ATEEQUE CHOWDHRY

2410 Rendale Court * Spring, Texas 77388 * 281-451-4854 * ateequechowdhry@hotmail.com

Dedicated Project Professional, with 14 years of professional experience, providing services of Project Scheduling,

Controls and Planning to major capital Oil & Gas FEED, engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and

information technology projects valued over $250M. Seasoned Primavera P6 user and administrator as well as

experienced MS Project user.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  · Individually accomplished the combination of creating, planning, scheduling, analyzing and reporting on 35+

major capital Oil & Gas resource-loaded project schedules for Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, etc. (valued over

$250M+) in a 4 month span, maintaining smooth and uninterrupted support to project managers and upper

management

  · Led effort to strategize, design, and implement recent FMC Control’s Primavera P6 schedule template and

assisted with the roll-out for the Global Planning System (GPS) as the world’s pioneering project and product

management and scheduling system realizing information sharing and communication between Primavera P6 and

SAP R3

o As a result of a successful implementation, recognized with FMC Service Award

CORE PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS

- Project Planning & Scheduling

- Coaching/Mentoring Junior Level Staff

EXPERIENCE

June 2014 – August 2015

Noble Energy (via CCL Global)

Subsea Project Planner/Scheduler

Houston, Texas

  · Created, customized, maintained and reported on subsea equipment (EPC) portions of the Primavera schedules

(for the Gunflint, Big Bend and Dantzler projects), significantly improving accurate decision making for project

leadership

  · Analyzed, forecasted and reported on the subsea equipment (EPC) portions of the Primavera schedules using the

Critical Path Method (CPM) to discover the drivers and potential setbacks in the project schedule, thereby

empowering project leadership to focus on critical activities

  · Evaluated vendor (FMC, Aker, Oceaneering, etc.) project schedules (for discrepancies, slippages, trends, etc.),

reporting findings to appropriate project managers and project personnel, allowing project leadership to take

needed corrective actions and keep project on time and on budget

  · Participated and provided input at risk review meetings to determine level of risk for certain portions of the

overall schedule

March 2013 – May 2014

Aker Solutions

Planner/Scheduler II

Houston, Texas

  · Provided exceptional project planning/scheduling support on the Marine Well Containment System (MWCS)

project by reviving and then maintaining the MWCS project schedule by establishing processes for schedule

- Project Management

- Corporate Training

  · Coached, trained and encouraged junior level planner/schedulers on use of Primavera and best scheduling

practices to instill confidence and ensure success with their project schedules and teams

updates, organizing and preparing progress reports and S-Curves (with assistance), etc., thereby attaining full

confidence and trust of the MWCS project schedule from the MWCS project personnel

  · Participated in tender proposals by creating realistic bid schedules (by accessing historical schedule data

as well as project personnel) for potential customers to increase chances of being awarded the project

  · Initiated the creation of a schedule template for the Planning/Scheduling group that would’ve saved hundreds of

man hours when creating new schedules for new projects

  · Update Primavera projects with information in SAP (MD04) as well as build WBS structures in Project Builder to

align Primavera with SAP thus allowing cost control to conduct their business with smoothness and ease

March 2012 – March 2013

BP (via Swift Worldwide Resources)

Primavera Process SME / Interface Specialist

Houston, Texas

  · Collaborated, created and implemented Primavera P6 configuration and processes for Gulf of Mexico region

recommended by the Central Activity Planning team resulting in the standardization of Project Controls outputs

for Gulf of Mexico – Activity Planning

  · Author of Gulf of Mexico – Activity Planning System & Tools Primavera Administrators Guide which

established regional guidelines for administration of Primavera P6 database for present and future use

  · Assisted, supported and troubleshot new and current Primavera users from different departments within the Gulf

of Mexico region to ensure 100% effectiveness of day-to-day operations

June 2008 – March 2012

FMC Technologies, Inc.

Product Planning Analyst / Primavera SME

Houston, Texas

  · Created, customized and maintained Primavera EPC front-end and resource-loaded schedules for Controls

projects to support project managers with a step-by-step plan to manage their projects, saving hundreds of man

hours

  · Analyzed and reported on Primavera schedules using the Critical Path Method (CPM) to determine what are the

drivers and the longest times thus allowing the Project Managers to focus on critical items

  · Created schedule baselines and reported on variances to project managers and upper management to capture

planned vs. actual progress that helped determine resource utilization and cost considerations

  · Mentored, coached and trained end users and junior level scheduling support in Controls and other departments

(Product Project Managers, Planners, Engineers) on use of Primavera and GPS Dashboard (end user schedule data

GUI interface), allowing users to incorporate schedule management within their daily operations

January 2006 – June 2008

ARGUS Software

Consultant / Trainer

Houston, Texas

  · Conducted classroom and online training of multiple ARGUS products (including ARGUS-DCF, ARGUS

ASSET MANAGEMENT and ARGUS DEVELOPER) for clients domestically and internationally, allowing

them to apply the training to their day-to-day operations

  · Prepared ARGUS software models for clients (from clients pro forma sheets), while also forging relationships to

service current and future clients, to help make decisions on potential asset acquisitions

  · Provided demonstrations of ARGUS software products, while working closely with fellow sales associates, that

helped optimize potential clients real estate portfolio value

  · International teaching experience in parts of Canada (Toronto, Vancouver), UK and Europe (London, Munich,

Frankfurt, Paris) and the Middle East (Dubai, Kuwait)

March 2001 – January 2006

University of Houston System – PeopleSoft Project

Project Manager Analyst

Houston, Texas

  · Maintained and administered the MS Project schedule for the implementation of PeopleSoft 7.x and PeopleSoft

8.x Upgrade, a $42M project headed by the PeopleSoft Project Team, to ensure task accuracy and accountability

  · Directly assisted the Project Manager in the creation of project reports, project statuses, departmental budgeting

reports, and RFP’s for outside vendors allowing the PM to focus on the bigger picture

  · Served as the Security Administrator for the entire project providing insight for and developing classes, operator

ID's, passwords, etc.

  · Supervised graduate students working on PeopleSoft 7.x projects

December 2000 – March 2001

TEKsystems

Contractor

Houston, Texas

  · Set up, installed, configured and verified state-of-the-art Dell and Micron computers and their asset/serial tags for

various Katy Independent School District schools and Texas Rehabilitation Commission and Devon Energy

  · Worked with IBM Global Services group to update rolled-out inventory of IBM machines at Saudi Aramco’s

Houston office

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Primavera, SAP (MD04, Project Builder, CV04N), XIAT Reporting, Maxavera, Maximo, MS Office, Inspire, ARGUSDCF

(formerly Argus), ARGUS-Asset Management (formerly DYNA), ARGUS Developer (formerly CircleDeveloper),

PeopleSoft 7.x and 8.x, Compaq and HP diagnostic software

EDUCATION

May 2000

University of Houston

Bachelors of Business Administration in MIS