CHUKWUEMEKA AKUMA (PMP/PSM/AWS)

Houston, TX 346-***-**** ad1tvv@r.postjobfree.com

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A professional with more than 12 years’ experience across Agile, Project Management and AWS helping organization to deliver quality product incrementally, meeting their project objectives and ensuring cloud adoption. Multi Domain expertise across information technology (I.T), construction, engineering and oil and gas industries. Versatile in empowering my team to be self-managing, across multifunctional and containing generalizing specialists who can deliver incrementally and iteratively quality products that delights our customers. Led agile adoption using scrum, Kanban and SAFe

SKILLS

Project governance framework Project Scope Planning Prioritizing Resource Requirements & Management Scheduling Organizing Time Management Project Requirements Analysis Oral & Written Communication Skills Milestone Development & Deliverable Tracking Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Team Collaboration Project Budget Planning & Administration Analytical Thinking Problem Solving Attention to Detail Microsoft: Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access Cloud: Amazon AWS (Computing Services, Storage Services Database Services Security and Identity Services: IAM, KMS, Networking Services, Management Tools) EC2, ELB, ECS EKS API Gateway LAMBDA ECS FARGATE ECR Cloud Watch Container insight All the AWS infrastructure services AWS application services AWS analytic services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon Web Services AWS Fargate Load Balancing Agile Confluence JIRA Slack Miro Kanban Monday.com Azure DevOps Microsoft Office PMI Scrum Deployment Migration Strategy Operations Manager Requirements Analysis Scrum Master Requirements Definition API Java Python C++ ADO .

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)

AWS Certified Solution Architect (Professional)

Professional Scrum Master Certification (PSM)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Shell, Houston, Texas 10/2022 - Present

Project Manager

Achievements / Responsibilities

Successfully leading onshore / offshore operations & projects. Portfolio includes Merger and Acquisitions, Energy, Migrations, upstream CSG, LNG plant, large offshore complexes, subsea, wells, FPSO & refineries – project values from $25M to $1B. Efficient implementation of production, integrity & maintenance excellence standards within the Assets, incorporating commissioning & handovers. Implementing cost control measures resulting in a 10% reduction in project costs.

Planning and organizing project schedules, workflow, tasks, and deliverables for all department projects and workstreams.

Ensuring projects are on time, on budget, and within scope. Notifying stakeholders of scope changes and time/budget impact.

Provides leadership in the selection, implementation, and acceptance of new standards and topologies including buy/build analysis which in conjunction with the organization's vision led to new hybrid solutions being selected.

Managing multiple Infrastructure Projects simultaneously keeping Project Stakeholders informed of project milestones and progress via various internal tools, reports, and periodic status meetings.

Coordinating project activities for adherence to project plan and goals, including AWS infrastructure setup, application migration, functional and technical testing (accessibility, vulnerability, and performance), application validation and cutover, and decommissioning of private cloud infrastructure after stabilization

Working with other project managers and program managers on phased migration planning by grouping applications into waves. Responsible for driving the migration of specific waves and/or specific applications within waves to AWS.

Participating in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to meet the organizational strategic objectives.

Participating in quality assurance activities for products to confirm technical and content requirements have been met.

Remote Solutions, Houston, Texas 12/2019 – 10/2022

Project Manager / Scrum Master

Achievements / Responsibilities

Developed and maintained relationships with stakeholders and vendors, resulting in a 15% reduction in project costs and a 20% increase in project quality. Identified and resolved project issues and risks, resulting in a 30% reduction in project delays and a 25% increase in customer satisfaction.

Lead and coached project teams and drove successful delivery of highest value features.

Developed schedule and cost plans that support the business objectives, timelines, budgets, resources, milestones, and project deliverables.

Lead teams in implementing Scrum to maximize velocity. Work with Product Owner to ensure highest value features are delivered at agreed time.

Prepared and conducted periodic project status reports to update project governance teams and executive management regularly on progress, risks, and issues.

Managed project execution to achieve highest value project deliverables within the established schedule and budget.

Tracked progress daily through burn up, burn down and velocity tracking. Understand and help manage product back log.

Facilitates daily scrum for hardware and software integration to the cloud systems.

Utilizes tools like ADO in task assignment, test case management, bug tracking, source version management, change review, and continuous integration and deployment.

Kredx Limited 09/2016 – 09/2019

Project Manager (AWS)

Achievements / Responsibilities

Drove development, implementation, trainings, and support of the enterprise project management methodology. Lead large cross functional teams in the deployment of enterprise-wide projects and programs. Directed multiple projects, lead team of internal staff and external vendors in delivering business solutions.

Built best practices and market trends pertaining to Cloud and overall industry to provide thought leadership (seminars, white papers etc.,) and mentor team to build necessary competency.

Created bill of materials, including required Cloud Services and tools that would need to be utilized Defined Migration strategy to move application from On-premises to cloud

Resolved complex technical problems at a pre- or post-sales level, working with either sales or support personnel worked with security division to design and manage IAM roles for users, vendors, and other third-party vendors

Managed a continuous integration/continuous deployment methodology for our server-based technologies.

Provided analytics and forecasts for AWS cloud capacity, troubleshooting analysis, and up time

Steered and supported the technical team through all steps in the development life cycles architecture, specifications, design, development, testing, deployment and post deployment verification and support.

Effectively planned, coordinated, executed, monitored, and managed work requests and related tasks utilizing strong and pervasive project management expertise for IT projects and IT management.

Successfully led the team in data migration to the cloud of all legacy tools and databases.

Used tools like ADO to plan, track progress, and collaborate on building software solutions with the developers .

Orion Engineering Services Limited 07/2014 – 06/2016

Project Manager/Risk Manager

Achievements / Responsibilities

Proven track record in project management and controls. Improved project efficiency by 20% through effective scheduling and cost analysis, identifying and resolving project issues and risks. Successfully engaged with stakeholders to ensure project alignment with business standards. Used data analysis to identify project performance issues and implement solutions.

Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and project implementation plans, including risk mitigation.

Coordinated internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with project staff from various functional departments

Analysed project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that project team adheres to project requirements

Assisted with developing new processes and tools that improve the performance and effectiveness of the project management delivery

Applied existing strategies to balance the elements of time, cost, quality, scope, risk, and resources Built an efficient project team and related forums as chairman, as well as for dissolving it with lessons.

Participated in the assessment and mitigation of risk situations that become evident outside the formal Risk Assessment Process.

Sambath Limited 01/2012 – 03/2014

Scrum Master /Project Manager

Achievements / Responsibilities

Developed and managed EVMS to assess project status & monitor schedule and costs. Managed integrated product team (IPT) coordinating mechanical, electrical, and software development. Perform EVM, prepare end of month reports, and perform change management procedures.

Coordinated and completed all assigned software development projects throughout the organization and met the required specification and quality goals.

Coordinated the constructed product roadmaps with Product Strategists and serve as the central interface between groups working together on product strategy, design, development, testing and overall quality management.

Promoted investigation and application of new technologies and industry trends.

Worked with project constituents to set deadlines, clarify responsibilities, resolve project issues, and monitor progress of projects.

Lead daily standups, backlog grooming and sprint demo/retrospective sessions

Prepared reports for upper management regarding status of projects.

Chevron (Oil and Gas Upstream) 10/2009 – 11/2011

Project Manager

Achievements / Responsibilities

Overall management and safe execution of the large projects ensuring the objectives of the company within the approved budget and resources, managing all aspects of projects including but not limited to budget & business forecasting for EPC operations, engineering management, procurement, logistics, construction, and commissioning. Completed challenging life cycle EPC/M onshore and offshore projects $10,000,000 to $100,000,000 project cost.

Astute in management of budgets, project milestones & project/ equipment’s performance guarantees

Developed & managed PEP, proposals, budgets, L123 schedules, project teams, HSE, QAQC & commercial functions

Restructured contracts & reduced project expenditures by 20%, managed changes, developed teams & organisations

Implemented efficient design technologies, procedures, software’s & improved work efficiency by 15-20%

Resolved EPC operation constraints, turned around loss into profits enhancing business performance.

I encouraged the organization to use Scout which is an AWS base software. This helped the operators, technicians, and engineers and they were all empowered with the tools and information needed to both reduce cost, save hours each day, and improve production operations

Utilized Scout field data collection (FDC) platform to simplify and streamline the capture of key metrics, reduce downtime, and improve operations for the oil and gas industry.

Automated and improved the EHS (Environment, health, and safety) Management System for Workplace Safety, Web App LMS, Training Management, Online Training, Governance, Risk and Compliance.

EDUCATION

Associate Degree, Computer Science

Bachelors of Degree, Mechanical and Production Engineering

Master's Degree, Global Management

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Highly trained in following developmental programs for Sr. Managers.

Advanced Project Management, Innovation & Development skills along with Cost Engineering, Planning & Scheduling and Procurement & Engineering Management with Project Appraisal Techniques.

Design of Process, Electrical, Static & Rotating equipment, Piping, Instrumentation & Control, general Civil and Structural, Operation & Hazop.

Leadership & Personality development skills, Interpersonal & Presentation, Financial and Accounting Management techniques.

Human Resource & Training Management, Administration, Labor laws, Vigilance, Legal / Commercial procedures, Marketing and Business Development Strategies

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