Buck Taghizade

Project Management Professional (PMP #1554183)

Phone: 780-***-**** e-mail: acujzp@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Business-focused Project Management Professional with strong skills in Project Management and Service Delivery knowledge areas: Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Project Controls, Communications Management, Risk Management, Procurement. 18 years’ experience in Oil & Gas industry. Experience of managing over 20 staff, 200 Union people, subcontractors, vendors. Managed projects from $1M to $35M. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft products including MS Project and MS Visio. Good knowledge and understanding of Oracle and SAP. Canadian citizen.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project & Service Delivery Manager - Construction

Kellogg Brown and Root

Edmonton, AB, Canada

August 2009 – Current

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

Involved in numerous projects with the following Clients: Shell, CNRL, Suncor, Syncrude, Jacobs, Fluor, Bantrel, TECNICAS REUNIDAS

Main duties are:

Lead the planning and implementation of project

Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables

Define project tasks and resource requirements

Develop full scale project plans

Assemble and coordinate project staff

Manage project budget

Manage project resource allocation

Material Management

Plan and schedule project timelines

Track project deliverables using appropriate tools

Provide direction and support to project team

Identify and manage Project risks

Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders

Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions

Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs

Project evaluations and assessment of results

Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path

Develop and deliver Project status reports

Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans

Develop and analyse Project KPIs (Key Performance Indicator)

Develop and report to KBR Senior Management weekly Fabrication Shop Productivity reports

Develop and manage Change Management tracking system

Ensure all personnel follow company HSE rules & regulations

Report to KBR management the projects monthly financial status (FSR) – revenue, cost & Project income.

Assist KBR estimating team to estimate Project cost using KBR price book or Factor Diameter Inch methodology

Project Co-ordinator

Kellogg Brown and Root

Edmonton, AB, Canada

August 2006 – August 2009

Responsible for the coordination, control and completion of specific projects tasks ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

Involved in numerous projects with the following Clients: Shell, BP, CNRL, Suncor, Syncrude, Jacobs, Fluor, Bantrel, TECNICAS REUNIDAS

Main duties are:

Assemble and coordinate project staff

Co-ordinate project resource allocation

Plan and schedule project timelines

Track project deliverables using appropriate tools

Provide direction and support to project team

Identify and manage Project risks

Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders

Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions

Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs

Project evaluations and assessment of results

Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path

Develop and deliver Project status reports

Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans

Service Delivery Manager

Kellogg Brown and Root (Halliburton)

Baku, Azerbaijan

September 2004 – July 2006

Responsible for the Service Delivery Assurance of IT, the role assures service provision for the Client (BP), three concurrent KBR engineering projects and a corporate presence in Azerbaijan. Working with associated local, corporate and international support and delivery organisations, Service Delivery Assurance ensures the integrity of the IT support function by:

Managing, measuring, expediting, compliance of process and continuous improvement in performance of both cost and quality.

Management of the regional Service Delivery and IT Programme functions, with responsibility for the regional IT budget, reviewing IT gross cost, recoveries, rates and issue of recovery models.

Handling the IT requirements for one or more work groups or projects.

Managing IT support of different 2D and 3D Engineering, Project Controls, Document Control software for 600 users.

Linking global, regional and local IT processes by identifying those local processes that fit into global, those requiring local variations with documented business reasons, and rolled out to schedule.

Assessing processes based on ITIL best practice framework employed in KBR Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Service Delivery Centre (SDC).

Positioning of Baku SDC to meet different stakeholder requirements, including board members, business and IT managers, and users through capacity, availability and service continuity management.

Deploying incident, problem, change, configuration, operations and other processes in Baku, based on those previously deployed in EMEA SDC.

Developing, planning and implementing a business continuity plan

Change-management of service provision and upgrades to infrastructure by development of a change programme, building awareness and selling benefits through effective communication.

Good working knowledge of organisation policy frameworks, technical environments, management structures and procedures for service management and infrastructure management including regulatory requirements.

Reviewing IT requirements to deliver the most cost-effective solutions in conformance with IT standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.

Deployment first, second and third line support in Baku KBR office.

Management Availability and Capacity for head office plus 5 remote sites.

Upgrading and improving in-country KBR links to remote sites.

Deployment of the KBR system to offshore platforms during commissioning period.

IT Programme Manager

Kellogg Brown and Root (Halliburton)

Baku, Azerbaijan

August 2001 – August 2004

The Programme Management role involved:

Provide IT services to one of the largest oil projects in the world with $2.8bln budget with about 3000 users

Provision of the programme interface to the client BP IT/IM and KBR ACG Project Management teams in Baku and home office in Sutton.

Direction and co-ordination of IT service activities, ensuring conformity to KBR defined global standards and processes.

Definition and deployment of Service Level Objectives for internal provision, Agreements for external resource, and therefore the minimum acceptable base level for the provision of IT service.

Management of the implementation of an ACG extranet allowing ACG contractors significantly improved access to engineering information, managing the deployment of tools to support the implementation.

Upgrades and improvements to in-country BP Project wide area network.

Deployment and management of information technology solutions and assets (applications, hardware and infrastructure) to meet the project information strategy.

Understand IT pricing and responsible for resolving IT billing issues and errors.

IT Desktop Analyst

Kellogg Brown and Root (Halliburton)

Baku, Azerbaijan, AZ1065

May 1998 – July 2001

Monitor and respond to desktop hardware and software problems utilizing hardware and software testing tools and techniques.

Information Systems Specialist

Improtex Group Holding Company

Baku, Azerbaijan

April 1996 – April 1998

Role involved Network administration, Desktop and Software support. Operations manager for ‘Computex’ JV (between ‘Improtex Group and Canadian ‘Sidus’ Company for PC assembling). Interface with counterparts in Sidus Toronto Offices, including visits to production facilities and offices in Canada.

Engineer-Programmer

State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic

Baku, Azerbaijan

August 1993 – April 1996

Role involved Network administration, Desktop and Software support. Provide ongoing maintenance and information on all hardware and software. Installation of terminals and associated hardware and maintain company standards relating to such installation and use of IT equipment.

Education \ Qualifications

Professional certificate

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI) November 2012

Training Courses / Certificate

Project Management Certificate, NAIT, Edmonton, Canada August 2011 - May 2012

Project Management in Primavera P6, Oracle University, Edmonton, Canada May 2010

Basics of Project Management, MacEwan, Edmonton, Canada April 2008

Project Communications, MacEwan, Edmonton, Canada May 2008

Project Risk Management, MacEwan, Edmonton, Canada May 2008

Professional conference

Project Management Institute Conference - North America Chapter, Canada May 2015

Project Management Institute Conference - North America Chapter, Canada May 2013

Degree

Master of Science (Hons) – Engineering July 1993

Azerbaijan Oil Academy

BSc.- International Economical Affairs July 2000

Azerbaijan State Economical University

Languages

English, Russian, Azeri, Turkish, Arabic

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