FARHAN OBAIDULLAH

Venice, CA PHONE 818-***-**** E-MAIL ac0gi1@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Overseeing operational, development, and human management of projects in multi-faceted environments using Agile/Scrum and other frameworks to deliver large-scale enterprise level initiatives. I bring a well-rounded set of experiences having worked in various job disciplines in multiple industries in software/development environment for the past 15 years. Applying a 360 degree vision to project management and have developed a method to apply the right amount of process while keeping the cores values of a development framework.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley Cert, Project Management Principles Dec 2012

Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California May 2002

B.S. Business Administration, Information Operations Management (MIS).

EXPERIENCE

Director, Project Management FastPay, CA Sep 2014 –Present

Responsible for directing and building the PMO group from the ground-up at this fast-paced Fin-tech start-up. A dynamic environment where things change daily my goals are to establish a Project framework to work with Business, Product, Execs and Development teams to implement the company Road Map. The challenge lies in applying the right amount of process while training the team about Agile framework.

Manage project, teams, development & best practices to use on every project

Create technical documentations for product requirements, & fill the gap of any product requirements.

Work with CTO and COO to plan project road map and target initiatives.

Manager, Data Intelligence & Reporting Systems I OpenX, CA Dec 2013 – Sep 2014

Manage the dynamics/responsibilities of a 10 man team, conducting hiring, reviews, infrastructure, vendors and contracts/rates as well as lead all projects and strategies. Manage development for providing real-time analytics and reporting of click stream data analysis of to internal and external clients.

Direct and strategize all aspects of project operations, deliverables, communications and completion.

Manage project implementation of Vertica and Microstrategy, infrastructure, and reporting layer.

Strategize with VP of product, BI and Engineering for new initiatives and project road map planning.

Review infrastructure & architectural planning for all new initiatives with team and VP.

Project Manager, Data OpenX, CA Mar 2013 – Nov 2013

Manage projects for the entire Data team consisting of - Data Intelligence, Hadoop, Reporting, Data Science, Speed and Infrastructure 5000+ servers worldwide. Work with product and dev teams to build project scope and standardize sprints and process for the entire team to apply.

Lead and manage projects across six engineering scrum-teams with 30+ members.

Manage and execute cross-functional enterprise-level "Big Data" application – Vertica, Hadoop, MicroStrategy - Data warehouse/reporting and system integration projects simultaneously using Agile.

Strategize and lead planning sessions with engineering managers and senior management on execution of project requirements and resource allocations.

Team Manager, Digital Producer, The Phelps Group April 2011 – March 2013

Lead & manage team & client projects from marketing, e-com websites, mobile and implementation of enterprise wide systems. Creating SOWs, project timelines, managing internal client teams, executives, vendors and budgets. Maintain and enforce standards associated with SDLC and PMO.Overall responsibility and accountability for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of successful strategic information technology projects and solutions.

Lead and drive stakeholder and development meetings with various project/client teams.

Analyze data to author business and functional requirements and technical specifications.

Project Manager Dish Network/Blockbuster Digital, CA Nov 2010 – April 2011

Manage projects to implement Blockbuster media streaming application on new consumer electronics ranging from TVs, BD players and gaming console. Dealing with multiple third-party vendors (i.e. programmers, and content providers, manufacturers, DRM, distributed dev teams and legal disciplines to launch projects.

Create tagging and tracking requirements and manage the tracking of key performance indicators.

Spearhead all marketing/advertising initiatives related to the online, CE, and mobile devices.

Manager, Project & UI NY Times Digital/Baseline, CA Nov 2009 – Nov 2010

Lead project management and UI teams to develop product and project priorities/timelines and design requirements. Responsible for managing internal product features, applications and requirements.

Develop PMO standards and workflow for tracking and reporting of all projects using Agile.

Manage and direct enterprise-scale systems and web projects through full development cycle.

Develop wire frames, UI prototypes, project documents, and QA test plans.

Manage client and partner interaction with syndication clients i.e. Yahoo, E!, Comcast, AFI, Rovi.

Train and guide other PM members and ensure that they adhere to PMO standards.

Project Manager NY Times Digital/Baseline, CA Nov 2006 – Nov 2009

Manage and run projects internal and external facing from end to end. Create tasks and documentation, work with internal stake holders to create product requirements for internal applications. Manage implementation of global project schedule, budgets, internal & external teams, tasks, and overall project activities.

Technical Project Manager McElroy Interactive Marketing, CA Nov 2005 – Nov 2006

Manage the overall workflow of multiple projects schedules, resourcing and delivery/testing simultaneously. Work as a liaison between development team and client side project managers and account managers. Manage a $2 million technical budget, performed cost analysis, and forecasted cost-estimates.

Project/ Business Analyst Wireless Watchdogs, CA Mar 2003 – Nov 2005

Initially worked as a business analyst to analyze large amount of mobile data to create reports for end user consumption. Moved to work as project manager in managing the development and Metro web billing project working with clients and off-shore development teams.

Co-Founder Trojancity.com May 2002 – Feb 2003

A lifestyle and student housing website for local colleges in the Los Angeles area Raising funds, advertising, marketing and building the core product.

SKILLS

Agile, Jira, iRise, UML Design, CRM/CMS systems, Rational Rose, Case tools, SPSS.

Languages: Basic understanding of; SQL and Web technologies

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