Muder Lokhandwala

Dear Ma'am/Sir

I am writing to apply for the position as advertised by you. I hope to provide valuable insights to your organisation by leveraging my professional accomplishments for your kind consideration.

I have successfully managed all aspects of IT Management right from establishing an IT infrastructure & Systems roadmap for integration, risk remediation and transformation with cross borders IT Functions, Project portfolios with detailed budget analysis, managing infrastructure risks and issues, performance reviews, ensuring quality of delivery and compliance, overseeing and approving resource allocation to building long-term relations with Stakeholders of the company. My success at companies has been recognized on several occasions.

Overall IT Management including Project Management, Disaster Recovery Management, Stakeholder Management, Service Delivery, Training, Performance & Team Management, Facility Management and Vendor Management.

I am a solutions-oriented person who thrives in challenging, fast-paced environments where my performance directly impacts the bottom line. I believe that my strong background in IT combined with my rich experience in planning, executing, monitoring and closing a variety of projects, makes me ideally suited to this role.  In addition to my resume, my LinkedIn profile includes recommendations from previous managers and co-workers. I am prepared for the next challenge in my career and look forward to hearing from you. 

Appreciate your time and consideration. 

Best Regards

MUDER LOKHANDWALA 

Encl.- Curriculum vitae

A list of accomplishments indicative of my experience include :

• A forward-thinking person with excellent communication, analytical & time management skills, well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation & creativity to achieve corporate & personal goal. I have led the evaluation, selection & implementation of new technologies involved in full-scale execution of core IT projects
• Steering the successful rollout of Major IT Initiatives with Start-to-finish accountability on Business requirements, Timelines, Prioritization & Budgets
• Implement new projects, review current projects and ensure closure of open projects in Infrastructure & Application Systems areas managing Projects related to PO Automation & various other projects (Oracle based), Domain migration for Retail businesses/O365 roll-out/Cisco wireless (Meraki)/Dell VxRail implementation with Data Domain appliance installation for backups of full IT systems & ITSM (Service Management) System rollout
• Selected to lead Pilots for Cloud based initiatives Project Executive/Core member of DRaaS initiative, undertaken in Collaboration with IBM, leading Pre-Sales, Sales, Technical, Stakeholders, Customer engagements, Proposals, etc. vis-à-vis the On-premises solution and projects for Dubai Maritime City (Real Estate) and Dubai Customs inorder align their IT Strategies with a clear initiative to help them towards future requirements and processes
• Efficiently nominated to represent the company in all major international Canon Inc. IT forums for arriving at standard IT policies, procedures & projects to be implemented across all Canon & OCE Medical equipment offices
• Actively served as core member of the Cartier Middle East IT Advisory Team for IT infrastructure of the new Group offices to be opened in Dubai-Piaget, Baume & Mercier, Vacheron Constantin & Montblanc in an effective way

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• 2004    MBA (MIS & Technology) from Caroline University, USA                     
• 1986    Diploma in Computer Science and Management from CTC, Mumbai
• 1985    B.Sc. (Physics) from Mumbai University, Mumbai
• 1979    Diploma in Mass Communication & Media from St. Xavier’s College of Communications, 

Mumbai, India

Professional Certifications : 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Aug 2021
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) – EC-Council; July 2020
• PRINCE2® Foundation – PeopleCert; Nov 2018
• Scrum Fundamentals Certified  – VMEdu Inc., Feb 2018
• PMP Member  – Blue Ocean Academy, Feb 2016 (Course completed)
• ITIL V3 Certified – Learning Tree Worldwide, Feb 2009
• ITIL Foundation Certified through SMME (previously ITIL Heads), April 2006
• DET Norske Veritas (DNV) – Certificate of Training in Environment Management System, Mar 2007