Project Management

Ahsan Mumtaz

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Career Objective

Seasoned and motivated project management and business practitioner focused on achieving strategic objectives within time, cost, and quality. Expertise in projects/programs and organizational resource optimization for Information Technology projects implementation/ processes improvement /change management. Detail oriented methodical analyst with focus on problem solving and efficiency improvement. Accomplished project management professional, having 15 years of successful experience leading all SDLC phases of diverse technology projects; MBA, PMP,PRINCE II credentials.

Project Management; planed and facilitated for managing multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage, efficiency enhancement and bottom-line gains.

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

Expertise in PMO development; able to set-up PMO and manage large project teams focused for high-quality deliverables within project timelines and budgetary targets.

KEY MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Project Management

Project Management Office Set-Up

Phase Sequencing/planning

Organizational Change

Agile Project Management/Scrum

Enterprise Wide Implementations

SAP ERP/Siebel CRM

IT Project Lifecycle

SDLC Planning/Coordination

Requirements Analysis

Contract management

Costing/Budgeting

Testing/QA/Rollout/Support

End User Trainings Management

Business Analysis

Problem Solving

GAP Analysis

Processes Documentation

User Acceptance Testing

Stakeholders Management

Process Mapping / Modeling

Cross-Functional Supervision

Achievement Highlights

Honored with PTCL CEO and CIO “Excellence Award” in 2009 in recognition of outstanding ERP project implementation. The project was vital as the company was being transformed from state run entity (67,000 staff) to corporate model (32,000 staff) after telecom market deregulation and PTCL privatization.

Awarded the Leadership Excellence award in 2011 from PMI Islamabad Pakistan Chapter.

Certifications

OGC-Projects in Controlled Environment (PRINCE-II) Foundation Exam Certified, 2007

PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), 2005

Career Summary

NTTDATA Inc SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 12/14 – 11/15

Working within the Corporate IT PMO, facilitated the internal transformation project focused on optimization of the various available technologies for business processes improvement and results delivering. The major challenges include having collective interfaces and touch points whereby harnessing the powers of SAP cloud and on-premises solutions. Major area of responsibilities included project management, organizational change management and system stakeholders’ coordination.

PMI CMASS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS 03/14 – Present

Lead the marketing team and build on engagement marketing programs that address initiatives including professional development events, meetings, and sponsorship/advertising. The major functions include

Requirements elaboration and development on the marketing initiatives involving all stakeholders

Develop; execute plans for project management events, conferences and sessions marketing

Design and implement communications plans to share updated information with members and community

PTCL SENIOR MANAGER ENTERPRISE SUPPORT SYSTEM 05/13-08/13

For reliable availability of SAP system across the organization managed the team of SAP Functional and ABAP teams. Maintained the system help desk using CA tool and ensured responses to the service desk incidents. Following functions were performed

Users engagement for new business requirements, revised processes, documentation development and training

Reported issue analysis and application of problem solving for system enhancements using innovative approaches

Develop process improvements for efficiency / productivity improvement and adoption of new system changes

PTCL SENIOR MANAGER CRM PMO 01/11-04/13

For the implementation of Oracle Siebel CRM 8.1 system led the PMO team. Developed and integrating multi stage project plans that included agile project management methodology with diverse stakeholders including consumer/corporate business segments, IT internal system administration, database applications administration, data center, network and post production support teams. Performed following in the role:

Project scope validation, phase wise work (SOW) assessment, vendor selection and contract finalization

Schedule and conduct user discovery workshops for requirements elicitation and compilation

Design, develop, execute and monitor data migration, quality assurance and system rollout plans

Project vendors management and tracking of budget consumption/request for revisions/approvals

PTCL SENIOR MANAGER ERP PMO 12/08-12/10

In capacity of PMO in-charge for the implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 System managed team of business analysts, quality assurance and technical team members for seamless system delivery and usage in a scrum-conventional project management framework. Following was carried out

Ensure end to end delivery of the ERP system (from inception through deployment) using agile & waterfall framework

Developed / implemented project plans, change management, and corrective activities for output delivery

Coordinated business requirements discussions, status meetings and documenting meeting minutes

Tracking project costs and resource utilization, coordinating implementation efforts, and ensuring provision of training & documentation. Compilation of daily stand up meeting status and follow up

PTCL PROJECT COORDINATOR 10/07-11/08

For the implementation for SAP supported the Product Owner and development team using scrum & traditional project management. Special focus was on Network Life Cycle Management (NLM) - Project Systems and Plant Maintenance areas. Undertook following in the position capacity:

Scheduling and convening of phase /time boxed retrospect meetings and documentation of the proceedings

Capturing of existing business processes in AS-IS blueprints and documentation of TO-Bt E processes blue prints

Conduct GAP analysis, coordinate for sign off of TO-BE blue prints with all concerned stakeholders

Plan and manage user acceptance testing, end user system training sessions, impediment logs

HEC NATIONAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR 08/05-09/07

Funded by USAID the $ 7.3 Million the pilot project was focused to provide higher education financial assistance (need based scholarships) for deserving students, in order to undertake higher education at undergraduate and graduate level in agriculture and business administration disciplines. The position offered following to carry out:

Program requirements elaboration and development of strategic framework

Data analysis/ review and execute verification interviews for short-listing of potential candidates

Convene and conduct periodic meetings with partner institutions

Coordinate with project internal and external stakeholders for regular status updates and program performance

LMKR ERP BUSINESS FACILTATION MANAGER 05/04-06/05

The ERP Solution Virtual Office was developed on IBM Lotus Domino. Responsible for business client projects implementation/business development which was executed in close coordination with Manager ERP and technical team. Hybrid project methodologies were used including agile/scrum and waterfall. Performed following functions in the role.

Clients requirements elicitation, documentation and finalization of done/acceptance criteria

Technical Solution mapping to the requirements and presentation to the clientele/stakeholders for the deliverables

Projects contact award & implementation, anticipate issues, track and manage to mutually agreeable resolutions

PSEB PROJECT OFFICER 02/02-05/04

Industrial Automation Project: The $ 290,000 project was aimed at the SME industrial units and indigenous software sector requiring input of business as well as technical skills. As a project officer analyzed and improved the processes for effective software projects award in high paced environment. The tasks included following

SMEs requirements capturing and consensuses development for standardization/online bidding

Coordination /communication with industrial units, software companies for software development,

Deployment/maintenance/support while providing technical and financial guidance to industrial units.

Early Career

Mathtech (Pvt) Ltd. ASST. MARKETING EXECUTIVE 05/00-02/02

First Media Services BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE 09/98-04/00

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Info Tech (PGD-IT) Comsats Institute of Information Technology, ISL PK 2002

Master of Business Administration (MBA) International Islamic University, ISL PK 1999

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Institute of Business Administration, KHI PK 1997

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