Rizwan Iqbal
About Rizwan Iqbal
Rizwan Iqbal is a Senior IT Project Manager at CIBC with extensive experience in managing large strategic projects in financial and telecommunication sectors.
Company
Rizwan Iqbal is currently employed at CIBC as a Senior IT Project Manager. His role at CIBC, based in the Toronto, Canada Area, began in 2010. CIBC, known for its banking and financial services, benefits from his extensive experience in managing and delivering large strategic, multi-phase projects.
Title
Rizwan Iqbal holds the position of Senior IT Project Manager. His responsibilities in this role include ensuring operational readiness for production launches, contributing to increased operational stability, managing program budgets, and reporting to senior management and stakeholders. Additionally, he represents change tickets in change management meetings and provides coaching and mentoring to project leads and team members.
Work Experience
Rizwan Iqbal has a diverse work history spanning multiple companies and roles. Before joining CIBC, he worked at Rogers Communications as a Project Manager (2007-2010) and at Micro Masters Inc. as an IT Project Manager (2003-2007). He held the role of Product Manager at American Components (S) Pte Ltd Singapore / ROMA Pakistan (2000-2003) in Lahore, Pakistan. His earlier roles include Senior Business Consultant at Faronics Corporation in Vancouver (1999-2000) and Project Manager/Director at Compsi Electronics (Pte.) Ltd. in Singapore (1995-1999). His career began as a Customer Support Engineer for Compsi Electronics (Pte.) Ltd. (1993-1995) in Lahore, Pakistan.
Education and Expertise
Rizwan Iqbal has a rich educational background. He holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Management Information Systems, General from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia (1999-2001). He also earned a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Thames Business School, Singapore (1997-1998). His earlier education includes a Diploma in Computer Electronics and Telecommunication (1992-1994), a Post Graduate diploma in Public Administration Information System with a specialization in MIS (1989-1993), and a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Mathematics and Physics (1989-1992), all from the University of the Punjab, Lahore. Rizwan has demonstrated expertise in managing full SDLC and PLC from requirements gathering through design, testing, and deployment, and utilizes EDF/TOGAF methodologies effectively.
Professional Skills and Methods
Rizwan Iqbal is skilled in using performance measurements to benchmark IT productivity and customer service levels. His role involves managing program budgets and documentation, reporting to senior management and stakeholders, and representing change tickets in change management meetings. Rizwan also excels in coaching and mentoring project leads and team members and collaborates with vendors like HP Canada and IBM India/Canada. He utilizes methodologies such as EDF/TOGAF to assess project/program states and make recommendations to senior executives.