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Khalid Karrar, Product owner

Khalid Karrar

Product owner·Government

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 24 years, 5 months

Product owner

September 2020 - Present

Government

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I found this job using Bayt.com

September 2020 - Present

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Scrum Product Owner

November 2018 - December 2019

Exceed IT Services

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2018 - December 2019

My achievements: -
o Closed a project that ran for five years which scope was to implement and customize Microsoft AX for the Ministry of Health and Prevention in Dubai, UAE
o Closed project to deliver a strategy management solution for Mohamed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment in Dubai, UAE

My responsibilities: -
o Created, managed and communicated the product backlog
o Ensured that the user stories of the backlog were prioritized, detailed appropriately, estimated and emergent
o Facilitated and lead user story refinement and prioritization sessions with scrum team
o Communicated the product road map to the client stakeholders
o Agreed project scope with client
o Created and shared the project plan
o Set up and facilitated scrum events
o Coached remote team in agile values and principles as well as the scrum framework
Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Management

Senior Business Analyst

January 2013 - August 2018

Emaratech

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2013 - August 2018

My Achievements: -
o Re-engineered business process, delivered requirements and validated solution that handled the financial settlement of approximately one billion dirhams in annual revenue generated by online visa and residency services
o Created the new business process and delivered requirements that led to the successful launch of an online service to refund application fees and financial deposit to replace the existing manual and over the counter process

My responsibilities: -
o Elicited and modeled the AS-IS and TO-BE business process using BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation)
o Defined the functional and non-functional requirements
o Acquired the BRD (Business Requirement Document) sign off from the client
o Facilitated workshops for communication the business requirements to the development team
o Validated system solution
Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Lead Software Engineer

June 2007 - December 2012

Emaratech

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 2007 - December 2012

My Achievements: -
o Designed, developed and implemented a bespoke dashboard to monitor a cross border solution immigration system for the United Arab Emirates and neighboring Sultanate of Oman

My responsibilities: -
o Created the technical road map to migrate the legacy application to web services-based application
o Created project plan and delegated project activities to team members
o Liaised with client to gather requirements
o Led support of cross border solution including bug fixing, managing change requests and deployment for three years
Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Oracle Developer

May 2004 - January 2007

Isoft

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 2004 - January 2007

My Achievements:-
• Contract renewal for second year running based on reported/ completed bug-fixes/ changes delivered the prior year

My Responsibilities:-
•Solely owned all development activities supporting the implemented Student Registration and Follow up Oracle application for Dubai Police Academy
•Developed Control Reports which is extracted one every semester containing the names of students of all academic levels. the grades they achieved in one of two main syllabuses, Law and
Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Information Technology

Oracle Developer

November 2000 - April 2004

Isoft

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

November 2000 - April 2004

My achievements:-
•Produced a 99% enhancement to the batch cheques printing process for the Agricultural Marketing Oracle module for Abu Dhabi Municipality

My Responsibilities:-
•Reverse engineered Oracle database on outsource that facilitated future database design and modeling
•Created analytical reports for the accounting head including creating reports of the annual sales of agricultural produce (dates fruits) within the emirate of Abu Dhabi
Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

Arab Academy for Science and Technology

March 1999

March 1999

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

Egypt

GPA (point): 3.5 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.5 out of 4

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Skills

Confluence
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Confluence
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JIRA
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JIRA
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Agile Project Management
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Agile Project Management
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Scrum
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Scrum
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Business Analysis
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ORACLE
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ORACLE
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GOVERNMENT
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GOVERNMENT
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IBM WEBSPHERE
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IBM WEBSPHERE
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Road maps
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FINANCE
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FINANCE
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SaaS
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SaaS
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JIRA
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JIRA
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Confluence
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Microservices
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Microservices
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Scrum
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Scrum
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Business analysis
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Functional Specifications
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Functional Specifications
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Business Analysis
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Agile Project Management
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Agile Project Management
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Languages

Arabic
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English
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Training and Certifications

Certifications
Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
Jun 2011
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Training
PMI ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)
PMI (Project Management Institute)
Nov 2013
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CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional)
IIBA
Jun 2011
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