NASIR QADEER

**** ***** **., *** *****, IL 609-***-**** adbkr9@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasir-qadeer-pmp-spc-scm-429b6210

SUMMARY

Results oriented, technology and product management executive with over 20 years experience building B2B and B2C software solutions. Project and portfolio management expert with extensive experience in PMI, Scrum and Scaled Agile principles. Proven success developing global business strategy and solutions with best-in-class and emerging technologies to achieve maximum commercial value with minimum expense.

QUALIFICATIONS

•20 years experience with eCommerce, B2B, B2C, EDI, Global Data Synchronization (GDSN) and retail portals

•Program and portfolio management expert that has implemented enterprise PMO, PPM and DM functions

•Full lifecycle implementation experience including software, infrastructure, business intelligence and analytics platforms utilizing Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile and Waterfall

•15 years of experience in the design, development, implementation and support of commercial SaaS solutions with an emphasis on UI/UX

•Strong analytical skills accompanied with the ability to understand and model complex business requirements and translate them into technical specifications

•Proven track record for designing and executing cost reduction strategies, process improvements, and quality assurance techniques

•Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with and influence all levels of the organization

•Excellent mentor, trainer and negotiator able to forge solid relationships with strategic partners

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1WorldSync Inc., Chicago, IL May 2015 – Oct 2019

Global Vice President, Products and Technology

1WorldSync is the leading provider of SaaS based master data management solutions, enabling 25,000 global companies in 60 countries to share product information

•Manage a $6.5M project portfolio with 50+ development and product management resources including P&L and expense management responsibility

•Liaise with Senior Leadership, providing technology and product KPIs to influence strategic business decisions

•Successfully delivered a legacy platform consolidation plan on Google Cloud resulting in $2M in annual savings

•Extensively advised leaders at Fortune 1000 clients on technology strategy, roadmap and architecture, consistently delivering quantifiable business impact

•Led the companies digital transformation, a 2 year $5M project to enable next generation Omni channel capabilities

•Initiated BI and DW solutions providing significant intelligence for internal business units and customers

•Developed FDA/UDI connector for medical device manufacturers including Abbott and Teleflex

•Launched the Digital Asset Management platform including 360 product spin

•Implemented Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to align portfolio with corporate objectives and improve operational efficiency

•Led the DevSecOps implementation and increased delivery output by 400%

•Built a high performing platform, processing over 4 million transactions daily with 25,000 customers including many Fortune 500 companies

•Leveraged Amazon (AWS) and Google (GCP) cloud to extend product capabilities and reduce infrastructure costs by $500K

•Responsible for global system availability to remain above 99.5% - 2018 average was 99.8%

•Contributor to the firm’s ISO 27K information security compliance thus enabling significant market differentiation

•Achieved the firm’s highest result (85%) in 2018 interdepartmental employee satisfaction survey

1WorldSync Inc., Chicago, IL Sept 2012 – Apr 2015

Sr. Director, Product Delivery

•Consistently developed and managed 10+ concurrent project plans with 90% cost and schedule accuracy

•Managed cross-functional go-to-market plans including marketing, sales, service, training and launch strategies

•Recruit, develop, mentor, supervise and review performance for all product and technology staff

•Led a successful post-merger integration of products, resources and technology achieving significant synergy and cost reduction

•Worked with Kroger and Albertsons on a $4M project to develop a recipient product portal to facilitate collaboration with 6,000 suppliers for new item setup

•Developed a Data Quality Management system for Wal-Mart, Heinz and Kroger, allowing suppliers and retailers to validate and score master data accuracy - project cost $1M

•Implemented 72% automation of system testing and monitoring resulting in 60% operational efficiency and a 25% reduction in quality issues

GS1 US, Chicago, IL Jul 2010 – Aug 2012

Sr. Director, Product Development

GS1 US serves 200,000 businesses in 25 industries in the US by facilitating industry initiatives and administrating the GS1 System of Standards

•Responsible for the development and support of corporate and commercial systems with a team of 30 resources

•As head of PMO, developed departmental standards and policies including Project Portfolio Management, PM methodologies (Agile and Waterfall), development standards and change management

•Managed global relationships with vendors and consultants and renegotiated over a dozen contracts delivering efficiency from 5% - 50% while ensuring continuation and enhancement of service

•Spearheaded transfer of offshore development partner from Philippines to India resulting in 20% cost reduction

GS1 US, Chicago, IL Sept 2001 – Jun 2010

Project Manager

•Implemented a Project Portfolio Management process to provide transparency and governance for approved projects

•Developed a GDSN certified data pool enabling B2B exchange of product, brand and manufacturer information - Initial cost $3M

•Worked extensively with Coke, Pepsi, Kraft and Sara Lee to develop a SaaS based CPG Price synchronization system - initial cost $2M

PricewaterhouseCoopers, NY, NY Nov 1998 – Aug 2001

Principal Management Consultant

•Managed three developers on the Bristol-Myers Squibb, SAP HR implementation

•Developer on the Perdue Farms, SAP order-to-cash implementation

Sterling Commerce Inc. (an AT&T Company), Toronto, Ontario Sept 1996 – Oct 1998

Senior Consultant

•Provided expertise and implementation consulting to clients using Sterling’s e-Commerce and EDI solutions - specialized in SAP implementations

Pfizer Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario May 1995 – Aug 1996

EDI Programmer/Analyst

•Developed C++ programs for end-to-end automation of Pfizer’s EDI system

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

•University of Toronto, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science,

•Certified PMP (Project Management Professional), Project Management Institute

•Certified SAFe 4 Program Consultant, Scaled Agile Inc.

•Certified Scrum Master

•Project Management Principles, Humber College

•SAP ABAP 4

•Pragmatic Marketing Framework (course completion)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

•Estimation, budget management, project accounting

•ALM: Jira, Asana, Trello

•Product design, architecture, UI/UX

•MS: Project, Office, Visio, Sharepoint

•Cloud: AWS, Salesforce, GCP. G-Suite

•DevOps, CI/CD, automation, Jenkins, Sonar

•SOA, API, XML, JSON

•DBs: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Mongo

•Languages: C/C++, Java, JavaScript, ABAP

•OS: UNIX/Linux, Windows, Chromium, AS/400

•ERP: SAP, JDE

•Procurement, RFP

•CMS, SEO, Web analytics, MDM

•Industry Experience: CPG, Retail, Healthcare, Foodservice, Hardlines

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