Summary of Skills
Experienced project manager with bachelor and master degrees in electrical
engineering and telecommunication, PMP and ITIL certifications, Execute and
deliver exceptional results with exemplary leadership, clear communication,
and demonstrated ability in:
- Designing processes, architectures, software, electronics, and
mechanical systems throughout their development lifecycle from
requirement gathering to system validation.
- Applying technologies such web services (MOSS 07, SQL SSRS), wireless
(TDMA, GSM, ZigBee), VoIP (SIP.B), controls (PLC, DSP), semiconductors
(TI, AD, NSC), and data transport (SONET, ISDN, ATM, MPEG2).
- Developing with VS2008 (C, BASIC, ASSSEMBLY), SQL SSRS, XML, MS Office,
SIMUL8, MatLab, OrCAD, AutoCAD, Captivate, DOORS, SAP, Lawson,
Navision, MFGPro, and eGate.
- Managing programs from initiation to delivery building realistic work
structures into efficient schedules with waterfall, Agile, ITIL, PMI,
and Prince2 methods in MS Project and Primavera, optimizing resource
utilization, balancing budgets, and mitigating risks.
- Administering and analyzing portfolios with health, earned value (EV),
financial indicators, ROI, and benefit realization reports in Serena
Mariner PPM and Rational PM.
Professional Experience
Program Manager for Dropiom LLC, Sugar Land, TX from Jan09 to Mar10 leading
the development of innovative energy monitoring product for residential
market. Managed requirement gathering and software design, supply and
manufacturing activities including Six Sigma processes analysis.
Program Manager at Schlumberger, Sugar Land, TX from Oct07 to Jan09 for
worldwide oilfield services IT project office overseeing development
portfolio analyzing projects' financials, risks, and progress data.
. Managed a financial consolidation project migrating outdated Access
and CrystalReport based system to SharePoint MOSS07 and SQL technology
. Supported real time operation center (E&P RTOC) infrastructure and
communication projects
. Supported a large RFP effort to select IT infrastructure provider
including migrating and consolidate applications, operating systems
and virtualization
Program Manager at Texas Instruments, Stafford, TX from Apr06 to June07 for
18 concurrent global projects developing large software ecosystem to
support international customers of a new silicon chip.
. Built and sustained winning partnership and effective communication
with large international firms involving ultra high-tech developments
dealing with multiple change requests and negotiating development
work.
. Monitored the budget and reported to division manager on progress and
escalation of issues and resolutions
Program Manager at ComSys - IBM, Phoenix, AZ from Sep05 to Nov05 for IT
infrastructure projects assuring full compliance with the business
processes agreements and contractual Service Level Agreement (SLA) for
American Express account.
. Managed installation, upgrades, migration of SAN, Fiber switches, and
AS400 series servers
. Collected reports of up time, memory use, database size and other
relevant data to monitor SLA compliance
Program Manager at Inter-Tel, Phoenix, AZ from Mar04 to Jul05 for Voice
over IP enterprise communication system development from concept to market
that boosted Inter-Tel market share and acquisition bid by Mitel.
. Built development plan including a large schedule in MSProject, test
plan, and UAT checklist
. Managed day to day activities following on bug reports and solutions
and communicating releases to the field
Project Manager at Hill-Rom, Cary, NC from Sep03 to Mar04 for the
development of an obstetrical patient data management system and working
with the FDA certification processes to receive appropriate product
approvals.
. Used DOORS to gather requirement, user case scenarios, unit test cases
and results, and user acceptance test cases and results
. Developed project management processes to meet FDA guidelines based on
project management institute PMBOK
Project Manager at StaffTech - ESC NC, Raleigh, NC from Jun02 to Sep03
advisor to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina State for
the first statewide call center facilitating the evaluation of voice
recognition technology over Internet capabilities and supporting critical
decisions.
. Facilitated and reviewed initial VoIP call center products (hardware
and software) presentation from short list of suppliers (Nortel,
Avaya, Cisco)
. Prepared statement of work detailing the functional requirements and
deliverables from the selected supplier
. Reviewed operation processes to identify changes, document these, and
roll out to staff
Project Manager at Ericsson, Raleigh, NC from Dec98 to Feb02 for the
design, manufacturing, marketing, and sales activities of wireless base-
stations and mobiles successfully releasing on time to gain AT&T's business
and 20% market share.
. Prepared proposals, meet with customers, negotiated installations and
service delivery.
. Improved manufacturing yield through application of Six Sigma
processes improvements.
. Evaluated and used Primavera P3 for development projects including
implementation and training requirements
Project Lead at Nortel Networks, Montreal, Canada from Jul97 to Dec98 for
the system and validation testing of video encoding and fiber optic
transport equipment that saved 50% of time and cost spent on systems
validation, and supported customers in China, Japan, and Brazil.
Project Lead at WABCO - Westinghouse, Montreal, Canada from Jun94 to Jun97
for the design of electric and pneumatic door actuators, HVAC units, and on-
board subways/trains controllers solving complex technical problems that
brought $400k additional revenues.
Education and Certifications
ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), EXIN, USA
Apr08
PMP Project Manager Professional Certificate (PMP), PMI, USA Jun01
MS Master's in telecommunications, Quebec University, Canada Sep92 -
Jun94
BEE Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, ST Joseph University, Lebanon
Aug82 - Jun87