Azar Ejaz Ateeq Alvi, Assistant Manager Strategic Projects & Reporting

Azar Ejaz Ateeq Alvi

Assistant Manager Strategic Projects & Reporting

Telenor Pakistan

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, Management & Marketing
Experience
22 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 8 Months

Assistant Manager Strategic Projects & Reporting at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since February 2009

• I am responsible for departmental strategic projects and look after Project Management. Some of recent projects include (Global HRIS) Workday™, (Internal System) h2h enhancements & ISO 9001:2008.

• Our operations include Program and Portfolio Management practices along with Analytical Project Status Reports for management.

• Along with the above, implementation of Centralized Information Management System and Strategic HR Dashboard Reporting is also part of our scope, supporting the management taking effective and informed decisions for Telenor and its sister concerns here in Pakistan.

Manager SQA at 360 Training
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2007 to February 2009

• Headed four sub-teams: Software Quality Control, Software Quality Assurance, Software Configuration Management and Defect Resolution Team, building all the above from scratch.

• Coordinating with Top Management and helping them with their strategic planning.

• Worked as internal consultant and Management representative for ISO 9001:2000 and CMMI.

Software Quality Assurance – Team Lead (Financial / Enterprise Applications) at Plexus Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2006 to June 2007

• Acted as Project Manager and Business Analyst in several small to medium scale projects. Worked on ISO 9001:2000 standards.

• Established SQA department and drafted SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for Development and Quality Assurance Depts.

• Worked on Large scale Financial suites like Takaful (Islamic Insurance), Investment Banking System, and Loan Management Systems for both Government and Private sectors

Software Quality Assurance – Team Lead (Financial Applications) at AMZ Access Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2005 to June 2006

• Head the SQA department for Financials and Health Care applications

• Supervise the Software Quality Assurance and Control Team in implementation of ISO 9001:2000 and CMM-I (Level 2) in the company.

• Project Management, Client Coordination and Business Analysis

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Connect2web
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2003 to April 2005

• Worked on project related to Distance Learning, Security and other Large scale portals Software Quality Control Activities, Software Testing, SQA related documentations

• Managing team and client coordination

• Business process improvement activities initialized ISO 9001:2000 related activities in the company

Trainee Engineer at Pakistan International Airline
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2002 to March 2003

• PIA’s Training Program, organized by the Government of Pakistan. During this time, I was directly responsible for interacting with the computer systems and networks. Have also worked on several control documents (Manuals) for Engineering Department.

Trainee Engineer at Software Technology Innovator (Sir Syed University)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2001 to March 2003

• Software Testing and SQA related Documentation

Education

Master's degree, Management & Marketing
  • at Muhammad Ali Jinnah University
  • June 2009
Master's degree, Software Engineering (Project Management & Software Quality Assurance)
  • at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
  • December 2008
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
  • December 2002

Specialties & Skills

Software Project Management
Software Quality Assurance
Business Analysis
HR Software
HR Strategy
HR ERP Roll-out
Project Management
Business Analysis
Softwar Quality Assurance
Strategic HR Reports and Dashboards
HR Strategy

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

PMI Karachi Chapter
  • Member
  • January 2007

Training and Certifications

Leadership Care & Growth Model (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
September 2011
Strategic Visions, Strategic Time Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2007
Valid Until:
April 2007
Steven Covey’s 8th Habit (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2011
Valid Until:
October 2011
PMP Preparation and PMO Workshop (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2008
Valid Until:
March 2008
Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2007
Valid Until:
August 2007