Ghani Ahsan

Current

Senior Project Manager / Consultant at Altstra Systems Corp. / RIM / Bell Canada / MTS Allstream

Past

Project Manager / Consultant at Ajilon Consulting / Sprint / Sprint Nextel
Director Information Technology at Telesystems International Wireless / TIW/ Telet/ Claro
Manager Information Technology at S&C Electric Company

Manager Information Technology at GE Canada
Specialist - Information Systems at Canadian General Electric (CGE)
Programmer Analyst at Royal Insurance Company
Programmer at Canadian General Electric (CGE)

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Education

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Ghani Ahsan’s Summary

An accomplished senior IS/IT Project Manager with a strong record of achievements in the communications, manufacturing, service and government sectors. A leader and team player who has in-depth understanding of the relationships between a project, business operations, people, process, organizations and technology. Established track record in project planning and execution to deliver business value through controlled deployment, team influence and innovative use of technology.

Flexible and adaptable in assignments and working with cross-functional teams, organizations and cultures.

Committed to client satisfaction and getting the job done.

Ghani Ahsan’s Specialties:

Project Management, business transformation, ebusiness, customer support operations, self service portals, wireless billing, operations support systems, systems integration, business systems analysis, risk management, scope management, cost management, schedule management, issues management

Ghani Ahsan’s Experience

Senior Project Manager / Consultant

Altstra Systems Corp. / RIM / Bell Canada / MTS Allstream

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Altstra Systems Corp. provides information systems consulting services to clients in Canada. Ghani Ahsan has extensive experience in the domain of Information Systems.

At Altstra Ghani is responsible for developing the business strategy and providing excellent service to his clients in Project Management, Business Systems Analysis and Systems Integration.

Ghani has led teams developing custom solutions as well as deploying COTS solutions. He has been instrumental in helping companies achieve operational improvements through process, organizational and technology changes.

Ghani's recent project management assignments have been with Research in Motion (RIM), CM Inc., Bell Canada, Conceptwave Software and MTS Allstream in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada.
Project Manager / Consultant

Ajilon Consulting / Sprint / Sprint Nextel

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2000 — March 2005 (4 years 9 months)

Assigned to client organization's IT department in various roles such as program manager, project manager, billing systems consultant. Played an important and influential role in the development of requirements and integration of a rating engine with enterprise systems for the 3G wireless products at Sprint.
Director Information Technology

Telesystems International Wireless / TIW/ Telet/ Claro

(Telecommunications industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )

Responsible for planning, acquiring and deploying information systems to support business operations for Wireless start-up companies in TIW's portfolio. Deployed Customer Management, Retail Sales and Billing Systems in the Czech Republic and Brazil.
Manager Information Technology

S&C Electric Company

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

August 1992 — October 1996 (4 years 3 months)

Started as Business Systems Analyst in 1992. Promoted to Manager in 1995. Changed the focus of the department from technical to creating business value. Greatly improved the relationship with business users.
Manager Information Technology

GE Canada

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

1989 — 1992 (3 years )
Specialist - Information Systems

Canadian General Electric (CGE)

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

October 1978 — February 1989 (10 years 5 months)

Supported the business systems requirements for business such as Mobile Communications, Silicones, Plastics and Computer Services.
Programmer Analyst

Royal Insurance Company

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

October 1977 — October 1978 (1 year 1 month)

Supported a portfolio of general insurance applications.
Programmer

Canadian General Electric (CGE)

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 1975 — October 1977 (2 years 6 months)

Developed business applications for Mobile Communications, and accounting operations.

Ghani Ahsan’s Education

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

Diploma , Computer Studies , 1973 — 1975

Dean's Honor Roll, Book Award
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

B. Sc. , Electrical Engineering , 1967 — 1971