Strategy and Operations - Business Continuity Management - Security, Privacy, and Compliance - Content / Records Management - Information Life-Cycle Management (ILM) - IT Service Management (ITIL) - IT Infrastructure Consolidation - Technology Planning and Execution
Babar Shameem has more than 20 years of leadership experience in initiative management and consulting acquired during his time at Deloitte, EMC, Canon and as an independent consultant. He has led numerous enterprise-wide initiatives for clients in middle market and Fortune 500 companies. His expertise spans varied industries and sectors including: energy, life sciences, healthcare, telecommunications, water utility, financial, technology, consumer, and retail.
In addition to technology and management consulting, Babar has held a variety of key management positions at Verizon, Sprint, and WNI Weathernews. He has also been involved in a diverse range of entrepreneurial initiatives from broadcast to retail.
Babar’s experience set includes
“Babar was one of the strongest professionals I've worked with in the past 21 years. He has a unique balance of deep content expertise, executive presence, and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders that made him invaluable in both delivery and sales situations. I would recommend him unequivocally….” - Dennis Sheehy, former Eastern US Managing Partner - Technology Integration, Deloitte Consulting; currently Managing Partner, INTRINSIC
“Babar is a great strategist and very resourceful. He was instrumental in making the migration project at TIFF a success.” - Arnold Tiglao, former CTO, The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF)
“Babar and I worked closely together to refine and develop EMC's and Deloitte's focus on delivering information management solutions. He is a seasoned and professional executive with attention to detail and excellent at developing and maintaining solid relations. Babar is a leader and would serve as a primary contributor to any organization's strategy.” - Alex Adamopoulos, former Director, Global Services, EMC Corporation; currently General Manager & Senior Vice President at Exigen Services
“I had the pleasure of working for Babar during our tenure together at Deloitte. Babar is . . . truly an executive of rare breed in that he is a visionary from a technology perspective, understands market dynamics intimately, and provides all of his people the type of 'open door' management that we all strive for . . . [His] ability to mentor and lead by example are what set him apart from the crowd....” - Sunil Bhagat, Director, Storage Sales at Computer Associates
“I had the privilege of working with Babar while [Mercer HR Consulting] was struggling to deal with volumes of client data while trying to meet its compliance goals. Babar's intimate knowledge of ILM and related technology was valuable in validating our strategies. He is top-notch when it comes to strategic planning and presenting a vision to senior management. I'd happily work with him again.” - Jeff Wagner, Manager - Global Messaging at MMC Global Technology and Principal - Global Workforce Services at Mercer Human Resource Consulting
“Babar has been an excellent service provider for our eCare department here at Comcast. On several occasions I have gone to Babar with requirements for systems that can handle the massive amounts of traffic we get on our various Comcast sites, every time Babar has come back with a proposal for system that exceeds our expectations and falls in line with our budget. I have relied on and trusted Babar to provide recommendations for products to keep the Comcast environment flowing smoothly and have received excellent results and would definitely recommend him to others in need of excellent consultation and results.” - Gregory Shaffer, Director, National Customer Service eCare, Comcast Corporation
View Babar Shameem's profileRizwan Kirmani has over 12 years of management consulting experience in the areas of large scale system implementations, process improvement, vendor and technology evaluation and selection, strategy development, and Program/Project management. Rizwan’s client range from startups to Fortune 500 companies in Telecommunications, Financial Services, Consumer Business and High Tech industries.
Emerging technology evaluation has been a key aspect of many of Rizwan’s engagements. He has advised clients ranging from fortune 500 companies to startups in setting strategic vision for their technology investment. Rizwan has worked with client executive management to identify key emerging technology needs to either obtain or maintain competitive advantage in product offerings and services.
On several large scale system implementations,
Rizwan has led the development of methodologies ranging from requirements
gathering, design, development, release management, code/configuration
management testing and deployment.
Rizwan holds a MS in Telecommunications Management and BS in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds PMP (Project Management Institute), CISA (Certified Information System Auditor) and CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) certifications.