Tamer Elersify

Tamer Elsirfy, PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, SAFe POPM Email-Phone- Website http://www.linkedin.com/in/elsirfy Summary Senior project/program manager with a background in software/web development. Experience in leading cross-functional teams with the mandate to deliver value to customers. Strengthened organizations’ project management maturity by applying best practices and building Project Management Offices (PMO). Experience working with private, and public sectors, financial services, and consultation in Canada, USA, UAE, and KSA. Work collaboratively with business, IT, and senior management to achieve desired goals and benefits. Awarded the Project of the Year award from Project Management Institute - Northern Alberta Chapter (PMINAC). Professional Experience Senior Project Manager Servus Credit Union Ltd • • • • • • • • • Jan 2017 – May 2022 Managed key Servus’ portfolios/programs/initiatives to meet strategic goals and delivered the desired values Collaboratively worked with Business, IT, and senior management to achieve initiatives goals Improved Project Management Office (PMO) maturity and efficiency by building and standardizing the project management processes Managed budgets from $350K to $1.5M, durations of 6 to 18 months, with a team of 5-40 Contributed to Servus’ transformation to DevOps/SAFs by applying SAFe practices and participated in Program Increment (PI) Planning Reported portfolio status and corrective actions to owners, executive sponsors, C-level, strategic planning, and the PMO Key Projects: o Servus’ public website implementation - www.servus.ca o Internal portal implementation (Intranet) and data migration o Implemented Anti-Money Laundering program, which included data warehouse development, BI reporting, and core banking updates o Financial Fitness Training: empowered staff with new and improved existing tools, and built and delivered training, resulting in increased staff efficiency, and customer satisfaction. The project was awarded the 2021 CCUA Learning Excellence o Implemented Read Audit capabilities across the organization o IBM Planning Analytics implementation for enterprise budgeting and control Tools: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Azure boards Technologies: Sitecore, IBM Planning Analytics, Office 365, SharePoint Online, MS Azure DevOps, LiveTiles, In-Lobby Teller (ILT), Enterprise Data Warehouse, Power BI, and MS Project Project Manager Consultant Sierra Systems Group Inc • • • • • • • Collaborated with Account Managers and Sales Managers in developing Request for Proposal (RFP) responses and maintained a healthy relationship with the customer Improved team skills by taking a leadership role in the Sierra Systems Project Management Community, responsibilities included enhancing processes and organizing monthly seminars Presented bi-weekly status report to the Steering Committee, and Sierra management on project scope, timeline, milestones, progress, budget, risks, issues, and corrective actions Managed budgets from $400K to $1M, duration 6 months to 19 months, and a team of 4 - 20 Key Projects: o Alberta Environment and Parks - Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca - the Project of the Year award from Project Management Institute - Northern Alberta Chapter (PMINAC) o Alberta Culture, Tourism, Parks and Recreation – MS CRM 2013 Implementation o City of Edmonton - FINES system replacement - As a Business Analyst Tools: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, Mingle, MS TFS, and SharePoint (as a communication and collaboration tool for documents, tasks, risks, issues, and lessons learned) Technologies: Wireframes, Visual Design, HTML5, CSS3, API, REST API, Bootstrap, AngularJS, Oracle database, SSRS, C#, and MS SQL Project Manager Yellow Pencil • • • • • • • Sep 2014 – Jan 2017 Mar 2012 – Aug 2014 Developed, maintained, and executed customers' business plans to achieve the best value within the budget and time constraints Managed budgets from $50k to $1M, duration 6 months to 24 months, and a team of 4 - 20 Led Request for Proposal (RFP) responses Set up Yellow Pencil’s Project Management Office (PMO). Developed Project Management Methodology (PMM) along with the required templates Key Projects: o Mackenzie Financial website - www.Mackenzieinvestments.com o Backside Tours website - www.backsidetours.com o Redesigned Fiserv public website - www.fiserv.com Tools: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, EPM Live, JIRA, SharePoint, and Kanban board Technologies: OpenText Content Management System (CMS), Drupal (PHP), Java Grails, ASP.NET, C#, MS SQL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, wireframes, and visual designs Project Manager/PMO Manager ISPAIN/Central Bank of Sudan • • • • Improved Project Management maturity by establishing Project Management Office (PMO), developed Project Management Methodology (PMM), Implemented EPM tool, and conducted PMM training for the project managers Led, coached, and mentored project managers on the project management best practices, methodology, and tools (MS Project) Reviewed and evaluated the completeness of business cases in terms of priority, impact, funding, and resources Supervised junior project managers and provided support and guidance during project planning, scope definition, team forming, schedule planning, risk management, communication management, and closing Project Manager/Senior Officer, Projects (PMO) Union National Bank • • • • • • • • • Jan 2008 – Mar 2011 Increased projects success rate of UNB and enhanced resource utilization by implementing MS EPM 2010 Led key initiatives with a combined budget of over $1 million Delivered project status reports to the PMO, and presentations to Steering Committee Created Business Cases to initiate funding for projects Monitored, tracked, analyzed, and measured achievements against baselines. Reported the portfolio status to the Steering Committee Conducted post-implementation review to ensure that projects achieve their business and technical requirements Built the Project Management Methodology and trained Project Managers on it Project Manager SMCI • Mar 2011 – Oct 2011 Dec 2005 – Jan 2008 Delivered key data migration projects for Saudi Water Authority, and Saudi Army. Implemented MS EPM for Saudi Telecom (STC) Established General Commission for Tourism & Antiquities (SCTA) Project Management Office (PMO) Led 18 months of web development product, using asp.net, MS SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CVS, Dreamweaver, and integrated with MS EPM Software Developer Prior Experience Feb 2001 – Dec 2005 Designed, developed, and led more than 50 web/desktop applications using several technologies, including ASP, ASP.NET, VB.net, PHP, XML, XSLT, XQuery, MySQL, MS SQL, MS Access, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Positions held: Programmer, Digit Creation for Computer Services – Saudi Arabia. Senior Software Developer/Project Manager, Ark Development, Cairo, Egypt. Software Programmer, A2ZEgypt, Cairo, Egypt Education and Certifications Security+ CompTIA July 2022 SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (SAFe 5 POPM) Scaled Agile Feb 2022 Certified KPI Professional KPI Mega Library Jan 2022 Six Sigma Yellow Belt (CSSYB) 6SigmaStudy 2016 Competent Communicator (CC) Toastmasters 2015 Projects in Controlled Environments, v2 (PRINCE2) Foundation APMG-International 2014 Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Project Management Institute (PMI) 2013 IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL V3 Foundation) EXIN 2010 Project Management Professional (PMP) Project Management Institute (PMI) 2007 IBM IT Professional Training Program - 900 Hours IT training IBM 2001 Bachelors of Tourism and hotels management 2000 Volunteer VP Membership Toastmasters International - ACI Club Jun 2014 – May 2015 Awards 2021 CCUA Learning Excellence CCUA 2021 The Financial Fitness Training project increased staff efficiency and customer satisfaction Project of the year Project Management Institute (PMI) Northern Alberta Chapter 2016 The Reserve.AbertaParks.ca Modernization Project was awarded the project of the year based on the professional use of Agile project management