Social Media Project

VAGISH

SHARMA

E: *******.******@*****.***

M: 647-***-****

L: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vagishs/

SKILLS

• Project Management

• Business Consulting

• Process Flow Improvement

• Effective Communication Skills

• Data Driven Decision Making

• MS- Word, Excel, Power point

• Problem Management

EDUCATION

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

EADA Business School, Spain (2012-13)

• B.Tech + M.Tech (Integrated)

Amity University, India (2005-10)

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Project Management

Professional (PMP)

• Certificate in Change Management

• Certificate in Scrum Advanced, Six

Sigma and Digital Transformation

• Certificate in Corporate Finance and

Strategy

• Certificate in Localizing Sustainable

development

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Certified PMP with 7+ years of work experience in Project management, Business process improvement, Change management and Risk assessment of projects with budget range of $10 million CAD to $200 million CAD;

• Proven Accounting, Financial adjustments and Budgeting skills and expertise in preparation of PDC, RFPs, TORs, EOI, SOPs, DPR, MoUs, Agreement and project monitoring reports;

• Expertise in Social media marketing including content curation, SEO- landing page optimization, social listening, website design/ development and Ads management;

• Possess cross-functional knowledge, including operations, finance, legal, policy, sales and marketing;

• Strong Leadership skills and managed multiple priorities; delivered projects with quality results in strict timeframes;

• Effective Team management, Stakeholder management, Event planning, Training preparation and delivery skills.

WORK HISTORY

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy Senior Consultant 06/2020 – Present

• Establishing project charters, project plans, KPI’s, budgets, agreements, strategies and benchmarking pathways with clients and internal management to achieve deliverables and targets by specified timelines;

• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders on the subject of global transitions, development of practical policies and pathways for change and identifying business opportunities for WISE;

• Performing risk assessment, SWOT and identifying root-causes to develop mitigation plans for threats to the projects and tracking project performance using GANTT and other tools ;

• Developing and designing questionnaire, reports and trackers to conduct primary and secondary research in collaboration with third party to gauge satisfaction level of funders and other stakeholders. Learn to Act Advisory Manager- Strategy & Operations 02/2018 - 04/2020

• Managed Startup culture and worked with senior management to develop strategies and plans to bring transformational change for business process improvement and assessment;

• Executed creative projects and developed market intelligence models to deliver an ICT connected ecosystem which is accessible, affordable and sustainable for end user;

• Managed projects with institutions and government for smart Investment in the areas of 2D/3D, AR/VR simulation, AI interface for face recognition and teaching using IVR technology

• Created project development estimates, schedules, risk management plans and managed company budget and change management strategy for new markets and customers;

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• Selected as Global Fellow by Waterloo

Global Science Initiative (WGSI) at

University of Waterloo

• Selected as Fellow by United Nations to

attend training on Sustainable Business

Management (SMB) at Bonn, Germany

• Selected as Young Pacific Leader by

United Nations at Tongji University

• Awarded as East Asia Future Leader by

Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(MOFA), Japan

• Awarded Middle East Leadership award

to attend MBA program

• Awarded Special Scholarship for non-

academic excellence

• Responsible for Social media marketing including content curation, SEO- landing page optimization, social listening, website design/development

• Reviewed existing customer pay patterns prior to granting future business; proposed and negotiated settlement offers to clients through e- mail/phone or via direct personal visits;

Achievements: Created business plans that led to change in marketing strategy and increased revenue to 63% from under 20% National Skill Development Corporation Project Lead 03/2014 - 01/2018

• Led Udaan project (PPP) worth $200 million CAD;

• Conducted project management, budget planning, execution, team management and monitoring in coordination with 120 corporate partners including Accenture, KPMG, TCS, Genpact, Renault, Reliance and others;

• Worked on Learning Management System (LMS) to gather project requirements and overall project governance, including ensuring compliance to Industry and Government regulations;

• Managed relationship with senior management and officials and prepared PDC, RFPs, TORs, EOI, SOPs and DPR, project monitoring reports using tools like FMEA, PERT, GANTT chart and other technical tools.

• Administered assigned customer/partners accounts by performing duties such as processing and investigating all short-payments and reconciling debit/credit balances;

Achievements: Project Udaan was awarded as best project by World Education Summit -2015

Indo US Science & Technology Forum Program Officer 06/2011 - 08/2012

• Led International public private partnership (PPP) Clean Energy Center

(JCERDC) worth $100 million CAD with U.S Department of Energy (DoE) and USAID;

• Worked closely with project management office to track project timelines, deliverables, budgets and suggested solutions to the team and facilitated project evaluation and meetings.

• Responsible for data collection, monitoring, process improvement and benchmarking with industry standards and best practices;

• Supported over 100 research institutions, 500+ researchers collaborated with institutions and governments

Achievements: JCERDC was awarded the best project under PACE-R program of USA

.

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