Director of Product Management - Public Cloud
Royal Bank of Canada
Total years of experience :11 years, 9 months
Leading Product Management across RBC’s AWS and Azure Cloud platforms, to drive and shape our public cloud program in a manner that best serves the needs of the bank and the lines of business. Reporting directly to the VP of Cloud.
- Responsible for roadmap and strategy planning for TD’s public cloud (Azure/AWS) program.
- Created and iterated on our product roadmap and prioritizing technical product requirements for DevOps automation, Security (Data, IAM, Encryption, AppSec) PaaS and IaaS capabilities.
- Prioritized and planned capabilities based on end-user priorities and business values.
- Attained product-market fit and widespread secure public cloud (Azure/AWS) adoption among TD development teams.
- Developed the communication plan to end users via release notes and Technical webinars
- Principles in Practice 2018 Award Recipient
- Managed the entire product lifecycle for Cloud & Data Centre products (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS)
- Gathered product requirements, prioritized features and defined the product vision
- Developed a company-wide Go-To-Market plan for product launches
- Specified market requirements for existing and new product introductions by conducting primary, secondary research and on-going customer visits
- Product & Solutions Hero 2016 Award Recipient
Responsible for pre-sale support of the Rogers enterprise products and services.
Provided technical support in sales presentations, customer meetings, and detailed demos.
Gathered the customers’ technical requirements for handoff to the service delivery group.
Assisted in the preparation of the technical responses for RFPs.
Led weekly tutorials and assisted in conducting the weekly lectures for a Software Communication Course.
Graded weekly assignments for 140 students demonstrating attention to detail.
Worked part-time (8 hours per week) while attending school full-time.
Carried on the C++ Implementation for the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification geometry translator.
Designed the software architecture for the IGES geometry Translator.
Carried on the regular FTI software development activities.
Studied the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification for the geometry digital representation and the related geometrical knowledge.
Led process meetings between developers, testers, and project management, which resulted in reducing software defect
reports by 30% and increasing response rates by 20%.
Improved the process workflow for software verification on the BlackBerry 10 software.
Reviewed product specifications, planning, developing and maintaining test plans.
Introduced to testing techniques like Smoke Testing, Persona Testing, and Regression Testing.
Carried on the C++ Implementation for the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification geometry translator.
Designed the software architecture for the IGES geometry Translator.
Carried on the regular FTI software development activities.
Studied the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification for the geometry digital representation and the related geometrical knowledge.
President McMaster Arab Student Association (MASA) Presented MASA to the students at McMaster University in 2011. Increased the student membership of the club from 10 to 200 members. Helped to reduce costs for events planning and coordination by over 35%. Oversaw the implementation of the Executive Committee decisions. Consulted with the 7 members of the Executive Committee. Supervised over Executive Committee meetings. Vice-President The McMaster Egyptian Student Association (MacMasr) Informed Club Members with all the executive decisions. Coordinated between MacMasr and the other clubs on the McMaster campus. Assisted in planning and execution of the club events. Fulfilled the President's duties when needed.