NAWRAS KHALED

PROJECT Planner/ Scheduler

Proactive, performance-driven professional with 12+ years' progressive

expertise in developing highly complex integrated master schedules for

projects immense in scope and that support multi-million dollar planning

endeavors. Integrated concurrent plans cross-functionally utilizing

sophisticated technology tools, Gantt, PERT, milestone charts and other

best practices project management techniques in an Earned Value Management

System Environment. Sought after for ability to manage relationships

effectively bridging the communications gap between customers and technical

leads while remaining steadfast and diligent until project goals are

achieved

Areas of Expertise

? Project Planning ? Client/Staff ? Financial Analysis

Training

? Quality Assurance and ? Risk Management ? Strategic Planning

Control

? Project Reporting ? Change Management ? Scheduling

? Budget Planning/Cost ? Resource Management ? Workflow Process

Control Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MTS Allstream. Toronto, ON

Oct, 2011 - Nov, 2012

Order Provisioning Manager/ Project Coordinator

. Prepared schedules of the delivery of the NGN technology to 150

Branch of Bank of Nova Scotia and 200 Starbucks stores on time and

budget across Canada

. Submitted weekly status reports to the PMO with highlights of

Schedule and Budget forecasts

. Established a strong working relationship with the clients and

delivery partners for each assigned order.

. Effectively interacted with individuals across business units and at

various levels within the organization (Technical, business, senior and

executive management).

. Worked closely with teams formed for project management to ensure

everyone is on task to have larger orders implemented properly and

avoid undue delays to the customer

. Managed change requests and it is impacts on cost and schedule

. Follow up with internal and external suppliers and customers as an

escalation point to resolving order issues and process challenges.

. Ensured Planning & Scheduling is prepared to accurately. Reported

schedule progress at weekly schedule status reviews and raised all

areas of concern in a timely and well documented manner, prepared

schedule trends and formulated workaround and corrective action plans

where required.

Diamond Head INC, Toronto, Canada

Jan- Nov, 2010

Project Planner/ Scheduler

. Planned, scheduled, monitored, and tracked progress and delivered

projects adhering to prescribed standards and budget

. provided a single point of contact to oversee the delivery of the

projects.

. Constantly analyzed and monitored the Critical Path, and analyzed SPI &

Float .

. Provided regular and precise feedback on project objectives, status,

risks, issues etc. and made recommendations and took actions

appropriate to mitigate risk and resolve issues

. Created project status reports highlighting critical issues and overall

status of the projects, in addition to costs, budgets, and schedule

estimates and forecasts using the Earned Value Management Techniques

EMV

. Planned and scheduled project goals, milestones and deliverables.

Japan International Cooperation Agency 'JICA', Damascus, Syria

Jan, 2006- Nov, 2009

Program Control Officer (PMO)

. Provided program oversight for 10 projects on a joint international

development program.

. Coordinated between JICA, local governments and representatives from

the United Nations, European Union and other NGO development agencies.

. Generated schedule deliverables - critical path, key project milestone

schedule, and conduct scheduled risk analysis to establish the schedule

contingency

. Evaluated the training program provided by the Japanese government to

responds to the needs of recipients countries" Syria, Jordan and

Lebanon"

. Created project status reports highlighting critical issues for

management and overall status of the project

. Successfully delivered the training program of Feasibility Study to the

State Planning Commission SPC.

. Provide all required schedule information (milestones, interfaces,

durations) for all contract packages to ensure proper evaluation of

quotations, comparison to target schedule and progress reporting.

United Nations Development Program 'UNDP', Damascus, Syria

Jan, 2003- Dec, 2005

Project Scheduler/Planner

. Worked with project management team to set goals, objectives, and

success factors and analyze project status

. Leveraged skills and experience to identify all project issues,

risks and dependencies, ensuring that they are effectively managed.

. Planned and implemented change management work as project

deliverables are rolled out, including activities such as training,

communication, and documentation

. Tracked project management deliverables against the budget and the

approved project plan, working with Technology partners to develop the

content of those deliverables

. Responsible for development and management of budgets, determining

project scope, liaising between clients and staff throughout project

life cycle.

. Followed-up on schedule status by reviewing and challenging progress

with engineers in order to update the schedule

Ministry of Local Administration

Nov, 1998 - Dec, 2002

Project Control Officer

. Managed information integration from engineers, subcontractors, owners,

and others to create an integrated master schedule.

. Coordinated 10 projects on time, within budget, with highest quality,

and high level of customer satisfaction.

. Develop the engineering schedule based on identified work scope,

resource availability, and timeline

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Graduate Degree in Management, ASPEN UNIVERSITY,

Denver, USA. 2011

Post Graduate Diploma, Project Management, CENTENNIAL

COLLEGE, Toronto, Canada 2009

BSc of Science, DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY, Damascus,

Syria. 1997

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Program Management Professional Training (PgMP) 2012

Project Management Professional (PMP) 2009

Business Process Reengineering Course 2004

Project Planning and Scheduling Training 2003

Project Management Fundamentals Training 2002

COMPUTER SKILLS

SharePoint,MS Office, MS Project, MS VISIO, Primavera P6,

Active Directory, SQL, Oracle, RMS-click,, SAP Crystal

Reports, CRM, SPSS-Statistics, Order Tracking System OTS.

Microsoft LiveMeeting; Blackboard e-Education

Expert in planning, organizing, and managing resources to successfully

complete project goals and objectives, while honoring predetermined

constraints

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