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Looking for someone to take your projects from "meh" to "wow"? Look no further! Think of me as your project’s secret weapon! I'm a 🏆 MBA & 🏅CF -certified Project / Product Manager, Scrum Master, and Business Analyst with over 💼 10+ Yrs of hands-on experience in various industries and companies, including B2B, B2C and SaaS. I am an expert in utilizing ChatGPT, and other AI tools and have a proven track record of optimizing various processes within Product Management and company-wide operations. My Core Services: 🏆 Strategic Leadership: My leadership and communication skills ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget. As a Product Manager, I oversee the entire product lifecycle, defining vision, prioritizing features, and aligning development with market needs. Through collaboration and market research, I ensure products meet user expectations and drive growth. 🔧 Technical Proficiency: As a hands-on Business Analyst, I ensure clarity in requirements and stakeholder alignment from strategic planning to product launch. My expertise in technical documentation ensures a smooth transition from planning to execution. 🚀Proven Track Record in ChatGPT Utilization: I'm not just a Project Manager; I'm a ChatGPT expert. I've harnessed the power of AI to streamline processes, enhance team collaboration, and optimize product development cycles. My track record speaks volumes. 🌐 Versatility Across Industries: my extensive experience spans diverse domains, including Banking, E-commerce, Healthcare, and more. I've successfully managed projects in these sectors, adapting to unique challenges and delivering exceptional results. 🔄 Agile and Waterfall Mastery: whether your project demands the flexibility of Agile or the structure of Waterfall, I've got you covered. As a Scrum Master, I adhere to Agile best practices, maximizing team efficiency and product value. 🤝 Harmonious Collaboration: I've closely collaborated with designers to enhance UI/UX, managed product backlogs, and ensured seamless delivery with development teams. I understand the importance of teamwork in project success. 📊 Expert Business Analysis: I excel at translating business needs into actionable requirements, ensuring projects meet stakeholder expectations. My skill in gathering, analyzing, and documenting requirements drives effective decision-making and project alignment.requirement documents facilitates effective decision-making and project alignment. 🌟 Domains of Excellence My excellence extends across various domains, including: 🔹 Banking & E-commerce, 🔹 Payroll system for US market, 🔹 Education, 🔹 Human Capital Management, 🔹 Healthcare, 🔹 Secure Communication Platforms (email/phone), 🔹 3rd Party Integrations, SSO Integration (Okta, PING), 🔹 No-Code and Low-code Projects and more. Documentation Tools 📈 Power BI 🎯 SQL 🖋 Python 🔮Figma 🚀Google Docs 🛠 Share Sheets 📑Microsoft Word 🎨Microsoft PowerPoint 🎆Microsoft Visio 🎫 Microsoft Project 📊 Microsoft Excel 💻 MS Office, G-Suite 🌐 Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Trello) Core Skills 🔹Product Backlog 🔹 Business Analysis 🔹 Product Roadmap 🔹 Product Lifecycle Management Software 🔹 UI/UX Prototyping 🔹 MVP / MMF / MMP Strategy & Design 🔹 Product Analytics 🔹 Data Analysis 🔹 Product Strategy 🔹 Market Research

𝖨’𝗆 ZEEST 𝖺 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗐𝖾𝖻 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝟪+ 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌-𝗈𝗇 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇-𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝖻 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗌. 𝖨 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗉𝗌, 𝖲𝖺𝖺𝖲 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 — 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝖽𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗍𝗁. 𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀-𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗆 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 — 𝗌𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍 𝗂𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍, 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗗𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗊𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗐𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 — 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌. 𝖡𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝖲𝖺𝖺𝖲 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝖻 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝖳𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗌, 𝖽𝗈𝖼𝗌, 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝖨𝗆𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐, 𝗎𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖣𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖡𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖳𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖽𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗒𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗻 𝖲𝖺𝖺𝖲 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝖣𝖺𝗌𝗁𝖻𝗈𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 & 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗅𝗌 𝖤-𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝖥𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖧𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 & 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝖤𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝖢𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖱𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖢𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇, 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝖽𝖾 𝖮𝗇-𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋, 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗐𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 — 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗎𝗍. 𝖨’𝗆 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗁.

- Certified Scrum Master/Product Owner able and willing to perform multiple roles if required - Highly effective communicator proficient in coaching multiple agile teams via Scrum methodology - Proficient in Scrum based activities such as Backlog grooming, creating User Stories, facilitating Daily Scrums, Sprint Kickoffs, Estimation meetings, Sprint reviews and retrospectives, and interdepartmental collaboration - Solid Quality Assurance experience encompassing: Black-box, smoke, regression testing, bug prioritization, extensive communication with both on-site and off-site developers, educating/training new employees on existing QA procedures - Well versed with Project management / Bug tracking software such as JIRA, ScrumDo, Asana, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Excel, Google Docs, Trello I am looking to impress the right employer that wants a hungry, motivated Scrum Master / PO. I am striving to gain further experience and success within this field. *References available upon request

I come from a project management background with an education at master's level and over 4 years of professional experience in the field. Furthermore, I hold the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification by Scrum Alliance. I have extensive experience in web development, including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, WordPress, and MySQL, enhancing user experience and site performance. I am also an expert with project management software and collaboration tools, including Asana, Teamwork, Trello, Jira, G-Suite, Zoom, Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), and Slack, to streamline workflows and enhance team efficiency.

An accomplished professional with over 25+ years in Information Technology working for Fortune 500 technology companies. Ex- Apple, Microsoft, Samsung/Harman, Motorola Mobility/Google, Ebay, Consultant, Tech Startups. My strength is my unique blend of Program/Project Management and Software development expertise. I am PMP and SCRUM Master certified. Reliable, consistent, tenacious, goal driven and customer focused. Your satisfaction is my ultimate reward! Experienced problem solver that focuses on measurable quantitative/qualitative results. Examples: + Saved a mobile device company approximately $200K/year by re-architecting and automating its developer program's mobile application digital signing infrastructure. + Saved a global software company approximately $180K/year by designing and developing their marketing survey data processing system. + Managed and rolled out a worldwide Internet software distribution infrastructure for a global Fortune 500 software company. + Managed software releases for a Fortune 500 global e-commerce company in Silicon Valley. + Early mobile computing adopter. Helped several strategic partners (engineering lead/support) on various mobile product development projects based on a handheld Operating System/Platform. + Successfully designed, developed and published several mobile/cloud based applications for iOS and Android platforms. Strong communicator and facilitator in a cross functional, globally dispersed team environment (Engineering, QA, product management, operations/support, IT, marketing and executive management). Versatile program and project manager, proficient and passionate about software development/engineering - HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, Python, PHP, Objective C, C#/XamarinStudio, JavaScript, JQuery, Java, ASP, RDBMS/SQL, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite, Amazon WEB Services (EC2, DynamoDB, SQS, SES, S3, SNS, Route53, IAM, VPC), RESTful/WebServices API, JSON, Android, iOS, Agile/SCRUM Software Development, SDLC, Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, WAMP, LAMP, XCode, Eclipse, Symmetric/Asymmetric Cryptography.