walid ayad

PMO Director at Free Lance

Bio Summary

I'm a certified PRINCE2 practitioner, ITIL Foundation and Scrum Master with 26 years of experience out of which 24 years in project management, Services Delivery Management, operations management and people management in different sectors like Telecom, IT, SW for Oil and Gas, Banking and Consulting services

Employment History

PMO Director

Free Lance

March 2022 - present

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Projects Management Consultant

BRISK Business

September 2021 - March 2022

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Managing National Digital Transformation Mega Projects

Senior Projects Manager

Vodafone

April 2019 - August 2021

6th of October City, Giza Governorate, Egypt

● Senior Project Manager for Core and Data Networks projects at Vodafone Egypt and PMO member

Senior Project Manager

Commercial International Bank (CIB)

August 2017 - March 2019

6th of October City, Giza Governorate, Egypt

AML Team * Successfully Managed the Initiation phase of the New E-Wallet the future DIGITAL Bank project using Agile methodology - Digital Team * Successfully Managed the Network Virtualization project for the testing envir ...see more

Senior Project Manager

Commercial International Bank (CIB)

August 2017 - March 2019

75M, Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate 3650110, Egypt

Successfully managed and delivered Phase 1 for the Online Transactions Screening project for the benefit of the Compliance Team. Project timelines were very tight due to a mandate from Swift

Projects And Operations Management Consultant

Free Lance

January 2013 - July 2017

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Responsible for setting PM and OM processes that facilitates the daily Projects or Operations activities, distribution for the company as well as Quality Assurance and control. * Supported the Board of Directors and Higher Ma ...see more

SIS Project Manager

Schlumberger

May 2012 - December 2012

Kuwait City, Kuwait

* Led and developed full scale project plans and executions. * Defined the project scope of work, financial plan, its goals and delivery - Managed all aspects of the project business plan and budget. * Identified resources re ...see more

Services Delivery Manager

Schlumberger

February 2008 - April 2012

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Directed operational activities of the Geologists & Geophysists, Petroleum Engineering, Digital Infrastructure and MERAK teams. * Ensured service delivery in terms of project quality, timeliness and cost control. * The primar ...see more

System Integration Customer Project Manager

Ericsson

May 2007 - January 2008

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Planned of all projects related activities, including cost estimates, time schedule, resource requirements & communication. * Status reporting progress & risks to PM Manager & other departments as required. * Customer daily i ...see more

Customer Project Manager And PMO Member

Ericsson

April 2000 - November 2005

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Planned of all projects related activities, including cost estimates, time schedule, resource requirements, risk management & communication. * Status reporting progress & risks to PM Manager & other departments as required. * ...see more

Education

bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication & Electronics

Helwan University Cairo

1995

Language Skills

Arabic English

Skills

Education and Training

Program Management

Business

Project Management,

Operation Management,

Service Operations