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ProjectManager

Ismail Youssef

Senior Project Manager
Cairo

Summary

Experienced Senior Project Manager gifted at meeting tight deadlines, driving business opportunities and working well in team-based environments. Engaging and personable to manage key milestones and delivery of complex mega Projects. Highly effective managing multiple tasks and employees at once. Dedicated to detail-oriented leadership and goal-oriented planning. Experienced over 16 years in Telecommunication with excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages

Work History

Senior Project Manager

El Sewedy Technology
cairo
06.2019 - Current

· Work with the contracts team to review the client contract before signing in order to ensure implementation risks are mitigated.

· Work with technical managers to ensure that the proper skills are available and ready for mobility before project kick-off.

· Define project scope, goals and status deliverables in a steering committee to the top management (VP’s and CEO). And on a regular basis, on the progress and development of the Project.

· Provide technical guidance to the site and resolve critical site issues.

· Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.

· Manages the coordination, implementation, administration and execution of technical support programs, personnel, communications, projects, products,

· Manage the handover process from the bidding team to the operations team to ensure the proper kick-off of the project.

· Ensure that services delivered by the suppliers fully comply with Delivery corporate standards and initiate corrective measures whenever deviations are identified.

· Manage escalations (high level business escalations & supplier related escalations) on higher management levels.

· Ensure end-to-end contract management (contract owner) of all supplier / Vendor contracts related contract negotiation, contract renewal, contractual change management, financial management, performance management, and contractual escalation management.

· Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.

· Prepare the detailed project time plan with detailed time schedule in coordination with all stakeholders.

· Monitor the invoicing on a project and notify the Finance of all the necessary interim invoices to be issued to the client, ensure project revenue/cash status are matching planned for both in/Out.

· Works in Mega Projects for more than 30Million USD for both ICT& ELV.

· Coordinate with procurement, purchasing and logistics all material ordering and delivery considering all logistics aspects mentioned in the contract.

· Manage proactively all challenges and issues that might be raised in the middle of the project to ensure the satisfaction of the client.

· Represent the company in all meetings and communications with client representatives.

· Monitor the progress of the project and manage the day-to-day activities within the project to ensure successful delivery.

· Highlight areas of weakness / failure and identify/initiate corrective action.

Senior Project Manager

Giza Systems
cairo
06.2018 - 06.2019

· Communicate with PMO Director and presales team to understand the project being evaluated to ensure that the successful bid will be managed successfully.

· Work with the contracts team to review the client contract before signing in order to ensure implementation risks are mitigated.

· Work with technical managers to ensure that the proper skills are available and ready for mobility before project kick-off.

· Direct and manage project E2E development.

· Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

· Track project milestones and deliverable.

· Manage the handover process from the bidding team to the operations team to ensure the proper kick-off of the project.

· Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.

· Prepare the detailed project time plan with detailed time schedule in coordination with all stakeholders including the PM of the client.

· Ensure that all risks are identified, and applicable action plan(s) is acknowledged by all and ready if applicable.

· Monitor the invoicing on a project and notify the Finance of all the necessary interim invoices to be issued to the client.

· Follow-up on stage approvals with the client and compile acceptance sheets for each module, as well as final acceptance sheets for the whole project.

· Coordinate with procurement, purchasing and logistics all material ordering and delivery considering all logistics aspects mentioned in the contract.

· Manage proactively all challenges and issues that might be raised in the middle of the project to ensure the satisfaction of the client.

· Ensure continuous and periodical communication between all stakeholders of the project to ensure that the delivery is on-time, within scope and within budget.

· Represent the company in all meetings and communications with client representatives.

· Monitor the progress of the project and manage the day-to-day activities within the project to ensure successful delivery.

· Ensure that the project’s overall objectives, targets at various key stages, and individuals’ responsibilities are clearly communicated and understood by all concerned parties.

· Highlight areas of weakness / failure and identify/initiate corrective action.

· Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.

· Ensure project revenue/cash status are matching planned for both in/Out.

· Manage the relationship with the client and ensure proper communication is maintained.

· Update the top management on a regular basis, on the progress and development of the Project.

· Review the time plan of subcontractors and intervene whenever needed to ensure proper coordination of deliverables.

Manager, Projects & Program Portfolio Delivery

Orange Egypt
cairo
11.2006 - 05.2018

· Managing multiple client engagement teams at an executive level in the practice.

· Build and maintain valued relationships with external clients and internal peers as a collaborative team player, supporting clients with the successful delivery of their programs and building their business growth.

· Develop relationships with team members across all organization practices to serve client needs.

· Maintain overall responsibility for the delivery of complex projects to the required quality, schedule and budget

· Manage the requirements of the project to ensure company exposure is minimized and controlled through timely responses and internal escalation.

· Direct the day to day Activities and term planning of operations for the Project teams and functional Leads.

· Develop trust and manage the relationship with customers in ensuring that a shared understanding of key issues between all parties is maintained.

· Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.

· Products/Services complex projects management starting from idea initiation till technical readiness and commercial availability for different kinds of projects (Consumer, Enterprise & Corporate) to ensure full management visibility on the status of Key commercial projects.

· Enforces the proper governance for TTM (Time to Market) and Project /Program Steering Committee.

· Support and develop the delivery/recovery for Strategic projects under the direction and support of the PMO head.

· Responsible to hold project team meetings and steering Committees with proper documentation of meeting minutes.

· Responsible to do escalations to management whenever needed to move the project forward.

· Working as infrastructure implementation and deployment project manager for network systems projects, implementation and installation and deployment, test and acceptance track and manage project delivery activities (Risk, issues and actions).

· Handle around 20-40 project under my supervision.

Education

MBA - Marketing

Arab Academy Graduate School of Business (AAGSB
Cairo,Egypt
04.2009 - 04.2011

B.SC of Electronics And Communication Engineering. - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Arab Academy For Science & Technology
Cairo,Egypt
09.2001 - 06.2006

Skills

Project Scheduling

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Certification

PMP

Timeline

Senior Project Manager

El Sewedy Technology
06.2019 - Current

Senior Project Manager

Giza Systems
06.2018 - 06.2019

PMP

07-2013

MBA - Marketing

Arab Academy Graduate School of Business (AAGSB
04.2009 - 04.2011

Manager, Projects & Program Portfolio Delivery

Orange Egypt
11.2006 - 05.2018

B.SC of Electronics And Communication Engineering. - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Arab Academy For Science & Technology
09.2001 - 06.2006
Ismail YoussefSenior Project Manager