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Usman-Ali AbdulUA

Usman-Ali Abdul

Cyber PM | Program Director | Transition Manager

€1,150/day
9 projects
Paris 14e Arrondissement, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Usman-Ali

With 15+ years of experience (10 in cybersecurity), I lead strategic IT and cyber programs for large organizations.

I’ve managed the full PKI overhaul at BNP Paribas (8M+ certificates), deployed a global security program at Mazars (50+ countries), and led AD disaster recovery & critical vulnerability remediation at TotalEnergies.

Core strengths:
• Project governance (SLA, risk, planning, steering)
• Management of local & offshore teams
• Compliance (GDPR, eIDAS, ISO 27001), PKI, CLM
• Vendor coordination, executive-level reporting

I bring a structured, solution-oriented mindset to freelance missions – available remote or hybrid.
  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Urdu

    Conversational

  • Hindi

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris 14e Arrondissement (up to 15km)

Experience

  • bnpparibas
    Cybersecurity Project Manager
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    November 2023 - Today (2 years and 7 months)
    Montreuil, France
    🎯Mission:
    Leading the full overhaul of the Group PKI in a critical, COMEX-visible context.

    âś…Key achievements:
    Migrated to Evertrust Horizon/Stream (8M certificates, 5K/day)
    Defined CLM strategy for IaaS, IaC & IoT (200K certificates auto-enrolled)
    Deployed Discovery: 5K expiring certs/year & 100K non-compliant/month detected
    DRP for OCSP infrastructure
    Set up project governance & executive reporting

    đź§°Skills & tools: PKI, CLM, Evertrust, Discovery, HSM, AD, Agile, executive reporting, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Fluent in English - professional level
    Cybersecurity Project Governance PKI Project Management Project Management
  • Mazars
    Senior Program Manager
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    December 2022 - June 2023 (6 months)
    🎯 Mission:
    Global cybersecurity program delivery across 50+ countries.

    âś… Key achievements:
    - Coordinated local/offshore teams across 4 continents
    - Managed vendor relationships, SLAs & regulatory compliance
    - Led steering committees, project governance & strategic reporting
    - Supervised risk analysis, documentation & client communication

    đź§° Skills: Cybersecurity, Program Management, SLA, Risk Analysis, Change Management, Project Governance, Vendor Management, Communication, Fluent in English - professional level
    Cybersecurity Project Management Team Management Strategy Change Management
  • TotalEnergies Global IT Services (TGITS)
    Transition Manager
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    June 2021 - December 2021 (6 months)
    🎯 Mission:
    Stepped in for a departing manager to lead key cybersecurity initiatives in the IT resilience program.

    âś… Key achievements:
    - Delivered DRP for Microsoft-based DCs (AD, DHCP, Windows Server)
    - Managed international teams & suppliers
    - Led project governance, prioritization & COMEX reporting
    - Oversaw vulnerability remediation & transition to run (MCO)

    đź§° Skills: DRP, AD, Azure, Cybersecurity, Team Management, Risk Mitigation, Project Governance, Change Management, executive level communications, Service Now, Fluent in English - professional level
    Cybersecurity Team Management Active Directory Microsoft Azure Project Governance

Reviews

4.6

Out of 7 ratings

SarahS

Sarah

TotalEnergies Global IT Services (TGITS)

Reviewed on 1/12/2022

Ali met all his objectives during his mission and brought significant added value to our strategic Cybersecurity projects at TotalEnergies. His positioning and high-level view of the project always allowed for timely reporting to management, enabling sound decisions on key choices. Very good relationship with the teams, and he earned everyone's trust. Thank you again for your seriousness and commitment ;-)
SarahS

Sarah

TotalEnergies Global IT Services (TGITS)

Reviewed on 1/17/2022

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Education

  • Telecommunications Engineering Degree
    SEATECH
    2008
    Ecole d’ingénieurs en région PACA membre du Concours Commun Polytechnique, elle recrute des étudiants à bac+2 pour une formation en 3 ans.

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