Noushad Abdul

About Noushad Abdul

Senior IT Professional with over 27 years of experience providing IT Services to organizations from Hi-Tech, Healthcare, Retail, Banking & Financial Services, and Manufacturing Industries- Client Relationship management, Delivery Management and Business development experiences in various roles such as Account Manager, Client Partner/ Engagement Manager, Delivery Director, Delivery Manager, and Business/IT Program Manager- Extensive Delivery Management and Leadership experience working with business, IT, and Cross-functional teams including business customers and multi-vendor teams across various geographical locations- PMO Expertise in handling risk management activities during sales and delivery phases of client engagements, monitoring delivery performance and conducting delivery assurance reviews- A decade of technical hands-on experience during the early part of career as Software Engineer, Technical project manager, and SME for various business domains and technology projects- Certified Project/Program management professional (PMP, CSM) with experience in managing large scale enterprise projects using Waterfall, Agile and other SDLC models- Excellent record of delivering projects on time, within budget and with high quality ensuring highest levels of customer satisfaction.KEY EXPERTISE- Client Relationship management- Business Strategy, Business Development, Proposals/ Solution building, Sales support - Delivery Management, Delivery Leadership - Project/Program Management and Delivery governance- Member Management/Team Building / Team Development / Mentoring & Coaching- Finance Management, Planning and Budgeting, P&L Management- Issues/Risk Management- Organizational Change Management- Process Expertise (CMMi, Six Sigma, SOX compliance and HIPAA regulations)- Procurement, Vendor management, Contract negotiations and other Operational processes- Transition planning and Transition management

Experience

1. Director Consulting Services

   CGI

   Dec 2018 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Currently working as the Delivery Practice Leader/ EAS Business partner for the US Great Lakes Business Unit of CGI.

Education

• University of Madras

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Science

  1994 — 1997

• Miller Heiman

  Strategic & Conceptual Selling

Skills

• Business Analysis
• Requirements Analysis
• Pre-Sales
• Program Management
• Resource Management
• Business Development
• IT Strategy
• Vendor Management
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Business Intelligence
• Software Project Management
• Management
• Team Leadership
• Software Development
• Project Management
• Sdlc