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Resume:
Sarfaraz Khan
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Email: ******.********.****@*****.***
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A highly skilled and experienced leader looking to leverage his strong
product development, consulting, offshore production and development
management, change management, resource management, technology management
and quality process experience in a highly motivated organization.
Over 10 years of leadership experience along with 13 years of experience in
full life-cycle software development - from developing a business case
through implementation and integration of customized software. Subject
Matter expert in Data Management, Data Quality, Data Integration and Data
Warehousing disciplines. Management experience includes long-term strategic
planning, Enterprise Software Development, Web 2.0, SAAS, Data Warehousing,
SAP BI, BOBJ, COGNOS, SAP/ORACLE ERP implementation and upgrades, EFT in
Retail Banking, budget preparation and monitoring, project staffing and
scheduling (using primarily MS Project/Primavera/Clarity/ Planview) for in-
house and offshore development. Personal skills include effective
communication and interaction with clients, vendor and staff, effective
mediation between overseas supervision and offshore development process,
proactive and highly organized, strong work ethic and the ability to
motivate team members to complete projects on time and within budget.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Siemens AG
Associate Partner
(August 2008 - Current)
Mr. Khan is managing large Program/Engagements and Projects for various
engagements around entire North America. Implemented successful Program in
Chem/Pharma industry, CPG and Energy clients in BI (SAP BI/BW and BOBJ) and
Enterprise Portal and implemented End to End from Preparation to Go Live
and Support. Mr. Khan managed BI/DW lab (SAP BI and BOBJ based) for
multiple Prototype Development and Demo efforts.
Mr. Khan is currently leading real time data warehousing concept within BI
architecture, which includes multiple High Availability Servers and
Disaster Recovery Architecture Landscape. Mr. Khan is also involved to
multiple pre-sales initiatives under North America Executive and have able
to bring client reference to Siemens within 5 months engagement in Bio-
Therapeutics Company.
Mr. Khan is leading unique SAP Programs for Energy, CPG, Life Sciences,
High-Tech industries. His expertise is build upon Data Quality, Data
Conversion, Data Cleansing, Enrichment and Data Integrity. He has helped
Siemens to be enlisted under Gartner and efforts of BI Globalization where
Global Delivery can be driven with more confidence.
SAPMatrix, Inc.
Sr. Director
Client (Energy, Oil and Gas, Healthcare, High Tech)
(May 2005- July 2008)
Complete responsibility for outsourced development/testing services for 16
Projects (four major projects) for large insurance, oil, utilities, health
services and Retail based companies. He is primarily responsible for Data
Warehouse, Business Intelligence and Technology team and business growth.
Responsible for a team of 55 personnel responsible for maintaining E-
business Department, Business Process, writing Investment Proposal, Project
Plan, Project Charter and Reporting, Elaboration, Realization, Test
Strategies, implementing Automation Architectures, Case Workbooks and
managing Test Schedules.
. Manage $.5M to $11M projects and Program of $25M per year
. Responsible for company relationship management and overall IT roadmap
. Mentor, coach Project Managers, Portfolio Managers to mitigate Risk
and Issues
. Manage End to End of the Project - from Business Need to Support
Service
. Manage Project Plan, Requirement Gathering and
Implementation/Development Schedule
. Managed Data Conversion and Data Quality Program for Healthcare,
Chemical and Energy industry.
. Managed large team of Support for project in SAP FICO (P/L, Balance
Sheet, COPA, etc.), Logistics and BW.
. Manage Integration Test and UAT effort for all the upgrades and
regular implementation projects for SAP BI/BW and ECC and R/3
. Provide resource planning and management for multiple concurrent
projects
. Provide Transparent reporting structure and PMO structure
. Managed SAP R/3 Upgrades from 4.7c to ECC 5.0 & ECC 5.0 to ECC 6.0 and
SAP BW upgrade from 3.5 to 7.0.
. Managed complete SAP HCM implementation (two phased for 15 months) for
under Great West Healthcare with a budget of around $5M
. HR Implementation includes personal administration (Benefit
Administration, Compensation Management, Recruitment, Time Management,
and Payroll) and Personal Planning and Development (Organizational
Management, ESS, MSS, etc.)
. I have managed two other SAP HCM implementations emphasized in Time
Management and Payroll.
. Managed Several SAP SD, MM, BW, Data Migration (DTM) projects in BP,
several SAP BW projects at Anthem BCBS and Alstom
. Managed Data Warehousing project with Ab Initio and ORACLE
applications involved of budget of $1M including 11 personnel.
. Managed BP Data Migration project where we had SAP Solution Manager
for inter-server data transport and changes, LSMW to migrate large
amount of data as Master Data
. Responsible for overall delivery of Program and Projects (four $5M
plus projects)
. Managed Release A and A1 of large Conversion, Data Migration projects
for GreatWest Heathcare from moving from Mainframe System to Single
System (Trizetto Facets).
. Major Portal projects are Member Portal, Trizetto Facets Phase A for
Great West ($11M), Employer Portal for both Anthem-BCBS ($6M) and
Great West ($5M), and Provider Portal for BCBS ($9 M).
. Facets project is complex infrastructure initiative to move Great West
Existing Systems to Single Systems. It includes changes application
interface, Data Migration and infrastructure modification. Budget
Phase A is about involvement of 125 personnel and about budget of
~$12M.
Key Achievements:
. Managed large Web Portal and Infrastructure initiatives or GreatWest
Healthcare (i.e. www.mygreatwest.com) and Blue Cross Blue Shield
. Managed and delivered 12 SAP BW, HCM, SD, FI and Upgrade projects
within last 2 years
. Managed high priority projects and delivers on time, which includes
SAP SD-EDI, BW projects.
. Coordination with Project Team, Business and EDI Translation group to
make sure it is compatible EDI 404/440 Transactions.
. Provided career planning, skill development/Implementation plans and
mentoring to team members to improve overall effectiveness of team.
. Managed couple of non-SAP projects with the budget of $5M and plus
. Have Driven close coordination between Analysts, Developers and Test
Team for Project accomplishment
Environment: SAP BW/BI, SAP ERP, EDI, RevTrac, MS Applications, Microsoft
Sharepoint, VMWire, MS VISIO, SAP R/3 4.7C, 4.6C, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0,
QuickTestPro 8.2, WinRunner 7.6, Quality Center 8.2, Load Runner 8.1,
Test Director 8.0, HTML, ClearQuest, SQL Server 2000, Oracle 10g R1,
Windows Server 2003, PR-Tracker 5.3, TeamTrack, Clarity/NIKU, Cognos,
PlanView, SourcePoint, Teradata, Solution Manager, SAP IS-Mining/Oil/U-
CCS
MCI, Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO)
Business Strategy Manager
(June 2001-April 2005)
Responsible for managing IT Strategy alignment with Business Processes,
individual projects and establishing overall Development and SAP Practice
and Enterprise Management for Media Center Division of MCI. Overall
responsibilities (Development and QA) for a key IT Provisioning Tool
initiative from CEO's office (Budget of ~$15M). Led and managed 5
additional internal projects (Data Management, EPM, Live-Office, etc.) with
a team of 12 direct reports (Overall 46 personnel).
PMO, Operations, Infrastructure and Development Managers reported to this
position and I have presentation Investment Proposal and Business Plan CEOs
office every 6 months. This position was reported to CEO's office and was a
great visible position.
Key Achievements:
. Successfully completed Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 deliverables of IT
Provisioning Tool (Largest MCI E-business Suite) project on time and
on budget.
. Managed multiple SAP BW projects for Financial, Sales and distribution
Reports.
. Several infrastructure projects that are associated integration effort
of Media Center and mostly on upgrade of Database, Operating Systems
and middleware installation.
. Managed SAP HR implementation, which includes Personal Administration,
Organizational Management, Benefits, Time, Payroll, Recruitment,
Training and Event Management with budget of around $3M
. Manager SAP Support Group and interact with HR/FI and Logistic part of
SAP practice.
. Established effective overall Development/QA/UAT strategy for Media
Center Division by providing leadership, direction and vision.
Environment: SAP HR/FICO/BW, NIKU, R/3 4.0B, R/3 4.6C, eProject Enterprise
5.0, ASP.NET, HTML, IBM AIX, DB2, Clearquest, Cognos, MS VISIO, MS Project,
MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Sharepoint, Oracle, Windows Server 2003, QTP
8.0, Test Director 7.6, Quality Center 8.0, Clearcase
SM2 Management, LLC (Denver, CO)
IT/Project Manager
Client (High Tech, Telecommunication, Public Sector)
(June 1997-June 2001)
Managed IT Services and ERP/BW Team involved in projects for major
financial, wireless and telecommunications client accounts for the
telecommunications practice area of an IT consulting firm. Responsibilities
also included growing client accounts to meet corporate strategic direction
and revenue goals, and providing business analysis and project management
support for several client Operational Support Systems (OSS) and Customer
Service (CS) implementation and integration initiatives. Representative
project experience includes:
ERP Client activities that includes implementation of ORACLE financials/SAP
HR.
Managed testing for a Retail Bank in Colorado establishing EFT and Fraud
Protection Guideline.
Managed application team of 45 Personnel focused into Client Server
Application, Web Based application and ERP Development.
Data warehouse re-implementation and Business Intelligence based reporting
for telecommunication and High Tech clients. Managing Data integrity
issues, data modeling to data enrichment.
I have managed a Service Delivery Program Management project to manage,
improve and standardize process for installing switches in the SUN
Broomfield offices for new markets.
Key Achievements:
. Managed and built bridge between the offshore product development
teams, QA/UAT Teams in South Asian Countries and overseas monitoring,
including project management, project analysis and project submission.
. Managed up to eight-ten projects within a program; completed all on
time and within budget.
. Gained recognition as a PMO expert for various telecommunications
clients.
Environment: SAP HR/SD, SAP BW, ORACLE Financials, JAVA, VB.NET, ASP.NET,
Lotus Notes, RMI, Oracle 8, DB2, PL/SQL, Unix, WebSphere 3.5/4.0, Windows
NT/Professional, WinRunner.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Background also includes earlier work as a Programmer. Designed and
developed applications in C, C++, and JAVA for a university; implemented
Rental Reservation software for a Car Rental Company; developed a business
payroll application for a major research laboratory
EDUCATION and TRAINING:
University of Colorado
PHD in Discipline of Language Processing (Cont.)
MS in Computer Science
BS in CSE
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
BTech in Computer Engineering (Transferred to CU)
PMI: Member
IEEE: Sr. Member
ASUG: Member
An Avid Community Worker/Leader
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Hardware: HP-9000, SUN UltraSPARC, AS/400, IBM Compatible PC
Operating Systems: Solaris, IBM AIX, HP UX, Unix, Windows 95/98/NT/2000,
IBM 360, MS-DOS
Language/Tools: Java2.0, OOD, JDBC, Java Beans, EJB Swing, Servlets, CORBA,
ASP, .NET, C++, C, SQL, PL/SQL
Data Warehousing Tool: ORACLE, Teradata, DB2
Reporting Tool: SAP BOBJ, BW, Cognos, MicroStrategy
ETL: Informatica, Data Integrator, Sagent.
Data Cleansing: Informatica Data Quality, Trillium (TS Quality)
MDM: SAP, Informatica, IBM InfoSphere
Planning and Forecasting: SAP BPC, Hyperion.
ERP Software: SAP HR/FICO/PP/MM/SD/CRM, Seibel CRM, Peoplesoft HRMS,
Peoplesoft Financials, ORACLE Financials
Internet Programming/Tools: ColdFusion 5, XML, WAP, HTML, DHTML, ASP.NET,
JSP, VB Script, Java Script.
Database: Oracle 8i/9i/10g R1-R2/11i, MS-SQL Server 7.0/2000, DB2, MS-
Access
Web Server: IIS 4.0/5.0, NES, Apache
Application Server: Macromedia ColdFusion Server 5.0, Weblogic 5.0/6.1/7.0,
WebSphere 3.5/4.0, iPlanet/Netscape web server, WebSphere MQSeries 5.2.1,
Jrun 3.0, OPC clients and OPC servers
Testing Tools: QTP 8.0/8.2, WinRunner 8.0/7.6/7.0/6.0, Load Runner
8.1/8.0/7.51/7.02/6.5, Quality Center 8.0/8.2, TestDirector
7.6/7.0/6.5/6.0,
Application Tool: Singularity Process Platform, SAP FICO/PP/MM/SD
Networking Tools: Unix and NT Shell Script, Telnet, FTP, TCP/IP, MS
Exchange Server 5.5/2000, Lotus notes 5.0, 6.0
Project Management Tools: MS Project, Microsoft Sharepoint, NIKU/Clarity,
Planview, eProject Enterprise 5.0
Bug Tracking System: ClearQuest, TestTrack Pro, Test Director, PrTracker,
TeamTrack Documentation Tools: MS Office, Adobe Tools, PageMaker, Visio
Technical
CASE Tools: ERWin, S-Designer
Primary Project Management Methodologies: ASAP, PMM, RUP, AUP, SCRUM, V-
Model, Prototype
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