Shahin Vatankhahi

About Shahin Vatankhahi

Specialties: 25 years IT-related leadership experience building businesses and solidifying profitable relationships at Fortune companies in a variety of industries i.e. technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, Financial sectors in Canada, the US and Overseas. Green Card Holder.•15 yrs. Sr Computer System Analysis, Sr. Project Management and Program Management and 5 years PMO•Initiated, Implemented and directed the Program Management Office•Program Manager / Sr. Project Manager•Methodology Development – PMBOK, PMI, Waterfall, Agile•Directing PMO•Problem solving using Lean-Six Sigma Methodology•Master Degree in Micro Computer Systems from HoustonCertificate in Project Management (PMP).•Certificate in EPM.(Enterprise Project Management Tools)•Certificate in ITIL.•Certificate in Lean-Six Sigma,

Experience

1. Sr Project Program Manager

   CIBC

   May 2024 — Present

   working on different LOBs such as Corporate Financials, Capital Market, Wealth management, also Payments Systems, and Cash, Credit Cards, Commercial Lending, Credit Risk and Data Governance, ATM or Internet Online Payments. Working on two e-commerce Mobile Design Interface/Design Experience such as SMART and Journey Rewards. Run the project from Business idea, Scope, Design, test, implementation, and execution the deliverables, End to EndNegotiate schedule and timelines, secure resources, Budget, MilestonesKick off meeting and periodic status meetings, weekly, monthly management reports, financial management and reportsBudgeting, Actual and Forecast. Documentation and reportingAll projects engaging migration to Azure cloudDesign Testing strategy, SIT/DIT/UAT/PTE/PROD and Disaster Recovery testingConduct Focus groups and workshopsMatrix Management the project team.Stakeholders’ expectation management, Relationship ManagementProblem Solving, Peer Training and Process ImprovementAdvisory role for Change management, Risk management, Digital TransformationFamiliarity and use of TPRM (Third Party Risk Management)Migration to Azure Cloud using Snowflakes Data management and Dynamics 365. PaaSDI/DX, DevOps web and mobile applicationsExperienced in ServiceNow

Education

• University of Houston

  Master Degree, Information Technology/Micro Computer Systems

Skills

• Project Management
• Six Sigma
• Leadership Experience
• Pmbok
• Project Management Office (Pmo)
• Vendor Management
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Business Requirements
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Portfolio Management
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• Management Consulting
• Quality Assurance
• Visio
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Requirements Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Customer Relations
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Planning
• Process Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Change Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Ms Project
• Risk Management
• Problem Solving