Senior Manager & PMO Lead
Tonomus.NEOM
Total years of experience :41 years, 2 Months
CHANGING THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL
Virtualising the real and realising the virtual. NEOM uses data that respects individual choice to enhance life through personalised, predictive, autonomous services intuitively integrated into the environment. This cognitive world feels centered around you, because it is.
My responsibilities include
- Program and Project Risk & Issue Management
- Benefit Realisation definition and tracking
- Overall PMO lifecycle implementation support and coaching
I lead ADD’s executive reporting and Action Items execution efforts to Group
I drive the Executive Committee and Board meetings preparations and execution
I facilitate Business Transformation & Change Management programs
I lead the PMO set-up, rollout and foster functional PPM alignmentI lead ADD’s executive reporting and Action Items execution efforts to Group I drive the Executive Committee and Board meetings preparations and execution I facilitate Business Transformation & Change Management programs I lead the PMO set-up, rollout and foster functional PPM alignment
Responsibilities:
- I lead Falcon Eye, an AED 1.8 billion integrated visual Home Land Security mega project in the Metropolitan area of Abu Dhabi
- I design and implement Project Management Plan elements like Schedule, Communication, HSE, Risk Mgmt Plans, WBS, OBS, reports
- I assure day-to-day communication with he Customer, Executive Management, Committees, Partners, Vendors
- I represent Project Dept at corporate level for defining and rolling out consistent and integrated governance, processes, capabilities
Responsibilities:
• Determine and implement the corporate Project Management Maturity increase initiatives.
• Elaborate and coordinate the execution of the Program and Project Mgmt training and coaching.
• Define and supervise the implementation of the Program and Project Knowledge Management.
• Develop and implement an integrated physical and virtual Project Management hot-line service.
• Liaising with Executive Leadership translating strategic objectives into corporate PM Maturity increasing initiatives for the PMO.
• Leading the establishment of corporate Program Management Governance, Methodology and Capability Framework.
• Providing direction and coaching a team of Project Control Specialist supporting the Operational Readiness Program.
• Assisting in the provisioning and analysing project and program milestone charts, schedules, resource and cost information.
Abu Dhabi Ports Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE Jun 2010 - Present
Vice President of Abu Dhabi Ports Company, UAE - PMO expert, Programme Manager
Main achievements or responsibilities:
• Leading cross-functional corporate programmes, ensuring operational readiness in line with strategic objectives.
• Coordinating programmes and projects between business stakeholders for corporate performance optimisation.
• Implementing and managing corporate decision-making, change control processes and stage gate meetings.
• Planning and designing programme work breakdown structures in compliance with the corporate strategy framework.
Al Rajhi Projects & Construction, UAE and KSA Nov 2009 - May 2010
Business Processes Manager
* Achieved the ISO 9001:2008 certification of the enterprise in the UAE in one month instead of four.
* Reviewed and improved an integrated corporate Business Mgmt System: Functional Processes, Authority Matrix, Organisational Chart, Comprehensive Ownership List.
* Created and implemented a company-wide Performance Mgmt and Project Bonus System for projects in Saudi Arabia.
* Drove the Strategy Review Process and formalised the 2010-2014 Strategic Goals & Objectives for both the UAE and KSA.
* Implemented a best practices fostering corporate Project Management Office.
3PM Experts Sarl, Switzerland Feb 2002 - Nov 2009
Managing Director of 3PM Experts Sàrl, PM and PMO expert, Consultant, Coach and Trainer
Orange Communications SA, Lausanne, Switzerland Nov 2001 - Nov 2004
Project Management Office Manager/Financial Operations Project Manager
* Supervised balanced scorecard, CRM, document management programmes, coached their managers.
* Rolled-out best practices based PM training curriculum and coached project managers.
* Conceived, planned and operationally established a corporate wide project management office.
* Set-up a corporate project decision-making structure while implemented "quick win" projects.
* Defined and implemented department / corporate PM processes, and methodology.
* Set up a corporate project and programme consolidation system (EPM software and templates)
* Secured board acceptance of a new organisational entity for user acceptance testing.
EARLY CAREER
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Geneva, Switzerland Jan 2001 - Oct 2001
Senior Project Manager and Bid Manager
Scala Business Solutions SA, Nyon, Switzerland Oct 1997 - Dec 2000
ERP Project Manager, Methodology & Functional Consultant
Fintel Ltd, Geneva, Switzerland and various consulting companies in Switzerland and Australia Mar 1983 - Sep 1997
Project Manager, Functional Consultant, Analyst Programmer and Software Developer
Part time - Leadership Institute Master Class Graduate at PMI®, USA 2006 - 2007
Part time - Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certificate at PMI®
Part time - Project Management Curriculum - Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Switzerland 2001
Part time - Train the Trainer - Training and Communication Techniques at Scala BS, Hungary 1998
Part time - Master of Business Information Systems (MBIS) at the University of Geneva 1996 - 1997
Part time - Introduction to the Securities Industry and Understanding Company Reports, at the Securities Institute of Australia 1991
Part time - Federal Certificate at the Project Management Swiss Data Processing Management Institute (ISEIG), Lausanne, Switzerland
Full time - MSc in Computer Science Engineering, Sofia Technical University, Bulgaria 1977 - 1982