Operating within the FullStride Cloud, Global business line focussing on Transformations, Program / Project / PMO, Agile, IT Strategy, XTOM and Cloud Consulting. > Lead Middle East Business Agility Practice.> Practice Service offering development.> Practice mentoring, coaching and role / career planning.> Practice resource management.> Performance Management.> Presales for all practice GTM offerings.> RFP’s, Proposals & Bid… Show more Operating within the FullStride Cloud, Global business line focussing on Transformations, Program / Project / PMO, Agile, IT Strategy, XTOM and Cloud Consulting. > Lead Middle East Business Agility Practice.> Practice Service offering development.> Practice mentoring, coaching and role / career planning.> Practice resource management.> Performance Management.> Presales for all practice GTM offerings.> RFP’s, Proposals & Bid Defense.> Consulting & Transformation Projects (100% billable). Show less

> Reporting to the group EXCO.> Managing a cross-functional team, comprised of Dept. Leads.> Define the “Carve-out” scope to be transferred into a newco.> Approximately 400 FTE’s, 1000+ vendor contracts, 7500 Towers (70% land leases).> Ring-fence the GSM network operations and assets.> What-if analysis of various business scenarios on environmental and market data.> Ensure planning, creation and transfer of a lean, viable organisation into… Show more > Reporting to the group EXCO.> Managing a cross-functional team, comprised of Dept. Leads.> Define the “Carve-out” scope to be transferred into a newco.> Approximately 400 FTE’s, 1000+ vendor contracts, 7500 Towers (70% land leases).> Ring-fence the GSM network operations and assets.> What-if analysis of various business scenarios on environmental and market data.> Ensure planning, creation and transfer of a lean, viable organisation into “Newco”.> Creation of an organizational transformation roadmap and plan.> Assess impact on the retained business.> Target Operating model and mapping the As-Is organization.> Identifying and remediating challenges in the “Carve-out” organization.> Ensuring various legal, regulatory and compliance aspects are met.> Set up and management of a Program Management Office. Show less

> Program management & Program Management Office setup.> Business Case and realization of $5.5 million program budget. (excl. infra and operating costs)> Program governance (PMO), budgets, timelines, organization, plans, systems and tools.> Envisioning and scoping a global business blueprint to tailor for 7 country markets.> Drive organization change through Executive Leadership and dedicated OCM lead.> 4 value chains (R2I, EAM, S2P, O2C), 7 regional… Show more > Program management & Program Management Office setup.> Business Case and realization of $5.5 million program budget. (excl. infra and operating costs)> Program governance (PMO), budgets, timelines, organization, plans, systems and tools.> Envisioning and scoping a global business blueprint to tailor for 7 country markets.> Drive organization change through Executive Leadership and dedicated OCM lead.> 4 value chains (R2I, EAM, S2P, O2C), 7 regional markets. (MENA, WECA, Latin America)> MS Dynamics 365 and Azure Service Bus.> Custom / COTS billing, asset, lease, project, tower and sales apps.> Engagement with Architect team to roll-out new app, data and tech. architecture.> Engage with Group Process Owners and leads to design & implement new processes.> Selection and Management of multiple Vendors (Consulting, Software, Hardware)> Engage external System Integrators to design, build/test & implement new tech stack.> Work with compliance teams to ensure SOX controls are implemented.> Participate in Program and Design Control Board with Executive steering group.> Monitor and control all Program activities.> Core Program team of 10 FTE (Architects, OCM, PM’s)> Business stakeholders approx. 30 and 100+ vendor resources across various locations.> Final sign-off and approval of all governance, process, and technical deliverables Show less

> Product Owner for Affectli (NOC Management Systems) implementation at IHS Towers.> Account Management for West African client base.> Business Development and POC’s.> Collaboration on client requirements with Malta based Software Factory.> Country financials, including billing and withholding tax calculations.> Managed West African Team of 20+ PM’s, Developers, Analyst, Support Specialists

> Delivery of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing capabilities and support.> Managing the Vodacom Enterprise IT account, interacting with Executive stakeholders.> Agile Program management for Bytes project teams at Vodacom EIT.> Lean-Agile coaching Bytes and Vodacom teams during Agile Transformation.> Transformation and transitioning of Bytes teams as part of the Agile Transformation> As a SAFe SPC supporting the Scaled Agile… Show more > Delivery of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing capabilities and support.> Managing the Vodacom Enterprise IT account, interacting with Executive stakeholders.> Agile Program management for Bytes project teams at Vodacom EIT.> Lean-Agile coaching Bytes and Vodacom teams during Agile Transformation.> Transformation and transitioning of Bytes teams as part of the Agile Transformation> As a SAFe SPC supporting the Scaled Agile Framework implementation. Show less

Led the implementation of Business Intelligence & Analytics Solutions across MENA and WECA OPCO's for MTN. Drive alignment of MTN Group BI Strategy adoption at OPCO level. Key strategic levers are single pain of OPCO performance, observability, unification and standardisation of KPI's and metrics and technology roadmap adoption.> Business Intelligence products and services delivery for MENA and WECA.> Business Intelligence, DWH, Big Data and Advance Analytics… Show more Led the implementation of Business Intelligence & Analytics Solutions across MENA and WECA OPCO's for MTN. Drive alignment of MTN Group BI Strategy adoption at OPCO level. Key strategic levers are single pain of OPCO performance, observability, unification and standardisation of KPI's and metrics and technology roadmap adoption.> Business Intelligence products and services delivery for MENA and WECA.> Business Intelligence, DWH, Big Data and Advance Analytics solutions.> C-level engagement on OPCO / Group technology roadmap alignment.> Regional PMO governance & reporting.> Managing a regional portfolio of 25+ concurrent large-scale projects.> Responsible for the countries and remote teams (35+ project staff).> Weekly PM project reviews and reporting.> Project SOW and Risk review and optimization.> Proposals, Financials Forecasts, Revenue Recognition, Debtors> Project Pipeline prioritization, Resource Management across countries> Collaborate with offshore software factory on product requirements.> Engage with remote support teams on DWH operations and incident status. Show less

Establish a PBT Group presence in the Middle East> Business setup & development.> Budgets, marketing, sales, proposals, tenders (RFP/RFI).> Manage relationships with technology partners. (ORACLE, IBM, Microsoft)> Execution of information management projects (mostly POC) and solutions.> Researched and developed a business case and plan.> Set up legal and organization structures in the UAE.> Established co-marketing initiatives with ORACLE, IBM… Show more Establish a PBT Group presence in the Middle East> Business setup & development.> Budgets, marketing, sales, proposals, tenders (RFP/RFI).> Manage relationships with technology partners. (ORACLE, IBM, Microsoft)> Execution of information management projects (mostly POC) and solutions.> Researched and developed a business case and plan.> Set up legal and organization structures in the UAE.> Established co-marketing initiatives with ORACLE, IBM and Microsoft in Gulf.> Several marketing campaigns were launched to target primary markets. Show less

> Technical leadership and pre-sales on tier 1 EPM products & services.> Oversee end-to-end SDLC activities. > Development and review of project SOW and solutions architecture.> Project management consulting.> Requirements elicitation and solutioning of EPM / PMIS solutions.> Product configuration specification reviews with implementation partners.> QA of technical and functional deliverables. > Oversight and management of partner… Show more > Technical leadership and pre-sales on tier 1 EPM products & services.> Oversee end-to-end SDLC activities. > Development and review of project SOW and solutions architecture.> Project management consulting.> Requirements elicitation and solutioning of EPM / PMIS solutions.> Product configuration specification reviews with implementation partners.> QA of technical and functional deliverables. > Oversight and management of partner implementation teams.> Project reporting and internal / external communication. Show less

> End-to-end responsibility to drive customer / account success.> Delivery of large-scale consulting and implementation projects.> SME for PMO, Portfolio, Program and Project engagements.> Sales, pre-sales, proposals, tenders (RFI/RFP) and SOW.> Interim management of PMO implementations.> Project / Program turnaround.> Microsoft EPM & Portfolio Server specialist.> Executing more than 15+ client facing projects successfully during my… Show more > End-to-end responsibility to drive customer / account success.> Delivery of large-scale consulting and implementation projects.> SME for PMO, Portfolio, Program and Project engagements.> Sales, pre-sales, proposals, tenders (RFI/RFP) and SOW.> Interim management of PMO implementations.> Project / Program turnaround.> Microsoft EPM & Portfolio Server specialist.> Executing more than 15+ client facing projects successfully during my tenure at UMT. Show less

> General Management of approx. 60+ staff.> Planning, Budgets, Human Resource Management, Practice Management.> Proposals, Tenders (RFP/RFI), Negotiations, Vendor selection and management.> Delivery of all client-facing Microsoft EPM projects.> Responsible for development leads and teams (.net, VB, SQL, K2, BI).> Responsible for a public and on-site training department.> Responsible for EPM Practice and EPM Consultants.> Responsible for… Show more > General Management of approx. 60+ staff.> Planning, Budgets, Human Resource Management, Practice Management.> Proposals, Tenders (RFP/RFI), Negotiations, Vendor selection and management.> Delivery of all client-facing Microsoft EPM projects.> Responsible for development leads and teams (.net, VB, SQL, K2, BI).> Responsible for a public and on-site training department.> Responsible for EPM Practice and EPM Consultants.> Responsible for internal resource scheduling and reporting. Show less

As Program Manager of Acuity Consulting (Paradigm Interactive Media subsidiary) my responsibilities:> Proposals, Tenders, Quotes> Managing large software development projects> Managing project lifecycle and software development lifecycle> Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control, Closure> Full SDLC, Waterfall, Iterative, Phased implementations> Vendor Management

As the Operations Director at Paradigm Interactive Media's subsidiary, I oversaw various operational aspects, including procurement, finance, technical installations, and HR management, driving automation to optimize efficiency.> Implemented pricing systems and project management tools to enhance productivity.> Spearheaded workforce management and process engineering initiatives.> Collaborated with the technical team to standardize installation procedures and… Show more As the Operations Director at Paradigm Interactive Media's subsidiary, I oversaw various operational aspects, including procurement, finance, technical installations, and HR management, driving automation to optimize efficiency.> Implemented pricing systems and project management tools to enhance productivity.> Spearheaded workforce management and process engineering initiatives.> Collaborated with the technical team to standardize installation procedures and methods.> Implemented CRM with quotes and proposal templates to support sales team. Show less

> Project Management > System Architecture and IT Strategy > Business and Systems Analysis > Business Architecture, Business Process Management and Business Engineering > Data Administration, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing > Software Engineering, SDLC, Object Oriented Design and CASE Tools

> Re-engineering of Power Generation Group > Implementation of Enterprise Resources Planning Solution > Implementation of Activity Based Costing > Development of various simulation models > Organizational improvement and optimization studies