Candidates About

Hamid Noorian

PMP, ITIL, PMI-ACP, SFC, SMC, MSEE

Sr. Program Manager - SAP / ERP / WMS / CRM / Web / Mobile / BI / Infrastructure

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

·         Industries: HealthCare, Manufacturing & Distribution, Banking, Financial Services, Local Government, Automotive

·         Specialties: Cloud, SaaS, Mobile Development, Enterprise Implementations, Infrastructure

·         Program Manager: Expert Program manager / Scrum Master offering 20 years of Project / Program Management success leading portfolios of diverse and complex technology and IOT projects; PMP, ITIL V3 Foundation; PMI-ACP, SFC, SMC Agile SCRUM, JIRA, MS degree in Electrical Engineering and twenty years of experience in software and infrastructure development and deployment.

·         Leadership: An effective leader directing and coordinating all aspects of large and complex information technology projects including scope, development, schedule, cost, risk optimization, QA, change and contracts management. Ensuring goals are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters.

·         Business Strategist: Plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects ($2M – $30M), 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.

·         Methodologies / Team Management: Expert in SDLC, Rational unified process (RUP), SDLC, Waterfall, CMMI, Agile SCRUM, Agile-ACP, SCRUM Master, KANBAN, XP (Extreme Programming) management methodologies.

·          Able to manage large project teams (6- 300) and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

·         Applications: Expert in Microsoft Office, Office 365; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Lync, Outlook, Project, TFS, JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, Rally, Slack, Salesforce.com, ServiceNow, ProjectManager.com, Harvest, Microsoft Project Server, SharePoint, Oracle Primavera P6, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Lab Information System (LIS)

SKILLS SUMMARY

·         Program Management: SOX Audit, HIPAA, ICD10, Change Management, Custom Software Development, SAP S4 / HANA, PowerBI, Application Security, IOT, Mobile Application Development, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS.

·         IT Project Lifecycle: Resource Planning, Requirements Analysis, ROI Analysis, Costing & Budgeting, Project Scheduling, Project Reporting, Project Financials, Testing/QA/Rollout/Support.

·         Value-Added Leadership: Communication, Team Building & Mentoring, Client Relations & Presentations, Vendor Management, Program Management, Long/Short term Business Planning, Self-Starter, Motivator

EDUCATION:

M.S. Electrical Engineering University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado

B.S.  Electrical Engineering / Computer Science, University of Colorado; Colorado Springs, Colorado

CERTIFICATIONS:         

PMI PMP, ITIL V3 Foundation, PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner), SFC (SCRUM Foundation Certified), SMC (SCRUM

Master Certified)

SAP S4 / HANA HEC Private Cloud

SeneGence International – Foothill Ranch, CA                                                                                               3/2017 – Present

Senior Program Manager – SCRUM Master reporting to the CIO                                        

·         Interacting with stakeholders at all levels of the organization to socialize and roll out campaign initiatives and executive communications.

·         Planed, designed, and authored strategic communications to the IT organization, Management, Clients, business partners and staff.

·         Providing communication on behalf of IT to stakeholder departments and identified clients throughout the project life cycle, from beginning to final evaluation – including customer, internal and project-team communication templates, and materials.

·         Managed successful Agile SCRUM software development and worldwide deployment of Micro Services based eCommerce shopping application for SeneGence International.  ECommerce site is being accessed by 250,000 distributors throughout the world.

·         Managed migration of eCommerce shopping and Acumatica applications from on premise enterprise to Azure public cloud environment.

·         Managed various contract types, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus, Time & Material (T&M) contracts, projects and programs.

·         Managing an enterprise wide SAP S4 / HANA ERP, MRP & WMS implementation project in a private cloud (SaaS) with a budget of $11MM for hardware and software implementation projects.  Managing a team of six project managers, business analysts and report writers for the IT organization.

·         Established a Project Management Office (PMO) by developing and implementing processes, standard operating procedures (SOP), change management, and gate processes for software development, test and implementation.

·         Utilized JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, Blue Jeans, and ServiceNow issue tracking, issue and change management in Agile SCRUM development methodologies.

·         Managed development of Enterprise Reports for the C-Level executive team using PowerBI. Collected requirements for executive reports, and held meeting with the executive team and demonstrated functionality of the developed reports.

·         Managed network integration of a new 130,000 SQFT warehouse and factory into the SeneGence International’ network.

·         Managed development and translation of Spanish & French-Canadian websites for SeneGence International.

Molina Healthcare – Long Beach, CA                                                                                                     10/2015 – 1/2017

Program Manager, SCRUM Master (Contract)

·         Managed successful delivery for two (Agile SCRUM) mobile application development projects with budgets of $2.6 million plus. 

·         Managed various projects and program types, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus, Time & Material (T&M) contracts.

·         Managed and delivered fast and reliable mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms. The goal of these projects was to educate members in use of emergency rooms, and reduce emergency visits resulting in $18M Savings. 

·         Responsible for Program management, QA team management, and Customer engagement and development.

·          Partnered with other project leaders to lead a team of 50+ people, specialized in Swift, Java, Xamarin, C# and Rest API’s.

·         Oversaw the scope of the project and development of deliverables. Owned delivery of requirements and technical design documents. 

·         Collaborated with Security, Legal and Compliance ensuring proper project governance and controls.

·         Managed program planning, project initiation, staffing, and resourcing. Drove core teams, managers, tech leads, and other functional leads to identify and unblock issues and resolve cross-team dependencies 

·         Oversaw day-to-day tracking of project issues, risks, dependencies, and next steps. 

·         Worked with engineering, design, and QA teams to ensure quality and timeliness of all deliverables. Managed system integration testing (SIT), change management, and user acceptance testing (UAT) along with key stakeholders.

·         Managed peer-level client relationship and ongoing client satisfaction. 

·         Managed corporate wide integration of Salesforce.com, Office 365, ServiceNow and Box with SkyHigh application in a Cloud Security implementation project.

·         Managed a corporate wide implementation of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) project for Molina Healthcare IT Security and Bill Pay departments.

·         Managed the project to secure all privileges accounts throughout the corporation using PAM application.

·         Managed implementation of Red Seal and Cisco ISE applications for intrusion detection and network monitoring for IT security organization.

EMC Cloud Services (ECS) – Laguna Niguel, CA

SCRUM Master, Program Manager (Contract)                                                                                              5/2015 – 10/2015

Managed five teams of onshore – offshore developer and QA analysts in full-lifecycle Agile SCRUM and KANBAN Cloud software design, development and deployment projects. 

·         Utilized JIRA, Confluence, ProjectManager.com, ServiceNow, Harvest and SLACK applications for planning, configuration, testing, communication and tracking of projects and programs. 

·         Managed Cloud Automation projects (Python, Linux, Apache, Kafka, Containers, and TeamCity) for development, configuration, testing, deployment and testing of custom Web application for Cloud Services. (Apple Corporation – iCloud expansion)

·         Managed automation of the production deployment and change management, for applications in Pre-Production and Production environments for EMC Cloud Services organization.

·         Administered Harvest, ProjectManager.com and JIRA applications for EMC Cloud Services.

Technossus LLC - Irvine, CA    

Program Manager - Sr. Project Manager - SCRUM Master                                                                             3/2014- 1/2015

Led teams of onshore -offshore developers and QA analysts in full lifecycle Agile and Scrum software design and development projects for Healthcare corporations. Utilized Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) to track status and project financial reporting.  Held weekly and Ad-Hoc project status meetings with project sponsors, reported project status and financial updates.

·         Managed LIS (Lab Information System) (.NET, MVC, C#, SQL) custom Web application development, web hosting, virtualization, server configuration projects for Healthcare corporations. Managed the custom development and deployment of the LIS application for Cancer Research Labs in California and Texas from start to finish. Developed Business Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Requirements Document (FRD) for the LIS application. Worked closely with the business executives and lab managers and defined future product requirements and roadmaps. Integrated the developed customer product roadmap into the LIS software development roadmap.  Coordinated closely with the lab managers for systematic product deployment at each site. 

·         Managed all phases of a Mobile application development project using Xamarin for iPhone (iOS) and Android for a major Healthcare Aggregator corporation.  Project duration was six months. Mobile application enabled employees of a company to view their health, dental, and vision benefits, list of physicians, dependents and type of coverage and insurance deductibles.  Worked closely with the client companies and coordinated production deployment activities for each client corporation.

·         Successfully managed onshore – offshore software development projects including Mobile development using Xamarin (.NET, MVC, C#, SQL Server, Web Services) and integration with Microsoft Azure for Cloud based and hosted implementations for Incentive Social Networking application.  The Mobile application integrated Microsoft SharePoint and CRM and provided a seamless environment for mobile user access.

First American Title Corporation – Santa Ana, CA                                               

Program Manager - SCRUM Master                                                                                                             10/2012 – 12/2013

·         Held business planning sessions and developed long and short term strategic IT roadmaps (2-5 years) for integration of Oracle MDM and IT applications for the IT organization.  Presented the roadmap to the IT and business executive teams.

Accomplishments:

·         Led a team of 40 developers, DBA’s and QA engineers, including 13 Cognizant consultants in management of a $5.6M, cross functional Cloud Based Oracle MDM custom software development (Java, Oracle), configuration and deployment program in three corporate divisions resulting in $7.2M cost savings the first year.

·         Managed multiple SQL Server Data Warehouse Re-Architecture and Enterprise Reporting projects with a budget of $2.5M for the Data Warehouse and Enterprise Reporting organization, resulting in $1.6M cost savings the first year.

Autonomy Consulting Services

BMC Software Consulting Services – Laguna Niguel CA

Senior Project Manager, Agile SCRUM Master                                                                                           6/2010 – 10/2012

Managed a team of 12 software and QA engineers. Projects involved deployment of hardware infrastructure and network support for the deployment of the Autonomy cloud software.  

Accomplishments:

·         Built and executed detailed project timelines for the entire programs. Scheduled and held weekly project status review meetings with the Walmart and US Army Project management teams. Reviewed the accomplishments, tasks in progress, Risks, Issues, Action Items and Change Requests.

·         Delivered $4 Million dollars consulting services projects for Autonomy consulting services. Proactively managed changes in project scope, identified potential risks and issues, and devised contingency plans.

·         Led the development and deployment of a private Cloud, application development and deployment program for Walmart Corporation in Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.                                               

·         Managed a global software implementation project for U.S. Army at 81 locations throughout the World.

Systems Technology Associates (STA) Consulting Services – Tustin CA

PMO, Program Manager                                                                                                                                       11/2007 – 6/2010                             

Program managed delivery and successful implementation of $37 Million dollars of consulting services projects including Infrastructure, HP server and storage, SAN (EMC & HP), SQL Server & Oracle database, Virtualization, ERP and Disaster and Recovery implementations.

Accomplishments:

·         Established Project Management Office (PMO) for the systems integration, Microsoft Practice and consulting organizations. Managed the PMO for over two and half years, directed two project managers and six engineering consultants.  Established gate processes for engagement pricing, planning, execution and reporting for the Infrastructure, Microsoft, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity (DR-BC) and Virtualization practices.

·         Led the successful enterprise wide deployment of a $1.2M Oracle eBusiness (Oracle eBS) (ERP) for sales, marketing and operations organizations at Network Hardware Resale Corporation in Santa Barbara California. Managed activities for teams of 18 developers, DBA’s and Infrastructure consultants for over six months.

·         Managed Datacenter consolidation and Application Migration projects for State of California and Credit Union mergers and acquisitions.

Toyota Motor Sales – Torrance CA

Principal Project Manager (Contract Position)                                                                                                     2/2007 – 11/2007

·         Managed two application development projects for integration of XM Radio, Global Positioning, On-Star II Systems and Audio / Video entertainment for the Lexus, Toyota and Scion vehicles. These projects involved development and production deployment of applications, SAN storage and middleware technologies.  Coordinated activities of software development, infrastructure, design & engineering, manufacturing, information security and business stakeholders.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems:          Windows 10, (.NET), Linux (Red Hat), Sun Solaris, HP UX, IBM AIX, HP, Mobile, iOS, Android

Hardware:                            Apple, Samsung, HP Servers, IBM PC, EMC Symmetrix, CLARiiON, Brocade switches, Storage (EMC SAN, HP SAN), NAS, Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches.

Software:                             VB, “C”, Visual C++, C#, .NET, HTML, Java, JavaScript, ASP, VBScript, XML, J2EE, XML, N-tier, , SOA, MQ, Software Development, web services, SaaS, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), iPhone, Android, Xamarin, Platform as a Service (PaaS), ANSI, ISO 9000, ASQ Q9000,

Applications:                       Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook), Office 365, TFS 2015, Clarity, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project 2015, Project Server 2015, SharePoint 2015, Primavera, CRM, ERP, Oracle eBusiness, MDM (Master Data Management), SFDC, Tivoli, Citrix Server, Symantec Enterprise Firewall, SAP S4 / HANA, PowerBI, BlueJeans, BMC Remedy Implementation, ITSM, ITBM, CMDB, Cloud Services, Internet Explorer, Business Objects, WorkSite, FileSite, iManage Records Manager (IRM), Control Point (CP), IUS, IDOL, Change Management (CM), incident management (IM), service request (SRM), Issues Management (ISM), and Service Desk Management (SDM), Data Warehouse, Incentive Social Networking, ServiceNow, Salesforce.com.

Protocols:                            TCP/IP, ODBC, ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), OSB (Oracle Service Bus), Voice Over IP (VOIP)

Databases:                          SQL Server 2016, Oracle 10g, 11I, 12c, SQL Appliances.