Samuel Allen Misiani

Projects and Experience:

• Project Manager - MS 365 to Google Migrations - a series of migration projects for various companies within the Smollan Group [Jan 2025 - Present]
• Program Manager - Google Transformation Labs - a process re-engineering and change management program aimed at transforming ways of work and optimizing processes within key business units to enable the full adoption of Google Workspace within the group. [May 2025 - Present]
• Project Manager - Smollan IT PMO - establishing a project management office (PMO) within the Smollan IT business unit. [Jan 2025 - Present]

Responsibilities include:

• Establishing a project management office for the Smollan IT management team.
• Driving and coordinating IT projects within the Smollan Group
• Program Management
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Project documentation and knowledge management
• Project reporting
• Problem-solving
• Led technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
• Negotiated and managed third-party contracts related to project deliverables.
• Streamlined project delivery by implementing Agile methodologies and improving collaboration among team members.
• Championed change management initiatives by incorporating feedback from end-users into future project plans and improvements.
• Coordinated with stakeholders to gather requirements and provide updates on progress throughout projects'' lifecycles.

Projects and Experience:

• Delivery Lead / Product Manager - 3 internal company products. (June 2024 - November 2024)
• Project Manager & Technical Lead - WEP Stabilization project [Anglo-American] (Aug 2023 - April 2024)
• Lead Analytics Consultant - DREAM (Diamond Revenue Evaluation and Analysis Management) project. [De Beers] (Aug 2022 - Nov 2023)
• Technical Team Lead (Data Engineering) - IsoMetrix- Azure Integration [Anglo-American] (Dec 2021 - June 2022).
• Technical Team Lead (Data Engineering) - D3 CDP EMEA Isometrix [Anglo-American] (Jan 2022 - June 2022)
• Technical Team Lead (Data Engineering) - S3 FUN (Foundation) [Anglo-American] (Feb 2021 - Nov 2021).

Responsibilities included:

• Project delivery
• Communication with the various stakeholders and clients.
• Project planning and delivery strategy
• Azure DevOps Board management, organization, and administration
• Providing technical advice on ETL and data solutions.
• Working collaboratively across various teams
• Data engineering and pipeline development
• Project management and reporting.
• Contributed to multiple projects: Enablon with Azure, WBS implementation at Debswana, IsoMetrix integration with Azure Data Lake, Various sub-projects and initiatives within the Anglo-American group.
• Utilized Databricks, Python, and Spark to transform and manipulate data, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in data processing.
• Implemented Azure Data Factory and other ETL tools to streamline data extraction, transformation, and loading processes for an ongoing project at Anglo-American.
• Effectively communicated with team members and clients, ensuring a clear understanding of project requirements and timely delivery of solutions.
• Responded promptly to emergencies and ad hoc requests, demonstrating flexibility and ability to handle urgent situations.
• Designed and optimized ETL workflows, improving data processing efficiency and reducing processing time by 20%.
• Developed scripts for data processing and transformation, ensuring data integrity and consistency in the data warehouse.
• Provided consulting services to De Beers and Debswana, both subsidiaries of the Anglo-American Group, contributing to their data management and analytics initiatives.

Projects:

• Enablon migration
• IsoMetrix - Azure
• Various sub-projects and initiatives within Anglo American.

Responsibilities:

• Utilized Databricks, Python, and Spark to transform and manipulate data, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in data processing.
• Implemented Azure Data Factory and other ETL tools to streamline data extraction, transformation, and loading processes for an ongoing project at Anglo-American.
• Effectively communicated with team members and clients, ensuring a clear understanding of project requirements and timely delivery of solutions.
• Responded promptly to emergencies and ad hoc requests, demonstrating flexibility and ability to handle urgent situations.
• Designed and optimized ETL workflows, improving data processing efficiency and reducing processing time.
• Developed scripts for data processing and transformation, ensuring data integrity and consistency in the data warehouse.
• Provided consulting services to De Beers and Debswana, both subsidiaries of the Anglo-American Group, contributing to their data management and analytics initiatives

• Company Overview: Microsoft Partner
• Business Analysis - analyzing and mapping out the business processes and requirements of a CRM to be developed.
• Web maintenance
• Received training from Microsoft's Azure FastTrack program for Africa. Topics covered so far are Azure infrastructure; backup and restoration of Azure platform.
• Migration of email, contacts, and calendars from Google Suite to Office 365 for all BrightWave staff.
• Front-end design of customer portal - helped with the designs for the portal.
• Microsoft Partner