Ahmed Mamdouh Abdelhamed Elbadawy
Madrid
Summary
Innovative Product Owner known for delivering high-quality work in fast-paced environments. Skilled in agile methodologies, user story creation, and backlog prioritization to ensure projects meet deadlines and exceed expectations. Possess strong skills in stakeholder communication, negotiation, and team collaboration, ensuring seamless integration of business requirements with technical solutions. Excel at problem-solving, adaptability, and leadership to drive product development forward. Experienced Product Owner with a significant background in managing cross-functional teams and overseeing product development from conception to market launch. Strengths include adeptness in Agile methodologies, strategic planning, backlog grooming and stakeholder management. Demonstrated ability to drive product vision while ensuring alignment with business goals has resulted in successful launches and notable market growth in previous roles.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Owner /Agile Scrum Master
Deutsche Bank
Madrid
05.2023 - Current
- Identified processes or workflow gaps that could be addressed with additional automation or tools.
- Maintained a clear vision of the product by regularly communicating updates across departments.
- Supported developers through sprint planning sessions, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and demos.
- Collaborated with stakeholders, development teams, and business users to define product features.
- Monitored work progress for quality, speed, and successful integration, implementation, and enhancement.
- Tracked and reported on project progress using burn-down charts, velocity tracking, and other metrics.
- Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
- Identified and removed impediments to the team's progress through effective facilitation of problem-solving sessions.
Product Owner /Scrum Master
Almac Group
09.2021 - 04.2023
- Utilized data analytics tools to track product performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
- Defined product vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with company goals.
- Managed risks and resolved issues that affected product scope, schedule, and quality.
- Facilitated communication between engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of product requirements.
- Led agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure team alignment and continuous improvement.
- Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness, and inspection.
- Tracked metrics related to sprint performance and identified areas of improvement for future sprints.
- Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation, and implement risk reduction action plans.
- Documented new features, strategies, user stories, and criteria for acceptance.
Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Qatar Science & Technology Park
Doha
02.2021 - 05.2022
- Facilitate Agile process knowledge to all team members at the outset of the project.
- Train the team on each specific process step throughout the project lifecycle.
- Mentor Product Owners to make daily decisions to keep the project in motion, and empower them to partner with business stakeholders to make more strategic decisions.
- Mentor Scrum Masters, who may eventually become coaches themselves.
- Support Scrum Masters in meeting preparation, including the pre-planning, planning, daily Scrum, and review stages.
- Instruct managers on Agile tools, such as Scrum and Kanban.
- Coach managers to navigate their role in a dynamic environment through the cultural changes that the project may be introducing.
- Support product owners and business analysts with backlog creation and refinement.
- Track and communicate Agile metrics, which may include team velocity and sprint/Program Increment (PI) progress within the Scaled Agile (SAFe) framework.
- Identify and remove impediments. Implemented effectively, and provides coaching and training at the team level to maximize its benefits.
Product Owner
Dubai Science Park
Dubai
02.2020 - 01.2021
- Identified risks associated with projects and proposed mitigation strategies.
- Collaborated with technical leads on development cycles and timelines.
- Prioritized user stories and managed backlogs.
- Facilitated workshops with cross-functional teams to define product requirements.
- Defined acceptance criteria for user stories to ensure thequality of deliverables.
- Organized sprint reviews to assess performance against objectives.
- Gathered and prioritized product requirements from stakeholders.
- Prioritized and managed product backlog to maximize value and align with stakeholder expectations.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure product features are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
Scrum Master
GE Mechanical Industrial Engineering
Dubai
10.2015 - 11.2019
- Collaborated with other Scrum Masters across teams to ensure consistency in processes and tools used.
- Supported the development team in understanding user stories, acceptance criteria, and the definition of done.
- Trained and mentored team members on thebest and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
- Documented new features, strategies, user stories, and criteria for acceptance.
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
- Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
- Maintained project schedules by managing deadlines and adjusting workflow.
IT Project Manager
GE Mechanical Industrial Engineering
Cairo
05.2008 - 09.2015
- Documented all processes involved in implementing IT projects according to industry standards.
- Provided ongoing training and support for end users after the launch of new systems or applications.
- Identified opportunities for automation within existing processes to improve efficiency.
- Evaluated existing systems' performance metrics to identify areas needing improvement.
- Coordinated with stakeholders, customers, vendors, and team members to ensure successful implementation of projects.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry best practices related to IT Project Management.
- Created status reports detailing progress against timeline milestones and budget constraints.
- Conducted meetings with team members to discuss project goals and objectives as well as assign tasks and responsibilities accordingly.
- Monitored the progress of the project by tracking activities and resolving issues that arose during the execution phase.
Project Manager
THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICF
Cairo
01.2004 - 04.2008
- Oversaw a large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress, and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Outlined work plans, determined resources wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- Developed a project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines, and milestones.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Drove team success through a shared vision and recognition of quality performance.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
Project Manager
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR
Cairo
07.2001 - 12.2003
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams as needed for thesuccessful completion of projects.
- Facilitated resolution of conflicts between team members when necessary.
- Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
- Focused on project monitoring and management by developing forecasts and tracking expenses.
- Created project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel.
- Developed and updated project plans to document objectives, technologies, schedules, and funding.
Education
Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning And Generative AI - Artificial Intelligence
Purdue University & IBM
USA09-2024
Bachelor of computer Science -
Higher Institute of Computer Science and Information Systems
Cairo, Egypt06.2001
Skills
- Business analysis
- Product lifecycle management
- Risk management
- Scrum methodology
- Scrum expertise
- Feature prioritization
- Design thinking
- Technical expertise
- Risk assessments
- Python
- Data science consulting
- Data visualization and presentations
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Machine Learning Knowledge
- Machine learning and AI integration
Certification
SAFe® 5 Scrum Master
SAFe® 6 Scrum Master
SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager(POPM)
SAFe® 6 Release Train Engineer(RTE)
SAFe® 6 Practice Consultant(SPC)
AWS Solutions Architect Professional
Google Cloud Certified Professional
Python for Data Science from IBM
Data Science with Python
Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and Generative AI - Purdue University .
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/21/79
- Nationality: Egyptian
Languages
Arabic
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Spanish
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Accomplishments
- Increased team efficiency by 20% through the implementation of Agile best practices.
- Delivered a high-priority banking application 15% ahead of schedule by optimizing sprint workflows.
- Conducted over 20 Agile training sessions, enhancing organizational Agile maturity.
Timeline
Product Owner /Agile Scrum Master
Deutsche Bank
05.2023 - Current
Product Owner /Scrum Master
Almac Group
09.2021 - 04.2023
Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Qatar Science & Technology Park
02.2021 - 05.2022
Product Owner
Dubai Science Park
02.2020 - 01.2021
Scrum Master
GE Mechanical Industrial Engineering
10.2015 - 11.2019
IT Project Manager
GE Mechanical Industrial Engineering
05.2008 - 09.2015
Project Manager
THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICF
01.2004 - 04.2008
Project Manager
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR
07.2001 - 12.2003
Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning And Generative AI - Artificial Intelligence
Purdue University & IBM
Bachelor of computer Science -
Higher Institute of Computer Science and Information Systems
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