Ashok Singha Watford, Northamptonshire

Company Name

EMC Ltd

Position Held

Management Consultant (Available for new opportunities)

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

OverviewAshok has been a Managing Director at Elite Management Consultancy Ltd, since company incorporation, and has had a fruitful track record in assisting clients in shaping and driving large portfolios and programmes to successful delivery, that directly enables his clients to generate hundreds of millions to the top-line growth and bottom line savings. As an industrious determined and tenacious individual, with practical technical decision making capabilities, computer literate and a lateral problem solver. Having the ability to form an affinity with a wide range of people. With demonstrable abilities to work on my own initiative or as part of a collaborative team under pressure and to very tight timelines.Business experiences summaries- Effective people and PM skills gained in a technical & non-technical environments, (able to engage across all levels of the client organisation). - Tangible experience leading or participating in IT organisational design change management- Solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process- Experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies- Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle- Proven written and verbal Business Communication skills- Ability to work under pressure and to very tight timelines - Experience working for large blue chip companies.- Experience in complex programme delivery.- Experience in delivering infrastructure programmes.- Track record of successful delivery in complex environments- Ability to manage internal and external supplier relationships.As a qualified master in management, he is an individual that constantly strives to improve his professional knowledge via Continued Professional Development (CPD) activities.

Company Name

Admiral Hotel

Position Held

Consultant (Available for new opportunities)

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

A local North Yorkshire hotel undertaking a number of high impact projects and third party product deliveries. As a hotel wishing to re-establish brand dominance in the market place, they required a Management consultant to assist them in understanding their short and Long term vision and further to define a road map and the product delivery package. Additionally on a part time call of bases to manage a number of parallel projects from initiation to implementation. Involved in a number of initiatives.
• Vision and Mission development
• Establish Internet booking system
• Establish Record and account system
• Refurbishment of hotel, adding additional roomsMy scopeDelivery of multiple projects simultaneously to the business on time, on budget and to ahigh standard. Ensure the test function for third party products is sufficient and that functional, integration and testing is performed before any product goes live. Ensure that business requirements are complete, taking account of future expandability with regard to the long term vision. Coaching and mentoring as necessary.

Company Name

Devoteam Consulting

Position Held

Senior Consultant

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

Post: Senior Consultant SME Client: National Information Center MOI Saudi ArabiaConsultancy group: DEVOTEAM Middle East Consultancy CoDevoteam Middle East (DME) operates offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi-UAE, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, and Amman-Jordan. DMEs mandate is simply to align ICT technology and processes to client business needs. Beyond the process of planning and strategising, a function of review and auditing of internal existing processes is offered. Engaged as a Senior Consultant Subject Matter Expert (SME - Portfolio and Benefits management using MSP & PMI methods) with DME. Worked for end clients Ministry of Information (MOI) for their National Information Centre (NIC) division within Saudi Arabia’s capital city Riyadh.Responsible for embedding Benefit, Stakeholder & Dependency management methodologies into programme management practice. Further to support and mentor managers in the implementation of Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Methodologies, enhancing and implementing as needed prior to deployment of programmes.Involved in a number of large initiatives. The first of which is the development of the ‘end to end process model’, defining the limits and contents for six complex programme. The portfolio included:
• Biometrics and Travel Programme
• Security and GIS programme (geographical information system)
• e-Services Programme
• Identity (ID) Programme
• Data Mining & Business Intelligence (DMI) Programme
• Enterprise Application (EAP/ ERP) Programme This work involves understanding the NIC business needs by defining the solution (End Benefits, and Outcomes), Brief, Vision and Blueprint. The portfolio also had a number of related projects from in house MI Project implementation into the PMO (MS Enterprise Project Management), Fingerprint, Iris, and DNA collection, Identification, Authentication and Authorisation mainly for boarder and internal checkpoint control