Kamran Khan, Project Manager in San Jose, United States
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Kamran Khan

Verified Expert  in Project Management

Project Manager

Location
San Jose, United States
Toptal Member Since
July 31, 2019

Kamran is a results-oriented agile project manager who's led projects in IT, networking, mobile, adtech, streaming, big data/analytics, and privacy/compliance domains. He has 20+ years of experience working with globally distributed teams for organizations of all sizes to create, inspire, and innovate products. He's a passionate craftsman who applies the right tools such as Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, Agile, and lean thinking to attain business goals.

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Project Highlights

Media Platform/Ads Enablement for B2B B2C (Verizon Media)
Managed solution train for Verizon Media to deliver business-critical OKRs enabling $25 million in revenue.
Video Data Platform - AWS/Azure (Yahoo + AOL)
Coached agile teams to deliver MVP within a quarter enabling data storage cost saving of $5 million.
Portfolio Alignment/Consolidation - Cisco Software Group
Led organizational adoption of program increments approach to consolidate backlogs across 6 product lines and 20 teams.

Expertise

AgileDevOpsDigital TransformationFacilitationJiraKanbanScaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Scrum

Work Experience

Agile Program Manager

2018 - PRESENT
Verizon Media
  • Managed solution train with multiple release trains with C-level executives and stakeholders towards the delivery of business-critical OKRs which enabled revenue gain of $25 million.
  • Reduced storage cost by $5 million through coaching agile teams to deliver MVP features within a quarter for a 1 year delayed program.
  • Increased productivity 20% and 60% increase in alignment by launching 2 release trains of ~25 teams (200+ engineers) catering to different customer segments.
  • Enabled discipline, transparency, and culture of inspecting and adapt resulting in 3x performance improvement in addition to effective stakeholder management for video data platform and analytics team.
  • Facilitating and coordinating with the top talent in engineering and product of Verizon Media to design and architect next-generation media platform based on vision, roadmap, technology, and industry trends.
  • Provided training to certify scrum masters, product managers, and organization leaders that enabled consistency across teams and improved alignment towards customer value delivery.

Senior Enterprise Agile Coach

2017 - 2018
OATH (Yahoo + AOL)
  • Presented, prioritized, and implemented growth plan for teams to the VP of Engineering and his leadership team resulting in 2x improvement in productivity within 6 weeks.
  • Created and implemented Agile team maturity assessment model including clear success criteria which improved teams focus resulting in improved team morale.
  • Started an optional community of practice and lean coffee model that increased engagement of scrum masters and product owners by 5x.
  • Coached and trained teams on values, principles, and practices of Scrum and Kanban enabling one project to deliver MVP within 3 months that slipped for more than a year.
  • Established trust and relationships with leadership teams to help enable an environment that increased transparency, accountability, and happiness of teams.

Project Manager/Agile Coach

2014 - 2017
Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Worked as an enterprise coach for Cisco Software Group involving 100+ teams across various technologies like SDN, cloud, and virtualization to design, train/coach and implement product delivery process for both software and hardware products.
  • Planned and facilitated software increments for enterprise solution products involving 6 product lines and 20 teams effectively resulting in prioritized, streamlined backlog saving teams capacity to work on customer-focused items creating a 20% increase in revenue.
  • Saved $500,000+ for Cisco Software Group by leading software development process customization and training teams on Agile/Kanban process and best practices.
  • Increased predictability of software builds delivery by 60% with the implementation of automation strategy and best practices for automated builds leading towards CI/CD/DevOps.
  • Saved $1-2 million dollars by leading portfolio management process adoption in service provider space aligning features across product lines and eliminating redundancy.

Agile Coach/Scrum Master

2013 - 2014
MalwareBytes
  • Worked as an agile coach to define and measure progress in the transformation journey.
  • Shared the vision of agile transformation and software delivery process at a company meeting that enabled alignment/clarity across departments resulting in reduced product delivery cycle time by 25%.

Agile Coach/Scrum Master

2008 - 2013
Cisco Systems Inc
  • Performed SM responsibilities after getting CSM. Progressed towards full-time scrum master/agile coach/agile site lead in collaboration/VoIP technology group.
  • Enforced Kanban principles as a scrum master that resulted in the reduction of Cycle time by 30% thus increasing the team's throughput in less than 8 weeks.
  • Enabled improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning for sprints by identifying and tracking hidden tasks that increased customer satisfaction.
  • Coached new SM and trained global teams, which resulted in early delivery of the project and reduced 35% process waste caused by a lack of common understanding.

Software QA Engineer/Lead

2005 - 2008
Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Performed software QA engineer responsibilities then evolved into QA lead role working on various products and technologies including collaboration, conferencing, VoIP, and mobility.
  • Successfully designed and implemented testing/automation strategy for various product lines including scoping for feature, functional, stress, scale, integration and solution testing which enabled maximum code coverage and reduced customer reported defects.

Media Platform/Ads Enablement for B2B B2C (Verizon Media)

Managed solution train for Verizon Media to deliver business-critical OKRs enabling $25 million in revenue.

Managed solution train with multiple release trains with C-level executives and stakeholders towards the delivery of business-critical OKRs which enabled revenue gain of $25 million.

Technology: AWS/Azure-based video streaming, adtech, PaaS, video players, and broadcast feed (ESPN, Fox, and Disney).

Video Data Platform - AWS/Azure (Yahoo + AOL)

Coached agile teams to deliver MVP within a quarter enabling data storage cost saving of $5 million.

$5 million reduction in storage cost by coaching agile teams to deliver MVP features within a quarter for a 1 year delayed program.

AWS, Azure, big data platform, data processing, SaaS, data analytics, EOL legacy systems

Portfolio Alignment/Consolidation - Cisco Software Group

Led organizational adoption of program increments approach to consolidate backlogs across 6 product lines and 20 teams.

Planned and facilitated software increments for enterprise solution products involving 6 product lines and 20 teams effectively resulting in prioritized, streamlined backlog saving teams capacity to work on customer-focused items creating a 20% increase in revenue.

SaaS, Routers, Switches, SDN, DevOps, Kanban, Scrum
2019 - 2019

Coursework in Product Management

Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA

1994 - 1997

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

National University of Sciences and Technology - Islamabad, Pakistan

APRIL 2020 - PRESENT

Artificial Intelligence Applications and Strategy

UC Berkeley: Haas School of Business

SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT

Fundamentals of Azure

Microsoft

SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

MAY 2019 - MAY 2022

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

SEPTEMBER 2016 - PRESENT

SAFe Program Consultant - SPC 5.0

Scaled Agile Framework

SEPTEMBER 2016 - PRESENT

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Scrum Alliance

AUGUST 2008 - PRESENT

Certified Scrum Master

Scrum Alliance

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