Wahid Kouider, Application Delivery Manager

Wahid Kouider

Application Delivery Manager

Procter & Gamble

Location
United States - Michigan - Ann Arbor
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
32 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :32 years, 0 Months

Application Delivery Manager at Procter & Gamble
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since April 2010

The project consisted of developing/solutioning/validating \[PLM (Product Lifecycle Management CATIA V6, ENOVIA V6 (MatrixOne), SIMULIA, TOPS, ArtiosCAD, Enginuity, LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), etc.\] software while ensuring a quality solution that meets customer requirements. This included but not limited to:

•Maintain regular on site interface with P&G PLM Directors, Section Managers and Application Managers to discuss projects forecast and new service requirements
•Translate P&G objectives and new business requirements into actionable project work, define project scope, schedule, tasks, deliverables, and resources
•Estimate project cost/price based on defined scope and recommend a number of Test Unit (TU) necessary to complete the work
•Manage project delivery and completion of entire scope of HPE/DXC work based on agreed-upon schedule and budget
•Support business requirement documentation and translation into a functional blueprints
•Architect solutions and review functional specs with customer and all stakeholders
•Prepare and deliver service review / weekly status reports for P&G PLM Section Managers and Application Managers
•Understand client’s current environment including business processes, technology, requirements and cultivate improvement opportunities within PLM Applications
•Develop testing / FDA validation strategy and oversee Test Case (TC) authoring quality, and coverage, execution, results reporting, defects management, FDA compliance documentation, etc.
•Use business requirements and success criteria to architect high level scenarios for TC authoring
•Ensure full understanding of requirements and intended success criteria by HPE/DXC Testing Team for quality authoring
•Provide necessary training and coaching to HPE/DXC Offshore Testing Team and oversee work completion and delivery
•Function as the primary interface to P&G and its Contracted Vendors for PLM application services


Proton - Malaysia (Automotive Industry)

Technology Consultant at EDS/HP/HPE/DXC Technology
  • United States
  • My current job since March 2007
Technology Delivery Manager at DXC Technology
  • United States - Michigan - Ann Arbor
  • March 2007 to September 2018

Serve as a technology delivery manager for projects/programs focused on bridging the business to technology. This includes overseeing all aspects of a system solution and applying technology best practices while solutioning for customer best fit. Also, provide technolgy consulting knowledge to the following major DXC Technology clients for the optimization of their respective product lifecycle processes and knowledge management, utilizing the “Technology Practice” processes to evaluate current state technical and business capabilities and create roadmaps, strategies, and vision that help clients achieve improvement and acquire competitive advantage.

Manager
  • November 2008 to June 2009

The project consisted of migrating engineering data (~ 80, 000 drawings) and business process knowledge from Detroit Diesel Corporation owned Teamcenter Engineering database to MTU new infrastructure following the sale of the Detroit Diesel Off- Highway business to MTU.
•Installed and validated MTU’s software and database on new equipment to mimic Detroit Diesel Corporation database schema
•Migrated about 80, 000 engineering drawing and associated data from Detroit Diesel database to MTU database
•Documented and delivered data migration process and tools to MTU for future reuse

Solution Architect at Autoweb Communication Inc
  • United States
  • March 2005 to November 2005

•Architected and integrated Autoweb Collaborative Solution with Teamcenter Community & Visualization Siemens solutions for knowledge and intellectual property secured sharing and exchange within an extended enterprise
•Architected an Instant 3-D & 2-D Visual Conferencing Solution for secured real time collaboration with partners and suppliers
•Hosted Secured Virtual Neutral Project Rooms for multiple corporations (sometimes competitors) for collaboration and knowledge sharing on joint projects (example: GM-DCX-BMW joint hybrid project) outside of their firewalls
•Supported the implementation of the Autoweb Extended Enterprise Collaborative Exchange tool to several clients such as Ford, GM, DCX, BMW, Tupperware, etc.

Math Instructor at Washtenaw Community College
  • June 2003 to August 2005

Taught most of Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, Trigonometry and Applied Math Courses

at Ford Motor Company
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 1994 to February 2005
Product Development
  • September 2000 to January 2004

Managed a team of 15 subordinates to re-engineer the product creation and knowledge management process and communize it across Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Jaguar, Mazda, Volvo and Land Rover brands to drive efficiency in cross sharing and reuse of platform data implementing new technologies (40% efficiency gained).
•Acted as a subject matter and as a principal advisor on the product creation processes, technology management, lifecycle and new concepts development, project risk forecast, etc.
•Architected Teamcenter Engineering and VPM solution to support the next generation global PLM processes/methodology and developed a repository website (Over 1000 pages documented). Topics include:
Business Strategic Product knowledge capture, management & reuse
Product lifecycle Change management Partners/Supplier integration
Product structure Variant management Enterprise collaboration
Design in context Clash management Multi-model links
Vendors Management Interoperability Multi sites data management
CAD, CAE, CAM, Test, BOM and Services Data alignment

•Developed and deployed in both Teamcenter Engineering and VPM the concept of digital configured buck to all Ford’s global brands to reduce physical prototype models by 50%
•Conducted many FMEA's predictive analysis to gage potential points of failure and to institutionalize corrective actions as part of the enhanced process
•Lead few Six Sigma Green Belt projects and participated in few Six Sigma Black Belt Projects
•Interfaced with vendors especially with SDRC, EDS, UGS PLM and Dassault to manage requirements and functional specs, test beta version of the software and drove related tool and operational issues resolution (Closed over 2000 issues).

Teaching Assistant
  • September 1988 to December 1991

Taught Engineering Mechanics and Mathematics Courses and Laboratories

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at University of Detroit Mercy
  • December 2000

Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Michigan State University
  • March 1992

courses: Micro-mechanics (Thermo-mechanical properties) of Composites

Master's degree, Structural Engineering
  • at Michigan State University
  • December 1987

courses: Civil Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Business Administration
Technology Leadership
Technology Planning
BUSINESS PROCESS
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
NETSCAPE ENTERPRISE SERVER
PROCESS ENGINEERING
AUTOMOTIVE
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
DATA MANAGEMENT
ELECTRONICS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert