Anur Hrustemovic
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Toptal member since June 30, 2020
Anur is a senior agile project manager with 20 years of experience in IT, working for companies such as Walt Disney World (entertainment), VirginPulse (SaaS), Stanley Black and Decker, IWG (office rental), HRS (real estate), Workbrain (HRM), and Authority Partners (IT). He is an expert in agile methodologies with outstanding leadership skills and understands how to navigate large-scale development projects and hire, train, and lead teams to success.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Leadership
- Agile Project Management
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Jira Administrator
- Portfolio Management
- Program Management
- Project Delivery
Work Experience
Director of Project Management
Virgin Pulse
- Established strategic portfolio management: effective selection and execution of projects that bring value; roadmaps, a consolidated view of all projects; standardized project status reporting and monitoring of project execution performance.
- Created metrics and KPIs, enabling decision-making based on data, executive reporting, engineering metrics, and KPIs.
- Established and trained an effective project management team, providing alignment with the company values, skill assessment matrix, and learning paths.
- Selected and implemented project management software tools for enterprise-wide use: Microsoft tools, Atlassian, and project management/roadmaps.
- Contributed to the center of excellence, constantly improving WOFW processes and tools beyond the PM team and building on SME groups for all areas of R&D.
Lead Program Manager
Authority Partners
- Managed and grew complete long-term client engagements. Directly influenced the growth of largest companies' engagement from two consultants to today's 135, making Authority Partners the largest IT partner at IWG.
- Mentored scrum masters and program managers as part of the onboarding process.
- Oversaw the team of program managers, managing consultants' performance improvement and career development through daily feedback and coaching, periodic performance review and planning, and training recommendations.
Agile Program Manager
Authority Partners
- Delivered customer-focused, timely, and effective management of large-scale development projects for high-profile clients in the USA financial industry.
- Played a leading role in establishing a company-wide process for program management, software development, reporting, and agile methodology.
- Served as the lead screener for talent onboarding. Established the onboarding program manager process and carrier path development.
- Worked closely with the director of operations and engineering manager(s) to implement the company strategy and enable and support the uninterrupted delivery of services to clients.
Software Developer Lead
Infobip
- Served as a team lead on new product development for a telecommunication software provider company. Managed a team of six developers.
- Established a new location for the development team. Hired, interviewed, and managed the team as the lead developer.
- Participated in the enterprise architecture design of an application for telecommunication providers.
Software Consultant
Walt Disney World
- Implemented the HRM Workbrain system used by over 250,000 employees of Walt Disney.
- Acted as a technical lead and supervised the full project lifecycle, including gathering, design, development, testing, and integration.
- Managed client expectations and regular reporting.
Project History
IWG Customer Portal
https://myregus.com/Program managed releases for over two years for the IWG customer portal (MyRegus).
Feedback from the client: "Anur is revolutionizing Regus."
Cloudvirga Digital Mortgage Platform
https://www.cloudvirga.com/Continuously managed releases, production support, and executive reporting for over a year.
Authority Partners Internal Management System
Designed major modules of the application including time and tracking, payroll, a feedback system, reporting, and KPIs.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sicence
York University - Toronto, Canada
Certifications
Jira Project Administrator
Atlassian
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
Skills
Tools
Microsoft Project, Jira, TFS, Atlassian, Confluence
Paradigms
Agile, Agile Leadership, Azure DevOps, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Kanban, Agile Product Management
Other
Agile Transformation, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Project Delivery, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Jira Administrator, Agile Program Management, Project Reporting, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Team Leadership, Analytical Thinking, Communication, Microsoft 365, Jira Administration, Jira Service Management, Jira Automation, Backlog Management, Business Process Optimization, Dashboards, Process Optimization, Scrum Coaching, Java, Software Development, Negotiation, Agile Coaching, Teams, Leadership, Teamwork, Consulting, IT Consulting
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