Ezeani Daniel Ekenedilichukwu

DANIEL EZEANI E. MNIM, PMP, ITIL V4 27 Chesnut Avenue- HU5 2RH, Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom. E-mail:-Mobile (- CAREER SUMMARY Mr Daniel is an experienced Project/Program/Service Delivery manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information Technology services industry. A PMP and ITIL 4 Foundation Certified IT Management Consultant with about 6 years’ experience working on several IT projects and services in areas such as Custom Application Development, ERP Implementation, Network Infrastructure, Information Security, Information Management Systems, Collaboration, Software Upgrades, Managed Services etc. Proficient in Waterfall, Agile scrum and Oracle Unified Methodology. Also, proficient, and experienced in the field Business Analysis, Business Development, Data Analysis. He is very skilled in the use of Project/Portfolio Management Solutions such as Jira, Trello, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera, Microsoft Project, Project Online etc. WORK HISTORY eTranzact International Plc IT Project Manager (July 2021 - December 2022) Key Responsibilities  Manages a team of technological professionals (Software developers, Quality Assurance testers, Product managers, Devops engineers, Network Engineers) in delivering electronic transaction switching and payment processing solutions across POS, web, mobile, ATMs and cards.  Utilizes the hybrid methodology (Waterfall and Scrum Agile) for the delivery of IT products and services across various channels (Web, Mobile USSD etc.)  Ensures timely and cost effective delivery of projects  Provide risk assessment and response planning, Issue tracking and resolution across all assigned projects  Provide timely status reporting across all projects Major Achievements  Access Bank SwitchIT VTU Integration: Integration of Access bank on etranzact SwitchIT service to facilitate airtime transactions  Polaris Bank SwitchIT Outbound Integration: Integration of Polaris bank on etranzact SwitchIT service to facilitate funds transfer  OSFX Switch Development: This involves the development of a new switching module for card acquiring. Milestones completed includes: Integration to NIBSS Nigeria central Switch (NCS) switches, MasterCard Terminal Integration Process (MTIP), MasterCard network interface validation (NIV) offline testing PAGE 1 Daniel Ezeani Ekenedilichukwu Danez Consulting Limited Project Management Consultant (October 2018 – June 2021) Key Responsibilities  Conducted Individual, Corporate and Online Trainings in Project Management, Business Analysis, and other related disciplines etc.  Provided Project/IT Management Services to Individuals, Corporate Organizations, and government institutions.  Specialized in the deployment and training of Project, Portfolio and IT Service Management solutions such as Jira, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera, Microsoft Project online for corporate organizations.  Partnered with strategic players in the Information Technology Space for the delivery of IT Projects and Services in are areas such as Information Security, Applications Development (Web, Mobile), Electronic Document Management System, Network/IT Infrastructure and Managed Services Major Achievements  Managed a team of software developers using the agile methodology for the delivery of Office Expense Application for the law firm, Udo Udoma and Belo Osagie (January 2021 – March 2021)  Trained and Consulted for a team of engineers and builders for Ratson-base Construction Limited January 2020  Conducted physical and online trainings in Project Management, and in the use of Project Management solutions such as Oracle Primavera, Microsoft Project etc. Infoprive Services Limited (August 2020 – January, 2021) Project/Service Delivery Officer  Administered the management and deployment of Information Security solutions such Alienvault SIEM, Algosec Firewall, NNT Change Tracker, Privilege Assess Management for a host of clients  Supervised the management of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCIDSS) projects and Information Management system projects such as ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000  Ensured continuous recertification and compliance with the above standards for clients such as Zenith Bank, Cellulant, Korapay, AirArabia, Paystack, Eco Bank Transnational Incorporated Guaranty Trust Bank etc  Ensured the timely and cost effective delivery of projects and services to clients in line with the Project contracts and Service Level agreements (SLA) 2 Daniel Ezeani Ekenedilichukwu IT Horizons Limited Project/ Service Delivery Manager (July 2019 – April 2020) Key Responsibilities  Established and monitored adherence to project management and service delivery as well as planning & controls standards within the organization.  Overseed the tracking, development and implementation of innovations in Project Management, Service delivery and Quality Assurance  Ensured products and services are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner.  Coordinated project activities of and external vendors in order to ensure services delivered consistently meet Clients’ expectation.  Measured progress of work against weekly target, work/project scope and deliverables  Ensured the delivery of services to clients in line the agreed Service Level agreement (SLA)  Responsible for ensuring effective quality control processes to monitor project and services delivered to Clients. Major Achievements  Utilized a phased approach (Agile methodology) for the replication of key functionalities (CSO, HBO, TELLER Modules) of T24 Banking Application for Accion Microfinance Bank. Aug 2019-March 2020  Facilitated and directed the development of A Budget Management System for Addax Petroleum (Custom Application). May 2019 – March 2020  Led the team that implemented an IP Addressing Plan for the entire Network Infrastructure of Addax Petroleum Nig Ltd. May 2019 – October 2019  Led the team that implemented LAN Cabling and Network Infrastructure for Africa Finance Corporation Annex Office. August 2019 – December 2019.  ADDAX CUCM Upgrade (v10.0 to 12.5): Led a team of Network Engineers that carried out upgrade of Cisco Collaboration Solution. It involved upgrade of CUCM, IM & Presence for over 512 users. January, 2020  AFC Collaboration Deployment (CUCM, Unity Connect, IM & Presence v10.0 to 12.5): Led a team of Network Engineers that carried out upgrade of Cisco Collaboration Solution. It involved the migration from Cisco CME to CUCM, IM & Presence for 150 users. (October 2019 - February 2020)  Facilitated the development of a Web and Mobile Application for Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc. (July 2019-March 2020)  Manages a team of close to 20 people (Network Engineers, Infrastructure engineers etc) 3 Daniel Ezeani Ekenedilichukwu that ensured delivery of IT services by adopting the ITIL 4 lifecycle approach to clients such Pan Ocean, Eroton Exploration and Production, Hall-Mark Insurance, Allianz Insurance, Africa Finance Corporation, Addax Petroleum and host of other organizations. Soft Alliance and Resources Limited (April 2017 – September 2018) Project Manager Key Responsibilities  Initiate and plan the implementation ERP business solution for clients  Facilitate and directs development of Custom solutions (Billing solution, HR solutions)  Prepare contract documentation for projects  Schedule and track deliverables  Prepare Project budget  Provide risk assessment and Risk Response Planning  Supervise and provide relevant project documentation from initiation to closure  Manage Small, Medium and Large cross functional Teams  Provide progress and status report on all projects Major Achievements  Facilitated and directed the development of a Time and Attendance Biometric Application project (Custom Solution), April 2017 – August 2017.  Managed the implementation of the Oracle Treasury Module for Nigeria Depository Insurance Corporation (ERP Implementation)  Established a patching process (version control) for the Soft-suite ERP System (Custom Solution)  Facilitated and directed the development of an electronic cash register solution (Kashiar project), June 2018 - September, 2018. National Youth Service Corps Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) (January 2016 - September 2016) Trainer, SAED Program Responsibilities Trained a few corps members in Data analytics using the IBM SPSS statistics; including areas such as Feedback Analysis, Data entry and Database Management, Regression Analysis, Cross tabulation Working with Charts and Graphs Community Secondary Commercial School, Odoro-Atan, Ikot Abasi LGA, Akwa-Ibom State. (NYSC) (October 2015 - October 2016) 4 Daniel Ezeani Ekenedilichukwu EDUCATION University of Hull, United Kingdom M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (In view) University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu Bachelor of Science (B.sc) Economics (2014) Living Spring Comprehensive College, Ikotun Lagos Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) (2006) Christ Redeemers Nursery and primary School, Redemption Camp, Ogun state First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) (2000) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS ATTENDED  IT Service Management (ITIL V4 Foundation) (2019)    Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) (2018) Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered) (NIM) Proficiency Certificate in Management (2017) Joint Professional Training & Support Int’l (JPTS) Health Safety and Environment (HSE 1-3) (2016) TECHNICAL SKILLS  Microsoft Office  Microsoft Project  E-views  Stata  Jira  Smartsheet  Statistical Packages in the Social Sciences (SPSS)  Oracle Primavera  Microsoft Power BI  Python  SQL  API and Web services ADDITIONAL COMPETENCES Business Analysis Skills, Effective Leadership Skills, Team work and Interpersonal Skills. Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills, Positive Attitude, Integrity, Transparency and Honesty, Fast thinker, Good Analytical, Organizational and Problem Solving Skills. PERSONAL DATA Sex: Male Nationality: Nigerian Date of Birth: 21st April, 1989. REFEREES Available on request 5