Project Manager Management

Mehboob Alavi

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IT PROJECT MANAGER / BUSINESS ANALYST

Results-oriented project manager, having a broad multi-disciplinary

background, an MBA, a BS in engineering and 7 years of consulting

experience with a leading global firm. Areas of expertise include:

Application Development: Project Management with SDLC,

Business Analysis; Process Flow

Project Experience: Project Planning, Implementation,

Vendor Management

International Experience: Ireland, South Korea, United

Kingdom, Dominican Republic

Programming Languages: C/C++, WSAD, SQL, Socket

Databases: Oracle, DB2, MS SQL

System Environments: UNIX, Mainframe, Windows, VxWorks

Professional Experience

UBS Wealth Management, Weehawken, NJ

5/2004 to Present

Associate Director, Project Manager

Manager of HR&D applications in Shared Services. Interfaced with

business partners, management, and vendors and led a team of

developers, analysts, contractors, offshore and non-direct

infrastructure, QA, and rollout associates. Oversaw end-to-end

management, including strategic direction, project plans and

estimates, compliance, full SDLC and application support. Participated

in gap analysis, conceptual product design, workflow process, data

modeling, screen layouts, SQL procedures, etc. Applications used

included Java, Oracle, MF DB2.

o Developed a new online solution for the hiring and qualification of

Financial Advisors. Assembled and led a team responsible for the

development, implementation and ongoing support of the new

application.

o Responsible for managing the firm's platform for Learning and

Development, which consisted of online, instructor- led training

curriculum, and compliance certifications. Upon taking over,

implemented a one-year plan to stabilize the application to

maturity. In 2009 successfully managed the upgrade of the learning

platform from Saba 3.5 to 5.4 including database migration,

interface development, web service deep links, installation,

configuration, and infrastructure design.

o Developed an application to manage strategic deals and structures

related to hiring of Financial Advisors.

o Developed a CRM like application to support Retention and Talent

Management. Application is a one-stop shop portal that captures and

provides all personal, financial, legal, team and risk information

to branch management.

o Responsible for the consolidation and transformation of multiple

data sources into composite federated data services.

Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ

2/2003-4/2004

Project/Development Manager

Member of a project team that implemented K-12 online testing software

for the state of Maryland. Responsible for managing the application

development and all aspects of the SDLC; provided technical leadership

for a team of 12 developers and business analysts.

o Successfully delivered the application on time and within budget.

This is the first implementation of the K-12 application extended

from a generic data model.

KPMG Consulting, New York, NY

1995-2002

Manager, Strategic Services and Risk Management

Worked with multiple Fortune 500 companies providing technology and

business process improvements, including performing requirements

gathering, gap analysis, process reengineering, product selection,

product implementation, IT strategy, assessments and proposal writing.

International assignments in South Korea, UK, Dominican Republic and

Ireland. Notable engagements include:

o Bayer Pharmaceutical Biological Products w/WCI Int'l: Member of a

team that implemented solutions to improve lab effectiveness that

met or exceeded cGMP CFR 21 compliance with business justification

for each recommendation.

o Aventis Pharmaceutical, Diamler Chrysler, and SBC Communication:

Member of project management teams that implemented global web

based expense management systems. Applications used: Concur 6.0.

o Korea Land Corporation: Worked with a team of US and Korean

analysts to assess and develop a new strategy for the MIS

organization and infrastructure for KOLAND, a Korean government

division responsible for land development projects.

o Metropolitan Life: Designed the rules and plans for a single sign-

on authentication portal. Used case methodology with Rational UML

to analyze business requirements, object development, process

workflow, business rules and user interfaces.

o Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and Petco Animal Products: Managed

analysis of the PeopleSoft architecture. Areas of analysis and

improvement included server architecture, database restructuring,

operating policy and procedures.

o Impath Labs: Developed and implemented a fault tolerant server

architecture for the national medical oncology lab. Set-up a five-

year IT budget, process and support organization. HP/ServerGuard

o KPMG Consulting: Coordinated efforts in developing a prototype for

evaluating loan portfolios. The concept maximized portfolio

returns by pricing loans based on financial risk ratings [scores],

market conditions and economic factors.

o Banco Nationale: Performed IT assessment and developed strategy for

a CRM implementation in the Dominican Republic. Analysis of

operations included on-line banking, credit card and insurance.

Open Information Systems, Stamford, CT

1994-1995

Systems Integration/Application Design and Development

o Ported the Windows GreenLeaf library to UNIX with a set of core

API calls. The enhanced library allowed Xmodem, Ymodem, Zmodem, and

other serial interfaces to communicate over X.25 and TCP/IP

protocol layers. Designed an application layer to monitor and

manage all messages from the Solaris/AIX server and client

workstations.

Ross Microsystems, Nanuet, NY

1990-1994

Systems Integration/Application Design and Development

o Lead/Architect for the design and development of an integrated

workstation based on real time controls and Image Processing.

Technology based on Datacube's Max Video 20 or ITI's 15040 Image

Processors, operating in a UNIX like real-time kernel fromVxWorks

and MC860 DSP(s) backend algorithm processors.

o Developed the prototype of a Missile Tracking System for a major

defense company utilizing image processing concepts: C/C++, Motif,

Embedded UNIX on Single Board Sun Sparc, VxWorks, pSOS, Socket

communication.

o Participated in a road show to market concepts to manufacturing

companies for improving Quality Control processes. Demonstrating

the capabilities of on-line inspection during manufacturing

resulted in numerous demos and proposals to companies such as Sony,

Buckbee Mears, UPS, American Natl Can and AT&T. One such proposal

was made at the Oakridge National Lab in partnership with 3M to

assist textile manufactures to find web manufacturing defects.

o Without customization, the imaging workstation was configured to

develop a GaAs wafer Inspection Tool for AT&T Bell Labs. The nearly

17K images from a 3.5-inch wafer reduced inspection time from 4

weeks to less than one hour.

IBM, East Fishkill, NY

1989-1990

Systems Integrator/Application Design

o Developed a prototype for capturing 3D images using a single line

camera. The concept developed by IBM Research was used for testing

imperfections during manufacturing by analyzing images using

segmentation methodology. The prototype utilized image processing

VME modules from Datacube running in a UNIX and real-time embedded

vxWorks environment. All programs were written in C with a real-

time kernel from vxWorks.

Automatic Toll Systems, Mount Vernon, NY

1984-1989

Technical Lead and Developer

o Technical Lead for highway toll system projects; The Korea Seoul-

Incheon Highway and the Ireland East-Link Toll Bridge. Responsible

for software development, unit testing and implementation of the

Central Plaza monitoring system and the embedded Lane Equipment.

Extensive utilization of real-time operating systems.

Education & Training

o BS Electrical / Electronic Engineering, CSU Fresno, CA

o MBA Accounting, LIU, New York

o Advanced Consulting Concepts Certification, KPMG

o Professional Project Management Certification, KPMG

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