Project Electrical Engineer

RAMTIN BANI NOE

Phone: +**(*)789-***-**** Email: ********@*****.***

Personal Statement

Experienced and Innovative consultant in the fields of Costing, Pricing, Financial and Business Modelling,

Financial Analysis, Planning Optimisation, Decision Expert Systems Design, and Business Development.

Proven track record in Legal, Telecom, Oil and Gas, Financial Services, and Railway industries. A quick

learner who is able to work on own initiative or make valuable contributions within a team, with aptitude for

working under pressure without compromising quality and targets. Succeeded in solving several complex

business problems resulting in significant revenue generation and cost reduction.

Experience

2012 – 2014 Network Rail – Milton Keynes, UK - Contract

Interim Strategy and Planning Manager (Oct 2012 – March 2014)

Created financial models to calculate the fee rates for different services of Asset Information.

Responsible for developing innovative pricing methods (e.g. risk based pricing).

Created the fully automatic “Customer Finance Dashboard”, utilising Excel spreadsheets, VBA, and

SQL, which reports the volume metrics, productivity, and performance of all services and products of “Asset

Information” function.

Developed several costing and pricing tools and created engaging and interactive SAP Crystal

Dashboards for new services, products and projects. One of the tools, “Pricing and Resource Planning Tool”,

received high attention and now being used in several organisations in Network Rail.

Optimised the operation of an automatic track inspection project, a £12m project, by creating a model

in spreadsheets to estimate the required resource including labour, equipment, etc considering different

scenarios for potential incidences (e.g. faults, and delays in different stages of the operation), risks, and

issues.

Created business cases for their benefits after successful pilots and presented a more comprehensive

understanding of the benefits, costs and risks through scenario analysis. One of the projects received

approval with a budget of £12m.

Created a forecasting tool for Data Collection Services, one of the main services of the business, which

enables users to forecast demand and supply, run in depth scenario analysis and understand the change in

budget, resource, and volume. The tool, designed by Excel and SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius, was highly

appreciated by the Asset Information Director and has been actively used for planning and forecasting.

Led a team to optimise the frequency of rail tracks inspections. Gathered historical data and created a

business model using “Risk Based Maintenance” approach. The task involved with statistical analysis such

as regressions. The project aimed at saving £6m per year.

Designed a framework and created a checklist to assess the organisation readiness for accepting

changes/deliverables from projects worth £327m into operation. The framework is highly appreciated and

being used across the organisation.

Designed the “Benefits Realisation Management” framework (including processes, and tools such as

Benefit Profile, Benefits Register, and Benefits Plan) and presented it to the steering committee. The design

got approval.

A key member of a team that designed the “Practice Office Management” process used for workbank

forecasting, resource allocation, monitoring, and reporting.

2012 Mayer Brown – London, UK Contract

Profitability Development Analyst (May 2012 – Oct 2012)

Mayer Brown is the 14th largest law-firm in the world.

A key member of the global “Drive for Efficiency” Project aiming at improving profitability, pricing

process and change management.

A key member of a team responsible for selecting the Pricing and Legal Matter Management Software

in the firm. I was specifically involved in gathering business requirement, and bid evaluation stage including

scoring vendor’s capabilities against critical success factors, proposal assessment, prototype testing, and

vendor clarification meetings.

Developed a database and mechanisms for storing alternative fee arrangement details and considered

how to integrate with other data sources.

Accumulated and analyzed historical matter level data for use in establishing benchmarks and reference

points in pricing future engagements.

Supported development of “Legal Project Management” including checklists, pricing/bid templates,

key clauses, document management systems, etc.

Coordinated development of “Alternative Fee Arrangements” handbook including fundamentals of

pricing language, key clauses, etc;

2010 – 2012 Addleshaw Goddard LLP / Cranfield SOM – London, UK Contract

Pricing Strategy Analyst (Oct 2010 – May 2012)

Addleshaw Goddard is a top 20 UK law firm with annual revenue of £ 170M delivering a full range of

services to major corporates and other large businesses.

Managed an 18 months project to revolutionise pricing in the firm. The results of the project increased

the profitability by £1.5 m in the first year.

Developed an IT based Pricing Decision Expert System which enabled partners to select appropriate

pricing methods, promotions, and innovation based on clients' needs, work conditions and competitive

landscape. The system increased efficiency by decreasing the labour activities.

Conducted several studies to benchmark the performance of the firm against comparable competitors.

Studied pricing models of different industries and markets and applied innovative pricing strategies to

the context of legal industry.

Designed profit based segmentation models to analyse customer profitability and reflect key drivers of

productivity. Formulated different strategies to increase the revenue and profit of each segment.

A member of Core Pricing Group in charge of Adhoc Pricing Decisions of risky matters and deals. The

decisions enabled the firm to win more than 40% of the deals in 12 months.

Designed a Spreadsheet with VBA code for gathering Price data, which resulted in collecting and

analysing data more efficiently

Interviewed the company's business owners (key partners) to capture main pricing issues of each

service line and analysed the interviews' transcripts with qualitative software (Nvivo).

Responsible for performing statistical analysis in quantitative surveys.

2008 – 2009 IDRO Financing and Consulting Corporation – Tehran, Iran

Senior Finance Analyst (May 2008 – Sep 2009)

A leading company in the fields of investment banking, financial and corporate advisory services.

Designed a Financial Projection Model (P&L, Balance sheet, and Cash Flow) used as a tool in

financial analysis of Corporate Rating Projects.

Led financial and market analyses of two Corporate Credit Rating Projects of Oil and Gas General

Contractors.

Member of a team in charge of designing “Credit Scoring Model” by examining complicated

mathematical algorithms and applying them to emerging markets.

Assisting clients in presenting their application to financiers, responsible for preparing “Finance

Project Profiles”, “Feasibility Study” and “Preliminary Information Memorandum” for local and

International Banks.

2006–2008 KavoshCom R&D Group Co. – Tehran, Iran

Business Development Manager (Mar 2006 – Apr 2008)

An international Telecom Company active in design and technology transfer.

Managed responses to RFP/RFI and bids of telecom projects in association with technical managers

Formulated valuation models for evaluating KavoshCom’s worth and prepared proposals for potential

investors, which resulted in a US$2m investment of new private investors in the company.

Managed key clients relationships in conjunction with technical and sales managers

Prepared business plans based on different methods of partnership and benefit share, which resulted in

projects totalling US$2.5m in Malaysia, Emirates and Iran.

Participated in more than 20 business meetings with different Chinese and Hong Kong companies in

two weeks, which led to many MOUs and agreements for conducting joint projects and technology transfers.

2003–2006 Energy Industries Engineering & Design – Tehran, Iran

Senior Electrical Engineer (Jul 2003 – Mar 2006)

Key member of the Electrical and Telecom department of South Pars phase 9&10 gas refinery Project,

a $US 2.5bn Project.

Participated as the client representative in Vendor clarification meetings in a 35 days period in South

Korea for finalizing the design and procurement of South Pars Phase 9&10 project’s electrical equipment.

Education

2009–2010 Cranfield School of Management Cranfield, UK

MSc Finance & Management, GPA: 74.2/100

June 2010 – Oct 2010 My thesis “Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction and Equity Returns in the UK”

under the supervision of the Equity Quantitative Strategy Department of Deutsche Bank in London. was

selected in the list of finalists (top 20 among 147 theses across Europe) in the 2011 competition of

Master Degree Theses on Economics and Finance in the “centre des profession financiers” of France.

2005–2005 McMaster University Hamilton, Canada

MBA Exchange Program, GPA: A

2003–2006 Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran

MBA, GPA: 17.56/20

1994–1999 Sharif University of Technology

Tehran, Iran

BSc Electrical Engineering, GPA: 14.6/20

Achievements

Member of a team that was shortlisted in the FT Innovative Lawyers Award 2011 in pioneering pricing

models

Ranked 2nd among 50 students in MSc Finance and Management program of Cranfield University

Awarded a £ 3000 merit based bursary from Cranfield School of Management

Member of the School of Management football team that won the outdoor tournament in 2010

Qualifications

Passed CFA level I, December 2008

Participated in Intensive 4 week financial modelling and valuation training program of “Investment

Banking Institute”, London Feb 2011

Skills

Advanced in using (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), VBA, Microfit, SPSS, R, SAP Crystal

Dashboard Design, and BusinessObjects Xcelsius. Familiar with SQL Server.

Proficient in building financial statement projection models, LBO model, accretion/ dilution merger

models

Proficient in company valuations utilising (i) comparable public company analysis, (ii) precedent

transactions analysis and (iii) discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis

Advanced in performing Statistical Analyses such as regressions, binary and multinomial LOGIT, time

series, forecasting, correspondence, cluster and factor analysis

Familiar with methods and frameworks that drive risk management decisions, e.g. market (VAR, Monte

Carlo) and credit risk ( PE, EPE, etc.), Economic Capital, RAROC, Stress Testing, Liquidity Risk

Familiar with operations research and advanced mathematics to solve complex problems.

Advanced in equity derivatives valuation, option pricing models, option trading strategies

Familiar with MS Visio, MS Project, DataStream, Thomson, Company Analysis, SDC Platinum,

Factiva, GMID

Familiar with Elite, and Aderant

References

References are available upon request

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