IT Project Manager
Evolve Business Services
Total years of experience :10 years, 6 Months
Successfully managed the software development lifecycle for 9+ projects, ensuring outputs were delivered on-time and to specifications.
Scheduled face-to-face meetings with stakeholders for requirements elicitation and understanding project goals and objectives.
Built and maintained strong relationships with stakeholders, solicited feedback from them on product increments, conducted demos, and incorporated valuable insights in the project work.
Implemented agile practices and tailored the approach for the projects and the organization.
Led distributed project teams of 2-6 people, created a shared vision, removed impediments and ensured adherence to organizational practices.
Motivated, coached, and supported team members to ensure they are empowered and self-organized.
Fostered a positive team environment, and promoted effective communication and collaboration.
Developed plans, including budget, scope, and schedule, resources, and risk management.
Encouraged daily meetings and provided visual controls.
Assisted the project team in decomposing high-level requirements into actionable user stories.
Assisted the product owner in creating a product backlog. Maintaining it groomed and prioritized as per business value, and keeping it aligned with the product vision.
Facilitated, retrospectives and lessons learned sessions to identify areas for improvement.
Encouraged test driven development and made sure proper testing was conducted prior to feature release.
Ensured proper documentation and handover of project deliverables to stakeholders.
Obtained project sign-off and closed out all project-related activities.
Collaborated with the marketing team to develop targeted sales and marketing campaigns.
Joined the sales team for face-to-face meetings with clients to identify their needs and offer services.
Assisted in the development of an adequate pricing strategy for the Qatari Market.
Generated proposal/quotations and participated in the contracting process with the clients.
Was appointed as part of the quality control committee to create, enhance and ensure adherence to processes and operations. Participated in the development and enhancement of 3 processes.
Implemented clean, and efficient code for a native mobile application project (Java, Swift, Laravel).
Performed Blackbox unit testing and integration testing on builds received from outsourced team members for 3 mobile application project.
Utilized version control software Github to publish source code on the server using and SSH deploy key.
Set up Apple developer and Google developer accounts and published 4 mobile applications on App store Connect and Google play console respectively.
Used Jira’s Kanban board to keep track of WIP and Issues.
Developed, and provided support for 8 websites on WordPress using Elementor and other theme editors.
Acquired a good knowledge of domains registration, web hosting, and basic server configuration (Google Domains, GoDaddy, Bluehost, cloudways, AWS, cPanel, phpMyAdmin, SSL, DNS).
Managed company emails and client emails though Google Workspace Admin and Microsoft 365 Admin.
Led the initiative of introducing Any.do to the company’s employee, by attending the necessary training and coaching team members on how to use it.
Administrative Affairs Administrator:
Took the initiative in creating detailed and easy to understand follow up sheets to help upper management follow-up educational projects status.
Was appointed to coordinate 5 external educational projects and 4 internal project over 5 years by ensuring adherence to MOUs, organizational bylaws and timely reporting.
Assisted in drafting critical reports and documents (Strategic plan, SWOT analysis, Risk Register, Quarterly and yearly reports, KPI reports etc.)
Took on the challenge of managing the maintenance and procurement department for 2 months, while the position was vacant.
Handled all incoming and outgoing emails avg. 250 emails per week. (Forwarding, Follow-up, preparing replies).
Handled formal communication flow among 4 faculties and 8 departments (Memos, formal written communications, forms).
Archived and organized 1000+ of critical and highly confidential documents/communication.
Learning Resource Center and Bookstore:
Maintain the custody of the center from damage and misuse and report technical malfunctions
Provide assistance for student’s (Accessing services, using printer, surfing and searching the web)
Monitored the book borrowing process and organized the bookshelves
Kept the inventory and made sure that the bookstore has enough books for all the students for a given semester
Thesis title: Distributed Machine Learning Clustered-Based Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks with Agriculture Scenario Researched topics: Li-FI, Blockchain, Quantum computing, AR and VR Courses: Advanced Database Systems Software engineering Artificial intelligence Distributed Database Systems Encryption and Steganography Data Warehousing Network SecurityThesis title: Distributed Machine Learning Clustered-Based Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks with Agriculture Scenario Researched topics: Li-FI, Blockchain, Quantum computing, AR and VR Courses: Advanced Database Systems Software engineering Artificial intelligence Distributed Database Systems Encryption and Steganography Data Warehousing Network Security Skills: Software Development · Project Management · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Java · Web Development · JavaScript · HTML5 · CSS · PHP · SQL · Teamwork · Time Management
Courses included: Exploring information and communication Keeping ahead in information and communication Computer architecture Team working in distributed systems C++ programming Visual programming with C++ Object oriented programming with java Putting java to work Software development with java Software engineering with objects Relational database theory and practiceCourses included: Exploring information and communication Keeping ahead in information and communication Computer architecture Team working in distributed systems C++ programming Visual programming with C++ Object oriented programming with java Putting java to work Software development with java Software engineering with objects Relational database theory and practice Skills: Project Management · Mobile Applications · Web Development · JavaScript · HTML5 · CSS · PHP · Time Management
