Management Project

AbdulRazaq Haruna

Principal Consultant - TELECOMSULTANTS INC

Sugar Land, TX

**********@****.*** - 512-***-****

• 25+ years leadership in providing Business Technology Strategy and Enterprise Transformation leveraging

digital technologies - Architecture, Governance, Business Requirements Analysis, Program Management, IT

Operations Excellence, software integration, PMO-aligned Integration centers of excellence and Enterprise

Architecture Capability development. A change agent well versed in the use of major architecture frameworks.

Competent and versed in Systems Development Life-cycle (SDLC), Balanced Score Card (BSC), six-Sigma,

DMAIC and DFSS method for business process improvements and business analysis

• 10+ years of strategy and operational transformation experience in Oil & Gas Industry. Engineer, Enterprise

Architect and manager, who provided Engineering, Technology, Financial, Project, Process and People

leadership to deliver US$80million+ transformation initiative for Chevron's Strategic Business Unit. Managed

relationships, differing technology standards and resources, concurrently on three continents, on strategic

planning and technology roadmap, program initiation, planning, engineering, design, execution, control, closing

and operation phases.

• Senior technology executive and top business strategist with more than fifteen years of success in global

engineering, business transformation, general management and MIS & IT leadership across multiple business

sectors. Versed in leveraging lean methodologies for enterprise solutions. Communicates effectively and

maximizes human and technical performance. Creates positive change, efficiencies, increased revenues and

profitability.

• Cross-cultural manager who leads global initiatives, ensuring quality, timeliness and functionality. Builds

productive relationships and collaborates with governments, customers, vendors and other stakeholders to

develop and drive successful strategies and solutions. Transforms organizations and processes from top to

bottom. Leads product development campaigns in environments where results and growth are paramount.

• Enterprise strategy and transformation lead who worked with C-Level executives, management and others

providing change leadership, expertise and deliverables to institute and grow Enterprise Architecture Practice

for Texas Department of Transport (TxDOT) to guide enterprise-wide initiatives such as Mainframe Application

Modernization, ERP deployment, IT Operations Outsourcing, Applications Rationalization, Spirit-of-Sox

program, thereby enabling efficiency in running TxDOT's $10 billion-a-year/ 12,000 employee operations.

• Contributed to customer growth and churn reduction of Tier-1 Telecommunications Companies through the

delivery of Information Technology & OSS-BSS Strategy, architecture and road maps with attendant Solutions

Architecture and Delivery facilitating automated processing of customer information, flow-through provisioning,

automated service activation, Integrated Billing and Service assurance for Enhanced Home Phone Service,

ADSL, Data, Internet and Cloud Services, Cellular, VoIP/Internet telephony and video products for Tier1

Telcos. Expert at providing Architectural frameworks, principles, techniques, best practices and guidance at

enterprise level, as well as, for every stage of SDLC.

• Professional engineer and principal consultant who provided design, standards, specifications and

deliverables to engineer $2billion Next Generation Mobile Radio Communications and Information Systems for

public safety users (Police, fire, ambulance) responsible for 14 million residents and 10 million annual visitors

to Ontario Canada's one million square kilometer landmass.

• Expert business technology strategist and solutions provider with a proven track record of planning, providing

solutions, deploying and managing appropriate Business Intelligence, IT & Enterprise-Wide Integrated

Information System for multiple projects in large organizations, globally. Deep experience in Government,

Public Safety, Telecommunications, Logistics, Financial and Energy Industries. Successfully completed End-

to-End Enterprise Models, Business, Information and Solutions architectures. Consistently provide solutions

delivery while building re-useable technology assets and portfolios.

• Master facilitator at Requirement Discovery, JAD and Process Re-engineering sessions. Expert at

Requirements Analysis, Solutions architecture from Conceptual model through to detail design. Master

at business process abstraction for software reusability. SOA expert with extensive experience on

delivery through secured web-based technologies (OWL2, SOAP, XML, HTTPS, J2EE frameworks, Vitria

Businessware, Oracle/BEA Weblogic, IBM Websphere and Microsoft - .NET Frameworks) and integration with

disparate back-end technologies.

• Co-author of Canada-wide secure-internet based standards for interoperability between CLEC and ILEC

Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS & BSS) as mandated by Canadian Telecommunications

Industry Regulators' (CRTC).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Principal Consultant

TELECOMSULTANTS INC - November 2006 to Present

Lead collaborations with clients, government and industry to achieve increased profitability, operational

efficiency and productivity by providing deliverables on strategy and transformation initiatives, Operations

modeling and strategy implementations, Communications & Information Engineering; Enterprise Information,

Communications and Technology strategy and roadmaps; Enterprise Architecture and Governance; Enterprise

Solutions Architecture, Business Architecture, Information Architecture, End-to-End Enterprise Application

Integration Design, Solutions Delivery; Program Management; Employ Communications Engineering,

Information Systems, Enterprise Architecture and Project Management tools, techniques, standards,

frameworks and best practices in providing deliverables. Manage and direct operations including senior

business technology professionals in USA, Canada, Middle East and West Africa..

Major Project Highlights:

A: Mandate: Provide change leadership, leverage TOGAF and other best practices to institute and grow

Enterprise Architecture (EA) Practice as enabler of transformation of Texas Department of Transport (TxDOT)

to effectively run it's $10 billion-a-year/ 12,000 employee operations. Provide solutions architecture guidance

to major initiatives including ERP, Application Rationalization, enterprise data warehouse and business

intelligence initiatives. (January 2013 - January 2014 Contract)

Result: Improved TxDOT EA maturity from level 0.5 to level 3.25 wherein business-IT alignment is brought

to bear on project portfolio management and IT spend; Provided change leadership, EA deliverables and

artifacts such as current state, future state, roadmap, EA principles, EA tools and repository, EA standards

and governance frameworks tailored to enable TxDOT business-IT alignment:

• Delivered increasing value of enterprise architecture to TxDOT by translating executive vision to architectural

strategy, road maps and Enterprise Architecture services that enables business-IT alignment.

• Established As-Is and To-Be enterprise architectures for mission critical process areas

• Worked with EA governance council to develop and Implemented EA Principles and Standards, as well as,

translate business needs into EA requirements

• Worked with management, programs and projects providing EA tools, techniques and best practices in the

initiation and execution of major initiatives, such as IT Operations Outsourcing, ERP, Spirit-of-SOX internal

controls, Application Rationalization programs, aimed at transforming the 12,000-employee department's

legacy system to one that makes it easy for the agency to properly track and run its $10 billion-a-year operations

through better tools, better service and lower risk.

• Authored standards and created artifacts for Business, Application, Data, Technology and Security domain

areas of EA thereby instituting and maturing enterprise architecture practice as an enabler of transformation

of TxDOT to best in class agency with, better IT tools, better services and lower risk, as it provides safe and

reliable transportation solutions for Texas

• Worked with management, programs and project to discover EA requirements provide deliverables to meet

the requirements, resolve cross enterprise architectural issues.

• Developed tailored frameworks, structures, tools and artifacts to guide the implementation of EA governance

at TxDOT.

• Created communications and change management plan for EA program and interfaced with C-Level

executives and other stakeholders in it's execution

Engineer, Design of Next Generation Mobile Radio Communications and Information

Systems

TELECOMSULTANTS INC - February 2009 to March 2011

for the public safety of 24 million people in Canada (February 2009 - March 2011);

Result: Produced design, standards, specifications that informs the general bid for $2b next generation mobile

radio and information systems for emergency communications services (Police, fire, ambulance) for the public

safety of Ontario Canada's 14 million residents, 10 million annual visitors over a land area of 1 million

square kilometers. Produced business process re-engineering, change management and quality assurance

deliverables in support of program

C: Mandate: Leverage ITILV3 to provide Service Planning Strategy and roadmaps for Ontario Ministry of

Government and Consumer Services' 60,000 Users of Telecommunications and Information Technology

Solutions (April 2008 - November 2008);

Result: - Produced strategy and roadmap deliverables; Delivered Service Concept Proposals,

Service Outlines, business process reengineering, Business Cases and Communications Plans for

Telecommunications and IT Services for all ministries and agencies in Ontario Public Service

• Leverage Enterprise Planning Inputs from Ontario Public Service I&IT Strategic Plan, Office of the Chief

Corporate Technology Office, Vendor Inputs, Industry Trends Input and Operational Results Input

• Gather requirements from prospective service owners including business, technical, and operational

requirements gathering through a consultative process.

• Develop and provided deliverables on comprehensive business technology service planning (voice, video,

data delivered via landline, mobile and web) and delivery for Ontario 60,000 users

• Identified and recommended remediation to issues and impacts of new solutions or enhancements to existing

communications & information technology services, infrastructure and processes.

• Provided recommendations on next generation solutions and road map based on technology, risk and

business value. Conducted assigned service gap analyses based on assessment of leading practices and

benchmarking input from Process, Methods and Practices Section.

• Provided consultative and advisory services to end users to identify solution technologies which will facilitate

business practices, providing significant input on all technical and operational decisions to ensure cost-effective

application of systems to satisfy client requirements.

• Ensure that all solutions and systems proposals maintain the strategic integrity and meet the performance

requirements of the ministry's corporate architecture for telecommunications and information technology.

D: Mandate: Develop Software Integration Center of Excellence for Bell Canada (BST-Provisioning, Service

Configuration and Activation) group; Provide Enterprise Application Integration Solutions and Architectural

Governance (February 2007 - July 2007)

Result: Instituted an integration centre of excellence. Developed tools, techniques and templates, based on

project management, software development, and enterprise Telco OSS-BSS application integration (Includes

EDW and BI) best practices tailored towards Tier1 telco. Mentored Bell Solution Integrators to use repeatable,

re-useable methodology and techniques for enterprise wide integration projects - with business intelligence and

enterprise data warehouse components - thereby facilitating qualitative product delivery, enhanced customer

satisfaction, and reduced time-to-market for new products.

• Analyzed the division and modeled the business at enterprise levels

• Facilitated JAD, Requirements and Process Sessions and delivered attendant documents relative to as-is

and to-be models, scenarios and solutions

• Developed criteria, tools, techniques (integrated communications engineering, software development, Telco

OSS-BSS Process and Program management) and templates for managing integration projects

• Introduced new methods and technical guidelines for SOA-compliant integration projects to the organization,

including best practices for architectural governance.

• Provided documentation to the various audience, including c-level executives to ease adoption of newly

introduced approach and deliverables

• Mentored Architects both Bell's and Contractors on these best practices and methods.

• Produced PMBOK-Aligned project management approach for managing integration projects

• Provided Business and Solution architecture deliverables for all phases of SDLC of projects to showcase

these best practices, techniques and methods, as design authority, solution integrator and OSS-BSS solution

delivery lead.

• Solution architecture of applications involving Web Services, SOA, Vitria, BEA weblogic, Oracle and

associated infrastructure.

• Coach System Integrators on tools, techniques, best practices and templates developed for solution delivery

• Led the development of contents for web-based knowledge management system for the integration center

of excellence.

E: Mandate: Provide Strategy, implementations roadmap and capability development for public safety

infrastructure developments in Africa (August 2007 - March 2008)

Result: Employed communications and software engineering, management and technology tools, techniques

and best practices in providing strategy, solutions and implementation road map for e911 public safety

infrastructure development.

• Developed criteria, tools, techniques(integrated communications engineering, software development, Telco

OSS-BSS Process and Program management) and policy for managing public safety infrastructure projects

• Led the development of criteria for and development of relationships with communications, IT and public

safety equipment manufacturers

• Hired consultants to collaborate on the projects

• Managed end-to-end involvement by in-house consultants and external parties

• Produced 5-year strategy, implementation roadmap and capability development strategy and roadmap

• Developed communications plan and strategy for stake holders

• Developed communications materials for end-clients and vendors

Enterprise Solutions Architect/ Integration Specialist

MTS ALLSTREAM INC - March, ON - March 2005 to October 2006

SVP-Level Relationships)

Managed People, Process and Technology to establish innovative Enterprise-wide architectural solutions,

standards and best practices in the area of business intelligence, application integration and business

process automation relative to telecommunications OSS (Operations Support Systems ) and BSS (Business

Support Systems). Designed and delivered business systems integration solutions leveraging systems

integration technology assets which improve overall business process performance and increase ROI.

Provided Operational framework for the delivery of enterprise application integration applications; Directed a

cross-functional team of 15+ people during planning, analysis, design, QA, UAT and implementation phases.

Below are some of the major projects highlights:

Project: Canadian Radio and Telecommunications commission's mandated OSS-BSS Interoperability project

for Canadian Telecommunications industry.

Results: The implementations of OSS-BSS interoperability standards and specifications by all

Telecommunications companies (ILEC and CLEC) in Canada; Led to increased competition and increased

value to consumers of telecommunications products in Canada.

• Delivered, in concert with other nominated professionals in All Canadian Telecommunications Companies,

standards and solutions for the CRTC-mandated CLEC access to ILEC OSS's and attendant Data

Warehousing and Business Intelligence

• Led the solution architecture, design and implementation of the requirements and specifications mandated

by Industry Canada for MTS Allstream.

• Facilitated JAD, Requirements and Process Sessions and delivered attendant documents relative to as-is

and to-be models, scenarios and solutions

Project: Developing Integration Center of Excellence for MTS Allstream.

Result: Contributed to enterprise information and architecture model for the company; Instituted industry best

practices for business architecture, enterprise and solutions architecture, architectural governance, business

process re-engineering, functional process abstraction, software development and support. This lead to

repeatable, re-useable methodology for enterprise wide integration projects, leading to qualitative product

delivery, enhanced customer satisfaction, and reduced time-to-market for new products.

• Analyzed the division and modeled the business at enterprise levels

• Facilitated JAD, Requirements and Process Sessions and delivered attendant documents relative to as-is

and to-be models, scenarios and solutions

• Led the development of technical strategy and guidelines for the implementation of EAI, BPM, Web Services

and SOA-based projects company wide, including best practices for architectural governance

• Introduced and developed CVS source control processes for development team collaborations.

• Led the development of comprehensive support guide for all software.

• Developed criteria and approach for managing integration projects, including EDW and BI projects, enterprise

wide.

• Produced project management approach for managing EAI and SOA-based products for entire corporation

• Provided Enterprise, Business and Solutions architecture for myriad of enterprise projects for MTS Allstream

and clients notably Canadian Federal and Ontario Governments, Rogers and EDS

• Mentored application solutions architect on Integration best practices

• Led the development of technical guidelines for the implementation of EAI, BPM, Web Services and SOA-

based projects company wide, including best practices for architectural governance

• Led the development of comprehensive support guide for all integration software.

• Developed criteria and approach for managing integration projects enterprise wide.

• Produced project management approach for managing SOA-based products for entire corporation

• Provided IS Solutions architecture for myriad of enterprise application integration projects for Allstream

enterprise clients [One with a $3-5m yearly return to the company]

• A member of the LEC industry technical committee for the development of CRTC-mandated interoperability

standards for Canada-wide implementations between ILEC and CLEC (OSWG IT Committee)

Project: Wholesale Automation

Result: Provided architecture guidelines, solutions, design and delivery of integrated Order entry, provisioning,

service activation and billing of orders received from MTS Allstream wholesale partners. Includes enterprise

data warehousing component.

• Led the initiative for enterprise wide systems review, architecture, requirements, business gap analysis, and

solution specification.

• Facilitated JAD, Requirements and Process Sessions and delivered attendant documents relative to as-is

and to-be models, scenarios and solutions

• Solutions satisfied business needs, delivered component activities/transactions management platform,

integrated legacy systems and packaged solutions.

Project: System that Automates the Timely Assignment of Resources (STARS) [Won Corporate Award]

Results: Provided architecture guidelines, solutions, design and delivery of the system that achieved year-

over-year $2m Opex reduction via timely delivery of automated workforce management solution from order

entry through to network service activation.

• Led the initiative to enterprise wide systems review, architecture, requirements, business gap analysis,

and solution specification. Solutions satisfied business needs, delivered component activities/transactions

management platform, integrated legacy systems and packaged solutions.

• Facilitated JAD, Requirements and Process Sessions and delivered attendant documents relative to as-is

and to-be models, scenarios and solutions

• Provided solution architectural guidance and leadership through all the stages of system development

lifecycle.

Project: Consulting engagement for the Seamless Transition and Transfer of OSS-BSS in support of Local

Ordering and provisioning from Allstream back-end system to Rogers Communications' back-end system.

Results: Provided architecture guidelines, solutions and design that led to the award of the approximately $1m

project to Allstream.

• Led the initiative to enterprise wide systems review, architecture, requirements, business gap analysis, and

solution specification.

• Facilitated JAD, Requirements and Process Sessions and delivered attendant documents relative to as-is

and to-be models, scenarios and solutions

• Provided solution architectural guidance and leadership.

Enterprise Solutions Architect

SPRINT CANADA INC - 1999 to 2004

SVP and CTO-Level Relationships)

Developed IT strategy and roadmap; Leveraged understanding of Technology, Telco Business Processes,

Strategy and industry trend to translate ideas for product launches into functional requirement, systemic

requirements and solutions for Sprint Canada; Provided architectural and design guidelines, as well as,

documentation for initiation, planning, execution, control and closing stages of resulting projects. Established

enterprise architectural guidelines for IT systems.

Conceived and Designed solutions that translated business ideas into product launches and provided

competitive value, including: improved customer and supply-chain relationships, single-bill-per customer,

streamlined internal processes, and reduced time to market.

Developed application Integration solutions connecting Heterogeneous Databases, Applications, Processes,

and Business Partners with Service-Oriented-Architectures; Acted as Subject Matter Expert for Tier 1 Telco

OSS/BSS business process automation and management.

Directed a cross-functional team of 15+ people during planning, analysis, design, QA, UAT and implementation

phases. Below are some of the major projects highlights.

Project: Develop Enterprise-wide OSS-BSS Strategy & Implementation Roadmap

Member of a team, with executive-level mandate of, developing an enterprise strategy for integrating disparate

IT systems, technology, applications and processes onto a unified platform that includes Enterprise Data

Warehouse & Business Intelligence with a roadmap for implementation for Sprint Canada.

• Delivered Enterprise Application Integration, Service Delivery, Service Assurance Component of the

Information Technology Strategy and Roadmap for Sprint Canada.

• Provided architectural solutions and guidelines in the seamless and cost-effective integration of computing

infrastructure, Processes and applications of Northpoint Canada onto Sprint Platform

Project: Development and launch of VoIP telephony Products (Industry first solution with 911)

Result: Provided OSS-BSS architectural guidelines, solutions, operational and functional as-is and to-be

processes, design and solutions architectural deliverables for all phases of SDLC; Delivered solutions that

successfully integrated Sprint Network and OSS/BSS to provide automated customer provisioning & billing,

enhanced customer satisfaction, facilitated on-line access to customer information, and reduced time-to-

market.

• Led the initiative to enterprise wide systems design, architecture, requirements, business gap analysis,

solution specification, and schedule development, scope and cost management. Solutions satisfied business

needs, delivered automated business process workflow, integrated legacy (Network and IT) systems and

packaged solutions.

• Evaluated different vendors and technologies carried out Proof-of-concepts (POC) and performed

presentations to senior management including engagement estimates, risks & costs.

• Authored solution architecture documentations for the various SDLC phases, from conception through to

launch.

• Provided architectural guidance and mentoring to technical project team consisting of in-house personnel

and third-party vendor.

• Carried out, using UML methodology, the provisioning flows and integrated design for all OSS/BSS systems

and provided guidance and mentoring to project team enterprise-wide on technology issues.

• Provided architectural guidance for the vendor-development of the CPE management system, using open-

source database and web technologies (including but not limited to J2EE BEA Stack).

Project: Development and Launch of ADSL Products

Result: Provided OSS-BSS architectural guidelines, solutions, operational and functional as-is and to-be

processes, design and solutions architectural deliverables for all phases of SDLC; Delivered solutions that

successfully integrated Sprint Network and OSS/BSS to provide automated customer provisioning & billing,

enhanced customer satisfaction, facilitated on-line access to customer information, and reduced time-to-

market. Solutions included and enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence component.

• Led the initiative to enterprise wide systems review, architecture, requirements, business gap analysis,

and solution specification. Solutions satisfied business needs, delivered component activities/transactions

management platform, integrated legacy systems and packaged solutions.

• Evaluated different vendors and technologies carried out Proof-of-concepts (POC) and performed

presentations to senior management including engagement estimates, risks & costs.

• Employed UML methodology, using Rational Rose, in designing the provisioning flows and integrated design

for all OSS/BSS systems and provided guidance and mentoring to project team enterprise-wide on technology

issues.

• Worked extensively with Siebel Architecture templates, objects, interface & security components, views,

screen, applets, and gained substantial experience in Siebel deployment methodology. Developed the product

catalogue that comprised the bundling for different products.

• Designed Vitria Java/CORBA Connector interfaces to the provisioning application including a gateway that

incorporated all the provisioning business logic. Connectors include MQSeries, and MSMQ. Using the "publish

and subscribe" pattern, system was able to scale to about 200 messages per second.

Project: Automated Customer Provisioning and Systems Integration in Support of Home Phone Service [Won

Sprint Award for Innovation]

Result: Successfully automated customer provisioning and activation of 5ESS, Octel Voice Mail and other

Telco Processes, enhanced customer satisfaction, facilitated on-line access to customer information, and

reduced time-to-market.

• Led the initiative to enterprise wide systems review, architecture, requirements, business gap analysis,

and solution specification. Solutions satisfied business needs, delivered component activities/transactions

management platform, integrated legacy systems and packaged solutions.

• Evaluated different vendors and technologies and performed presentations to senior management including

engagement estimates, risks & costs.

• Provided guidance to third-party vendor development of Network Systems provisioning, activation and

management systems.

• Provided mentoring and guidance to project team on technology issues.

Project: Northpoint and Sprint Canada Integrations.

Result: Northpoint SDSL customers were successfully provisioned and billed using Sprint applications.

Complex system integration was facilitated on time, on budget with no system downtime.

• Due to Sprint acquisition of NorthPoint DSL Canada, it was necessary to integrate acquired systems and

applications within Sprint's OSS/BSS. Led initiative to complete this project within aggressive time-lines (6

months) and ensured minimal negative impact upon customer service levels.

• Led many Vendor/Technology selection sessions. Evaluated different technologies and performance in the

lab during the Proof of Concept stage. Performed training to various user groups.

• Technical lead to a development team to configure and customize the product implemented for the migrated

platforms. Configured and customized challenging requirements into the product.

President-Level Relationships

Chevron - December 1991 to May 1999

Communications Engineer, Enterprise Architect and Program Leader

Led team located in Houston, London (UK) and Lagos, Nigeria responsible for strategy and operational

transformation of Nigerian SBU through strategic planning, improved processes and use of data, technologies,

and operational excellence. Handled progressive delivery and operations of IT and telecom infrastructure,

as well as, in-country talent development. Planned, executed and controlled annual budgets in the range

of $10 million - $15 million. Maintained 3-5 year strategic plans. Prepared business cases, authorizations

for expenditures, established expenditure controls and provided budget performance reporting to senior

management and JV partners. Managed worldwide procurement, vendor and supply chain relationships.

Result: Efficient and timely deployment of business intelligence, IT and Telecommunications infrastructure

enabling the operational efficiency of Chevron Strategic Business Unit.

• Strategic planning and collation of Business Intelligence, IT and Telecom requirements of Chevron Nigeria

SBU, translated requirements into project/program deliverables, developed roadmap for implementation,

obtained corporate and JV Partner approval and implemented using Chevron's Project Management

methodology. Successfully deployed and operated US$80 million IT & Telecom infrastructure:

• Controlled and coordinated an annual budget of the range $10m - $15m.

• Prepared Business cases, Authorizations for Expenditures, established expenditure controls and provided

budget performance reporting to senior management and JV partners

• Developed and maintained 3 and 5-year Business Intelligence, IT & Telecom strategic plans.

• Managed worldwide procurement, vendor and supply chain relationships on Business Intelligence, IT and

Telecom equipment - Oversaw the concurrent manufacturing and delivery of communications equipment, as

well as development & deployment of applications by companies in, Canada, USA, United Kingdom, Israel,

Turkey and Nigeria.

• Established technology standards and specifications for Business Intelligence, IT &Telecom equipment.

Carried out factory acceptance, installation and commissioning tests, as required.

• Developed plans, standards, processes and maintenance procedures for Business Intelligence, IT &Telecom

systems.

• Developed procedure and processes for interaction with Technology Vendors, Service Providers, Regulatory

bodies and Nigerian Government Joint Venture Partner.

• Prepared, co-coordinated and controlled regulatory approvals

• Established Contracting process, including, RFB and criteria for vendor selection.

• Managed personnel, consultants, vendors and suppliers (on three continents)

• Carried out Contingency, Business Resumption Planning. Implemented Y2K Remediation of systems.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration

Johnson School of Management, Cornell University - Ithaca, NY

Master of Business Administration in Business

Queen's School of Business, Queen's University - Kingston, ON

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

University of Ilorin - Newtown Square, PA

Master in Project Management

International Institute for Learning - New York, NY

graduate Certificate in Microwave Systems Engineering

George Washington University - Washington, DC

Professional Engineer in Project Management

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Specialties:

• General Management, Marketing and Finance Management (Double MBA)

• Enterprise Architecture capability development, deployment and change management (TOGAF9 and

TOGAF8 Certified)

• Enterprise Strategy & Business Transformation - 20+ years

• IT Strategy & Solutions Architecture - 15+ years

• Integrated Management, Engineering and Technology Consulting - 20+ years

• Strategic & Operational Planning - 20+ years

• Worldwide Enterprise Project Stewardship (PMP Certified) - 20+ years

• Business Process, Products and Service Engineering/Management (CMMI, ITIL, Six Sigma)

• Communications Systems Planning, Engineering and management (Professional Engineer) - 20+ years

• Organizational Development, Corporate Governance Change Management - 20+ year(s)

• Information and Communications Technology Product Development, Deployment and Management - 20+

years

• Software development and delivery - 20+year(s)

• Packaged software applications delivery - ERP, HCM, CRM etc - 20+ year(s)

• Development of business technology centers of excellence (COE) - 20+ years

• Project, Process, People, Resource and Relationship Management - 20+ years

• Procurement, Vendor, Supply Chain and Relationship Management - 20+ years

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Management - 20+ years

TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY

EPC, Energy, Oil & Gas Domain:

Digital Oil Field Solutions; Solutions employing core industry standards such as PPDM, ISO 15926, SEG,

PODS, PIDX, WITSML, PRODML, RESQML, OPC, OWL. Strong understanding of business processes in

upstream and midstream Oil and Gas production operations environments, including automation systems

integration, Real Time systems, production systems, maintenance systems, facility operations systems

Strategy, Digital Business Transformation and Enterprise Architecture:

Current State Analysis, Operating Principles development, Operating Model Definition, Enterprise Core

Diagram Development,

Shared Information/Data documentation, strategic information systems & infrastructure documentation, Key

Customers Definition, EA Value-Generating and Maturity Assessment, Operating Model implementation

road mapping, IT engagement model design, IT Investment guidelines development, Governance -

Corporate and IT, Portfolio and Initiatives Management design, Business, Architecture and Alignment

Structures development,; EA Capability Development - Expert on applying TOGAF, FEAF, Zachman and

other frameworks, as well as, other tools, techniques and best practices to institute or mature EA for

business transformations; Adept at TOGAF9.1-Tailoring, Organizational Change Management; Analytics and

Organizational Design.

Detailed knowledge of architectural approaches including operating model development, road map

development, consolidation, cloud computing, virtualization, disaster recovery and business continuity

planning, information management; Expert at providing Enterprise Business, Application, Data, Infrastructure

and Security Artifacts and guidelines for every stage of enterprise architecture lifecycle, as well as, solutions

phases of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC); Versed in modeling tools such as Enterprise Architect,

Telelogic System Architect, DOORS, UML, BPMN2, BPEL

Enterprise Data Management /Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing: ; Expert in providing variety

of information architecture components and deliverables such as MDM, data warehousing, data quality

assurance, business intelligence, metadata management, content management, Big Data/NoSQL, OLTP &

OLAP Analysis, Scorecards & Dashboards, Enterprise Reporting, Advanced & Predictive Analysis, Alerts &

pro-active notifications, Data Integration, solutions implementations with Microstrategy, Cognos, Informatica

amongst others. Experience in designing and supporting enterprise data governance.

Solutions Architecture: Digital Oil Field Solutions, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Secured Web Services,

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Cloud Service Architectures - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS; Analysis and integration of

ERP, HCM, CRM and other mission-critical enterprise applications; Object oriented architecture, Enterprise

Architecture Integration (EAI) & Process Management; Expert at creating artifacts in RUP, OOAD, UML,

BPMN2, BPEL; Versed in Business Process Modeling Tools, including those needed for Business, application,

data, technology and security architectures.

Technologies: Mainframe, n-tier computing technologies, .NET, Java, RDBMS, SOAP, REST, XML, WSDL,

HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, LDAP, X.509, ACL, AAA, RADIUS, Oracle Solutions stack, NAS, SAN, Private Cloud,

Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, IP-VPN, COM, CORBA, ODBC, DOT, TPM, Cloud technologies.

Architecture and Software Documentations and Tools: Troux, Enterprise Architect, Pega, Rational Rose, Clear

Case, Microsoft Project, MS Project office suite, DOORS, PowerPlus, UML

Database: High availability architectures, Distributed computing architectures and application design

Tier 1 Telco IT Domain Knowledge:

E911, 411, NPAC, Automated Service Provisioning, Flow through Provisioning, Billing, CRM, Service

Assurance, Change Management, Automated Telco OSS-BSS Interoperability. TMN frameworkx (NGOSS) -

eTOM, SID, TAM, Integration framework/TNA

Major Telco OSS-BSS applications for Order Entry and CRM, Network Inventory Management, Order

Management and Service Provisioning, Convergent Billing, Service Delivery and Service Assurance; Logistics

and ERP applications.

Data center and Infrastructure: Auxiliary power systems, communications systems support infrastructures; IT

Servers supporting different applications.

IT & Telecom Infrastructure Development & Management: Secured Connectivity solutions, PABX and

Telephone Switches, WAN, LAN, LTE, Microwave, WiMax, Satellite, Fiber Optic-Based Solutions, MPLS, VPN,

VoIP, DSL, Data Centers, Radios - HF, VHF, UHF, SHF based solutions, IT&Telecom Facilities - Towers,

Buildings, UPS and ancillary infrastructures. SCADA, Telemetry, Ship-to-Shore Communications, Lightning

Protection Solutions, Network Operations Centers and Network Management, Managed Network Solutions.

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