Pearson Sambana

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Professional Profile

A Senior IT Professional Consultant with over 20 years of a record of achievement in IT sectors such as banking, retail, telecommunication and manufacturing. Combines extensive IT and business knowledge with rich experience in consulting and implementing complex IT organizational projects to increase performance and reliability for clients. A highly focused and results orientated professional offering strong IT business leadership and the ability to contribute both strategically and tactically at management or director level.

Education & Qualifications

2006 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Davenport University Lansing, Michigan

2003 Associates of Business Administration & Computers, Lansing Community College Lansing, Michigan

1994 Bsc. Agriculture & Natural Resources, Africa University Mutare, Zimbabwe

2014 Member Institute of Information Technology Professionals, IITPSA Cape Town, South Africa

Employment Summary

May 2015 – August 2017: Senior IT Consultant/Project Manager, Woolworth Financial Service (WFS)

Diligent project manager offering a proven record of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects effectively utilizing PMP andPrince2 principles

Business strategist, planned and managed multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvement, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains

Excellent communicator, leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.

Expert in agile, hybrid and waterfall project management methodologies

Designing, testing, installing and monitoring new systems

Working with clients to define the scope of a project

Clarifying client's system specifications, understanding their work practices and the nature of their business

Liaising with staff at all levels of a client organization

Defining software, hardware and network requirements

Analyzing IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT

Presenting solutions in written or oral reports

Preparing documentation and presenting progress reports to customers

June 2013 – April 2015: IT Professional Service Consultant/Project Manager, Afrisoft Solutions P/L

Successfully involved in IT project management, Strategic Integration and Technology Outsourcing /Insourcing for clients.

Implemented effective business process applications, and provided support and education to customer’s product management.

Heavily involved in System integration for clients and successfully managed multiple concurrent client implementations.

Worked with engagement managers and clients to ensure projects met the client objectives.

Managed budgets up to $1M and cross-functional teams of up to 10 developers, analysts and network specialists.

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January 2011 – May 2013: Senior IT Consultant/Project Manager, Cheetah Technologies

Effectively designed, documented, tested and implemented very successful projects for embedded devices in Networks for Cisco, Motorola, Cablevision, Comcast Cable and Verizon Wireless

Known for the ability to produce high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timelines and budgetary targets

January 2010 – December 2010: Senior IT Consultant/Project Manager, Highmark Health

Project managed, consulted, tested and implemented very successful Healthcare projects centered around patient care management

Provided project management over large-scale, top-priority and complex technology initiatives such as HIPAA

Defined processes and tools best suited to each project, moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.

January 2007 – December 2009: Senior QA Assurance Consultant/Project Manager, Delta Dental

Successfully implemented a data migration Project for 10 million subscribers from an Integrated Data Management System (IDMS) to an Enterprise Technology Solution (ETS)

Analyzed massive and highly complex data sets

Drove the high-quality completion of system engineering, software/database development and enterprise wide implementation project.

January 2002 – December 2006: Senior Internal Auditor, Marriott Hotels

Effectively conducted IT and Financial Audits, compliance and governance

Led teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines

Focused teams on business objectives and traced progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with desired results.

Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data.

Assumed responsibilities as a project lead for special audit projects and provided advisory and consulting services to management and audit committee.

January 1995 – December 2001: Senior Project Manager, Luxaflor Roses P/L

Project managed and consulted a very successful computerized rose flower project.

Implemented and optimized flower production by implementing effective systems in areas such as micro-climate controls, fertigation, hydroponics, marketing, transportation logistics and quality control.

Recognized for achieving an effective work flow process that increased productivity and quality of the rose flower

Anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving global business environment.

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Representative Projects (1995 to 2017)

System Engineering: Led design and rollout of robust, scalable and effective computerized rose flower project systems at Luxaflor Roses Private Limited.

Results: Completed projects up to two months ahead of schedule, as much as $1.2M under budget and to universal client acclaim. Production of international quality rose flower export, increased from 3M to 30M stems over a 3 year period.

Custom Software Development: Managed all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for dozens of custom solutions at Woolworths Financial Services.

Results: Delivered industry-leading software that saved clients millions of dollars, shortened processes from weeks to minutes, captured the #1 market share and generated up to $1M in revenue within one year of launch.

Database Developments: Guided teams in the development and migration of personal data to oracle database from Informix to Oracle.

Results: Improved the consistency, recovery and accessibility of data

System Integration/Migration: Project –managed large scale initiatives involving the transition of programs to new platforms and the merger of disparate systems from acquired companies.

Results: Achieved seamless migration and integrations that were transparent to client customers, accomplished with no unscheduled downtime and delivered under budget for Delta Dental.

Enterprise Implementations: Directed rollouts of new software and systems for clients at Highmark Health.

Results: Ensured defect-free releases through careful planning, testing and QA efforts.

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