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Claude Ichkhanian

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About

Title: Senior Program Manager

Claude Ichkhanian

PMP, CSPO, CSM, ITIL, AWS Business Professional, Azure Fundamentals, Cisco LSAIPC

[email protected] - Mobile 973 369 2366    

 

SUMMARY

Senior Level Program and Project Leader with over 20 years of hands on experience in a wide variety of industries, technologies, and international locations. Strong background in program and project management, managing complex IT implementation projects, providing quality service and driving process improvements. Academic background includes Bachelors in physics and micro computing and Masters in Networks Engineering. Technologies include Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Cloud Security Assessment, SaaS and PaaS roll out, LAN/WAN technologies, IP Telephony, Data Center technologies, Market Data Infrastructure.

  • Held management responsibilities for 44+ multicultural employees and sub-contractors.
  • Liaison between C-level executives, clients, technical teams, vendors, and partners, communicating the project vision, strategy, status updates and mitigation of risks.
  • Provides thought leadership on strategy and implementation of PMO best practices.
  • Experienced in managing the scope, budget, and risks of complex IT projects.
  • Managed Portfolio’s exceeding $10M+ in budget. 
  • Fluent in English and French.

 

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING

HPE: Building Stronger Teams though Myers- Briggs type indicator

KPMG: Leading in a high-performance culture

Thomson Reuters: Leading Change Management & Diversity in Practice

Dale Carnegie Presentation Skills Program

RMS’s Business Training - Cost Benefit Analysis, Business Cases, ROI

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS and ACCREDITATIONS

Agile - Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Agile – Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

PMP – Project Management Professional

ITIL V.3 - ITIL Foundation certification

Cisco LSAIPC – Lifecycle Advanced IP Communication (Unified Communications Project Management)

AWS – AWS Business Professional

Microsoft – Azure Fundamentals

 

EDUCATION

Masters in Networks Engineering - Aix-Marseille II University

Masters in Physics - Aix-Marseille II University

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2020-02-18 - present - Cloud Technology Partners, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (Senior Program Manager)
    • 2005-08-01 - 2012-11-30 - Alliant Technologies (Service Operations Manager and Senior PM )
    • 2012-12-03 - 2014-08-29 - Thomson Reuters (Senior Project Manager)
    • 2014-09-01 - 2015-02-02 - Thomson Reuters (Head of IT Infrastructure Portfolio Management )
    • 2015-03-02 - 2017-02-01 - KPMG (Associate Director IT Program/ Project Management )
    • 2017-02-01 - 2018-02-01 - TenFour (Senior Program Manager)