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Dubai, Ae

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Worked for a number of clients whilst on assignment through Toptal. These included- Setting up the Crypto Exchange for Fabriik- Project and program management for Maxeon Solar- Technical consultant for Calm.com

Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

Employed as a Lead Project Manager for the delivery of Clarity PPM across the digital transformation and corporate IT teams.Led the project delivery, including creating the project plan, schedule, resourcing, and budget.Integrated Clarity PPM into the existing organization by working with senior stakeholders across the organization.

Dubai

- Delivered an award-winning Data platform for Emirates NBD which is a 90 Million AED program of work. This had 5 sub work streams and over 70 people working and delivered a group wide data capability to ENBD Bank.- Implemented the SAP FSDM reference model making Emirates NBD the first global users of the model.- Implemented agile delivery techniques based on SCRUM and Kanban. - ‏Responsible for project budget of over 30 million AED and project reporting to board members.

Coventry, United Kingdom

- Managed new business requests from Sainsbury Bank to ensure account and customer management were aligned - Successfully implemented the new Enterprise Data Warehouse for Sainsbury Bank using the Amazon Cloud - Steered end-to-end project management functions for the implementation of the new Loans Platform for Sainsbury Bank

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Managed a 14-man year business intelligence project to develop a new financial management reporting system in the UK Data Warehouse (UKDW). I was responsible for working across all levels of the organisation to ensure business requirements were captured and the new system was aligned to the organisation data policy. This was to replace a mainframe-based system that had been operational since 1990. The cost of the project was over $14 million and is forecasted to generate over $60 million over the next 3 years. • Managed and developed a project team of over 30 resources to develop a credit card data mart for HSBC and partners. This included a conversion from an old system to a new one which was extremely complex as it included a number of legacy applications which needed to be documented and then created and improved in the new system. • Managed a project to develop a new business system in the UKDW for commercial relationship managers within the bank. The project saved the bank on average $6 million per annum by demising legacy applications and creating a system compliant with the future state architecture. • Managed projects to ensure regulatory changes (FATCA, ring-fenced bank) are implemented in the organisation.• Managed a project to enhance and further develop a branch management and reporting system for the retail bank using the Agile methodology. Over 20,000 staff members use this system across the UK and improving this system has helped the bank realised $40 million in revenue. • In projects have led virtual teams that have been geographically dispersed and in London, India, China, Hong Kong.• Member of management team of the Business Intelligence and warehouse team for the UK bank.

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Managed the technical infrastructure for hosting, maintenance and development of the Excellence Gateway website (www.excellencegateway.org.uk), the national portal for further education in England. • Led the development of corporate website and intranet by working with internal content managers and external vendors to create a mobile friendly responsive website.• Developed the IT strategy for the organisation by working with senior executives and operational staff. I was responsible for procurement, vendor management and used the EU procurement process to manage all current suppliers. • Managed a project to deploy Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 web-based application to150 users by working with staff across the organisation and outsourced 3rd party contractors. This included setting up the Dynamics environment and providing training support to end users in adoption of the new system. • Managed a project to upgrade from Microsoft SharePoint 2007 to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for more than150 users.• Undertook reporting across LSIS through using BI tools (Tableau and SQL Server Business Intelligence).

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Managed the development and day-to-day running, development and support of the Microsoft SharePoint 2007 intranet. • Managed a project to develop an online events registration system, based on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The project used PRINCE2 methodology and Microsoft Project, and involved working closely with business stakeholders and outsourced contractors. Delivered training and support for end users once the system was deployed. • Responsible for leading requirements gathering workshops, managing business analysts, sub-teams and other stakeholders.• Led the procurement of the Excellence Gateway website for the further education sector following OJEU rules and regulations.• Managed the development and maintenance of the LSIS CRM, intranet and other corporate systems by overseeing activity with contractors and stakeholders as required.

• Responsible for managing a budget of £24 million by ensuring contractors (KPMG, Deloitte, etc) delivered to the program specifications.• Led the national OJEU-based procurement for 9 regional contracts by developing ITTs and participating in tender evaluation panels.• Worked closely with the programme development managers and programme directors to manage the delivery of the programme to colleges and training providers nationally

• Organised the change project that involved moving from a Microsoft Excel system to a database-driven product booking system. Analysed existing processes and re-engineered the process to achieve a 30% gain in efficiency. Identified the risks associated with the project.• Managed the development of websites for two company products (Employer Videos and Campaign Sites) by creating a project plan; creating user journeys and assigning and monitoring tasks to ensure timely completion.

MBA, with a focus on Operations and Project Management.

Project Manager for implementation of Country Account Management- Managed project on a day to basis by ensuring timely delivery of tasks- Designed and develop procedures for implementation in countries based on regional IT Services structureProject Manager for Process Harmonization project- Assessed the country As-Is processes according to agreed methodology- Delivered As-Is assessment of processes in selected countries in agreed template- Performed gap analysis between ITS (standard DHL Process based on ITIL) process and As- Is assessment in countries- Developed implementation plan based on country specific needs, estimate effort for country staff to implement ITS process

• Managed over 25 different IT projects throughout the entire software development life cycle. Had to identify risks associated with projects to ensure their early detection and prevention.• Managed the partnership with Oracle, by working with Oracle regional head and finding mutual areas of benefit. • Increased sales for Virtual Office, our ERP solution, by 150% over 2 years by aggressively expanding the customer base. Virtual Office was later nominated for IBM's Beacon Awards.• Advised clients on their IT strategy and worked with them to select vendors for their solutions.• Established the department’s working processes as per ISO 9001:2000 requirements by mapping the department’s processes to ISO standards.• Was the first point of contact for all client support requests and worked closely with the incident response team to resolve these requests.

Mba, Business Adminstration

Gdba, Business Administration

Masters Of Science, Information Technology

Bachelors Of Science, Computer Science