Asim Shahzad

Asim Shahzad, PMP, Scrum Master, ITIL H# 390, St # 58, Sector G-10/4. Islamabad, Pakistan Cell: - |-Senior IT Professional SOFTWARE/RDBMS DEVELOPMENT | ENTERPRISE IMPLEMENTATIONS | SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Experienced IT Professional offering 11 years of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects; PMP, Scrum Master and ITIL credentials; degrees in IT and CS; and seven years of computer programming and business finance experience. Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains. Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams. Expert in agile and waterfall project management methodologies. Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets. Skills Summary Custom Software Development Database Design (RDBMS) Systems Engineering System Migrations/Integrations Enterprise wide Implementations Cross-Functional Supervision Team Building & Mentoring Sql Server, Oracle, MySql Requirements Analysis Costing & Budgeting Project Scheduling Business & IT Planning Vendor Management Client Relations & Presentation .Net & PHP IIS, WAMP, XAMPP Career Progression Independent Consultant, PROJECT MANAGEMENT & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, 2015 to 2016 PAKISTAN AIR FORCE (ISLAMABAD), TECHNICAL TEAM LEAD, 2012 to 2015 Recruited by several prestigious organizations to provide project management and software development over large-scale, top-priority and complex technology initiatives. Managed budgets of up to $5M and cross-functional teams of up to 15 developers, programmers, analysts and network specialists. Drove the high-quality completion of systems engineering, software/database development and enterprise wide implementation projects for many prominent clients including: PTC Unilever Nestle Packages P&G Shaheen Foundation SAPS SATS Risalpur College Zaid Textiles Traders LLC Achievement Highlights: Led teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results. Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data. Anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving global business environments. Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures. Representative Projects (2005 to 2016) Systems Engineering: Led design and multinational rollout of robust, scalable and secure electronic data interchange (EDI), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and point-of-sale (POS) systems for clients. Results: Completed projects up to two months ahead of schedule, as much as $1.2M under budget and to client commendation. Custom Software Developments: Managed all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for dozens of custom solutions. Results: Delivered industry-leading software that saved clients millions of dollars, shortened processes from weeks to minutes, captured #1 market share and generated up to $8M in annual revenues within year one of launch. Database Developments: Guided teams in the development of relational database management systems (RDBMS) for clients. Results: Improved the consistency, recoverability and accessibility of data. System Integrations/Migrations: Project-managed large-scale initiatives involving the transition of programs to new platforms and the merger of disparate systems from acquired client companies. Results: Achieved seamless migrations and integrations that were transparent to client customers, accomplished with no unscheduled downtime and delivered by as much as under budget. Enterprise Implementations: Directed global rollouts of new software and systems for clients including SATS and SAPS. Results: Ensured defect-free releases through careful planning, testing and QA efforts. Early Career PAKISTAN AIR FORCE (Islamabad), COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, 2009 to 2012 Completed programming assignments to enhance automated web applications and software within mainframe, network and client/server environments. Improved functioning of databases, communication systems, storage area networks and server configurations. M.E.M.R.B (Islamabad), PROGRAMMER / DATA PROCESSOR, 2007 to 2009 Responsible for In-house desktop applications for marketing research using C# and Sql Server. Performed on a given set of data to extract the required information in an appropriate form such as diagrams, charts, reports, or tables. ZAINTECH, IT CONSULTANTS & ENGINEERS (Rawalpindi), DEVELOPER 2005 to 2007 Worked as Dot Net Developer with common responsibilities were Analysis and design, implementation of process, database designs and implementation. Education & Credentials MIT (GPA: 3.5), P.I.M.S.A.T.S (Islamabad), 2002 to 2004 BCS, A.I.O.U (Islamabad), 1999 to 2002 Certified Scrum Master (Cert ID:-) ITIL v3 Foundation (Reg. #: WA5SYD50A2) Project Management Professional (PMP), (PMI ID:-‏)