Qasim Riaz

About Qasim Riaz

Email: Q••••••••@gmail.comSENIOR IT LEADERMy career has included providing IT support for diverse industries: Insurance, Banking, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Hi-Tech, Retail, Public Sector. I have been successful in managing the most complex programs in a wide range of positions, each with expanded levels of responsibilities: IT Manager, Sr. Project Manager, Program Manager, Performance Testing Manager, Development Manager, Quality Director, and Delivery Transformation Director. STRATEGIC LEADER, BUSINESS PARTNER, CHANGE CHAMPIONMy passion for process, and building strong teams, has consistently delivered excellence through the Software Development Life Cycle. I strongly believe that IT operations should develop a position as an integrated business partner. I achieve job satisfaction by influencing decision-making, collaborating in strategic planning, and developing talent using “hands-on” IT expertise. I am known to easily adapt to environmental and organizational change, influence direction, think fast, and execute with success. SPECIALTIES: Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and PMP professional.• Application Development Management• Strategic Planning and Execution• Waterfall & Agile Methodologies• Enterprise Architecture• Information Security Governance & Risk Managment • Regulatory Compliance • Security Risk Assessment• System Integration• Quality Leadership• Change Management• Staff Management• Talent Development• Business Analytics* Led IT Project Portfolio over $100M. Managed team of 20 Program and Portfolio Mangers. Oversaw 80+ IT projects individually valued from $50K – $5M+.* Created and deployed Agile methodology framework across entire banking technology teams. Achieved 50% adoption rate in 12 months.* Viewed as a pioneer of quality by operations who realized efficiencies by executing best practices: BPT, QTP, Load Runner, Sig Sigma, Root Cause Analyses, OnBase.Net, XML, SQL, and VB Script.

Experience

1. Head Center of Excellence & Compliance Specialist

   StoneX Group Inc.

   Apr 2018 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Direct Report to the CTO; Primary adviser and subject matter expert regarding Information Technology, Audit, and Regulatory Compliance with a specific focus on providing expertise, support, and technology governance being leveraged to achieve maximum impact in ensuring compliance. Leveraged Robotics Process Automation(RPA) to automate repeat operational tasks yielding significant savings and faster speed to market. Created and operationalized roadmap for Compliance Automation, leveraging a set of technologies and implemented data visualization tools like PowerBi

Education

• DePaul University

  Master's degree, Business Information Technology

  2007 — 2010

Skills

• Process Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Assurance
• Program Management
• Quality Management
• Strategic Planning
• Business Strategy
• Business Planning
• Financial Planning
• Government Relations
• Leadership Development
• Product Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Process Optimization
• Test Automation
• Performance Testing
• Performance Management
• Vendor Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Sdlc
• Agile Methodologies
• Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Strategy
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Process Simulation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Budgets
• Software Project Management
• Pmo
• Business Requirements
• Risk Management
• Requirements Gathering
• Project Portfolio Management
• Process Improvement
• Requirements Analysis
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Pmp
• Change Management