Ammar Raafat Mohamed Bashandy
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Ammar is an experienced project manager, scrum master, and Agile program manager in multiple industries like automotive, customer care, and in digital transformation projects and programs. With passion and perseverance, Ammar has led teams in multiple countries. He is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner, PMI-ACP, CAPM, SAFe Agilist, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, and PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner. Ammar also has a master’s degree in business administration.
Project Highlights
Expertise
Work Experience
Practice Lead
Vodafone Group
- Managed daily operations for 25 global project management teams, including staffing, budgeting, training and development, and transformation management activities connected to project management initiatives.
- Allotted $30 million in funding across 90 projects, making critical resource allocation decisions basis strategic priorities.
- Completed a service transformation initiative, bringing $5 million in commercial savings within 70% of the original timeframe.
SAFe Release Train Engineer | Agile Program Manager
Vodafone Group
- Led a program with an in-depth understanding of processes and techniques to deliver high-quality solutions to 43 professionals with a diverse skillset that includes technology, product, finance, and business SMEs.
- Implemented policy changes, saving approx. $1 million business value in one year by improving decision-making accuracy.
- Increased PPM (program predictably measure) of the Agile Release Train by 25%.
- Directed the discovery, development, and deployment of a novel product centered around "Digital Twin" technologies for customer service operations.
Scrum Master | SAFe Scrum Master
Vodafone Group
- Joined as a scrum master leading three squads located in the UK, Egypt, and India consisting of 34 professionals from different skills (software developers, UI/UX designers, product owners, data scientists, and data, platform, and DevOps engineers.
- Introduced Scrum and SAFe ways of working to different teams across different departments.
- Constructed an end-to-end Jira workflow to cater to SAFe adoption on both teams and programs levels (team backlog, program backlog, program Kanban, defects Kanban, PIP backlog, etc.).
- Introduced a real-time dashboard on Confluence for programs and team metrics like sprint progress, defect, releases burndown, program performance, etc.).
- Co-facilitated 100% remote SAFe program increment planning sessions.
Software Project Manager
Valeo
- Joined the project management team as a software project manager to manage three projects with three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like the PSA Group, Audi, and BMW.
- Managed three project teams consisting of 35 engineers located in five countries (Germany, France, Czech Republic, India, and Egypt) with different skills like software development, architecture, integration, and testing.
- Delivered projects with zero budget variance and ensured schedule adherence.
- Managed to comply with Automotive Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (ASPICE) level two for software engineering.
Software Engineer
Valeo
- Performed quality control activities by inspecting the software following the software requirements in the functional and non-functional aspects.
- Designed the appropriate test cases with the proper test level under the software requirements and the test strategy.
- Ensured adaptation of the HIL (hardware in the loop) testing systems to maintain an automated electronic and automotive test environment.
- Executed and designed FuSa (functional safety) test systems, cases, and suites.
Project History
Scrum Master | Release Train Engineer
Improved the quality by reducing defects by 80% through the application of Agile software engineering practices and improved the overall program performance by 25%.
Software Project Manager
Managed to deliver three projects on time and budget with compliance to ASPICE level two.
I managed the end-to-end planning and execution of all related software activities.
SCM Hub
Facilitated rapid product development to introduce a hub for our supply chain department. After four iterations, I provided coaching to a new scrum master that carried the flag.
I provided the team with the coaching and facilitation needed to drive product development success. I facilitated a two-week discovery sprint followed by three sprints, delivering a functional MVP scaled further.
Other Experience
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
ESLSCA Business School Paris - Cairo, Egypt
Bachelor of Science in Computer Eningeering
Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport - Cairo, Egypt
Certifications
SAFe® 6.0 Practice Consultant
Scaled Inc
Certified SAFe 5.0 Release Train Engineer
Scaled Inc.
Certified SAFe 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master
Scaled Inc.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Certified SAFe 5.0 Agilist
Scaled Inc.
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Project Management Institute
PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner
Axelos
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Project Management Institute
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Certified Agile Tester
International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)
Foundation Level Certified Tester
International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)
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