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Muhammad Ehsan Khan, Portfolio Manager for Strategic Projects @ Confidential Customer

Muhammad Ehsan Khan

Portfolio Manager for Strategic Projects @ Confidential Customer·C4 Advanced Solutions

United Arab Emirates

Doctorate, Strategy, Programme and Project Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 27 years, 5 months

Portfolio Manager for Strategic Projects @ Confidential Customer

May 2009 - Present

C4 Advanced Solutions

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 2009 - Present

1. Leading the portfolio of strategic projects that are initiated by department for enhancing the departmental capabilities and delivering value to its customer. Projects under this portfolio include:
a. Establishment of Strategic PMO
b. Implementation of processes and tools to support IT operations, project management and software development.
c. Establishment of Enterprise Architecture practice in the department.
d. High priority multi-million $ projects that need special attention.
e. Confidential initiatives.

2. Part of the committee that is responsible for creation of tendors, RFP and evaluation of proposals.

3. Acting as a mentor for the project and program managers within the department.

4. Acting as advisor to Head of Department.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Management

Program Director

August 2007 - May 2009

THK Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd.

Pakistan

August 2007 - May 2009

1. Managed the program for Habib Bank (1400+ branches) IT support and improvement which included
a. Software development projects
b. IT infrastructure improvement projects
c. Establishment of support teams both at the call center and onsite

2. Managed the program for United Bank (900+ branches) IT support and improvement which included
a. Software development projects
b. Establishment of support teams both at the call center and onsite

3. Managed the portfolio of IT projects for British Petroleum and Akzonobel

4. Headed the team that worked on setting up Strategic PMO at THKS Technology Group

5. Led the team of project managers to ensure client satisfaction by delivering projects within the defined boundaries and constraints

6. Led the development of business plan for the organization and managed the implementation of strategic projects.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Management

Program Management Consultant

March 2007 - July 2007

AVANSYS INFOTECH

United Arab Emirates

March 2007 - July 2007

1. Worked with a team of project managers to manage the overall Ministry of Economy e-Services Program in association with Etisalat
2. Maintain constantly up to date reporting of program status for customers and management
3. Presented the program progress to the management team
4. Worked with the project managers at an operational level to ensure smooth running and day-to-day activities of the program and its constituent projects
5. Headed the team that worked on setting up Strategic PMO at Avansys Infotech

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Consulting

Program Manager

January 2006 - May 2007

PDS Technologies FZ LLC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2006 - May 2007

1. Leading the program which had the objective to develop the first Trading Platform locally in the MEA region
2. Taking the product through all stages of product lifecycle through series of interlinked projects
3. Hands on program management to ensure delivery the required benefits
4. Maintain constantly up to date reporting of project statuses and the overall program status
5. Ensuring the smooth running and day-to-day activity of all projects (Application Development, SunGard Apsys integration, Deployment etc.)
6. Establishment and Management of Project Management Office
7. Led the strategy implementation project with the help of Balanced Scorecard.

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Management

PMO Lead Consultant - Outsourced to Microsoft Gulf

January 2005 - January 2006

KalSoft

United Arab Emirates

January 2005 - January 2006

1. Worked as a Microsoft Consultant for implementation of project management processes and tools in the GCC Region
2. Managing and implementing Microsoft Server Solutions with specialization in Project Server and SharePoint Portal Server.
3. Helped the sales team in getting support contracts by maintaining excellent relationships with the customers
4. Taking the project through all stages of project lifecycle with particular focus on project initiation, requirements definition, RFP preparation, vendor selection and contract negotiation
5. Maintain constantly up to date reporting of project statuses and project portfolios
6. Preparing and presenting business cases for project to senior management and executives

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Other

Project Lead

November 2003 - January 2005

SibiSoft, Inc. U.S.

Karachi, Pakistan

November 2003 - January 2005

1. Lead the team for development of ERP for Hospitality industry (Northstar Membership Club Management System)
2. Led the teams for requirement gathering and analysis with business team
3. Designing of different modules based on the requirements
4. Helped in setting up training plans for the teams
5. Managed the daily tasks of the project team

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Management

Head of Operations

January 1999 - October 2003

e-Services and Technologies

Karachi, Pakistan

January 1999 - October 2003

1. Management of resources for projects and business Operations
2. Handling day to day operations and assigning work responsibilities
3. Procurement of new projects and involvement in bidding processes
4. Established working relationships with other software companies for cross selling of services
5. Corporate planning, vertical market analysis and strategic planning of products and markets
6. Planning technical growth of organization and Human Resource
7. Attracted investment for development of various products
8. Headed the corporate planning team to setup the direction of the company and attract investment for execution of strategy

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Management

Education

SKEMA Business School - ESC Lille

August 2012

August 2012

Doctorate, Strategy, Programme and Project Management

France

1. Reasearch area is Project Governance 2. Being recommended for Honours by PhD supervisors. 3. 2012 James R. Snyder International Student Paper of the Year Award from Project Management Institute This research paper award recognizes excellence in development of original concepts in project management. Papers are selected based upon the research and creative effort that are best directed toward advancing the concepts, tools and techniques of managing project-oriented tasks.

Project Management Institute

September 2009

September 2009

Diploma, Project Management

United States

2nd PgMP from Pakistan and amongst the first 500 in the world.

Microsoft

January 2009

January 2009

Diploma, Project Management Tools

United States

1. Microsoft Certified IT Professional - Enterprise Project Management - May 2008 2. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - Enterprise Project Management - Apr 2008 3. Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) - May 2008 4. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - SharePoint Server - Jun 2008

Project Management Institute (PMI)

September 2005

September 2005

Diploma, Project Management

United States

Microsoft

January 2003

January 2003

Diploma, Technology

United States

1.. Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer .Net Platform, Early Achiever - Sep 2002 2. Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer VS 6.0 - Apr 2001

FAST (NUCES) Institute of Computer Science

December 2000

December 2000

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Pakistan

GPA (point): 2.9 out of 4

GPA (point): 2.9 out of 4

Skills

Program Management
Expert
Program Management
Expert
Project Portfolio Management
Expert
Project Portfolio Management
Expert
Portfolio Strategy
Expert
Portfolio Strategy
Expert
PMO
Expert
PMO
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Program Management
Expert
Program Management
Expert
Portfolio Management
Expert
Portfolio Management
Expert
Strategy Development and Execution
Expert
Strategy Development and Execution
Expert
Organizational Leadership
Expert
Organizational Leadership
Expert
PMO
Expert
PMO
Expert
Consulting
Expert
Consulting
Expert
IT Management
IT Management
Enterprise Project Management Implementations`
Expert
Enterprise Project Management Implementations`
Expert
Project Server and Project Professional
Expert
Project Server and Project Professional
Expert
Project Portfolio Management
Expert
Project Portfolio Management
Expert
Portfolio Strategy
Expert
Portfolio Strategy
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Active Member and Reviewer

January 2004

Microsoft

Chartered Member

January 2002

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Software Development Consultants Workshop for e-Government Projects by PSEB
Pakistan Software Export Board
Jun 2002 - Jun 2002
Attended workshop for Program Management Professionals (PgMP) – Project Management Institute
PMI - REP
Jan 2008 - Jan 2008
Attended workshop on EI (Emotional Intelligence)
Shahbaz Baig
Aug 2008 - Aug 2008
Attended training for BSC (Balanced Scorecard Implementation)
Rao
May 2008 - May 2008
Attended workshop on “Software House Management and E-Government Projects”
Punjab IT Board
Mar 2003 - Mar 2003