Naoman Sheikh
Technical Program Manager @思科
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WORK HISTORY
Technical Program Manager @思科
Hired to help expand Cisco’s flagship cloud demonstration platform, dCloud, to other geographical regions. Since then, engaged in numerous subsequent projects aimed at improving, maintaining and optimising dCloud which is used by unique users in 156 countries. Projects Included• Deployment of dCloud in Singapore, Shanghai, London and San Jose. Worked with local teams to ensure successful deployments in each geo. • Working in conjunction with Cisco’s Facilities team to buildout a new data centre in EMEAR. Included the migration of 40 racks of equipment.• Amazon Web Services migration. Migrated aspects of dCloud front-end to AWS following feasibility study.• Built out new data centre for dCloud in Americas with budget of $7.4m. New facilities included increased power, cooling, space and resilience that will serve dCloud for the next 10 years. Migration will include 80 racks of equipment with minimal disruption to end-users.• Increasing concurrency across sites through significant re-architecture, compute and storage upgrades. This included lengthy testing and POC phases to minimise disruption to end-users globally. Concurrency in some sites increased by as much as 500%Day-to-day project management responsibilities:• Project planning, measuring progress, resource scheduling, resource monitoring, estimating and budget management• Stakeholder management/engagement often up to Senior Director Level• Managing project teams, external suppliers and internal teams• Risks and issues management, quality assurance and testing, change management• Recommending and implementing process improvement across the Project Office and Service Delivery organisation• Communications management to project teams, stakeholders and end-users• Project documentation, project briefs, highlight reports, business cases and end-stage reports• Often involved in the recruitment process for new hires• Supplier and vendor management and negotiation
EDUCATION
Brunel University of London
MSc, Distributed Information Systems
Brunel University of London
BSc (Hons), Information Systems
SKILLS
ABOUT NAOMAN SHEIKH
Tenacious, commercially astute, PRINCE2, PMP and ITIL credentialed Technical Project Manager and agent of change, equipped with an extensive background translating ideas into technically and operationally sound results. Broad based experience gained from delivering end-to-end business driven technology change projects—from business requirements gathering, initiation, design, implementation and final handover—across an array of sectors. Lead large scale, matrix teams through multi-tiered, concurrent project lifecycles with personal expertise in controlling multi-million pound project budgets; skilled in closing the gap between business requirements and technology with optimum, cost controlled system plans and strategic direction.Key Accountabilities:* Development of project proposals* Project delivery within both client and service provider environments* Managing stakeholder relationships within client and service provider environments* Resource management (direct, supplier and matrix)* Budget reporting and management (up to £5m)* Change management within PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL and CIMM* Risk and Issue management* Communication with stakeholders commercial, strategic and technical issuesSpecialties:* Project / Programme Governance and Delivery* Budget Control* Technical Proficiency and Compliance* Team Leadership* Vendor Management and Negotiations* Client Relationship Management
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