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Shahid Malik Contact 07878160160 (Mobile) Shahid Malik [email protected] On-Prem to Cloud Migrations: Transition & Transformation Project om Manager London www.linkedin.com/in/malikshahid (LinkedIn) www.amazon.co.uk/Shahid-Malik/ Summary e/B00B1FTTUU (Other) soundcloud.com/ A senior Programme, Project and Solutions Manager as well as an convergedperspectives (Other) IT Strategy consultant who has 18+ years experience in private and public sector to reduce costs and drive efficiencies through Capital Top Skills and Revenue led initiatives. MOJ SC, MOD SC, CTC and BPSS Data Center cleared. Cloud Computing Disaster Recovery Experience Languages Arabic (Limited Working) Atos English, Urdu, Punjabi (Native or Senior Project Manager - Metropolitan Police Bilingual) August 2019 - Present (1 year 9 months) Contracted via Atos to deliver multiple Metropolitan Police projects across Publications Azure, EUS, Hosting and Networks Presales Consultancy - The Essential Guide DXC Technology Senior Project Manager - Ministry of Defence/AWE April 2019 - August 2019 (5 months) Aldershot Contracted via DXC to deliver applications migration projects for Ministry of Defence/AWE from On Prem to Azure. DXC Technology 10 months Senior Project Manager - Department of Health August 2018 - November 2018 (4 months) London, United Kingdom Contracted via DXC to deliver projects for Department of Health - Projects: As part of a large NHS Supply Chain transition program, I was tasked with delivering discovery & due diligence aspects of 150+ Applications with a view to transition the support of the applications to DXC. Page 1 of 8 Delivery of manual discovery and workshops with the incumbent provider (DHL) to collect information relating to bespoke & 3rd party applications team structures, support structure, licensing, documentation, coding repositories, processes and data Delivery of application relationship mapping by managing Device 42 for automated applications discovery Delivery & management sign off for Testing scripts including application Testing plans, detailed Project plans, RAID logs, Project reporting and Financial tracking Managed process of establishing Logical Support models, identify TUPE risk and initiate knowledge transfer activities with DXC run teams Senior Project Manager - Metropolitan Police February 2018 - August 2018 (7 months) London, United Kingdom Contracted via DXC to deliver projectd for Metropolitan Police - Projects details: - Delivered BES12.7 support transition from Met Police to DXC, management activities included: Initiation & kick off with Met Police & Atos (SIAM role) Setup of project plan, project reporting, financial reporting Technical and process level discovery via workshops Technical scripts Systems testing, health check and DR testing PEN tests Processes creation for handsets and backend support for 1st, second and 3rd line Adoption activities including Knowledge Transfer, support during user migrations, catalogue entries, BCP, agreement on policies and profile creations, creation and confirmation of supplier support model including knowledge base updates creation of contract amendment notes. Running of ORR and project sign off. - Delivered management of application packaging, testing and user deployments of 50+ applications for Win 10 platform. Surrey Police Page 2 of 8 IT Projects & Solutions Manager January 2016 - December 2017 (2 years) Guildford, United Kingdom Contracted to deliver a Surrey Police Gold Group, PSNP deadlines led Citrix Xen App and App V Shared Desktop Project along XP to Win 7 Transition across 3800 IGEL and HP devices - closely aligned with Sussex Police. The program also included applications migration from Citrix 4.5 and 5 farms to 6.5 farms for Windows 2003 servers decommissioning. This work completed successfully with 99% XP remediation and a stable Citrix platform. I am now leading further Service Improvement tasks for Surrey and Sussex Police. I had the responsibility of 25 line reports to deliver this program. I have now been tasked with producing 5 year IT Roadmap strategy for Surrey and Sussex Police working with the C level and top Police management - working in line with National Policing Vision 2025 as well as Transformation Programmes such as Digital Portfolio, NLEDS, ESMCP, Home Office Biometrics. I am also working closely with Chair of National Police Technology Council to present National Policing Strategy/Vision 2025 in an animation format for consumption by wider audience which would lead to further National Police Transformation work. CSC Senior Project Manager - Royal Berkshire Hospital via CSC September 2015 - January 2016 (5 months) Contracted to Royal Berkshire Hospital via CSC as a Senior Project Manager delivering a variety of IT Infrastructure Projects including Windows 7 transition. CallidusCloud Senior Project Manager March 2015 - August 2015 (6 months) Contracted by CallidusCloud to deliver multiple National and International Cloud/SaaS based CPQ and CLM software projects for customers like GKN Automotive, Tullet Prebon Information and TechnoGym. Systems Powering Healthcare Ltd. Page 3 of 8 Programme/Senior Project Manager August 2014 - February 2015 (7 months) Chelsea Harbour Yard Royal Marsden and Chelsea & Westminster hospital merged their IT Infrastructure. I had been contracted by this merger called Systems Powering Healthcare or Sphere for short, as a Programme/Project Manager. I delivered a Service Desk Deployment & Transition (LANDesk Service Desk) project for this merger. The scope included: • LANDesk Incident Process, Service Request Process, Change Process and Problem Process customised configuration • Create customised Self Service UI and LANDesk API Integration • Configure Sostenuto and Hornbill to run parallel to LANDesk in a read only mode for a limited time • Netwrix Password Management Installation/Configuration for RMH • Out of the box and customised SDI reports • Provide LANDesk Admin/Boot camp and Analysts Training for Incident, Service Request, Change and Problem Processes to Sphere Analysts across both Trusts • Provide LANDesk Introductory training to RMH and Chelwest Resolver Groups Staff • Provide Asset Audit for RMH and Chelwest • Decommission Hornbill and Sostenuto once all the call queues were addressed appropriately The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Programme/Senior Project Manager March 2013 - August 2014 (1 year 6 months) Sutton and Chelsea - UK Page 4 of 8 I was contracted by Royal Marsden to deliver a number of Programmes and Projects as per below: Royal Marsden IT Transformation Programme consisting of: - Wired and Wireless Network Transformation Project - Desktop Transformation Project - Remote Access Transformation Project Few Other Projects I have been responsible for in the Trust were: - Order and View Deployment with 2 Factor and Pen Test - Exchange 2010 and BES Upgrade - MS Licensing Audit - IT Hardware and Software Asset Audit - London Cancer Alliance Office/Infrastructure Move/100mb LES circuit deployment - RDAC and Outpatients IT Infrastructure Deployment - Solarwinds Deployment - CT Scanner Physics Hub Fiber Relocation and IT Infrastructure Deployment - West Wing IT Infrastructure Deployment including PES and Video Conferencing - Video Conferencing Managed Services Transition - Patient Entertainment Systems Deployments - SLA Implementations - Internal and External IT Engagement Process Development and Deployment - Other IT Projects Project Network 1 year 7 months Senior Project Manager August 2012 - February 2013 (7 months) UK & International I worked as a Technical Project Manager to deliver a variety of UK and International Projects for System Integrators and Channel Partners such as Dell, Softcat and Trustmarque to name a few. I planned my projects based on my experience in the field and the guidelines from PRINCE2. Page 5 of 8 I was responsible for project initiation, planning, execution, control, governance, risk & issues management, resource management, budget management, time management, stake holder & senior management liaisons, quality and value tracking, reporting, project handover to BAU, sign off, closure and lessons learned. Presales Manager/Technical Project Manager August 2011 - August 2012 (1 year 1 month) I was engaged as a Pre-sales Manager in Project Network. I have been responsible for introduction, development and management of the Pre-sales delivery. I was working pro-actively to help our Tier 1 partners in closing the existing opportunities and winning new ones through a dedicated Pre-sales team's support. In a very short span of time, I introduced a dedicated Pre-sales team backed up by a Pre-sales engagement process in our extremely busy, high volume Professional Services based business environment. The process involved defined engagement flow between Partners, Sales, Pre- sales, Project Desk and Delivery Teams based on criteria such as providing service repeatability and QoS output of agreed deliverables. The process also involves stages like Peer Review of deliverables, Lessons Learnt for lost engagements and Handover to delivery teams for the engagements which are won. Responsibilities also included Pre-sales team lead and management based on KPI's, utilisation management and skills development among other managerial tasks. I was also engaged in Proposition building, Developing supporting collateral and Take to market strategies, liaision with Vendors to help drive up sales for our partners in this role. I managed a team which delivered presales support to channel partners such as Dell,
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