Roxana Vahdaty M.

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Senior Release Manager and Security Leader @ IBM
Canada
Roxana Vahdaty M.'s Location
Canada, Canada
About Roxana Vahdaty M.

Roxana Vahdaty M. is a Senior Release Manager and Security Leader at IBM. Colleagues describe her as "Roxana was the most dedicated member of staff from the support team that I'd worked with during my time at BMO. She understood full well the challenges that kept offshore offices from taking their business to the next level and hence always went above and beyond to ensure that things ran smoothly for us in Hong Kong. Her work ethic and consistent attitude for excellence was a great motivation for us all. She would be a great asset to any employer in the future. I highly recommend Roxana for your consideration. " and "I worked with Roxana, who provided expertise in Quality Assurance and Managing BOD at BMO. Roxana is a team player who can work will people at all levels of the organization from management leadership to system architects developers, and QA analysts. It was a pleasure to work with Roxana."

Roxana Vahdaty M.'s Current Company Details
IBM

Ibm

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Senior Release Manager and Security Leader
Canada
Website:
ibm.com
Employees:
332208
Roxana Vahdaty M. Work Experience Details
  • Ibm
    Senior Release Manager And Security Leader
    Ibm
    Canada
  • Ibm
    Senior Release Manager & Security Leader
    Ibm Jun 2022 - Present
  • Ibm
    Ibm Sterling Shared-Services Release Leader
    Ibm Jan 2020 - Present
  • Ibm
    Release Project Manager Ibm Order Management Bussiness User Controls
    Ibm Oct 2018 - Dec 2019
    Canada
  • Ibm
    Release Manager Watson Commerce Insights & Dynamic Pricing
    Ibm Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
    Canada
    I am a Project Manager, Release Manager and Security Focal point for IBM Watson Commerce organization. In my role, I manage three separate offerings under the IBM Watson Commerce organization. Those offerings are IBM Watson Commerce Insights, IBM Watson Order Management Business User Controls and IBM Dynamic Pricing.In my role as Project Manager, I’m responsible to work with the leadership team at the product, offering and service level to plan continues delivery daily, weekly, and quarterly deliverables and to lead all the squads( 20+ team members) on a daily basis to ensure the sprint goals are being met, to break the blockers, align all the involved squads and drive the execution of delivery plan, manage the risks, internal and external dependencies from the planning phase till push to production throughout the full life cycle of project.In my role as Release Manager, I adhere to IBM release processes and making sure all processes are in place and properly done. Some example of these processes are: Open Source approval (legal), Third party processes, Export Classification, Product clearance ( Certificate of Originality), Secure Engineering (Threat modeling, Internal & External Pen testing, Static & Dynamic AppScan planning and execution ), Secure Deployment monitoring and control.As part of my Security Focal role, I’m making sure all offerings adhere to latest security requirements such as GDPR, ISO 27002, and IBM ITSS.
  • Ibm Canada
    Watson Digital Commerce Performance Test Lead
    Ibm Canada Jan 2016 - Oct 2018
    Leading the SVT team for WebSphere Commerce, Watson Digital Commerce, and Commerce Insights. This role requires leading 15+ team members ( Toronto & China) to ensure the team meets the committed deliverables. My overall responsibility is to : Plan, Execute, and control Performance team's deliverables for all three major products. In my capacity as Performance lead, I've worked with external teams to ensure environment availability for their integration projects. In addition I've worked closely with offering management to define Performance Data Profile and Traffic Profiles to be used by test team.I've also worked as a focal point for Performance team with AppDelivery to ensure all the Performance team's environments hosted in SoftLayer Data Center are in working condition for testing. Developed an SVT test plan template to ensure consistency across the Performance team.Worked closely with maintenance release managers to ensure of Performance team's containment for all three major products.My responsibilities are summarized as: - Create an environment based trust, open communication, creative thinking- Provide the team with a vision of the project objectives and requirements - Lead by setting a good example (role model) - Facilitate problem solving and collaboration- Plan release deliverables for Performance team- Familiarize myself with the customer needs, specifications, design targets, the development - process, design standards, techniques and tools to support task performance- Communicate team status, task accomplishment, and direction- Provide status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule- Serve as a focal point to communicate and resolve interface and integration issues with other teams- Escalate issues which cannot be resolved by the team- Provide guidance to the team based on management direction
  • Bmo Financial Group
    Process Analyst
    Bmo Financial Group Feb 2011 - Dec 2015
    As a Process Analyst I oversee the completion of the daily administration tasks for BOD ( Bank Organization Database) and WEBMPM ( Web-enabled Monthly Progress Monitor ) which are applied through established processes as well as supporting the process groups in governing adherence to established policies and processes.
  • Bmo Capital Markets
    Senior International Co-Ordinator/Settlement Officer
    Bmo Capital Markets Sep 2005 - Feb 2011
    As senior coordinator on International settlement desk, I worked very closely with BA team and the project management for conversion project to switch from EUROCLEAR system to CLEARSTREAM/validated new automated trade flow from Bloomberg to Internal trade system (ICI) functionality and confirmed that its design and behavior complies with BMO ICI requirements/ As a International Settelement officer here are the details of my daily responsibilities:• Products that get settled on this desk: - EURO Bonds in different currencies. - Commercial Papers.- Certificate of deposits.- Government of Canada bonds & other Canadian Fixed income bonds.
  • Bmo Nesbitt Burns
    Securities Borrow/Lend Administrator Iii
    Bmo Nesbitt Burns Mar 2002 - Sep 2005
    • Mark to market for outstanding U.S. Cash Securities.• Monthly fees & rebates • Daily Equity & Bond credit limit reporting • Convertible Hedge calculations.• NRT calculations.• DCS Pledges and releases for Canadian securities .• Daily Mark to market for outstanding U.S. and Canadian collateral.• Daily Profit &Loss reports for Traders.• Setting up and processing all U.S. new loans and full or partial return of U.S. loans under DTC &DCS. • processing all U.S. new borrows and full or partial return of U.S. borrows under DTC & DCS. • Preparation of month end file for monthly fees/rebates including plugging in the fees/rebates that have been processed last month, proper explanation of the write-offs for receivable or payable accounts, plugging in the fees/rebates that must be processed, plugging in the NRT figures on loans and borrows, plugging in the convertible hedge figures on U.S. & CDN, including the DRIP for specific counter-parties.
  • Tehran Stock Exchange
    As400 Developer
    Tehran Stock Exchange 1997 - 1999

Roxana Vahdaty M. Education Details

  • University Of Waterloo
    Project Management Fundamentals
  • Institute For Learning( Ifl ) Bmo
    Institute For Learning( Ifl ) Bmo
    Introduction To Project Management
  • Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo
    Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo
    Introduction To Business Analysis
  • Institute For Learning( Ifl ) Bmo
    Institute For Learning( Ifl ) Bmo
    Writing Effective Use Cases For Business Analysts
  • Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo
    Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo
    Fundamentals Of Effective Communication For Business Analysts
  • Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo
    Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo
    Introduction To Quality Control
  • Canadian Securities Institution
    Canadian Securities Institution
    Csc/Cph/Cop
  • Islamic Azad University
    Computer Software Engineering

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What company does Roxana Vahdaty M. work for?

Roxana Vahdaty M. works for Ibm

What is Roxana Vahdaty M.'s role at the current company?

Roxana Vahdaty M.'s current role is Senior Release Manager and Security Leader.

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Roxana Vahdaty M. attended University Of Waterloo, Institute For Learning( Ifl ) Bmo, Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo, Institute For Learning( Ifl ) Bmo, Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo, Institute For Learning (Ifl) Bmo, Canadian Securities Institution, Islamic Azad University.

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