AZIM KHAN, PMP, MSEE

***** **** **** ***** **** Raton, Florida 33496

H: 561-***-****; C: 561-***-**** acw984@r.postjobfree.com

Senior IT Consultant/Program Manager / Project Manager

Extensive IT experience in Fortune 100 companies such as, Verizon, IBM, Tyco, Office Depot, ADT and Siemens in program / project / product management, sales support, business planning, & management of IT systems, Infrastructure & network solutions. Highly-motivated, positive attitude. Best in high-pressure, fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment, collaborating with wide range of individuals. Communicator & relationship builder. Key strengths:

PMP Certified; Project & Account Management

Complete Product Lifecycle Management

Sharepoint, Smartsheet, Google Drive Management

Project Development Methodologies (Waterfall, RAD, SDLC, Agile/Scrum)

Project Leadership, Oversight & Support

Vendor Relationship Management

Infrastructure and Network implementation

Managed Hosting, Colocation Services

RFI/RFP/RFQ /SOW Proposals & Response Handling

Financial Administration in Clarity, Cognos, TDM

Data Migration to Oracle Using ODI

Outsourcing to Offshore Resources

Risk Management in all project phases

SOA based Applications & System Enhancements

Security, Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, DNS

Hardware / Software Infrastructure Implementation for Data Center

Disaster Recovery for Data Center

Cloud Datacenter Service as Enterprise-Class Managed Hosting Solution Technology

eCommerce B2B and B2C Strategy and support

Hardware: Mainframe (IBM, HP, SUN), Open Systems & PC desktops, AS-400

Software: Windows OS, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook,

Visio, MS Project, ITIL Process, PMP, Six Sigma Process, IBM Websphere, JIRA, Agile, MS Project, Cognos, Clarity, TDM

Programming: Java, C, C++, XML, HTML, UNIX, .NET, Solaris, Windows NT, Windows, Unix

Database: Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Informix

Professional Experience

OFFICE DEPOT, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 2016 – Present

2014 – 2015

Senior Project Manager

Managing Infrastructure project implementations in Office Depot. Setting up and configuring hardware, applications and 3rd party applications within data centers, disaster recovery site and decommissioning servers in data centers that are to be shut down. Responsibility includes;

Managing deployment of network infrastructure including hardware setup (physical & virtual), configuration and applications including 3rd party applications such as SAP, RACE etc.

Migrating multiple AS400 systems/LPARS including OS upgrade to version 7.1 from 6.1 from data center to be shut down to another.

Managing user and application fileshare migration from data center in Itasca to Charlotte data center migrating over 24TB of data over shared 600Mb/s circuit ensuring security policies, standard practices and methodologies are adhered to.

Responsible for Financial fiscal responsibility of multiple projects in Clarity, Cognos and ensuring that project allocations, actuals and budget are maintained accurately. Ensuring vendor invoices are dispositioned and reconciled from Cognos to Clarity. Reporting VAC to executive on monthly financial close.

Conducting weekly and ad-hoc meeting with project team members and resolving issues and concerns. Maintaining Project plans in MS PP, Smartsheets and all documentation shared with users via Google Drive as well as SharePoint.

Reporting status on a weekly basis on all projects to executive management.

Managed OD International eCommerce Implementation in European countries by providing leadership in managing IT Infrastructure and applications running on legacy servers

Maintaining hardware and software legacy Infrastructure 24x7 to minimize business down time impact. Supporting European legacy e-commerce websites for iBSD and Viking applications generating nearly $2B annually.

As liaison between European project manager and local team, analyze, design and implement mutually beneficial solutions and process improvements utilizing an understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), process flow diagrams, agile methodologies and scrum/JIRA implementation tracking

Managed the implementation/upgrade of a Java WebSphere frontend and AS/400 backend for all Office Depot European websites. Lead role in creation and execution of QA test plans, UAT testing process and strategies using cutting edge tools such as HP Quality Center and HP ALM

Support applications using Jira Project Tracking Software to track issues and report status to executive management.

Managed new or current eCommernce functionality using Agile Methodology by creating Sprints, grooming/backlogs as scheduled. Conducting daily Stand Up calls with project teams supporting Front End/Back End Servers and Test Support.

ADT, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 April 2015 – Sept 2015

Senior Project Manager

Managing ADT project Implementations by providing IT Infrastructure in line with established executive strategies, vision and budget estimates. Responsibility included;

Architecture of the company's development infrastructure utilizing cloud computing via vendor agnostic APIs (REST JSON) resulting in estimated savings of $980,000 and achieving a scalable solution to meet future business needs.

Ensure security policies and procedures are in compliance of the network infrastructure and data message transaction exchange including payload information via encryption.

Setup Infrastructure hardware and software such, as but not limited to, Application Gateway, Customer Site inventory, interface to legacy Billing, handheld device UI to perform Order Management.

TYCO IS, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 2014 - 2014

Program Manager

Managed critical Infrastructure projects in TYCOIS that included development of SQL scripts in Oracle and Sybase to purge ADT data from within TycoIS servers:

Responsible in execution and validation of data within key Business and Monitoring applications within legacy servers. The SQL scripts purged 3 TB of ADT Data from the TYCOIS systems in Canada and US due to separation of both enterprises into two different companies.

Managed SOA based application integration, infrastructure setup and integration of 3rd party interfaces and customized applications. Setup Disaster Recovery infrastructure so that system failover can occur seamlessly.

VERIZON IT, Temple Terrace, Florida 33637 2004 - 2014

Program Manager

Manage multiple projects supporting IT organization that runs and supports global Verizon Communications enterprise. Includes infrastructure setup for a Data Center and Disaster Recovery, Workflow Manager, OSS/BSS application development and support.

Frontier divesture: Integrated operations with Verizon development groups across LOB’s/vendors/outsourced contractors containing Mainframe / Open System servers and 512 Verizon applications containing Unix, Vmware, AIX, Linux, middleware, MQ, Websphere, in SQL, Oracle, Sybase and DB2 configurations that were delivered to Frontier as part of $8B sale.

Migrated data from different databases into Oracle using ODI (Oracle Data Integrator) extraction tool in portal platform with extraction, transformation and loading executed in parallel. Savings realized $1M.

Managed Colocation Services, managed hosting at enterprise level. Implemented new IT Communication applications in Verizon affiliates in Caribbean and South America generating $20M revenue. Project and Account Management meeting SLA on time resolution of maintenance problems reported (24x7) criteria.

Managed, designed, configured, and implemented new IT infrastructure for new buildings site for Disaster Recovery.

COMCAST CORPORATION, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054 2003 - 2004

Program Manager/Principal Architect, Application and Design

Architecture, design and development of integrated OS/BSS network provisioning system for triple play (voice, data & video) on Comcast and Comcast-acquired AT&T Broadband network management.

SIEMENS CORPORATION, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 1998 - 2003

Senior Program Manager

Managed OSS/BSS integration for order management, flow-through provisioning, mediation and billing in US and internationally. P&L responsibility for business unit. People management responsibility included hiring, performance plans and reviews.

IBM CORPORATION, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 1982 - 1998

Senior Engineer / Project Manager

Hardware and Software development for AS400, mainframe and Personal Computers.

Education

MS Electrical Engineering - Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

PMP Certification (Project Management Institute)

Status: US Citizen

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