PMO Director
Leonardo Finmeccanica spa
Total years of experience :21 years, 6 Months
Project Management Office Director for SelexES Technologies Ltd Kenya a Leonardo Finmeccanica totally controlled company. Portfolio includes project in Somalia Ethiopia Sudan Djibouti and Kenya as well. Implementation of PMO structures and procedures shareholders and stakeholders management.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning & Operations
• Identify business development opportunities and potential customers in the region and across the globe, communicate with top decision makers and obtain business for the company.
• Develop and implement the company’s long term growth strategies in line with the company’s vision, communicate strategies to consultants, and supervise operations.
• Build business relations with institutional customers and ensure outstanding managerial and technical services, deploy strategies to grow market share and enhance sales revenue.
• Establish operational procedures, standards and controls, hire and train staff and oversee financial performance of the company.
Project Management Office (PMO) Manager
• Oversee coordination between various client departments (Engineering, Contract and Legal, Control and Cost Account, Procurement, Quality) from a project execution perspective, ensure schedules are adhered to and defined milestones are met.
• Collaborate with the client Contract Management Team to administer contracts and ensure terms and conditions therein are met, negotiate and close deals with final customers and subcontractors.
• Maintain accurate and efficient project communication across the project cycle with various stakeholders that include multiple project teams, clients, EUC, government organizations and defence institutions.
• Collaborate with the Client Controls and Cost department to maintain the right balance and number of the projects at hand, maximizing the value of the project portfolio and controlling project related costs.
• Identify and manage project risk across the project portfolio as per established risk management framework; determine threats and communicate risks to the team.
• Ensure compliance with PMO best practices and achievement of objectives as defined in programs to be executed, and deliver project outcomes as per expectations.
• Supervise the company’s bid/no-bid decision making process and make practical assessment for winning the bid, support preparation of proposals ensuring due consideration is given to project risks.
• Drive projects by guiding and supporting the Company/Client Project Managers Team in managing the project portfolio in compliance with quality of project deliverables, timelines and costs; provide support to Company/Client PMs in managing complex customer-development projects.
• Establish project management methodologies ICB 3.0 and ISO21500 standards within the Company/Client team and ensure adherence to these during project execution and optimization of the project management processes.
Site management and delivery of key turn navigation aids for AIBD international Airport Blaise Diagne of Dakar.
General contractor a Turkey company Summa Limak.
Key Responsibilities:
Project: ARTower Augmented Reality Tower
Project Outlay: Euro 5 Million
Client: Next SpA - Athens International Airport
Project Brief: Provided Project Management Consultancy Services to the client for establishing and developing the marketing strategy within the EUC H2020 framework Fast Track to Innovate Project so to reduce time to market of a new innovative Control Tower. This system has been realized with video augmented reality techniques so to integrate all ground sensors (Portable Devices, GPS tags, ADSB, video, infrared cameras and microvawe sensors) permitting deployment of a tower control room different to airport tower.
Responsibilities:
Analysed EUC Fund and founded several partner to involve in funding project
Provided complete project oversight and realized the EUC fund proposal from planning stage to EUC DG delivery.
Allocated budget and resources to each planned phase and planned the project baseline schedules.
Assigned specific tasks to funding project team members coordinated between project teams to facilitate on-time completion and mitigated funding project risks.
Key Project to Credit:
Project: Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
Project Outlay: USD 30 Million
Client: ADA (Ar-Riyadh Development Authority, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Project Brief: Provided Project Management Consultancy Services to the client for establishing and commissioning the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). The system comprises 6 Metro Lines, 3 Bus Rapid Transit Lines, 2 Circular Bus lines and 17 Community Bus Lines designed to provide a seamless transportation service to Riyadh’s inhabitants.
Responsibilities:
• Provided complete project oversight and executed the project from planning stage to final delivery, allocated budget and resources to each phase and monitored project schedules.
• Assigned specific tasks to project team members, coordinated between project teams to facilitate on-time completion and mitigated project risks.
• Identified potential project bottlenecks and took preventive measures, held project review meetings and updated client regarding project progress.
Key Projects to Credit:
Project: CoE CBRN 34 (EU Projects)
Project Outlay: Euro 4 Million
Funding / Sponsor Agencies: EUC and UNCRI
Project Brief: The project was aimed at building up quick response and preparedness capabilities against any nuclear, biological or chemical event, and for risk mitigation at a national level (Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq).
Responsibilities:
• Collaborated with the experts from Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology along with various other agencies to implement best practices to counter NBC/BRN events.
• Assisted in setting-up procedures and standard mechanisms to generate better perception of risks, and identification and monitoring of hazardous material.
• Emphasized on building competencies of response teams to incidents through training and facilitating inter-agency coordination.
• Led projects from conceptualization to final implementation, finalized and allocated budgets and resources to handle various project phases and monitored project schedules.
• Prepared work allocation plans, monitored performance of technical and non-technical teams, and coordinated with external parties to ensure timely completion of project tasks.
• Tackled managerial, administrative and technical problems related to projects and streamlined project activities.
• Scheduled project review meetings, liaised with National Agencies, Client and EUC representatives and updated the Client management on the project completion status.
Key Projects to Credit:
Project: Security Management System Project
Project Outlay: Euro 25 Million
Client: ENI
Project Brief: Installation and commissioning of security management system across 7 oil plants (Zubair Giant Field, Iraq).
Responsibilities:
• Managed project activities, executed the project from planning to delivery, allocated budgets and ensured completion of activities as per project schedule.
• Coordinated the tasks of internal project teams, external consultants and experts, reviewed project deliverables from time to time and verified adherence.
• Lead the requirements analysis for providing a comprehensive security system and developed and installed software required for the systems. Oversaw hardware interface integration, tested the system and ensured it performed as per expectations.
Designation Chronology:
• 2010 - 2012: Program Area Responsible - “Progetti Innovativi” (Innovative Project)
• 2008 - 2010: Senior Manager (Business Unit Civil Systems, Italy)
• 2003 - 2008: Project Manager (Business Unit Defense Systems, Middle East & Africa)
• 2002 - 2003: Project Leader (ATMAS, Far East)
Key Projects to Credit:
• Coflight: New European Flight Data Processing for ENAV and DSNA; Project Outlay: Euro 27 million
• eATMS: Control Working Position CWP for Coflight and 4Flight; Euro 16 million
• 4Flight: Bid for new ATM towards SESAR new standards; Euro 370 million
• E-Net: WAN for Italian ANSP; Euro 35 million
• Algerian Navy: BID for 3 new Algerian Navy Corvettes; Project Outlay: Euro 1200 million
• C2I Defence COI, Italy; Project Outlay: Euro 30 million
• FCRS Pakistan Navy; Project Outlay: Euro 25 million
• Hong Kong Airport: Primary Approach Radar, two LOS HF Radio Link analog/digital; Project Outlay: Euro 12 million
Responsibilities Across Projects:
• Oversaw coordination between various departments (Engineering, Contract and Legal, Control and Cost Account, Procurement, Quality) from a project execution perspective, ensured schedules were adhered to and defined milestones were met.
• Collaborated with the Contract Management Team to administer contracts and ensured terms and conditions therein were met, negotiated and closed deals with customers and subcontractors.
• Maintained accurate and efficient project communication across the project cycle with various stakeholders that included multiple project teams, clients, government organizations, and defence institutions.
• Collaborated with the Controls and Cost department to maintain the right balance and number of the projects at hand, maximised the value of the project portfolio and controlled project related costs.
• Identified and managed project risks across the project portfolio as per established risk management framework; determined threats and communicated risks to the team.
• Ensured compliance with PMO best practices and achievement of objectives as defined in programs to be executed, and delivered project outcomes as per expectations.
• Supervised the bid/no-bid decision making process and made practical assessment for winning bids, supported preparation of proposals ensuring due consideration was given to project risks.
• Drove projects by guiding and supporting the Project Managers Team in managing the project portfolio in compliance with quality of project deliverables, timelines and costs; provided support to PMs in managing complex customer-development projects.
• Established project management methodologies ICB 3.0, ISO21500 and CMMI® standards within the team and ensured adherence to these during project execution and optimization of project management processes.
• In line with specific project requirements, oversaw software / hardware design, testing (compatibility, functionality user acceptance, performance etc), validation to ensure these met specification, and integration.
• Designed, implemented and tested WAN, deployed latest WAN technologies and ensured adequate security protocols and measures were installed.
Project Management of ENet project
management of several project in assigned area
Previous Assignments:
• 2001 - 2002: Production Manager, DS Ingegneria, Italy
• 2000 - 2001: Fellow Researcher, Università “La Sapienza” of Rome
• 1990 - 2000: Manager - Flat Rental for Vacation on Isola D’Elba (Tuscany), (Family Business)
Grade: 103/110
Grade: 50/60
