Project Manager Management

Radwan Allahoum

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Summary of Qualifications

Proficiency with Python, SQL (MySQL and Oracle), VB.NET, Matlab along with MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint,

Access, Visio, Project, and Excel including VBA)

Advanced problem solving and critical thinking skills obtained through various root-cause analysis investigations at

Toyota

Strong project management, time management and interpersonal skills developed as a project manager at Telus

Excellent written and oral communication skills; bilingual in English and French, excellent command of Arabic

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced pressured environment by adapting and learning quickly while applying Toyota

philosophies to everyday work

Dynamic team leader; highly-motivated programmer; comfortable working in a team or individually

Specialties include: Project management, lean manufacturing, supply chain management, data mining, data modeling,

statistics, optimization algorithms and decision support systems

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science Honours Management Engineering Co-op University of Waterloo

Waterloo, ON April 2013

Ontario Secondary School Diploma Forest Heights Collegiate Institute

Kitchener, ON June 2007

Relevant Projects

Automated Trading Platform 4th Year Engineering Design Project University of Waterloo May 2012 - Present

Framework and infrastructure to design, backtest, optimize and execute algorithmic trading strategies in a live

environment

Historical data for 20 years of stock, FX and option markets managed in a MySQL database

Implemented a dynamic optimization module through the use of genetic algorithms and principle component analysis;

able to combat over fitting with the use rolling windows for both training and testing data

Programmed fully in Python while R was used for some regression analysis

Decision Support System La Casbah Restaurant Kitchener, ON Jan 2013 – April 2013

Gathered requirements, designed, tested and implemented a support system using Excel, VBA and MS Access

System features include:

Delivery scheduling and invoice preparation for point-of-sale locations

Employee scheduling and automatic generation of pay-stubs for employees

Forecasting of sales with a neural network for each location and forecasting of weekly raw materials needed

Work Experience

IT Project Manager System Development for Client Channels TELUS Toronto, ON Sept. 2012 – Dec 2012

Helped launch and promote the Telus Mobile App Team (TMAT); a team dedicated to maximize employee efficiency

while enhancing the customer experience

Created business cases, managed business/system requirements and communicated with stakeholders for 4 TMAT projects

Oversaw the QA team on intensive testing of web channel performance improvement project through integration testing,

product testing and performance testing

Worked closely with a business PM, data architect, network architect and an Oracle team on the upgrade of the SOA

service manager

Conducted analysis on Scrum vs. Waterfall methodologies for software development which concluded with

recommendations to the department director

Manufacturing Engineer Toyota Motors Manufacturing Canada Woodstock, ON Jan 2012 – May 2012

Simultaneously managed numerous projects for the assembly shop engineering team, materials team and the RAV4 Hybrid

pilot team

Implemented various countermeasures on Set Part Sequence (SPS) material flow processes in accordance with the Toyota

Production System; responsible for fault reduction of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) on one sub-assembly line and one

materials process

Effectively delivered presentation to 12 company officers in regards to re-designing the “Front/Rear Glass” orderly pick

process to allow for the extension of 2 main assembly lines

Conducted AGV cycle time study for all assembly and materials processes; concluded with presenting management the

number of additional AGV’s required to lower takt time

Troubleshooting daily engineering break downs and consulting with senior management to communicate solutions

Created bid specifications, selected suppliers/contractors, completed risk assessments and supervised the safe completion

of numerous jobs in the assembly shop

Business Intelligence Analyst BI The Travelers Companies Toronto, ON May 2011 – Sept. 2011

Analyzed, designed, and implemented improvements to the finance department’s bank reconciliation processes

Documented the current-state of existing management information reports being generated within business areas across

the organization

Completed various ad-hoc requests by reviewing the details of the data needed to be pulled and analyzing the complexity

of the request

Analyzed underlying SQL queries of several stored procedures to determine which reports can be combined; streamlined

the report generation process using the ERP system

Generated quarterly Broker Report and Industry Report using Microsoft Access as well as Excel’s VLookup and pivot

table functions

Business Analyst Engineering Services City of Toronto (Metro Hall) Toronto, ON Sept. 2010 – Jan 2011

Drove the standardization of the city’s capital infrastructure programs and implementation of best practices for the

technical departments of all 5 Toronto divisions

Met with project managers from different teams to review and document their civil engineering work flow procedures and

map them using Visio

Assisted in writing business rules, protocols, operational manuals, and in developing interface scripts to allow external

contractors access to the city’s intranet

Activities & Interests

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), member, Jan 2012 – present

Football for the World Foundation (FFTW), member, Mar 2012 – present

CFA level 1 candidate for 2014 exam

Enjoy playing and watching sports; soccer, basketball and tennis in particular

International journalism; interested in contemporary world issues and being aware of current cultural developments

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