Ashok Kumar

Program / Project / PMO Manager at various companies

• United Kingdom
• January 2000 to January 2017

Ashok's experience details are available on this url: https://linkedin.com/in/aklal

Experience Summary:
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PMO Set up and Development
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• Set up PMO from scratch at Taajeer Co.
• Configured and Used MS Project server at RASSTools Ltd
• Used MS SharePoint at Middle East Investment Co
• Configured SLIP Estimate tool at EDS (HP)
• Created Project estimation, planning and status monitoring tools at RASSTools Ltd

Stakeholders Management
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• Interacted with Sr business managers and managed their expectations at Taajeer Co, BT Global Services

Project Management methodology development and improvement, CMMI and ISO9001
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• Improved Change management process at BT Global Services
• Developed project management methodology based on PMI and Prince2 at Riyad Bank and Taajeer co.
• Documented project management processes and guidelines at Taajeer Co and Riyad Bank
• Participated in preparing for CMMI level 3, 4 and 5 at BT Global Services, Tata Consultancy Services
• Participated in preparing for ISO9001 at GCEL

Project Planning and Monitoring
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• Maintained MS project plans for programme at Airbus Ltd
• Developed and maintained WBS, Network Diagram, Project Schedules at State Farm Insurance
• Created EVM tool for project performance monitoring at State Farm Insurance
• Developed risk, quality assurance, resource management, and communication plan at State Farm Insurance

PMO Reporting and Documents management
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• Development inputs collection systems for programme status reporting at BT Global Services
• Defined KPI and measurement for software development project at EDS (HP)
• Managed PMO documents library at BT Global Services

Cost and Budget control, Estimation and Bid support
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• Developed and maintained programme budget and actual at Airbus Ltd
• Validated Bid cost at LogicaCMG
• Analyzed impact of change request on project scope, schedule, resources, cost at Sate Farm Insurance

Project Management Training
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• Conducted Project Planning training at Riyad Bank
• Conducted Project Management Training at Taajeer Co.
• Conducted Project Estimation Training at BT Global Services

Education, Certification and Awards:
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• Postgraduate in Industrial Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
• PMP (Project management professional), PMI, USA, (2002 to 2012)
• Agile Scrum Principles, Agile Transitions, UK
• Scrum Master Accredited Certification, International Scrum Institute™, Switzerland
• Awards for Excellence at BT Global Services


Key Assignments
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Saudi Arabia:
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- PMO Consultant / Manager at Taajeer Co, Jeddha (2015/2016)
- Manager Transformation - HR transformation program at Middle East Investment Co. (2010/2012)
- PMO Project Manager at Riyad Bank, (2004/2005)

UK:
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- Business Consultant at RASS Tools Ltd, (2012 - 2015)
- PMO Consultant at BT Global Services, (2006/2009)
- Consultant Measurement and Metrics at EDS Ltd (Now HP), (2006)
- Business Consultant Bid Validation at LogicaCMG, (2005)
- Programme Consultant Planning and Cost control at Airbus Ltd, (2005)

USA:
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Program / Projects Planning at State Farm Insurance, USA (2001/2003)

India:
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- Senior Project Mgr (SQA) Tata Infotech Ltd (TCS), (2000/2001)
- Program Manager at Patni Computer Systems Ltd, (1998/2000)
- Head of IT Dept at Gujarat Comm & Elec Ltd, (1993/1998)
- Systems Project Mgr at Reliance Ind.Ltd, (1989/1993)
Head of IT Dept at Schlaforst Engineering Ltd, India (1987/1989)
Systems Project Mgr at Dinesh Mills Ltd, India (1985/1987)