Sajid Ahmed

About Sajid Ahmed

Seasoned IT Management professional with 15 years of experience in IT Project Management,…

Experience

1. Project Manager

   IBM

   Jan 2016 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Develop Project Plan for major Mainframe Software upgrades.• Presented the Project Plan that would give the Client Applications Team a birds-eye view of all the upgrades planned for 2017. This avoids confusion and helps the Client to plan other activities accordingly.• Collaborated activity planning along with Mainframe Technical team and Client Application team.• Redesigned the MF Software upgrade sequencing based on Technical Resource availability while being cognizant of Client Business needs.• Forecast the major upgrades for each weekend.• Manage change, risk, issue and track projects throughout the project lifecycle.• Demonstrated clear documentation and communication skills.• Manage Risks and Issues post upgrades.• Monitor Change Requests & Change implementations.• Report the stakeholders on Project Progress, Issues and Risks.• Demonstrated leadership to achieve 3 major Mainframe Software upgrades within 2 quarters in 2017.• Collaborate with Project teams to control quality by reducing post implementation issues.

Education

• M.V.J. College Of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics & Communications Engineering

  1994 — 1999

Skills

• Resource Management
• Sla
• Vendor Management
• Problem Management
• Change Management
• Sdlc
• Incident Management
• Contract Management
• IT Operations Management
• Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Service Delivery
• Budget Management
• Pre-Sales
• Service-Level Agreements (Sla)
• Program Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Sla Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Customer Relations
• Software Project Management
• IT Project & Program Management
• Project Management
• Business Process
• Risk & Issue Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Rfp Generation
• Quality Management