MOHAMMED MERCHANT, PMP

Brampton, ON L*A *S* 647-***-**** ac0zj3@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCED IT PROJECT COORDINATOR

Experienced IT Project Coordinator with over 5 years of work experience. Works professionally and cooperatively in both self-managed and team-based projects, including mentorship of new graduates. Diverse managerial and technical expertise derived from rapid learning and effective application of project management methodologies and information technology.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 4 years of project management experience

Over 4 years of hands-on experience with designing and implementing of software control systems

Proven success in utilizing all stages of the Software Development Cycle (SDLC)

Strong, consistent facilitator, with a focus on proactive planning and reflection for product quality and improvement TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Languages

Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer Edition 5.0

Project Management

MS Project, Clarizen

Automotive Software/Hardware

MATLAB, Simulink, IBM DOORS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IT Project Coordinator May, 2016 – Present

Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology Toronto, Canada

Developing project plans with supporting documentation as defined by the Project Management Office (PMO)

Defining project scope, creating the charter and estimating the schedule for over 10 college wide projects

Leading the enterprise-wide deployment of a new employee directory using PeopleSoft 4 weeks ahead of schedule

Optimizing Active Directory performance by 50% by successfully managing its migration to the end state network

Coordinating testing activities with teams of 30+ related to network installations, LAN and IT infrastructure upgrades

Scheduling and managing full data center shutdown and start-up activities with teams of 30+ resources resulting in better utilization and optimization of software services offered to students

Reviewing multiple RFPs and coordinating the selection of vendors for various services with the senior management

Tracking project progress and effectively resolving issues resulting in a Schedule Performance Index (SPI) of 1.0

Communicating project dependencies to all stakeholders reducing time in meetings by 3 hours per week

Identifying project risks resulting in avoiding a service downtime of 12 hours during working hours

Managing development of test plans for SIT & UAT and training plans for end-users, IT support, and telecom teams

Performing a post-mortem review of lessons learned for each completed project resulting a healthy relationship with multiple vendors

Software Lead Engineer July, 2013 – July, 2015

Hella India Automotive Private Limited Pune, India

Managed the development of Rational DOORS Extension Language (DXL) scripts for automating and importing test case entries in IBM DOORS, reducing manual documentation efforts by 50%

Facilitated peer reviews of test cases for 15+ modules, reducing system-level software defects by 25%

Mentored a batch of 25 interns on workflow processes, goal-setting, planning and estimating testing activities

Coordinated and participated on over 10+ in-house team presentations

Provided training and leadership to a virtual team of more than 10 employees in 1 week to achieve a high level of module unit testing competency in C/C++ source files using Tessy

Analyzed over 200 complex functional specifications listed down in IBM DOORS and performed model-based design, MiL, SiL, HiL, basic system testing by simplifying them using Simulink’s toolboxes Mohammed Merchant, PMP 647-***-**** Page 2

Programmer Analyst August, 2008 – August, 2010

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pune, India

Coordinated and led a group of 25 trainees in weekly oratory sessions

Monitored the change management process for code changes and reviews

Managed the migration of code for 10 interns to a new software development kit (SDK)

Conducted requirements review sessions with off-shore technical teams that reduced risk severities of 50+ risks

Developed and tested web application using Struts Framework in J2EE, JavaScript, JSP, HTML and SQL scripts EDUCATION

Project Management Professional (PMP – 2043758) - Project Management Institute (PMI) June, 2017 Post Graduate Certificate: Project Management – Information Technology August, 2016 Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology Toronto, Canada

Participated and earned credits for the Leadership Certificate by attending Seneca’s Leadership Conference workshops on organizational and personal development Master of Engineering: Electrical Engineering – Control Systems July, 2013 College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Pune, India

Bachelor of Engineering: Electronics Engineering June, 2008 Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune, India

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Volunteer February, 2016 – Present

Leadership in Project Management Network (LPMN) Toronto, Canada

Identified requirements and interdependencies between recurrent events and developed new processes Event Coordinator February, 2012 – Present

The Art of Living Foundation Pune, India; Toronto, Canada

Coordinated the Tree Planting drive at Mississauga

Organized the Youth Empowerment and Skills Program (YES+) for 150 students in Pune Student Ambassador November, 2015 – January, 2017

Seneca College Toronto, Canada

Setup and registration for a variety of Seneca Events including Seneca’s United Way Campaign and OCCCIO 2016

Welcomed prospective students and assisted in Open House and Orientation Programs Volunteer September, 2016

GTAA Toronto Pearson Runway Run Toronto, Canada

Performed runway inspection during the 5k run and 2k walk AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Awarded President’s Honour List Winter 2016 at Seneca College, Toronto

Nominated for “pat on the back” award in April 2015 at Hella India Automotive Private Limited

Participant of COEP’s Guinness World Record 2012 for most number of people solving the Rubik’s Cube PUBLICATIONS

Kurode, S., & Merchant, M. (2013). Observer Based Control of Flexible Link Manipulator Using Discrete Sliding Modes. IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC), 276-281.

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