Matthew Ogbuani
Project/Programme Manager
Lagos
Summary
Program/Project manager with 12+ years in IT/Telecoms & Fintech project management. Experienced in OSS/BSS implementation, solutions development, Fintech solutions delivery. Experienced in managing projects with budgets in excess of $5M. BSc in Maths/Stats, certificates in Agile Scrum and Project management. Goal is to have better global management experience and lead an exciting blue-chip business.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project/Programme Manager
Ouranos Technologies
Lagos
12.2021 - Current
- Managed team of Developers, vendors and Project managers, overseeing Project integration, hiring, training and professional growth of employees for MTN Benin's BSS transformation programme with a budget of $5M+
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and project artifacts ensuring adequate management of stakeholders and management team.
- Provided expert guidance in gap analysis and planning that saved the client over $2M in costs and improved project development and deployment by 30%.
- Testing: Led the end to end test planning and QA activities in conduction with the testing team which let to about 90% increase in accuracy of the scope of implemented requirements & deliverables.
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Solutions Hive Ltd
Lagos
09.2017 - 12.2021
- Led a scrum team on a software development project for a financial services client that would manage the document sharing and interaction with over 20 commercial banks and 100 Microfinance banks.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Led the scrum implementation and management of the online e-commerce website for a major client with a targeted revenue of over 2M USD within the first year of operations
- Managed a team of 20 support and development team in the transition of MTN Nigeria’s Bigdata platform, EVA (Enterprise Value and Analytics) from Project’s phase to Operation phase
- Drove the high-quality completion of systems integrations, Transformations projects and enterprise-wide implementation projects for major companies and clients using Scrum-Kanban which improved team velocity by 35%.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
Senior Business Analyst/Product owner
Clickatell Payd
Lagos
12.2015 - 09.2017
- Led team of analysts in communicating with business partners, elicit and cleanse requirements, KPI and quality metrics
- Built user stories, use cases and managed product backlogs for the implementation of the client projects that ensured a 20% increase in time to market as against the previous plan.
- Established project requirements and metrics with regular presentation to senior leadership which included Director of product, Director of customer success and business development.
- Synthesized current business intelligence data to produce reports and polished presentations, highlighting findings and recommending changes. Estimated monthly revenue attributed to this implementation was over NGN5Billion.
Project Manager / Business Analyst
IBM West
Lagos
09.2014 - 09.2015
- Led and managed the business analysis work for the transformation of the enterprise CRM system by identifying requirement gaps, issues and managing customer requirements end to end
- Managed product development deliverables and implementation of over 20 products and services with a monthly revenue of over NGN500M
- Collaborated with cross functional teams to analyze market conditions for product development and go to market initiatives.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
Solutions Architect
Huawei Technologies.
Lagos
04.2014 - 08.2014
- Responsible for the understanding of the underlying vision during any business implementation, transforming of the business requirements to technical specifications based on existing IT and enterprise infrastructure and systems and the execution/implementation of that vision into the solution
- Organized development efforts and interacted with the respective vendors in understanding these development efforts.
- Maintained current and in-depth understanding of business processes, needs and objectives.
- Worked with developers and engineers to realize technological solutions.
Project manager /Solutions Implementation specialist
Etisalat
Lagos
03.2008 - 03.2014
- Planned, executed, and managed the integration of new applications into the existing OSS/BSS system throughout the enterprise
- Kept track on integration projects and ensured that they meet business requirements and goals
- Also functioned as SME in major enterprise integration and transformation projects
- Led the implementation of the OSS/BSS and CRM systems worth over $25M which assisted to Jump-Start the Etisalat Nigeria Network (Now 9Mobile) with a 1M subscriber base amidst prevailing, high profile competitors.
- Managed a cross functional teams of over 30 staff consisting of developers, programmers, product managers, analysts, Network specialists and testers.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
University of Law Business School
Berlin, Germany 09.2020 - 09.2021
Master of Science - Mathematics and Statistics
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria 06.1997 - 09.2001
Skills
IT & TECHNICALundefined
Accomplishments
- EMAIL:mattewmatics@yahoo.com
- Archievements
- Recognition for outstanding performance and Customer engagement 2014 - IBM
- Honored with CIO’s award as outstanding staff in IT projects, products implementation, and support 2013
- Etisalat
- Honored with CEOs award of outstanding staff in Billing Operations 2006 - Globacom
Drawing and animating
Talented in Fine Arts, comic arts and animation. I blow off steam with these when I want to relax.
Timeline
Project/Programme Manager
Ouranos Technologies
12.2021 - Current
Master of Science - Project Management
University of Law Business School
09.2020 - 09.2021
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Solutions Hive Ltd
09.2017 - 12.2021
Senior Business Analyst/Product owner
Clickatell Payd
12.2015 - 09.2017
Project Manager / Business Analyst
IBM West
09.2014 - 09.2015
Solutions Architect
Huawei Technologies.
04.2014 - 08.2014
Project manager /Solutions Implementation specialist
Etisalat
03.2008 - 03.2014
Master of Science - Mathematics and Statistics
University of Lagos
06.1997 - 09.2001
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