Principal Consultant
Freelance
Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months
Leading all client, as well as in-house IT Governance, IT Projects, and IT Risk Assurance assignments.
Formulating & promoting all strategic, tactical & operational level policies, processes and procedures.
Designing & delivering in-house, public, and corporate batches for world-wide training assignments.
Reviewed & consulted on the SMOGA framework, based on COBIT framework, as Expert Reviewer.
Edited the SMOGA framework, based on review comments, aligned with COBIT 5 framework, and other rele-vant precedent body of works and legal references.
Guided & consulted on projects and programmes under IT PMO for the IT Portfolio in alignment with long-term strategic objectives, with the ITA e-Oman and e-Transformation initiative for the year 2020.
Monitored performance of the Programmes & Projects, and performed preventive and corrective actions as per Processes and Policies aligned with IT Governance Framework.
Engaged internal stakeholders and external vendors in Benefit Realization assessments and Phase Gate Re-view meetings to evaluate programme objectives relative to regulatory and legal compliance, social and ethi-cal impacts, and sustainability with cultural and political constraints.
Defined and aligned best practices and process standards relevant for Project, Programme and Portfolio man-agement as well as IT Governance and e-Governance transformation initiatives for the IT PMO.
Achievements -
• Felicitated by His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Bakri (Hon. Minister of Man-power) for contribution in winning 3 awards for the Ministry in Government Sector categories (Best eServices - Mobile, Best eServices - Government to Government, Best eProject - Collaborative) in the His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment - 2014.
• Commended for efforts in establishing framework for IT Governance in the Ministry of Manpower.
• Member of National & International Awards Committee, on behalf of the Ministry of Manpower.
• Acting “Chair” for Process Engineering Group (PEG) for the Information Systems Department, in the Minis-try of Manpower.
Participated & provided guidance for CMMI-DEV V1.3 (Staged) Level 3 successful appraisal.
Enhanced Process Compliance Index for Mobile App development projects, from 62.3% to 93.4%. Improved Configuration Management (CM) by successfully piloting & training team members on transition from Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to SubVersion (SVN) systems.
Managed simultaneous short-duration E-Learning projects for Publishing Houses, on latest mobile & tablet devices & relevant technologies, with geographically separated “shared-resource” teams.
Achievements -
• Won “Best Project Delivery Team for the Quarter” - for Q2 2013
• Nominated for “Best Project Delivery Team for the Quarter” - for Q3 2013
• Nominated for “Best Project for Process Compliance for the Quarter - for Q4 2013
• Nominated for “Best Project for Process Compliance for the Year - for 2013
Refined the project development workflow and enhanced productivity norms by 49.2%, reduced defect count by 28.6%.
Implemented Agile Scrum methodologies for multiple projects based on enterprise-grade CMS and E-Commerce solutions, to reduce delivery turn-around time from 45 days to 16 days.
Led & directed 2 complex product-based projects with Earned Value Management, forecasting & projecting cost & schedule variance to plan deliveries & releases.
Formulated & implemented strategic business plans for product development & integrated busi-ness requirements with external & internal stakeholders.
Was promoted from Web Developer (Apr 2005 - Dec 2006) to Team Leader (Dec 2006 - Jan 2008), then to Project Leader (Jan 2008 - Jan 2009) & then to Asst. Project Manager (Jan 2009 - May 2009).
Provided business consulting & knowledge expertise in strategic performance management methodologies, created & maintained project plans & status reports.
Led a team of 5-6 technical resources & mentored and coached junior developers, led develop-ment of requirements, proposals, and all relevant documentation throughout project lifecycles.
IT Governance
Master in Business Administration
Master in Computer Applications
Bachelor in Computer Science
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