Omer Ahmed Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area

Calgary, Canada Area

• Project Delivery from initiation to closing• Communication and stakeholder management to ensure Project status reporting (cost, schedule, resourcing, quality) Continuous flow of information between client and Groundswell resources Setting up the right expectations with internal and external stakeholders and follow up to minimize surprises• Project constraints management to ensure proper control and monitoring • Risks management to ensure client awareness, devise mitigation strategies for risk response• Project governance to meet required delivery standards and processes• Change management to ensure client is ready for the project deliverables and associated change is well receivedProjects:Oracle to HANA - Cenovus Energy Inc.To take advantage of SAP HANA’s operational efficiency, the client decided to off-load operational, strategic reporting & data access requests from the Primavera Contract Management (PCM) application database into the HANA applianceKey Achievements• Proof of concept to enable the client make an informed decision on similar upcoming initiatives• Work was completed successfully within budget with 0.3 % variance at closure (favourable)• Met all the project objectivesOther miscellaneous Projects• Development of Business Object (BO) reports• Migration and redirection of BO reports from Oracle to HANA• OFMW integration initiativesBusiness Objects & Data Services Upgrade - AESO (Alberta Electric Services Operations)In place upgrade of 6x Business Object (BO) and Data Services (DS) environments from 4.0 to 4.x with most recent service packs.Key Achievements• On schedule as per project plan completion, project SPI (Schedule Performance Index) at completion = 1• Just under Budget, project CPI (Cost Performance Index) at completion = 0.99• Highly satisfied client

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada Area

Project: Data migration (Brown to Greenfield)Initiated the project and kicked off early planning phase. Finalized the contract negotiations with vendors and taking care of early project logistics. Responsible for providing oversight to all the vendors and to protect company’s interests. Ensured stakeholder engagement is kept high by vendors’ project managers. Key project attributes:• Budget: $9.8m• Technologies and Tools: Informatica, PL/SQL, ERwin • Core Project team consisted of 12 member• 3 major vendors involved• Remote development factories across the globe Project: Field Force ManagementThe scope of the project was to replace the existing Field Force Management tools with more robust and current technology. The concept is to provide business with the visibility to the work happening in the field and improve the job tools for technicians to provide better customer service. The project was delivered in a phased approach.Key project attributes:• Budget $2.6m• Technologies and Tools: .Net, MVC4 web application, SOA based integration• Core Project team consists of 9 members• 10+ vendor resources distributed onsite and offsite• Methodology: Agile – using the full Software Development Life Cycle• Phase I & II deployed across Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan• Phase III provided state of the art application for iPhone & BlackBerry peripheralsProject: Unified DesktopTo enhance the existing Call Center application and integrate it with all the backend systems while keeping UX (user experience) as top priority. The goal was to have a one-stop-shop for all call center agents’ needs for sales, marketing and technical support to the customers.Project Key Performance Indicators;Key project attributes:• Budget $1.8m• Technologies and Tools: .Net, WPF, SOA based integration• Core Project team consist of 11 members• Methodology: Agile – using the full Software Development Life Cycle

Calgary, Ab

Supported a Sr. Project Manager on multiple projects portfolio related to replace the existing CBS (central billing system) with new Order management systems. Key responsibilities were ○ Managed Budget portfolio of $11.1m○ Compliance for 4 Projects ○ Change requests management ( both scope and cost)○ Track of SOX requirements and necessary documentation

Calgary, Canada Area

Managed and lead agile development team keeping in view the agile manifesto to help PM successfully meet an aggressive delivery timeline for field management tools. Key responsibilities were○ Daily scrum / team stand up management○ Iteration/ sprint planning○ Track of team delivery / velocity○ Conduct regular retrospectives ○ Remove blockers○ Ensure flow of development work○ Help manage team dynamics○ Arrange stories review / estimations sessions

Pakistan

Responsible for deploying 500+ state of the art self served kiosk machines with multi linguistic and graphical support (with biometric and multifunctional scanners). Tasked to take the concept from R&D lab to initiate a pilot and then from pilot to project phase. Key project indicators and success;○ Budget $15.2m○ Core Project team consist of 11 members○ 8 regional teams all located remotely ○ ISO-8583 compliant ○ Methodology: Waterfall ○ Phase I was delivered on time within budget ○ Phase II design was approved and Pilot was launchedGeneral responsibilities● Liaison with the development teams to ensure on time delivery of software to Quality Assurance for its testing● Complete involvement with software development teams throughout the development life cycle● Interaction with local and international vendors for procurement of hardware and SDK for different OEM used in the hardware integration if required by development teams● Strategic Selection of Sites keeping in view the connectivity and accessibility at the same time● Planning and development of project structure● Project progress Reports● Flow Diagrams, Gantt charts● Project Critical Path calculations● Multi-vendor management ● Pre - qualification of vendors and their short listing as per evaluation criteria

Pakistan

● Monitoring quality of data acquired nationwide● Coordinate the collection of data acquisition forms from individual locations ( 118 locations )● Ensure the quality assurance for the data entry● Data mining through different cleaning modules.● Ensure safe and secure transfer of data for ware housing and further processing● Directly supervised 200 Data entry operators worked in three shifts round the clock for a year● Further processes devised in this connection are○ Correction System ( modification ) ○ Delivery Mechanism ( ensuring delivery of Customer cards to the applicants )○ Complaint Management System for resolution of country wide complaints ○ Other Special assignments includes○ Project Coordinator Online Testing Facility○ Project Manager Old Registration Data Archiving

Job responsibilities includedDirect supervision of 20 data entry stations dedicated for data correctionLocal Technical Support for LANTo run the Data backup jobs for each dayTo manage the MS SQL server database for the Correction facilityTo Complete the quarterly employee evaluation reports for all 20 employees

Islamabad, Pakistan

● Installation, configuration and routine maintenance ● Storage and capacity planning● Troubleshooting ● Data backup jobs ● Migration Jobs● Data EVPs (extract, validate & process)● Direct supervision of 20 data entry stations dedicated for data correction● Local technical support for LAN● To complete the quarterly employee evaluation reports for all 20 employees

Mba, Mis

MBA

Bachelor Of Commerce, Business/Commerce, General

B.Com

Master Of Business Administration - Mba