Saeedullah Khattak

Saeedullah Khattak Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 24100 (333)-- A highly skilled, well-seasoned, energetic IT professional having 11 years of expertise in planning, implementing, and managing large, complex systems in Higher Education industries. Thrives in fast paced environments and has exceptional interpersonal skills, accomplished at building effective, productive working relationships with clients and staff. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROJECT MANAGER – IT, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) (March 2023- Present) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Responsible for developing the Project plan, following, and monitoring the project plan to implement IT projects. Mange all stakeholders, their communications and work streams. Evaluate aspects of configuration and customization of the product. Prepare schedules for deployment of upcoming releases and fixes. Work closely with technical team and HEC’s functional users to best align resources with business needs. Understand and coordinate activities \ between multiple divisions of HEC. Understand and establish priorities to identify and manage resource requirements. Monitor performance of project tasks and prepare project activity reports in a timely manner. Access, mitigate and manage risks. Ensure project deliverables are completed on time. Document project meetings, compile meeting minutes and project deliverables DEPUTY DIRECTOR – SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engg sciences and technology (GIKI) (June 2021- Feb 2023) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Provided leadership and direction to the team in achieving the project goal to automate all university processes which includes administration and educational activities. Analyzed the PeopleSoft Campus Solution and university processes for fit gap analysis. Successful Legacy data transfer to PeopleSoft Campus Solution. To Ensures proper project document, requirements and deliverables are clearly defined, maintained, and delivered. Successful GO LIVE of PeopleSoft Campus Solution, HR and Double accounting system. Overall team management of custom software development for online invigilation and proctoring tool for online admission test of the university. Creation and management of Power BI dashboard for competent authorities for strategic decision making. Manages project meetings; completes project tracking/analysis reports; reports to management regarding project progress, issues, and risks. Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 24100 (333)-- Deputy Manager – IT University of Peshawar (July 2018–May 2021) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Requirement gathering, meeting with different stake holders for fit/gap analysis of university business process and their mapping into Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solution. Defined University academic structure, campus configurations, Courses catalog and academic advisement in Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solution. Successful legacy data migration into Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solution. Custom component developments as identified in fit/gap analysis. Successful GO LIVE of Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solution all modules. Designing and Development of online student admission application system. Integration of online student admission application system with Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solution. Custom development of Microsoft Power BI dashboards for higher management for strategic decision making. Custom reports development using Oracle BI Publisher. Extensive training and workshops for end users. ASSISTANT MANAGER – IT, National University of Science & Technology (NUST) (July 2013–June 2018) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Defined University academic structure, campus configurations, Courses catalog and academic advisement in Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solution. Managed all configurations of academic calendar, student financials, Recruiting and Admissions, class scheduling, Student Records and Gradebook modules. Key team member of milestone conversion from legacy system to PeopleSoft Campus Solutions. Successfully deployed Learning Management System and configured according to the business processes of the university and implemented. Trainings of end users and providing admin-user support. Development of custom reports as per requirement. Designed and developed custom component for transferring gradebook data from Learning Management system To PeopleSoft Campus Management Solution. Development of Dashboard for higher authorities in Oracle OBIEE 11g, which included interactive graphical representation of different reports needed for making important future decisions and improvements. NATIONAL RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAM, Islamabad Software Engineer (November 2010–July 2013) ● ● ● ● ● Provided technical expertise for development of PL-SQL applications, workflow procedures and interfaces. Converted Project specifications and procedures to detailed logical flow charts for coding. Installation and configuration of Oracle Application Server Designed, Developed, and implemented different components of local ERP systems on basis of company business requirements. Developed and maintained custom built Oracle applications, HR, Procurement, Funds Management, Base Line Survey for Health Project, and Finance system. Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 24100 (333)-- EDUCATION University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar BS Computer Software Engineering, 2010 ● (GPA: 2.96/4.0) PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Project Management and its tools. Jira Oracle OBIEE 11g, 12c People Tools 8.56 Microsoft Power BI MySQL PL/SQL Store Procedures Oracle Application server Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 24100 (333)--