1. NUR QUADIR
Phones: (408) 813-7745
San Francisco Bay Area,CA
E-mail: nquadir@yahoo.com
Subject: Possible opportunity.
Dear Hiring Manager /Colleague:
I'm rushing these few lines to draw your personal attention and to explore the opportunity of an exciting for me
position within your team. I believe my substantial experience in the field of engineering, operations, and
business management - qualifies me as a viable candidate for your kind consideration.
My project/program and business management experiences have been in industries - from telecommunications
to Information Technology (IT) and from business process improvement to applications development &
deployment. Furthermore, I have extensive consulting experiences in architecture of enterprise-wise
infrastructures and product/service delivery. From the highlights below and the attached resume,you can see
that my expertise matches most of your needs.
Program Management Experience
- Extensive project/program/portfolio management experience. Most of these projects included cross-
functional, cross-organizational multi-site global projects. Responsibilities involved program/product
road-map planning & scheduling, budget & resource allocation, directing the development & support
activities and milestone/status presentations, as well as, securing buy-in from senior management and
external customers.
Client Relationship Management
- Pro-active cross-functional collaboration with developers, account teams, product management and clients
to ensure customer requirements are understood and met consistently. Responsible for relaying
customer/end-users’ requirements/feedback to the product program teams and key stakeholders for
appropriate actions.
Leadership Skills
- Take in charge manager who can successfully lead multiple project/programs. A motivating factor
building consensus within the teams and managing conflict resolutions in a multiple-stakeholder
environment. High-impact communication and presentation skills. Taught Team-building and Dale
Carnegie Human Relationship training. Fluent in severalEuropean and Asian languages.
My technical degree and additional training in Business Administration and Program Management have
complemented my hands-on experience, and broadened my understanding of technology as it relates to both
engineering and business. I believe that my brief resume demonstrates some of my capabilities and an
opportunity to meet with your team personally would certainly let me demonstrate my initiatives and
communication skills. I hope that I may be considered for this perfect for me opportunity within your
organization and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you so much.
Sincerely yours,
Nur Quadir
2. NUR QUADIR
Phone: (408) 813-7745
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Email: nquadir@yahoo.com
Yahoo IM: nquadir LinkedIn: Nur Quadir
SUMMARY
Take in charge Business Program Manager with extensive product programs and organization
management experience. Hands-on experienced in new product development and business process re-
engineering in a global environment. A self-starter whocan successfully provide sound technical
expertise, build consensus and manage conflictsin a multiple-stakeholder environment delivering value
added results. Certified PMP Program Manager and European Engineer (FEANI).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Program Management Application Development SAP/Oracle ERP Implementations
Business ProcessAnalysis Support & Ops Management Outsourcing & Off-shoring Services
Governance & Strategy Acquisition Integration Supply Change Management/QA
BRIEF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IndependentContractor/VMware/Hawaii Insurance-Tokio Marine 9/2011 -
- As an individual contractor,offering fulllife cyle project/program management services to
companies requiring immediate project management resource.
- Projectsinclude SW release management withSDLC and Agile/Scrum processes, applcation
development fore-commerce, insurance and health care services as well as business process re-
engineering and Change Management.
- Led the on-going improvement projects related to VMware new products and supply chain
processes. Identified business process improvement opportunities and adapted best practices.
- Managed Business Analysts and ProjectManagement teams responsible for all IT changes within the
Enterprise Architecture to support new VMwareCloud technology product launches.
- Enforcedcorporate PLCprocesses and managed BAT/UAT/QA/QC.
- Communicated to senior management projectprogress in a regular basis and secured management
buy-in of any decisions & deviations.
CISCOSYSTEMS,INC./Cisco-IT,SanJose,CA 4/2007 – 8/2011
Sr. ProgramManager-IT
- Led the customization & deployment of Cisco-ITweb platform built on Rich Media/Visual
Networking Solutions and Web 2.0 applications.
- Projectsincluded Meeting Place,WebEx Conferencing,, Cisco Quad, Cisco IP-TV,Digital Signage,
Unified Communications and Wikis/Blogs.
- Directed effectiveglobal cross-functionalteams, partnering within and outside the company for the
implementation of IT applications & devices followingthe CPDP/ERMO-PMOprocesses.
- Owned, planned and facilitatedthe cross-company deployment programs including system
architecture and infrastructure upgrades, including EDWand migration to new Data-Center.
- Initiated and implemented successfully the global Support & Operations strategy forthe Cisco
business criticalapplications and effectively managed external vendors.
- Championed client funded Cross Charging Support Model, reduced the IT support costs by over40%
yet grew Support Traffic by 200%.
- Increased adoption of Wikis 60 times to 65000 in two years. Successfully migrated 150+ active
communities (55,000 members) to new Cisco Quad/Webex Social platform.
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ALCATEL-LUCENT,Petaluma,CA 2006 – 2007
Sr. ProgramManager/ ReleaseManager,AMSproducts
- Managed the development and release management of Alcatel-Lucent’s Access Management System
softwaresuites and service packs/patches using both internal and offshoreresources and Agile
SDLC processes.
- Managed cross functional global teams toplan the road map and develop softwareapplications
through Alcatel-Lucent’s complete product life cycleand the CMM-5 level requirements.
- Accountable forthe SW releases in a timely fashion with the highest quality.
COMPUTERSCIENCES CORPORATION(CSC)/ GTS,El Segundo,CA 2004 – 2006
Manager,Sr., AmericasOutsourcing
- Directed the transition and migration of application development and maintenance work for some
of the fortune 100 companies, managed outsourcing & SLA’s for IT related activities within and
outside the Americas, EMEA and APAC.
- Managed successfully the conversion of legacy systems at multiple business units to a consolidated
ERP (Baan, SAP, and Oracle) interface and package implementation.
- Spearheaded effective usage of resources and aggressive program cost management.
- Led the financial aspects of contracts, & PO terms as well as inventing new business opportunities.
ERICSSON/NOKIA-SIEMENS, Santa Rosa, CA 1995 – 2004
NPI ProgramManager/Portfolio Manager/DeliveryCapabilityManager
- Created delivery capability by integrating new products into an end-to-end Delivery Process.
- Successfully launched product operations worthover 300M dollars and of major multi-site R&D
programs involving key global manufacturing partners, and strategic suppliers.
- Directed the operations teams in manufacturing of hi-tech/telecom OEMby providing technical and
organizational leadership in design process, manufacturing and test development.
- Created and implemented a seamless sourcing capability.
- Orchestrated Operations’ cost reduction efforts by managing outsourcing, supplier negotiation &
selection process. Developed Supplier Chain Qualificationand Quality Control procedures
- Achieved nearly 50% costreduction by guiding the corporate global sourcing resources and vendor
management, as wellas, by assisting production transfer to overseas.
SKILLS INVENTORY:
MS OfficeSuites (Access, Excel,PowerPoint,Visio, Word,Sharepoint etc.)
ERP-Baan,SAP, Oracle, Guidewire, Legacy Development, Six Sigma trained
Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Cisco DMAIC. CSC Catalyst, ITIL,PROPS,Clarity, Global PMO
Tools: JIRA,Rally, SalesForce, HP-PPM,Niku/Primavera
Database: MySQL,Oracle Enterprise. Web Servers: Apache, Tomcat,WebLogic
Protocols:LDAP/AD,SSH, SSL. Languages: JavaScript, XML,HTML
EDUCATION/Others
M.B.A Program/M.S. in Engineering/M.S. in Program Management. PMP certified.
B.S.M.E. - Industrial Engineering. Certified Manufacturing Engineer (USA).ISO 9000 Auditor.
Fluent in English, Russian, Swedish and several South Asian languages.
U.S. Citizen. Willing to relocate & travel.