ALEXANDER ALHASSAN
Far Rockaway,NY
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master with over 10 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams and delivering high-impact projects. Proven track record of implementing Agile and Waterfall methodologies to drive efficiency, foster innovation, and achieve business objectives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Agile Project Manager
Hearst Technology Services
03.2022 - 03.2024
- Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
- Determining and managing issues, bugs, risks, and action items
- Prepare and maintain detailed project plans, including schedules, controls, resources and validated statements of work (SOW) to achieve proper compliance, and secure quality assurance.
- Provide status reporting on project key performance indicators (KPIs), schedule, resources, and milestone delivery.
- Develops project strategy, supporting business cases, and various enterprise-wide, high-level project plans.
- Ensures integration of projects and adjusts project scope, timing, and budgets as needed, based on needs of the business.
- Utilize Kanban to manage workflows and continuously improve IT projects.
- Develop KPI and strategic project plans for Project Management Office (PMO)
- Collaboration with product team to ensure roadmaps, epics, and user stories are clearly defined, and backlog priorities are maintained to enable smooth software development process and minimize blockers.
- Ensuring that all supporting analysis and design documentation from business perspective are obtained and properly documented in features or user stories
- Ensure Software development team utilize DevOps pipeline to integrate appropriate deployment
- Drive delivery of Analytics and AI/ML commercial products, emphasizing architectural expertise in Microsoft Azure Big Data environment
Senior Scrum Master
Fountains Of The Needy, Inc
09.2017 - 02.2022
- Championed change management initiatives, guiding teams through successful transitions to new methodologies and techniques.
- Resolved impediments to team progress by proactively identifying issues and facilitating effective solutions.
- Successfully led multi-disciplinary teams towards achieving project milestones while adhering to established budgets and timelines.
- Enhanced team productivity by implementing Agile methodologies and improving communication between cross-functional teams.
- Generated reports for IT project progress and performance.
- Manage 100% effective workflow within ServiceNow, and ensure the ServiceNow team operates in compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
- Led sprint reviews and planned meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value.
- Facilitated Scrum framework sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Managed risk effectively through comprehensive assessment, mitigation strategies, and contingency plans throughout the project lifecycle.
- Created and implemented contingency plans to address potential risks, bugs, and project delays.
- Improved overall project efficiency with effective coordination between development, testing, deployment, and support teams during release cycles.
- Collaborated with Product Owners to develop clear product roadmaps and ensure timely release of high-quality deliverables.
- Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.
Project Manager
Rayhana AL Khalij Trade & Contracting
11.2008 - 09.2017
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
- Develop and manage project budgets, track expenses, review cost reports, and implement cost-saving measures to achieve financial objectives.
- Develop project schedules, monitor progress, and ensure timely completion of all project phases, including procurement, construction, and final inspections.
- Participate in project design meetings and propose improvements if necessary
- Evaluate potential problems and technical hitches and develop solutions
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
University of Roehampton
London, UKBachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
University of Aso-Ekiti
Ekiti, NigeriaSkills
- Coaching and Training
- Resource Management
- Business Process Transformation
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Agile & Waterfall Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe, Project Management)
- Budget Management
- Vendor Risk Management
- Dependency Management
- Preventing scope creep
- Managing Workflows and Continuous Improvement Projects using Kanban
- Metrics & Reporting (Jira, Confluence, Power BI, Primavera P6, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow)
- Servant Leadership
- Managing software and infrastructure projects
- Quality Management (ATDD, TDD, Continuous integration, Automated testing)
- Team Collaborating Tools (M Teams, Miro, Slack, Visio,& Rally) and Microsoft Package ( Co-Pilot, Word, Excel, and Power Point)
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified Advanced Scrum Master (A-CSM)
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Lead SAFe 6.1 (SAFe Certified)
Timeline
Agile Project Manager
Hearst Technology Services
03.2022 - 03.2024
Senior Scrum Master
Fountains Of The Needy, Inc
09.2017 - 02.2022
Project Manager
Rayhana AL Khalij Trade & Contracting
11.2008 - 09.2017
Master of Science - Project Management
University of Roehampton
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
University of Aso-Ekiti