Project Manager in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Managed a set of the World's leading mobile network benchmarking tools based on crowdsourced data collection, AWS data lake, and GPU-driven visualization presentations. Tech stack: iOS and Android native SDK kit, AWS data lake, PostgreSQL, React.

A SAP ERP maintenance project for a regional representative of a Fortune 500 company that included:
• Gathering requirements from internal logistics and R&D departments.
• Analyzing and suggesting improvements to the existing platform.
• Validating current procedures and recommending improvements.

I supported project teams in daily activities and ensured transparency about teamwork and progress, removing impediments and ensuring agile teams' smooth functioning. I ensured that agile methods were being understood and followed. I also supported the teams' self-organization and cultural change, protecting agile teams against requirements' volatility, conflicting new tasks during the project, and fluctuation of project resources. I conducted and organized training within project and business teams and coached agile processes and leaders to perform their roles. I also participated in change management activities related to agile transformation in the company, implementing a continuous improvement process so that methods are constantly evolving and digital knowledge is built (training/ongoing learning). I assured a new mindset and an agile working culture.

- Led an international distributed team of mixed seniority in identifying a solution and producing data lake, data warehouse, and reporting to business analysis and data science teams.
- Performed product discovery by engaging business stakeholders and performing user story mapping.

- Posed as a scrum master in a team developing a financial services app based on AWS Blockchain tech stack.
- Led the team through norming, storming, and performing phases; tracked progress against a road map and suggested improvements to stay on track.

Hoffman-LaRoche needed an analysis of their existing procedure for introducing new pharmaceutical solutions that span across one of their global regions. The resulting app not only fulfilled the company's expectations but went on to be the most popular improvement among over 3,000 of its internal users.
The app is created to store important details of a specific pharmaceutical's characteristics, schedule of its introduction to various business units and departments, user groups required to acquire training, dates, and attendances, as well as a complex reporting system which generates detailed reports about already held training.

A mobile app for Android and iOS with gamification, multimedia content, live events, polls, and social interactions.

This was a multi-year project with the client's most valuable brand. Along the way, my team's success contributed to promoting and adopting an agile approach in the rest of the client's portfolio. Main challenges included integrating legacy code with modern tech solutions and maintaining team motivation in the long-term project under pressure.

A mobile app for Android and iOS with integrated multimedia content, audio/video streaming, and "second screen" features.

- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies.
- Coached a team to overcome organizational impediments.
- Initiated, executed, and inspected an end-to-end testing plan.
- Introduced valuable methodologies for increasing team productivity.

- Executed the project discovery phase to determine team size and expertise requirements.
- Coached the team in the Agile approach and Scrum framework.
- Facilitated team ceremonies.
- Engaged and gathered requirements from business stakeholders.
- Maintained a product road map and monitored progress towards milestones.

Managed a team of 15 site reliability engineers, ensuring the time and budget were not exceeded. I also gathered business requirements from eight diverse departments to ensure 99.999% service availability and radiated information across the entire organization, from the CXO to end users, ensuring transparency.