NISHAT AHMAD

2311-3700 Kaneff Cres

Mississauga, ON L5A 4B8
Phone: 647-309-2311 Email:
nishat004@gmail.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Extensive experience (8+ years) in IT Management, Consulting, Assessment, Implementation,
Testing, Solution delivery and leading highly complex projects.
• Managed/led up to 40 (peak) professionals and budgets of up to $2MM in both onsite and by
establishing and working with globally distributed teams (virtual) in an on-site/off-shore model
• Accomplished effective relationship and partnership with key stakeholders
• Provided strategic advice to IT and business leaders by evaluating current business and IT
processes / environments, vulnerabilities and opportunities
• Successfully led project teams in a cross functional environment.
• Good working knowledge of project management process groups and knowledge area
processes (as defined by PMBOK guide) especially management of scope, cost, time and quality of
deliverables.
• Analyzing client requirements, setting project objectives, and delivering IT solutions
• Advising the client on technology trends, evaluating off-the-shelf products, assisting client in
making buy/build in-house decision
• Developed business cases and responses for RFPs
• Employed strong communication skills to mentor project team members
• Established liaison with technology and business teams within client organization and with
external teams in a multi-vendor environment
• Familiar with concepts (DFSS) of Sig Sigma process improvement methodologies for QA
• Sound knowledge of Enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM)
• Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Degree in Computer Science

Solution Technologies/Environments
Tools: LDAP, UML, Purify, Toad, Test Director, CVS, Clear case, Visio, Razor, Erwin, MS Project, MS
Office, Visio
Web Technologies/Servers: J2EE / Apache and iPlanet
Operating Systems: Solaris, AIX, UNIX, Linux, Windows2000/NT
Database: Oracle, Informix, Versant (OODB), Unify, Ingress
Languages: Java, JSP, JavaScript, Servlet, C++, C, Pro*C, PL/SQL, ESQL, PERL, AWK, shell scripts,
HTML, XML
Network Inventory Systems: Verizon’s AAIS
Network Configuration Management: Qwest Tools
Methodology: OOAD and Waterfall Methodologies
Domains: Telecom, Railways, Banking and Energy

RELEVANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Senior Business Consultant, BearingPoint, Toronto 2006 – 2009
• Managed development, production deployment and maintenance of key projects with revenue
of approx $1MM to activate and provision customer orders for home and business phones.
• Developed, executed, monitored, reviewed/revised project plans and budget of projects to
achieve business objectives on time, within budget and according to stakeholders’ quality
expectations.
• Managed client’s business analysis and requirement definitions team for implementing one of
the key network applications, Design Services, of Assignment Activation and Inventory System
(AAIS) suites of application for the design and provisioning of inter-office and special circuits
• Interviewed/Discussed with cross functional teams of business domain experts/analysts and
key stakeholders to help project team capture and define business requirements and identify
process/system gaps in the current and desired state of the business for Multi Dwelling Units
(MDU) market segment

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• Assisted client in writing Business Requirements Document (BRD)
• Identified/Managed project risks and contingencies and mitigated risks appropriately
• Provided regular tracking, monitoring and resolution of project issues reports to all
stakeholders
• Adhered to the Project Lifecycle Framework, Company's Project Management Standards &
Methods, the Application Development Framework and QA Standards
• Established and managed application build and deployment process, integration with other
conveyed systems, and provided process and functional support
• Liaison with various teams within organization and third party vendors for identifying
opportunity for process/system improvement

Associate Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, Florida 1996 – 2006

• Managed, mentored and led project teams of 40 (peak) professionals and budgets of $2MM to
support and maintain various modules of Verizon’s narrowband system with an aim to have
competitive capabilities, securing new business and retaining existing phone customers
• Managed deadlines and coordinated project team activities in line with project objectives,
budget and schedule
• Drove business analysis/requirement definition efforts, mapping of processes, validation of
requirements, and design, development and delivery of new apps/processes
• Consistently met all the delivery and support SLAs
• Led module to gather requirements, analyze, design and development of the tool to be used in
Advanced Computer Aided Dispatch system(ACAD)
• Coordinated with key stakeholders to validate the System Requirement Specification (SRS)
document to cover the functionality, operation, technical issues and scope of work
• Championed discussion with GE personnel based on the System Requirements Documents to
cover the functionality, operation, technical issues and scope of work, Requirement Analysis,
Design and Development, Testing and Certification and development of tool to synthesize
planning model data for the existing simulation scenario.
• Led module management, coordination with the on-site (Zurich, Switzerland) team,
development of BRS/LLD/Object Modeling and design/development of Retail Services
module.
• Ensured (certifying) tool to synthesize planning model data for the existing simulation scenario
• Identified and applied industry best practices and developed "best-in-class" process models
(on-site/offshore)
• Environment/Technology: Sun Solaris, Remedy, Erwin, Remedy, PVCS, Purify, STL, C/C++, Q+
+, Java, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Oracle, SQL/ESQL, Versant 5.0.8.1, cmtool, OOAD, UML

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Degree in Computer Science and Technology from a reputed
university in India

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