Farrukh Fazal, Manager PMO

Farrukh Fazal

Manager PMO

Converge Technologies

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Diploma, Workshop of ITIL V3 Foundation
Experience
20 years, 2 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 months

Manager PMO at Converge Technologies
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since July 2010

 Heading the team of Project Coordinator, QA Engineer and Technical Writer
 Working on continuous process improvements of IT operations and Project Management by implementing appropriate SOPs, Process Flows, and Technical Documents
 Responsible for Scope Analysis, Time Estimates, and Budget Forecasting of all prospects
 Responsible for Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing of all projects
 Responsible for accomplishing the project objectives within the constraints of the project
 Directing assigned project resources to best meet project objectives
 Maintaining and delivering Projects & Prospects Status Reports to BODs
 Heading the projects of different verticals such as: Web, SMS, IVR, Call Center Apps, Facebook Apps, Games, and Mobile Apps etc.
 Managing and completed the projects/campaigns of: Unilever Pakistan, HP Pakistan, LG Pakistan, Interflow, JWT, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Mobilink, SAMAA TV, Phillip Morris International, Pakistan Tobacco Company, Wi-Tribe, Pakistan State Oil, Shell Pakistan, Castrol, Bank Alfalah, Bank Islami, Faysal Bank, Habib Asset Management, British Council, EBM, Aman Foundation, Gul Ahmed, Novartis, TPL Trakker, Neutrogena and many more…

Program Manager at Sunbonnet Technology
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since May 2012

- Manages projects from initial concept through post implementation, including multiple implementation cycles
- Develops and effectively manages projects timelines to ensure timely completion of all projects
- Plans and controls multiple related projects with complex dependencies and shared resources
- Promotes collaborative relationships across project team members
- Addresses issues via direct one-on-one dialog with resources
- Clarifies boundaries of acceptable risk and removes obstacles
- Authors project management artifacts and develops and maintains project plans
- Determines knowledge and skills required for successful project outcomes.
- Collaborates with board of directors to drive priorities and initiatives including regular progress updates and consistent communications
- Implements existing initiative plans; assign, direct, and oversee the work of team members to ensure that solutions are achieved and projects are successfully completed
- Support and maintains professional business relations with project sponsors
- Working with diversified teams of different regions
- Handling the operations of Pakistan’s office
- Acts as a liaison between employees, clients, and partners
- Managing the projects of so many international clients such as: Barns & Noble (US), Pacific Blue Cross (Canada), AMAX Insurance (US), Luminator (US), Hifzone (US), Directelematics (US), Ford Country (US), Independent Clinical Research (US), Texas Turnkey Properties (US), Beauty Axis (US), Wonderland Schools (US), Dubai Visa (UK), SYM IT Solutions (US), and many more…

Project Management Officer at e-Creatorz (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Pakistan
  • November 2005 to June 2010

 Member of Steering Committee / Board
 Designated as an Acting COO and handled all responsibilities of COO in the absence of COO in 2007
 Worked for the implementation of CMMi Level 2 processes
 Directed and managed multiple projects with different project teams and their managers
 Involved in R&D, Planning, Evaluation, Execution and Launching of 4 products: Document Management System, Job Portal, Content Management System, and Digital Archiving Solution
 Prepared and maintained vital organizational documents such as: IS Security Polices, SOPs for Project Executions, Project Lifecycle, Product Lifecycle, Service Level Agreements, and Non-Disclosure Agreements etc.
 Wrote Business Proposals, Scopes, Vision Documents, Use Cases, Design Documents, Work Plans, Project Plans and Project Charters etc.
 Managed the projects of so many national and international clients such as: AMD Ritmed (USA), Little Angels Academy (UK), OZAI (Norway), CEO Clubs UAE, dSign Solutions (KSA), Kamber Group of Companies (UAE), Nestlé Pakistan, Continental Biscuits Ltd., Hilal Confectionaries, Singer Pakistan, United Marine Agencies, Standard Chartered Bank, Habib Bank Ltd., Emirates Global Islamic Bank, Karachi Electric Supply Company Ltd., Energy Solutions, TATA Textiles Mills Pakistan, Spintex, Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce & Industry, New Jubilee Life Insurance Company Ltd, WWF Pakistan, Eli Lilly Pakistan, ENI Pakistan, Morgan Group of Companies, National Industrial Parks, Oxbridge Pakistan, Cosco Saeed, Palm Group of Companies, Noor Engineering Services, ABS Engineering Corporation, Razaque Steels, RIA Law Associates, AMFCO International, Mushko Solutions, Sindh Tennis Association, Pioneer Cements, Gizri Corporation and many more…
 Performed bird eye view QA on every deliverable
 Also managed responsibilities of HR Manager as a secondary task

SQA Enginner and Technical Report Writer at Computer Research (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Pakistan
  • July 2005 to November 2005

 Wrote user guides of BUSINESS Plus ERP
 Identified bugs in various modules of ERP (Oracle DB)
 Developed and deployed Bugs Recording System using Visual Basic 6.0 with Oracle DB

Asst. Admin. at Dollar Industries Pvt Ltd.
  • Pakistan
  • March 2005 to June 2005

 Managed their ISO-9000 certified documents in soft copies
 Initiated to place their ISO-9000 documents on intranet web page
 Managed payroll of all workers and staff
 Conducted interviews of workers and staff
 Watched all administration activities pertaining to the factory

Internee Software Developer at ePatterns Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pakistan
  • September 2004 to February 2005

 Identified and removed bugs in Business Patterns 2.4 ERP (Visual Basic with SQL Server 2000)
 Performed development in Business Patterns 2.4 ERP (Visual Basic with SQL Server 2000)
 Designed reports of different modules of Business Patterns 2.4 ERP on crystal reports 7.0

Internee at Habib Bank Ltd.
  • Pakistan
  • June 2004 to June 2004

 Worked on money counting machine
 Understand the complete branching operations

Education

Diploma, Workshop of ITIL V3 Foundation
  • at PAF-KIET
  • November 2010
Diploma, Project Management Training with PMP Preparation
  • at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
  • June 2010
Master's degree, Software Engineering
  • at PAF - KIET
  • December 2009

I am enrolled in MS (SE), i have completed my course load only thesis work is remaining. My CGPA is 3

Specialties & Skills

Technical Writing
Project Management
Project Coordination
Team Management
Business Analysis
Project Management
Document Writing (Scopes, Requirement Specifications, Wire frames)
Coordination & Communication

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert