Omar Sohail
About Omar Sohail
Omar Sohail is a Senior IT Project Manager at Telus in Vancouver, British Columbia, with extensive experience in managing large-scale telecom projects across the Middle East, Africa, and North America.
Title
Omar Sohail is currently serving as a Senior IT Project Manager at Telus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has been with Telus since December 2014.
Company
Omar Sohail works at Telus in Vancouver. As a Senior IT Project Manager, he oversees and reports on the execution of portfolios managed by over 15 Project Managers. He manages an aggregate budget of approximately $110 million annually and is responsible for overall reporting to Senior Management on the financial health of the National IP, Optical & Transport Program.
Expertise in Telecom Project Management
Omar Sohail has extensive experience in managing large-scale telecom projects across multiple regions, including the Middle East, Africa, and North America. His responsibilities include providing SWOT Analysis, project communications, risk, and escalation management for the program. His background includes leading various projects in network planning and optimization at both Nokia and Mobilink.
Previous Roles at Nokia
From 2006 to 2014, Omar Sohail held various positions at Nokia in Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland. He served as the Head of Mobile Broadband and Customer Experience Management Expert Pool for the Middle East and Africa. He also worked as Head of Technical Management, Expertise, and Transformation, and Head of Managed Services Resource Stream, Global Services for Africa. Other roles included Head of Network Planning and Optimization Business Line for North and Central Africa and Project Manager for Network Planning and Optimization for various projects in Pakistan, Egypt, and UAE.
Educational Background
Omar Sohail completed his Bachelor of Science at Iowa State University from 1999 to 2002. He also studied at Bahria College, Bahria University, and Military College of Signals. His education has provided him with a strong foundation for his career in project and network management.