Project Manager

Location:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Posted:

November 16, 2023

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Adeeb Samodien

* ********** *****, ******, **** Town 7800

*********@*****.***, 082*******

Code B Drivers Licence

Languages: English, Afrikaans

EDUCATION

MANCOSA

Master in Business Administration (2020 - Current) NQF 9 - Coursework:

Human Resource Development

Information and Knowledge Management (Distinction)

Strategic Marketing Management

Operations Management

Managerial Economics

Financial Management

Research and Quantitative Methods

Corporate Strategy

Strategic Project Management (Elective)

Dissertation (Pending)

MANCOSA

Post-Graduate Diploma in Project Management (December 2019) NQF 8 - Coursework:

Principles of Project Management

Project Scope and Time Management

Project Management Leadership

Project Communication and Risk Management

Project Financial Management

Project Resource Management

Project Quality Management

Project Applied Technology (Distinction)

Computer Training Institute

International Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies (2001) NQF 7 - Coursework:

The Network Environment

Systems Analysis & Design

Project Management

Business Management

Object Oriented Techniques (Visual C++)

Database Development and Design

Practical Project (Systems Development)

Internet Systems Administration

Boston City Campus, NCC Education (UK)

International Diploma in Computer Studies (2000)

NQF 6 - Coursework:

Basic Computing Principles

Computer Programming (Structured Coding)

Modelling for Computing with Mathematics

Human Communication and Information Systems

Business Systems Development

Further Programming (Visual Basic)

Practical Project (Program Coding)

CERTIFICATIONS:

Cloud Computing for Business Professionals

Cloud Computing for IT Professionals

UNIX: System Administration

CompTIA A+ 2012 Essentials 220-801

CompTIA Network+ 2014 (N10-006)

SK0-003 CompTIA Server+ 2009

CompTIA A+ 2012 Practical 220-802

SY0-401 CompTIA Security+ 2011

VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1

CCNA Routing and Switching

Data Analytics MS Excel VBA

Data Analytics MS Power BI

Data Analytics MS Power Pivot

Data Analytics MS Power Query

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Word

WORK EXPERIENCE

Date &

Duration

Organisation Contract value Responsibilities Projects or Task Work March 2016 –

Present

Project

Manager

Western Cape

Government

Dept. of the

Premier -

School LAN

implementation

Capacity

Service

Provider Approx

R1 Billion over

5 years)

Responsibilities:

Establish, unbundle, and manage all the project

scopes that part of my responsibility. Execute the planned Schedule, Resource, Technology,

Stakeholder, Quality, Communication, and Risk

Management processes. Provide progress, status,

and technical reports during project execution.

I am a project manager with the oversight project

management team for WCEDs schools LAN

implementation project. This is an annual budgeted deployment project at schools which encompasses:

A primary connection hardware to the

WCG Broadband infrastructure.

A core LAN server infrastructure (Active

Directory, WSUS, Radius authentication,

environmental monitoring) for

management of the deployed network.

An array of connection points with in

classroom and supporting learning areas

via physical network points and wireless

access points (APs)

As Project manager, one of my primary roles was

that of Quality Control and inspection of all

infrastructure deployed at schools. This required:

Liaising with LAN Project primary

Contractor, a WCG district CNT and the

Evaluate and validate

project completion

status as part of the

contracts agreed.

Standardised signoff

protocols for the

Department of

Education.

Direct consultation with

the end-user

stakeholder teams.

Post - L9 -

Assistant

Director

Role - Project

Manager

School Principal for a Site inspection and

sign-off.

School sign-off is comprised of a hardware

inspection, engagement with the principal

regarding details of project sign-off, LAN

connection guide, Project supporting

documentation, and user connectivity

I was responsible for a technical resource that

facilitated on-site school staff connection training I have managed and implemented two projects for

the Matric Exam Capturing Centres:

Conducting Site assessment of existing

infrastructure at designated schools.

Liaising with district service managers and

supporting staff (CNTs), school

management and 3rd party contractors.

Reporting to senior management on site

status.

Planning of deployment requirements at

designated sites. Liaising with

stakeholders (District SMs, Site CNTs,

School Management, Site contractor) for

execution of proposed infrastructure

deployment and timeline.

December

2013 - Feb

2016

Project

Management /

IT Specialist

TASK Applied

Science

(Contract value:

R1.5 million)

Manage Desktop Support Technician and provide

Support locations, for Desktops, Laptops, MACs,

Printers, Tablets, Mobile, Medical equipment,

Network Admin, Server support & maintenance,

Firewall, VPN & inter-site support, Supplier relations, Domain Builder, WAN design & implementation,

LAN design & implementation, Primary Server

acquisition & configuration, Site Servers acquisition

& configuration, Microsoft Volume Licensing &

Supplier relations

Provide complete

installation and

maintenance for core

(HQ) and subsidiary

(External) components

of the Task information

systems technology

network.

November

2013 On-Site

DSE to Project

Team

DCD Marine

Contract value:

R300 million

Provide Deskside support for Project Team

On duty for 12 hours per day for 41 consecutive

days.

Provide complete

maintenance for

components of the

information systems

during construction

work

October 2013

Desktop

Support

Engineer

T-Systems

value: R35

million

Provide Level 2 Deskside support Provide complete

maintenance for

software / hardware

incidences during the

daily production process

January 2013

- June 2013

Desktop

Support

Engineer -

EUC Team

Chevron

South Africa

Contract value:

Open ended)

Provide Level 2 Deskside support for 3 floors

Compliance coordinator

Infrastructure Audit coordinator

Password Elimination Project contact

Compliance Progress Reports Coordinator.

Deploy latest SCCM image and prerequisite

hardware

to Primary floors

Monitoring Project contact.

Communications coordinator.

Provide User training on Primary floors.

March 2012 -

December

2012 IT

Global Edge

Technologies

(Old Mutual)

(Contract value:

Open ended)

Active Directory Administration.

Roles and Securities Auditing.

Non-Production and Dev Support

Infrastructure

Support

Specialist

(75% allocation)

(9 environments 100 - 175 servers per

environment).

Production and DR Support

(25% allocation).

Omega Securities Administration.

Siebel Securities admin and support.

Business Works Troubleshooting.

August 2011 -

February

2012 Desktop

Support

Specialist

Global Edge

Technologies

(Old Mutual)

(Contract value:

Open ended)

Desktop support for all office/offshore Staff.

Hardware installations, configurations, and support. Microsoft and other software installations.

Handling hardware and software purchases.

Hardware asset management.

Software licence management.

Project support, rollouts, and office moves.

Division AV support

June 2010 –

May 2011

Technician

Webber

Wentzel

(Contract value:

Open ended)

General desktop support for all office users.

Desktop and Laptop hardware installations,

configurations and support.

Microsoft and other software installations.

Maintain an asset register containing all desktop and laptop information.

Executing projects, rollouts & office moves.

Support of audio/visual equip and other IT

equipment.

Blackberry server support.

Desktop Support

LAN Administration

IT Services

Administration

July 2007 –

Feb 2010

Network

Administrator

& On-site IT

Support

Auction

Alliance (Pty)

Ltd

In house

budgets

Server monitoring & Daily maintenance

Active Directory maintenance

Desktop (Laptop & PC) support & maintenance

Network printer admin & support (Kyocera)

Large cap printer admin & support(Konica Minolta)

Blackberry server support

Support request coordination with off-site SP

Software skills:

MS Server 2003 & 2008

MS Office 2003 & 2007

Active directory

Printer specific management software

Blackberry Server Management software

Desktop Support

LAN Administration

February 2006

–April 2007

Junior

Consultant

Datasmith

(Pty) Ltd

MS SQL Server 2000 & 2005

MS Visual Studio 6, .Net & 2005 (VB)

eEnterprise 7.5

MS Great Plains 8

MS Dynamics 9

Visual Basics for Applications

Crystal Reports (9, 10 & 11)

Support Consultant

December

2005

Data Capturer

Telkom