Syed Anwar Husnain Rizvi

BRIEF PROFILE OF ANWAR RIZVI Full Name: Syed Anwar Husnain Rizvi Date of Birth: 19th December, 1953 Email ID:-Phone: - Skype ID: arizvi1953 Educational Qualifications: BE (Electronics & Communications) Current Location: Bangalore (India) I am a first class graduate in Electronics and Communications Engineering with a very creditable record of professional and personal achievements. I have 30+ years of well rounded work experience mostly with high profile IT, IT Services, IT Enabled Services and Telecommunications companies – both Indian and multinational. My work experience covers all operational areas in these industry segments. The assignments that I have handled in my career have given me a very good understanding of different work cultures and a very good exposure to cross functional processes in many industries. Summary of Work Experience: 1) Delhi Institute of Management and Technology (October 1977 – March 1981) Lecturer in the Education Division Service Supervisor in the TV Servicing Division Editor in the Publications Division 2) Institution of Engineers – India (April 1981 – April 1984) Editing of the Electronics and Communications Publications and compiling and editing the monthly Bulletin Organizing Seminars, Symposia, Conferences, Round tables and Working Groups for dissemination of Technical Information 3) Wipro Group (May 1984 – November 2002) R&D Services Officer Operations Coordinator and Executive Assistant to the President Procurement, Stores Supervision and all related functions Project Management for new product/service launches Head IT and Network operations Head Operations (Five locations and six functions) International Travel and Overseas Assignment Coordinator Head Administration and Facilities including expansion planning and execution Head Quality in the Operations functions driving cost reduction, quality improvement, cycle time reduction and cross functional initiatives 4) Nipuna Services (November 2002 – May 2004) Head IT Services and Quality Driving the eSCM certification initiative and setting up systems and processes for all functions. First company in the world to be assessed at level 4 in the first assessment Planning, setting up and Heading the Bangalore operations 5) MCI/Verizon Business (July 2004 – August 2007) Head of Network Services for India Head Global Link Operations for Asia Pacific Liaison Interaction and relationship management with partner Indian Telecom Service providers Chief Technology Officer for Indian Network Operations 6) Independent Process Consultant (November 2007 – August 2009) Handled independent consulting assignments for Indian and multinational companies in the area of process improvements, problem solving and root cause analysis Fixed the problem of “Dead on Arrival” problem of HP Laptops in the Asia Pacific region 7) Nisaaba Educational Services (October 2009 – Present) Promoter and Founder Education and Career Counseling Profile analysis and guiding prospective students on options in overseas Institutions Handling the entire end-to-end process for students opting for higher education overseas. This includes profile analysis and Institution recommendation, the pre-application phase, the application phase and the post admission phase of student visa, ticketing and travel Helped more than 500 students till date with their application and admission to Institutions in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Poland, Netherlands, Germany etc., Professional Achievements: Co-authored a Manual on Television servicing. Member of the Lead team for organizing an International Conference “World Energy Conference” at New Delhi, India in 1983. Conference attended by more than 2500 delegates from more than 100 countries. Recipient of the President’s annual Top performer award at Wipro in 1999. Prepared an “Overseas Assignment Manual” as a complete guide for the employees selected to work offshore at customer locations Planned, supervised and successfully executed expansion of IT/Telecom infrastructure from a single location to six locations from 250 work stations to more than 3000 workstations in less than three years at Wipro. Six Sigma black belt certification from Motorola University Planned and executed setting up of remote service operations and staffing for three critical functions for MCI/Verizon at Bangalore, the first outside the USA. Cut down the Global link access pricing information response time to MCI/Verizon Business sales force in the Asia Pacific region from 14 days to three days Key Strengths: 1. Setting up of new ventures right from the planning stage to the first product/service deliveries and handling all related functions. 2. End to End Project Management. Completion of projects within stipulated deadlines and without cost overruns 3. Mapping of large business processes involving multiple functions and spanning multiple locations, cycle time reduction and cost reduction 4. Planning and organizing large events 5. Technical writing and documentation 6. Sound knowledge of the Undergraduate/Graduate application and admission process in many countries including the USA, the UK, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and many other European countries 7. Leadership, people management, coordination and liaison skills