Program Manager
Zain
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :19 years, 3 أشهر
* Plan, organize and integrate cross -functional projects that are significant in scope and impact.
* Organize people, schedule resources and see project through from inception to completion
* To ensure that the Project deliveries are in compliance with the project standards and processes of the IT/Sales/Shops Department, to meet defined business requirements within agreed timescales, cost and quality
Awarded as “Excellent Project Manager” for the year 2014 on achieving the Projects KPI’s (Time, Cost, Revenue, Collection and Long term Inventory)
Recipient of “Excellent Delivery Team for PS/CS Projects”
Proposed the cost reduction methods in Etisalat (UAE) LTE project, which helped Huawei to save around USD 220, 000
Waived off 80% delay penalty from Etisalat (UAE) PS Expansion project due to excellent documentation and record keeping. This helped Huawei to save approximately USD 450, 000
Successfully delivered VoLTE (Voice over LTE) project for Etisalat UAE, comprising of IMS, Single SDB, EPC, MSC, PCRF and DNS
Modernized Etisalat’s CS Network by swapping the CPCI platform (MSC’s and Media Gateway’s) with ATCA platform; upgrading the CS network to CS 10.2; and migrating the CS nodes to U2000 from M2000
Modernized Etisalat’s International Gateway (IGW) by swapping Ericsson’s equipment with Huawei’s ATCA equipment (Soft Switches, Media Gateways and SBC’s)
Successfully installed, commissioned, integrated, tested and launched 400 eNodeB’s against Etisalat’s LTE project in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Northern Emirates
Successfully completed the PS Expansion Project (SGSN, GGSN, M2000, Charging Gateway, DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) and DNS) for Etisalat UAE
Direct project team on creation of resource allocation planning, capacity planning, project scheduling, risk management and mitigation issues and action item resolution
Created several team specific dashboards to provide a more accurate status to the customer and management regarding project milestones. This dramatically improved overall status reporting and strategic planning of the projects
Actively participated in the bidding process of at least 15 Projects to finalize the scope of work, timelines, costing of the project and highlight all possible risks from project delivery point of view
Declared as the “Best Project Manager” for the year 2009
Recognized the revenue of around USD 20M as part of different transmission project of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Ltd
Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of the Transmission projects under the PTCL (Etisalat) Customer group, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals
Successfully closed three major projects (12 Million USD) of PTCL (Etisalat), which required the establishment of the 10G DWDM system for up-gradation of existing Huawei 2.5G DWDM system in the national backbone; deployment of the Metro network in the major cities of Pakistan (Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta) and the upgrade of existing transmission network in subsidiary routes for North Zone
Worked with the Project team of China Mobile Pakistan Project and was responsible for the development and maintenance of the project schedule; and tracking the project progress
Interface with the project team and task managers to define scope of work in the development and update of detailed schedules, cost information, and identification of variances from the original plan
Actively participated in the creation/modification of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and budget data (including resource loading) for those WBS elements
Advised management of risks that may affect project profit, costs, schedules and customer relations
- Responsible for the Sales of ‘BrightSpyre’ (Online Hiring Solution) in the Corporate sector
- Oversight of order management, bid management/tendering, on-time service delivery, maintenance, service management, proposal development, invoicing and accounts receivable
- Established and maintained the key accounts of PTC (Pakistan Tobacco Company), PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd) and Pakistan Squash Federation
MBA - Marketing CGPA: 3.54
CGPA: 3.59