Dynamic and results-driven professional with over 20 years of extensive experience in project management,

consulting, and leadership roles across the energy, utility, and digital transformation sectors. I am customer
obsessed, flexible, smart and analytical, strategic yet execution focused, hungry and passionate about enabling
technology for customer ease, experienced, and entrepreneurial leader with a strong work ethic.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PHONE: +971-544680877
EMAIL: Devendra.azad@gmail.com
Nationality: Indian
Abu Dhabi Distribution Company - ADDC
Current Residency: UAE Digital Planning Specialist (PMO)
Abu Dhabi, UAE | 2021–Present
o Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, development, and
ADDRESS product teams, to ensure project objectives are clearly understood and met.
2903, Al Jazeera Tower, Corniche Abu Dhabi, UAE o Provided comprehensive leadership across technical, operational, financial, and managerial
aspects of transformation projects.
o Facilitates and leads team discussions on project/study strategies, short-term and long-term
CERTIFICATIONS: project planning, opportunities for expediting timelines, identification of resource constraints,
and proactively identify complex project issues and risks, and assure appropriate escalation.
[2024]: Project Management Professional (PMP)®
o Planned, scheduled, coordinated, and monitored project activities, presenting status updates
PMP Certificate (no: 3839300)
to senior leadership.
o Perform quality control tasks on budgets, schedules, plans and reports on the project's status.
[2024]: IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt™
(ICBB™) o P&L ownership, Solution ownership and business strategy ownership to ensure ADDC
customers in the region have the best service experience for electricity & water services.
[2013]: Prince 2 Practitioner (Certificate no: P2R/ o Collaborate effectively with diverse functional teams to identify and implement optimal
IN084283) solutions to strategic challenges.

EDF International Networks – Electricity De France

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION: Prepaid Smart Metering Solution Head
UCAM, Spain New Delhi, India | 2019 – 2021
2024 - 2025 o Centralized and aligned EDF's project portfolio, optimizing business priorities and adhering to
MBA – Energy & Sustainability best practices.
o Prepare comprehensive presentations for recommendations on identified opportunities to EDF
senior leadership and the investment committee.
India Institute of Technology, India o Monitoring and tracking of the opportunity pipeline for timely decision-making.
2023 - 2025 o Directed end-to-end project delivery, enhancing monitoring capabilities and ensuring efficient
Master of Technology – Bigdata & blockchain execution.
technology o Developed EDF’s Digital Applications strategy, driving downstream process digitization and
operational innovation.
TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal, India o Mentored and led a high-performing team, focusing on skill development and project
2015 -2017 completion within budget constraints.
eGPX – Executive Management Program in o Played a key role in business development, crafting proposals and engaging with key
eGovernance stakeholders to drive growth.

National Power Training Institute, India National Institute of Smart Government - NISG
2003 - 2004 Consulting Manager
Post Graduate Diploma in Power Plant New Delhi, India | 2014 – 2019
Engineering o Led large-scale e-Governance consulting engagements with Central and State Government,
developing digital strategies and capabilities for government clients.
o Identified and pitched technology solutions to government departments, enhancing efficiency
Dr B R Ambedkar University, Agra, India and accountability.
1998 - 2002 o Developed the entity's strategies, defining KPIs, and setting targets for G2C services.
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical o Contributed to Govt. strategy roadmaps and track strategic objective for ‘Ease of Doing
Business’ and reducing the Country ranking in global map.
o Managed project scope, schedules, resources, and budgets, ensuring successful project
MEMBERSHIPS delivery.
o Acted as the primary contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress
 Project Management Institute (PMI). and milestones.

 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Wipro Ltd

(IEEE). Senior Consultant
New Delhi, India | 2010 – 2014

o Managed clients, complex projects, provided process transformation insights to enable

management of business requirement gathering, scope and client expectations.
o Management of the projects business across key metrics of growth, revenue, profit, and cash.
Balancing business margins and operating costs/productivity vs. growth opportunities. (P&L
Management)
AWARDS: o Design long-term, reliable, and end-to-end digital solution. Develop functional design and co-
lead product vision along with the Program Manager.
 [2023]: Nominated for TAQA Awards (best o Managed complex projects, providing insights for business process transformation and client
 innovative project) requirement management.
o Balanced key business metrics, including growth, revenue, profit, and cash flow (P&L
 [2024]: Received award on Net Zero innovation Management).
(For best innovative idea) o Developed long-term digital solutions and participated in validation testing phases.
o Coordinated the preparation of proposals, business plans, and financial propositions for IT
 [2009]: Received award for winning the projects.
business based on best solution design (Wipro
Ltd) BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd
Assistant Manager
 [2008}: Received award on managing
New Delhi, India | 2004 – 2010
uninterrupted power in ‘ITPO – International
Trade fair India. o Plan the annual preventive and corrective maintenance schedule for Extra high voltage
equipment’s and plan the network in such a way that there is not power shutdown in network
considering reliability supply to customers.
CORE COMPETIENCIES: o Coordinate with system operations to plan the switching sequence for preventive maintenance
sequence and handing over the permit to work to the maintenance team.
o Coordinated with the SCADA team to calibrate the electricity network model, ensuring
 Strategic Project Management accuracy and reliability of metering data.
 P&L Management o Worked with System Operations on optimization of impact of outages by back feeding during
the planned down network shutdown, contributing to improved 33KV & 66KV grid feeder
 Cross-functional Leadership resilience.
o Part of the team is to do the electricity network analysis for 33KV & 66KV grid level to bring
 Regulatory Compliance down the breakdown faults.
 Digital Transformation o Ensured strict adherence to health, safety, security, and environmental (HSSE) policies and
requirements.
 Business Development o Contributed to the preparation of timely and accurate reports, aligning with regulatory
requirements, policies, and standards.
 Risk Management
 Stakeholder Engagement
EXECUTED PROJECT DETAILS
 Procurement Management
Org. Project Role Project value Project status
 Financial Analysis (USD Million)
ADDC Smart Utility AMI Planning $ 134.40 M WIP
EDF Smart pre-paid meter (Electricity) Solution Head $ 72.16 M Live
INDUSTRY DOMAIN WORKED IN:
National Judicial Reference System PMO $ 4.32 M Live
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SMART

 Strategic Consulting Policy Consulting & Investment Promotion PMO $ 0.34 M Live

 Electricity & Water Utility eBiz – India's first eGov Portal PMO $ 11.62 M Live
Digital forensics laboratory project Project Mgr. Confidential Confidential
 Law Enforcement
GOVT.

Passport Seva Project (PSP) –

PMO $ 13.24 M Live
 Drug Manufacturing Public-private partnership project
UIDAI, Govt. of India PMO $ 239.46 M Live
 Financial Financial Mgt. System for e-payments Program Mgr. Confidential Live
 Ease of Doing Business National Intelligence Grid PMO Confidential Confidential
Tele medicine + Tele education project Project Mgr. $ 58.78 M Conceptualized
 Data Center
Digital transformation of citizen services Project Mgr. $ 3.51 M Live
 Ministry of External Affairs by district organization: Delhi
WIPRO LTD

Digital transformation: Pharma track &

 Government Process Re-engineering Project. Mgr. $ 0.11 M Conceptualized
trace (Supply chain)
ERP Implementation: Power Trading Project Mgr. $ 0.04 M Live
SMART Metering, Punjab State Electricity Project Mgr. $ 202.7 M Live
Board
Digital transformation of citizen services
Project Mgr. $ 2.16 M Live
by district organization: Madhya Pradesh
SAP-ISU Implementation Team lead $ 8.77 M Completed
Energy Accounting Team lead - Completed
BSES

Revenue Enhancement Project Mgr. $ 0.62 M Completed

Automated Meter Reading Team lead - Completed

Thank you!