Sonia Noida India
Sonia
PMP & PRINCE2 Trainer in Noida
Location
Noida, India
Trainer Since
February, 2010
Professional Scrum Master
Change Management Foundation
MSP Practitioner
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
PMP
Location
Noida, India
Trainer Since
February, 2010
Professional Scrum Master
Change Management Foundation
MSP Practitioner
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
PMP
Sonia - PMP & PRINCE2 Trainer in Noida, India | Edstellar
Sonia
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PMP & PRINCE2 Trainer in Noida

About Sonia

Sonia is a highly experienced professional with over 25 years in project management, learning, and development. She has served as the Global Head of the 'Portfolio and Project Management Office,' where she established a strategic PMO and set up organizational tools and processes for governance. In this role, she was the single point of contact for the CIO for 60+ global program and project managers managing 130+ global projects with a budget of 30 million USD per annum.

She has a wealth of practical experience and knowledge in her work as an accredited project management trainer on Prince2/PMP/MSP. She also acts as an accredited organizational change management practitioner/trainer/consultant and conducts workshops for organizations undergoing transformational changes like mergers and acquisitions or leadership changes. Additionally, she conducts experiential workshops for Agile Scrum using roleplays, videos, and case studies to provide clear concepts on iterative, incremental development methodologies linking product development with project management.

As a business trainer, Sonia has held more than 200+ behavioral workshops and Train the Trainer sessions catering to 3000+ senior executives on various organizational development programs in India, France, Italy, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong. She has vast experience conducting workshops and sessions to develop leadership skills, improve organizational effectiveness, and enhance team performance. She is a skilled and experienced professional who can guide and support organizations in achieving their goals.

Sonia is a Corporate Trainer For

Professional Scrum Master

Training Since:
January, 2022

Change Management Foundation

Training Since:
February, 2013

MSP Practitioner

Training Since:
February, 2014

PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner

Training Since:
February, 2010

PMP

Training Since:
February, 2015

Work Experience

Head of Portfolio, Program, Project Management Office

Computer and Information Technology (IT):
December, 1996 - June, 2015

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Reported 35% savings in project costs in first 7 months and 45% increase in project success rate
  • Drove the 24 months long ‘Management of Change (MoC)’ program to institutionalize the COBIT framework and stepped up CMM organization maturity to level 5
  • Managed end-to-end 18 months ‘Resource Management’ program by ensuring competency and availability transparency, thereby pooling and optimization of resources
  • Managed Strategic Portfolio Optimization reporting directly to CIO
  • Accountable for 60+ global program/project managers managing 130+ global projects with budget in tune of 30 million USD ensuring employee engagement
  • Spearheaded the setting up of first ever PMO, Implemented Prince2 methodology and EPM as corporate tool for portfolio/ project management
  • Communicated directly with C-level and board of director personnel to ensure alignment to strategic objectives during portfolio reviews and project prioritization
  • Coached PM’s in maximizing ROI, proactive detection of risks and issues, efficient resource utilization
  • Managed end to end service from client requirement to solution design, development and implementation for worldwide deployment of Remedy in America, Europe and Asia Pacific
  • Managed phase-wise, time critical global services for Incident, Change and Problem management
  • Facilitated complex virtual/linked teams in multiple organizations, fully accountable for performance management
  • Created communications, staffing and stakeholder management strategy.
  • Led successful large global teams through complex program and project tasks. Responsible for project planning, financial management, staffing, communication and scope management
  • Acted as the Change agent, identifying the gap areas for each region, doing Change Impact analysis and then leading Change Management from ‘as-is’ to ‘to-be’ way of working
  • Adopted multiple communication methods to ensure transparency and clarity during the change initiative at all levels. Held team internal and organization wide communications at Operation reviews and Town Hall forums as appropriate
  • Conducted numerous trainings and workshops to handhold the key impacted audience at various levels to ensure ‘buy-in’ and seamless transition with high compliance
  • Drove organizational integration from initial analysis to embedding the change into the local organization

Senior Trainer and Consultant

Education:
December, 2000 - present

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Conducted 250+ behavioral workshops to 3000+ corporate executives on her unique experiential flagship program ‘Public Speaking Skills’ with phenomenal testimonials
  • Identifying training needs by gap analysis, customized content development and conducting unique training programs and professional development courses to facilitate organizational goals for MNC’s
  • Handpicked by corporate HR to be associate trainer for Asia, conducted numerous workshops on ‘Time management’, ‘Motivating Leadership’ ‘Facilitation Skills’, ’Team Building’, ‘Emotional Intelligence’ in addition to personalized organizational development sessions
  • Conducted 120+ onsite and online Prince2 Exam Preparation workshops at India, Maldives, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, Middle East and Europe with 100% success ratio
  • Conducted numerous workshops for PMP exam preparation in India, Malaysia, Singapore
  • Conducted 9 intensive Agile scrum workshops in India, Europe and Singapore with role plays and real product development case studies
  • Conducted 4 workshops for Org Change management exam prep with 100% success ratio
  • Conducted 7 Corporate Workshops for MSP foundation /practitioner exam prep in Singapore and India with great results

Skills

Public Speaking
Facilitation Skills
Time Management
Leadership
Negotiation Skills
Team Building skills
Vendor Management
Team Management
Project Planning
Resource Management

Education

Bachelor of Science

Chemistry:
1990-1993

Masters in Computer Application

Computer Application:
1994-1997

Projects

Sales General Agreement

Computer and Information Technology (IT):
February 1997 - February 2000

Posts

Sales General Agreement

Computer and Information Technology (IT):
February 1997 - February 2000

Courses

Professional Scrum Master
Change Management Foundation
MSP Practitioner
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
PMP

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