FREE LANCER- IT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT at RR3D CONSULTANCY INC. (2022-01 – Present)
Offering professional consultancy services to clients in various areas including IT, OT projects management, resources management, enablement, and business development.
- BaaS Backup as a Service Engagement: Established a detailed scope baseline covering backup architecture, retention policies, SLAs, integration points, and compliance requirements. Managed change requests rigorously to prevent scope creep and ensure all additions are evaluated for cost, impact, and feasibility.
- Allocated and Monitored resources utilization, resolved bottlenecks, and ensured teams have the skills and support needed to execute.
- Maintained continuous communication with internal teams, vendors, and customer stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment.
- Identified and mitigated risk related to data integrity, capacity, compliance, and service continuity.
- Cybersecurity Engagement: Coordinated and oversaw the deployment of technical and procedural security controls to protect customer applications, critical infrastructure, and sensitive data.
- Ensured controls address key threat vectors such as unauthorized access, data breaches, malware, and service disruption.
- Adopted pertinent cybersecurity policies, guidelines, and procedures to ensure adherence to standards such as ISO and NIST CSF.
- Lead the adoption of cybersecurity policies, guidelines, and procedures aligned with ISO27001, NIST CSF, and industry best practices.
PROJECT MANAGER at HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE (2011-01 – 2021-12)
- Undertook the management of customer projects by adhering to PMI standards and selecting the most suitable methodology that aligns with solution requirements and the prevailing environment. This encompassed options like Waterfall methodology, Agile/Scrum methodology, and hybrid approaches.
- Handled the complete projects lifecycle: Design, Implementation, Upgrade, Migration, as well as Security and Wireless solutions. This encompassed collaborating with the stakeholder committee to ensure that project work results were consistently delivered on time and within the designated budget.
- Developed project management plans and documents: (PMP document, scope of work, communication plan, quality plan, monitoring, and reporting, change management process, risk management plan, ATP/ acceptance test plan, escalation process, MS project/ schedule, resources plan, financial and environment requirements, handover, and closure process). Evaluated, and effectively addressed risks and challenges within the account using established risk management methodologies. Managed client escalations and formulated corrective action
- Engaged in Solution Opportunity Approval and Review (SOAR) and actively contributed to the bidding process. Produced vital documents including responses to RFI, RFP, technical writeups, proposals, risk assessments, management plans, cost and revenue reviews, and Profit and Loss (P&L) evaluations.
- Managed Data Center Commissioning projects, covering both Mission Critical and Non-Critical systems.
Key responsibilities included developing commissioning scripts, organizing schedules, generating reports, and creating a comprehensive "run book" containing vital operational instructions and guidelines.
