Ishtiaq Ahmad

• High-performing, strategically thinking and tactically handling professional with 16+ years of experience in project management, change management, software design, development, ERP (both cloud and on-premises) implementations and upgrades in Canada, US, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Pakistan

• Experienced at managing and delivering projects using implementation methodologies and tools offered by Deloitte Canada, Oracle Singapore, IBM Singapore, and Techlogix Pakistan.

• Worked with and managed multiple teams in different geographics and time zones

• Performed all pm activities including but not limited to; project planning, onboarding, off boarding, project kick-off meetings, regular team meetings to assess progress and identify risks, and issues, test planning, UAT planning, cut over planning, change management implementation and coordination, go-live, project closure and project postmortem.

• Worked with higher management and stakeholders, kept them informed throughout the project, identified risks early on and mitigated them in consultation with relevant team members

• helped in decision making throughout the engagement using different techniques i.e., pros and cons, voting, cost benefit analysis, prioritization, and past experiences

• Highly skilled at relationship building with clients, across organizations and teams; exceptional writing, presenting, and interpersonal communication skills

• Adept at assessing needs, generating options, and implementing solutions in collaboration with clients and stakeholders

• Well-versed in all phases of implementation life cycle, presales, business process design, system design, testing, knowledge transfer, training, change management, and technical spectrum of EPR/software systems

• Product assessment, ERP roadmap preparation, market research, risk benefit analysis, product selection, RFP preparation, and RFP responses, and project/product deliveries

• Specialized and certified in Oracle and Workday technologies in both public and private sectors