Operational and Strategic Consulting • Organizational Development and Management • Program and Project Management • Global Solution Delivery • Visionary Leadership • Business Development and Strategy • Client and Corporate Executive Level Relationship Management • Product Development • Human Resource Optimization Budgeting • Process Improvement and Re-engineering • Technology Consulting • Cost Control
Independent Consultant @ From 2014 to Present (1 year) Director Consulting @ Providing strategic leadership and oversight for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mission critical initiatives, VDC HIM and FFM. Accomplishments include:
•Successfully executed CMS's vision, overall project management, planning, delivery, monitoring, and relationship across a large number of stakeholders.
•Successful in identifying significant mod/growth opportunities, P&L responsibility, and well under budget implementation.
•Improved profit margins significantly through effective execution, innovative staffing strategy, and implementing near shore delivery model.
•Improved delivery targets significantly by planning and forecasting releases, setting roadmaps, effectively managing resources, and prioritizing requirements.
•Increased productivity and morale by improvising automated processes around inefficiencies, established key performance indicators (KPIs), and introducing management dashboards to monitor progress.
•Boosted productivity through Agile methodology, streamlining delivery procedures, strategic IT and process governance via automated tools. and institutionalizing the approach across the program.
•Promoted collaboration and eliminated silos across groups, created opportunities for staff's professional development including numerous members achieved professional certifications From 2012 to 2014 (2 years) Technical Program Manager @ Provided strategic direction and leadership to the management of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) healthcare apps valued at $100 Million. Led a team of 30 on-and off-shore professionals. Establish business alignment in all areas as a result of collaborative and value-driven approach. Analyze, review, and enhance existing strategic business applications to increase operating efficiency and adapt to new requirements. Led the implementation of NCI Governance and defined reusable artifacts as organizational assets. Managed four concurrent high visibility business applications with $13.3 Million budgetary responsibilities. From 2008 to 2012 (4 years) Sr. Project Manager / Architect @ •Captured ERISA Filing Acceptance System (EFAST) with Department of Labor program worth $94 Million.
•Led project resulting in the organization being awarded the $45 Million TMA E-Commerce Operational System Support (EOSS) with Military Health Care system.
•Successful delivery of multiple initiatives through architectural leadership and effective management (planning, execution, and risk mitigation) of off-shore teams
•Streamlined several in-house initiatives, such as devising reference architectures improving governance models, and exceeded customer contentment.
•Acted as the Lead Architect and Solutions Manager for multiple key initiatives by incorporating Service Oriented Architecture (IBM SOA Stack, WebSphere and Tivoli suites, Business Intelligence, Middleware Applications, and Scanning), Open Source Software (OSS), and CRM Apps (Data and Contact Centers).
•Selected Client Profiles: Military Health Care, Center for Disease Control (CDC), Mubadala Health Care (International Venture Capital Firm), Informis Health Product Offering, and the US Department of Labor. From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) Solution Manager / Architect @ Delivered technical excellence and consultative business leadership to client initiatives. Designed and implemented successful, high-value enterprise solutions. Served as the technical subject matter expert (SME) and the resource for escalation of technical issues. Provided strategic recommendations that delivered business value to clients. Acted as the SME across IBM’s SOA portfolio including multiple COTS and J2EE based solutions, WebSphere product suite, Security suite (SSO, LDAP, TIM, TAM), and DB2/UDB. From June 1998 to March 2006 (7 years 10 months)
MS, Computer Science @ The Johns Hopkins University From 2002 to 2005 Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science, Dean's List @ George Mason University From 1996 to 1998 BS, CS @ National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences From 1993 to 1993 Cadet College HasanabdalCadet College Hasanabdal Musharaf Rashid is skilled in: Enterprise Architecture, Business Development, SOA, Integration, Pre-sales, Project Management, SDLC, Requirements Analysis, Vendor Management, Agile Methodologies, Software Development, Business Intelligence, Software Project Management, IT Strategy, Enterprise Software