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Muhammad Sizar, PMP

Project Manager · Program Delivery · Business Systems · Founder, Cobrix Solutions

Los Angeles, CA 562.805.8562 [email protected] linkedin.com/in/sizar muhammadsizar.com

Professional summary

PMP-certified project manager with six years leading cross-functional delivery across financial services and hospitality, and the founder of a compliance-first managed IT and cybersecurity firm. Delivered $570K+ in cost savings through asset optimization, held a 98% accuracy standard on monthly portfolio reconciliation, and rebuilt a training program that lifted team efficiency 30%. Fluent in Agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery; equally comfortable owning a budget, a risk register, or the implementation underneath both.

Core competencies

Project delivery
Project lifecycle management · Agile & Scrum · Waterfall · Risk management · Scope & timeline control · Budget ownership · Resource allocation · Change management · Process optimization · Quality assurance
Leadership
Cross-functional team leadership · Stakeholder engagement · Executive communication · Training & development · Strategic planning · Performance tracking · Vendor coordination · Conflict resolution
Analysis
Cost & margin analysis · Revenue modeling · Variance & reconciliation · KPI design · Business intelligence reporting · Forecasting

Professional experience

Founder & Chief Executive

Cobrix Solutions — California (remote)
2024 — Present
  • Founded and operate a managed service provider and managed security service provider serving healthcare, legal, accounting, real estate, and construction businesses across the United States.
  • Defined the full service model end to end: catalog, flat-rate pricing, SLA commitments, delivery process, and the compliance posture behind each regulated vertical (HIPAA, FTC Safeguards Rule, ABA Model Rules).
  • Standardized delivery on a single-vendor security stack — Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Lighthouse — reducing integration risk and cost basis versus a multi-vendor RMM/PSA/EDR assembly.
  • Designed and shipped a client-facing security posture portal translating Defender and Entra telemetry into decisions a non-technical owner can act on; deployed on Cloudflare Pages.
  • Built the firm's organic growth system: 31 city-level landing pages, 25+ long-form technical guides, and a daily automation handling sitemap regeneration, IndexNow submission, and indexation tracking.
  • Author of the firm's technical publication on cybersecurity and compliance for regulated small businesses.

Project & Revenue Manager

Choice Hotels — Los Angeles, CA
Feb 2021 — Nov 2024
  • Owned project timelines, budgets, and deliverables across client portfolio programs; consulted with leadership on budgets and coordinated cross-functionally to keep delivery on schedule.
  • Sourced and secured project resources; led teams through clear goal setting and delegated by demonstrated strength rather than availability.
  • Facilitated competitive training programs for 30+ employees, accelerating team efficiency 30%, and streamlined onboarding to smooth role transitions.
  • Conducted in-depth analysis of new and existing revenue models in hospitality services to identify and capture emerging revenue streams.
  • Performed business assessments and monthly tracking and reconciliation across client portfolios, maintaining a 98% accuracy rate while streamlining payment processing.
  • Balanced inventory and strengthened supply chain processes through financial planning and resource allocation aligned to procurement goals.
  • Integrated internal databases and record management systems to reinforce data integrity, creating structures adopted as departmental benchmarks.
  • Drove $570K+ in cost savings through asset optimization initiatives with cross-functional teams — recognized with a performance bonus and additional PTO.

Assistant Account Manager

Chase Bank — Los Angeles, CA
Feb 2020 — Feb 2021
  • Conceptualized and launched new processes that boosted efficiency 15%, reinforcing corrective actions to meet and exceed annual accounting objectives.
  • Supervised, coached, and trained new banking professionals; evaluated performance and supported interviewing and screening of new hires.
  • Executed decisions within defined policy, distributed operational communications, and escalated account issues to the correct departments.
  • Maintained accurate financial records and handled accounts payable responsibilities alongside special projects.
  • Decreased budget variances 10% by leading a financial data evaluation project, extracting insights, and presenting recommendations directly to stakeholders.

Team Leader / Supervisor / Trainer

Pizza Hut — Los Angeles, CA
Mar 2018 — Mar 2020
  • Led day-to-day operations alongside the store manager, guiding development of a 20-employee team and overseeing the location in the manager's absence.
  • Championed training and process improvement projects covering customer service, guest rapport, and sanitation standards.
  • Won Store of the Month seven times for customer service and sales performance, holding 75%+ across all tracked KPIs.

Education & certifications

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Analytics

California State University, Fullerton — Fullerton, CA

Certifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) — Project Management Institute
  • Salesforce Certified
  • Google Python Crash Course

Technical proficiencies

Project management
MS Project · Jira · Asana · Smartsheet · Monday.com · Trello · ServiceNow · WhenIWork
Data & BI
Tableau · Power BI · SQL · Python · Excel (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros) · SPSS · XL-Miner
Business systems
Salesforce · FileMaker · IBM Watson · Forecast100 Pro · GoHighLevel
Security & cloud
Microsoft 365 · Entra ID · Intune · Microsoft Defender · Azure · Cloudflare · HIPAA & FTC Safeguards frameworks
Languages
English (fluent) · Urdu (fluent) · Hindi (fluent)