Salman Kazmi Email Address

Director Project Management Office Content Technology

The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is the largest media, marketing and education organization serving the promotional products industry. ASI connects suppliers and distributors through ASI's robust industry-leading network, which boasts over 25,000 supplier and distributor members. ASI members have access to the world's most powerful promotional product network, ESP, where three out of every four promotional product searches occur. \r\n\r\nASI is fully committed and dedicated to providing members with cutting edge interactive tools, member support, trade shows, educational information and resources that improve business efficiency, drive traffic and win sales. \r\n\r\nWhat is ASI's mission?\r\nASI bridges suppliers and distributors by providing catalogs, information directories, newsletters, magazines, websites, databases, interactive e-commerce, and robust marketing and selling tools.\r\n\r\nWhat are advertising specialties?\r\nAdvertising specialties, also known as promotional products, are practical, entertaining or decorative products like mugs and tee shirts often imprinted with an advertiser's name, logo, slogan or message and given away. These products are often kept by recipients for months, offering great exposure for the advertiser's message.\r\n\r\nFeatured Products:\r\n\r\nESP Web: Source and order every promotional product in the industry from 3,500+ suppliers with ESP Web. \r\n\r\nESP Websites: A user-friendly e-commerce enabled website solution. Choose from 100s of designs. Requires no design experience needed. \r\n\r\nCatalogs: Give clients new ideas and ways of using promo products and stay one step ahead of competitors.\r\n\r\nMagazines: ASI offers a wide range of award-winning publications to help keep your finger on the pulse of the industry.\r\n\r\nShow Booths: Display your products in front of thousands of industry distributors at 5 strategically timed ASI shows.

Hello, I’m Salman S. Kazmi! My history of success comprises over 15+ years in implementing mid to large-scale multimillion-dollar programs and project aligning business goals with technological solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantages, and bottom-line gains. Throughout my career I have developed solid leadership skills and achieved out of box results: -I am an experienced project/program management individual with proven track record and in-depth expertise in managing complex large cross-organizational and custom development programs/projects to reach corporate strategic vision. -Demonstrated ability developing and managing others to help them reach their personal and professional goals, while holding them accountable for deadlines, quality deliverables and budget. -I managed complete software development life cycle from business requirement analysis to design, planning, testing, training, and deployment both in Agile and Waterfall methodologies. My solid contributions and achievements are as follows: Major projects: -Modernization of legacy platform by using latest technologies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning -Web-based, client facing real-time corporate action notification, payment and response platform. -Proprietary products e.g. Business Management (B2B) platform, CRM and Order Management system, Websites™ solution (B2C), PCI complaint online payment portal, Android & iOS mobile app development -Migration and setup of PforP (Pay for Placement) Ad Management Platform -Migration of data center to Microsoft Azure -Targeted Email Marketing platform Key Competencies: •Project, Program & Portfolio Management •Leadership & Management •Agile (Scrum, XP, Kanban, SAFe) & Waterfall Methodologies, PMBOK •Vendor Relationship Management •Project Budgeting, Forecast and Cost Analysis •Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) •PI Planning/Sprint Scheduling •PMO Governance •Resource Planning & Utilization •Risk Management & Change Management •Process & Performance Optimization •Executive Leadership Reporting •JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet Product Development Methodologies: -Waterfall, Agile, Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile (SAFe®) If you find my profile exciting or interesting in learning more about my skillset and experience, please contact me on LinkedIn or email me at salmanskazmi@gmail.com