Naoman Sheikh
Technical Project Manager at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Naoman Sheikh's Overview
- Current
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- Technical Project Manager at Merrill Lynch
- Past
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- Infrastructure Project Manager at Computer Sciences Corporation
- Project Manager at Virgin Media
- Infrastructure Project Manager at Computer Sciences Corporation
- Project Manager at Premier Foods Ltd
- Business Analyst at RHM Ltd
- Education
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- Brunel University
- Brunel University
- Recommendations
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21 people have recommended Naoman
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
Naoman Sheikh's Summary
Tenacious, commercially astute, PRINCE2, PMP and ITIL credentialed Technical Project Manager and agent of change, equipped with an extensive background translating ideas into technically and operationally sound results. Broad based experience gained from delivering end-to-end business driven technology change projects—from business requirements gathering, initiation, design, implementation and final handover—across an array of sectors.
Lead large scale, matrix teams through multi-tiered, concurrent project lifecycles with personal expertise in controlling multi-million pound project budgets; skilled in closing the gap between business requirements and technology with optimum, cost controlled system plans and strategic direction.
Key Accountabilities:
* Development of project proposals
* Project delivery within both client and service provider environments
* Managing stakeholder relationships within client and service provider environments
* Resource management (direct, supplier and matrix)
* Budget reporting and management (up to £5m)
* Change management within PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL and CIMM
* Risk and Issue management
* Communication with stakeholders commercial, strategic and technical issues
Specialties
* Project / Programme Governance and Delivery
* Budget Control
* Technical Proficiency and Compliance
* Team Leadership
* Vendor Management and Negotiations
* Client Relationship Management
Naoman Sheikh's Certifications
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PMP (Project Management Professional)
- Project Management Institute
- License 1250404
- April 2009
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PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner
- APM Group
- License P2R/249290
- October 2007 to October 2012
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ITIL Version 3 Foundation
- APM Group
- License 990340593
Naoman Sheikh's Experience
Technical Project Manager
Merrill Lynch
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; BAC; Financial Services industry
May 2011 – Present (1 year 1 month)
Primarily leading initiatives in the Global Desktop and Electronic Communication space but occasionally also engaged in Hosting and Security related projects across the organisation.
Key Projects:
Desktop Migration: Recruited to assist with completion of EMEA desktop migration project, which was a regulatory mandate as a result of the merger between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. User base of 15,000 across EMEA with over 400 applications. Responsible for requirements gathering, business analysis, application testing and remediation,scheduling and post-deployment support.
UNIX Security Remediation: Initiated project to resolve a key security issue with UNIX environment across EMEA. This was identified as a regulatory issue with ambitious timelines and adherence to strict governance standards:
• Total scope included over 8000 servers across EMEA region
• Organsations impacted included trading, card services, retail banking and shared technology
• Responsible for the recruitment and day-to-day management of 3 direct reports
• Interacting with a global team of over 20 Project Managers
Windows 7: Overseeing the Desktop Transformation Project in EMEA this will see 22,000 desktops migrated to the Windows 7 platform over a two year timeframe. Responsibilities include:
• Engage with CTO Vertical Leads to rationalise down the total number of applications in-scope for EMEA, currently 11,000.
• Oversee the implementation of the SCCM 2012 solution to facilitate mass migrations to Windows 7.
• Facilitate meetings between CTO Vertical Leads and EMEA Lines of Business to determine Windows 7 migration requirements and readiness
Infrastructure Project Manager
Computer Sciences Corporation
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry
November 2009 – April 2011 (1 year 6 months)
Engaged by CSC based on a solid history of project delivery results, leadership and strong network of contacts from previous full time employment with the company.
Key Projects and Results
• Exchange CCR: Recruited to provide project leadership on a mass Exchange server migration to accommodate a surplus of over 12,000 users.
Results: Introduced the latest clustering solution (CCR) to deliver maximum uptime for user group, a rationalised failover process and a more resilient, ITIL aligned Exchange system. Brokered vendor deal to save an average of £40k on licensing contracts.
• Data Centre Migration: Enlisted to oversee a complex DC migration, including full-scale transition of all core services (email, home drive data and virtual desktops) for over 18,500 users.
Results: Ensured full business continuity, freed up DC capacity levels, optimised disaster recovery strategy, all under an aggressive deadline.
• VDI Upgrade: Sought out to migrate clients VDI environment from vSphere 4.0 to v4.1 and to increase capacity to accommodate a further 20,000 VDI desktops.
Results: Increased environment capacity to accommodate a large group of additional users with nil effect on existing user group. Maximised business benefits and delivered £100k cost savings on licensing by identifying oversubscribed contracts and brokering new terms.
Project Manager
Virgin Media
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; VMED; Telecommunications industry
May 2009 – November 2009 (7 months)
Commissioned for a 6 month, £5m groundbreaking pilot project (first-of-a-kind in 15 years) to assist Virgin Media develop its geographic presence in the digital services vertical by upgrading an out-dated analogue network covering 2 regions. Guided an onsite and virtual team of 12 technology specialists situated across the UK and directed 3 business analysts on best practice business processes to ensure project success. Acted as key intermediary and resource to internal stakeholders across all sponsoring divisions.
Results:
• Instrumental in assisting marketing department gain local media coverage and penetrate new customer segments, significantly growing the subscription base accessing Virgin Media Services.
• Generated a project delivery documentation repository to simplify future deployments.
• Sustained project budget paramerts to within £1k due to specialised skill in ROM costing and precise terms of reference.
Infrastructure Project Manager
Computer Sciences Corporation
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry
April 2007 – May 2009 (2 years 2 months)
Stellar performance during 2 year tenure with this leading business solutions, technology and outsourcing leader with 100k employees in 180 countries. Provided skill in strategic technology projects, implementing security tools and systems, core infrastructure upgrades for SAN, networks as well as server consolidation and upgrades.
Key Projects
• Citrix Desktop Upgrade: Seamlessly delivered complete Citrix desktop migration for an 18,500 strong user base across 400 buildings throughout London against a £2.7m budget; updated the Configuration Management Database (CMD) with over 25,000 assets. Results: Personally scouted out and assembled a 20 member team, delivered zero downtime, streamlined costs and support. Centralised IT infrastructure for all buildings and facilitated risk workshops to optimise performance.
• Data Centre Rationalisation: Selected to shed light onto a faltering client data centre operation via in depth audit of power usage, space and adherence to processes whilst guiding 3 Senior Infrastructure Engineers to optimum performance. Results: Integral in expanding immediate capacity by 5% with a further 6% over a 6 month period.
• Data Storage Strategy: Hand picked to assist client in outlining new group data storage strategy and deploy NAS infrastructure on a high value, £26m programme. Results: Held accountability for a £700k CAPEX budget, rolling out a dual-sited NetApp NAS solution to markedly expand Home Drive data storage for the user group.
Project Manager
Premier Foods Ltd
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Food Production industry
August 2004 – April 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Recruited by Head of Project Delivery based on strong record of achievement and professional relationship formed at RHM Ltd during previous role. Functioned on various complex, high value projects, earning reputation for ‘bringing projects back on track.’
Key Projects
• Singled out to work with supplier, Cable and Wireless, on a network consolidation project for a £3m programme to centralise the IT function within 10 companies across 70 locations spanning the UK, Ireland and France. Personally took charge of the Terms of Engagement negotiations between BT and Cable and Wireless, saving over £200k in OPEX costs.
• Managed a £400k budget and a 6,000 desktop roll out project for all 70 locations on a mission critical £3m infrastructure investment project. Benchmarked support procedure and a new CMDB update process.
• Parachuted in to turn around a faltering project, taking over for another PM. Saved £240k in licensing, increasing output by a notable 20% and rationalising 1,200 applications down to 600.
Naoman Sheikh's Skills & Expertise
Naoman Sheikh's Education
Brunel University
MSc, Distributed Information Systems
2003 – 2004
Activities and Societies: Football, Badminton, Tennis, Indoor Climbing.
Brunel University
BSc (Hons), Information Systems
2000 – 2003
Graduated with 2:1 (Hons)
Activities and Societies: Football, Tennis, Indoor Climbing, Go-Karting.
Naoman Sheikh's Publications
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Guest PM Blogger – What’s wrong with the ‘Triple Constraint’?
- How to Manage a Camel
- May 19, 2009
Authors: Naoman SheikhThe Triple Constraint is a pretty fundamental concept to the theory of project management. Imagine, if you will, a triangle with Time in one corner, Cost in another and Quality in the last.
The basic premise of the triangle is that you cannot change one factor without adversely effecting the other; if the Time it takes to deliver a project is to be reduced then the Quality of the product the project is due to produce will have to be reduced and the Cost will have to increase (in order to employ additional resources or services to complete the project quicker). If the Quality of the product was to increase then it is likely that it will take longer to produce (Time) and that it will, invariably, Cost more. If Cost was suddenly reduced then the potential impact is increased Time and reduced Quality. -
iStudy PRINCE2 Foundation Exam - 420 Practice Exam Questions
- March 2011
Authors: Naoman SheikhAn eBook created and published to help budding project managers pass the PRINCE2 Foundation exam on their first attempt.
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iStudy ITIL Foundation Exam - 420 Practice Exam Questions
- April 2011
Authors: Naoman SheikhI created this eBook for any Project Managers that were considering taking the ITIL Foundation Exam.
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iStudy PMI PMP Exam - 585 Practice Exam Questions
- April 2011
Authors: Naoman SheikhWith 200 questions to answer in 4 hours the PMP exam is one of the most difficult that I have ever had to do. I created this eBook to allow students to practice as many varied questions as possible in order to be fully prepared for the exam.
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- Interests:
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Emerging technologies, mobile development, HTML5, cloud-computing, project management best practice, psychology, running, Citrix, VMware, NAS, SAN, iOS, Agile.
- Groups and Associations:
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PMI, APMG
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