responsible for the Network, Wireless, Network and Perimeter Security, and the VoIP. Provided expertise on the upgrade, design and implementation of MS Windows Active Directory environment within the enterprise.
• Also provided expertise on the migration of AD users from older versions of AD to the latest version.

Confidential

Project Manager / Principal Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the close planning, management and coordination of sub-contractors, Cisco and Emirates Computers, in delivering an optimal dual network of 99.999% availability across 19000 active hosts who require this infrastructure for their services.
• The environment necessitated system resilience and near 100% uptime 24 x 7 x 365.
• Delivery of the Building Integration System that provides a central message broker for all the extended components of the airport such as security (SACS, CCTV etc), Health and Safety (PAS, FAS ECBS etc), the metro station and the metro cars and the ELV systems with over 300 integrated nodes.
• Deploying over 1000 switches and 700+ access points across 230 technical rooms has offered a wealth of experience on a large scale, and through reflection, lessons learnt will make it easier for the next project.
• , maintenance and customer support of Airports systems and services