Faris Fyzee
Decision and Information Sciences graduate from The University of Florida, with MBA from UC Davis. Currently working as PMO Manager at Cordys USA, Inc.
| Headline: | Educator |
| Groups: | Big Bang! Business Plan Competition |
| Interested in: | Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Southeast Missouri State University, University of California System - Davis, University of Florida |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Cordys USA, Inc |
| Position: | PMO Manager, US Technology and Industry Solutions |
| Time period: | September 2007 - Present |
| Description: | This position reports directly to the Senior Vice president of Engineering.
Implemented North America PMO office from scratch in accordance with established Cordys Prince 2 processes in collaboration with the corporate office in the Netherlands. Established documentation processes, project metrics, resource tracking systems, budgeting processes. Coordinated off shore development with the Cordys India team. Established process for identifying repeatable software solutions and creating viable pre-sales demos for fortune 1000 clients such as Comcast and Verizon. Coordinated pre-sales demo meetings with clients and visiting executives. Established company wide project management, budgeting and reporting system in coordination with the Controller’s office. • Update and develop CRM Solutions • Reports Directly to Senior Director • Established company-wide product opportunity identification, prioritization and implementation process • Liaison with Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members as well as product management to define product requirements • Linked professional services, product development and Center of excellence teams into the Cordys PMO • Successfully planned, managed, and released the Cordys Predictive Management feature – the first North America Cordys repeatable solution. • Coordinated deployment training with the Cordys North America professional services team. • Successfully completed SOA and BPM re-design projects with fortune 500 clients (DuPont, Citibank and Fortis) • Established on-boarding process for Cordys India consultants Direct reports: 12 SAP Modules: CRM |
| Employer: | Adobe Systems, San Jose |
| Position: | Program Manager – SAP releases |
| Time period: | April 2007 - September 2007 |
| Description: | This position reported directly to the Sr. Manager for SAP and shared Legacy Services
Functioned as Release manager and Project Manager at Adobe systems. Coordinated Data center outage in August at the San Jose corporate Headquarters. Also helped coordinate the October SAP upgrade release with key projects in CRM, Business Warehouse and Logistics. Worked on project budgeting management, managed cross-functional business teams across Adobe Systems Incorporated, Coordinated business validation, User Acceptance Testing, SDLC compliance processes and change management. • Work with data Analytics and Reporting Requirements, Buisiness intelligence and Data Ware housing • Successfully coordinated HQ shut down for Data center updates (150 reports) • Successfully released October upgrades for SAP logistics, BW, FICO, Logistics and CRM systems • Implemented tracking system for SAP projects, transports and enhancements • Implemented PMO processes to coordinate and rank company-wide SAP initiatives • Assisted in strategic planning of SAP features needed for upcoming adobe projects • Coordinate SAP application integration projects (XAPPS) • Implemented projects related to SOA initiatives at Adobe Direct Report: 30, Indirect Reports: 100+ SAP Modules: CRM, Logistics, FICO, BI, Shipping |
| Employer: | Hewlett Packard, Cupertino |
| Position: | Engagement Manager /Program Manager SAP Logistics Upgrade |
| Time period: | January 2007 - April 2007 |
| Description: | This position had a dotted line report to the Hewlett-Packard North America Contracts Officer
Engagement Manager at Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino for Modis Information technology consulting services. Managed integration of consulting resources for 15 million dollar HP initiative to outsource key aspects of the development of new sales and e-commerce infrastructure and data consolidation initiatives. Responsible for managing timelines (6 diffferent projects and releases), outsourcing budget (1.5 million dollars), and introducing PMO process to manage project tracking for 67 consultants at the HP- Cupertino campus. Weekly updates to HP Director and contracts management. Project updates forwarded to CIO and CEO and reviewed in monthly and Quarterly account status review meetings. Work with Business intelligence, data warehousing and analytics teams to develop new requirements for system upgrade • Manage/organize/track 67 consultants and WBS progress • Coordinate releases and testing for SAP order fulfillment, CRM and Logistics • Coordinate SOA projects related to legacy applications integration and business process redesign • Monitor/assess project status, review risk status, release coordination • Manage/evaluate consultant expectations and assess consultant flight risk • Responsible for managing 1.5 million Dollar budget and compensating controls • Coordinated off-shore initiatives in India, UK and Australia Direct reports: 67 Budget Managed: $ 1.5 million SAP Modules: CRM, Logistics, BI |
| Employer: | IBM Corporation - Oracle Head Quarters, Redwood Shores, California |
| Position: | Program Manager – IBM Business Services Enablement /Oracle Alliance |
| Time period: | April 2006 - April 2007 |
| Description: | This Position reported to the Director for IBM North America Independent Software Solutions
Program manager for the IBM engagement at Oracle Corporate Head Quarters at Redwood Shores, California. Responsible for managing all aspects of the engagement with Oracle including product roadmap tracking, benchmarking and enablement project execution. Other roles included identifying and interviewing technical resources and talent. Functions included leading joint company project status review meetings, assisting with tracking marketing initiative execution, and reporting metrics at the director/executive level. Additionally assisted with mapping and a comprehensive re-design of management and reporting processes to meet the criteria for a “high-performance” team. • Developed process to prioritize, consolidate and track to execution all Benchmark and Enablement Process projects • Assisted in rolling out Rational Portfolio Manager to the oracle teams • Managed personal development plans and certification paths for IBM personnel • Worked with Senior management team to document and enhance the management system for the Oracle /IBM alliance engagement • Developed system to tie marketing priorities with project execution • Played key role in building high performance project execution team. • Coordinated off-shore initiatives in India (Bangalore Development team) • Coordinate SOA projects for IBM software vendors Direct Reports: 11 Indirect Reports: 20+ Budget Managed: $ 800,000 |
| Employer: | Long Beach Mortgage Company- Washington Mutual, Lake Forest, CA |
| Position: | Program Manager /Release Lead |
| Time period: | June 2003 - April 2006 |
| Description: | This position had a dotted line report to the CIO
Management /Leadership position with various roles – Project Manager, Customer Expectation Management, Release Management, Business Systems Analysis. Extensive exposure to sub-prime mortgage industry practices. Successful track record of leading development and release of innovative financial products targeting the sub-rime market. Extensive Exposure to Washington Mutual project and release management methodology and complex regulatory requirements for state specific High Cost Lending practices. Customer expectation management included providing status updates to the CIO and Executive Vice president and key director and national operations level business partners (Customers). Coordinated Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives and participated in regulatory reviews. Successfully managed the development, planning and release of 21 consecutive releases of financial products in 12 months. Coordinated and released initiatives for SAP CRM, BW and FICO modules at Long Beach mortgage • Releases 26 successful enhancements to the SAP logistics, CRM and BW installation • Coordinate new report creation in the BI warehouse • Coordinate projects related to SOA initiatives Direct Reports: 8 Indirect Reports: 20+ Budget Managed: $ 1.1 Million SAP Modules: CRM, Logistics, FICO, BI |
| Employer: | Hewlett-Packard, Inc , Mountain View |
| Position: | Sr. Project Manager, Release Lead - Consulting |
| Time period: | June 2000 - October 2002 |
| Description: | Functioned as senior Project Manager and Release Lead, managing development and execution
of new web site designs at short notice to drive revenue growth and customer satisfaction. (SUM -Software Update Manager – was the Electronic software support site for major HP fortune 500 clients). Project management role included following ISO 9000 software project life cycle from start to finish, defining project deliverables, identifying and managing risks, escalating blocking issues, developing and conducting training and communication with external users. Process Analysis functions included designing and managing scope and flow of conceptual designs for the website. • 27 months of successful SAP BI, Data Ware house and Logistics releases • SOA and business process reengineering experience |
| Employer: | Clarify, Inc. San Jose, CA |
| Position: | Project Manager - Quality Assurance Manager |
| Time period: | December 1999 - June 2000 |
| Description: | Successfully managed QA release of the Traveler 2000 SFA and mortgage data product, including staffing, training and executing the development and test strategy in a very aggressive time- frame for Clarify, a leading provider of Customer Relation Management, logistics and financial applications software. |
| Employer: | Masters Institute, Mountain View, CA |
| Position: | Software Development Manager, Director of Quality assurance |
| Time period: | September 1999 - December 1999 |
| Description: | Responsible for managing software Quality Assurance, testing, release and configuration management for the Masters Institute online Degree program education and training solution. Managed a team of four testers and six developers. Coordinated release and development schedules, working closely with the Product Engineering Director and CEO. Participated in the hardware selection and network design process for the web site and firewall. |
| Employer: | California Federal Bank. Sacramento, California |
| Position: | Financial Applications and Year 2000 Testing (Consulting) |
| Time period: | September 1998 - August 1999 |
| Description: | Supervised a team of five individuals who were responsible for survey, assessment, testing and verification for the entire suite of PC applications at California Federal Bank, Sacramento. Supervised the Development of test scripts, case scenarios, test methodologies and documentation. Strong exposure to testing business, HR, and Financial applications. Performed Database analysis and verification for Y2K compliance. |
| Employer: | Unisys, Inc. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania |
| Position: | Project Analyst – Internal Consultant (Revenue and Mortgage) |
| Time period: | December 1996 - November 1998 |
| Description: | On-site client engagement for large Pennsylvania department of Revenue Service implementation involving legacy system integration with modern web enabled client -server system using SQL Server, NT Server and Image processing systems at the Harrisburg headquarters. Coordinated release and development schedules, working closely with the DOR Director and tax and revenue practice principal. Participated in the hardware selection and network design process for the department of Revenue Solution. |
| Employer: | QST Technology, Inc (formerly Environmental Sciences and Engineering). Gainesville, Florida |
| Position: | Technical Lead/Project Manager |
| Time period: | December 1988 - November 1997 |
| Description: | Various Technical positions with established EPA contract environmental laboratory services provider. Managed IT projects and team of 12 technicians. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Degree: | MBA Coursework |
| University: | University of Florida |
| Degree: | Decision and Information Sciences , BSc |
| University: | Southeast Missouri State University |
| Degree: | Pre-engineering Computer Science course work |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | • VP of communications - Finance Students Association – University of California, Davis
• Member – Bio-Business club – University of California, Davis • Member – Toastmasters International – San Francisco, California • Member – San Francisco chapter, Project Management Institute • Member - American Financial Association |
