Assem Dyussembekova
Santa Rosa Beach,FL
Summary
Insightful Agile Product Owner with background in leading cross-functional teams to design, develop and launch innovative digital products. Possess strong knowledge of agile methodologies, requirements gathering, backlog refinement and sprint planning. I have successfully delivered Business and Functional requirements in both traditional Waterfall and Fully Agile environments, achieving a 20% improvement in project delivery, efficiency. Developed efficient business relationships with various client teams to process and support requirements, resulting in a 15% improvement in client satisfaction. Skilled in bridging the gap between business needs and technology solutions, driving product vision and managing roadmaps. Notable influence in past roles through successful product launches that met user needs and aligned with company goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager | Scrum Master
Truckers LLC, Manufacturing Transportation company
Chicago, IL
01.2021 - Current
- Conduct cost analysis for data projects, identify cost optimization opportunities, and recommend strategies for resource allocation and budget management.
- Defines and manages the product and portfolio roadmap.
- Build, groom, and prioritize the product backlog(s), continuously managing expectations with relevant stakeholders – including the senior leadership team.
- Facilitate the scrum process with cross-functional impact that involves moderately complex projects, non-projects, or maintenance work.
- Formulated communication management plan with consideration of offshore delivery team to encourage consistent touch base of project progress, risk identification, and resolution.
- Lead and facilitate Daily Scrum ceremonies, as well as grooming features, stories, and tasks in Jira DevOps.
- Worked with the Product Owner to gather business data and requirement decisions as a product analyst.
- Improved team velocity by 35% by implementing the Scaled Agile Framework and facilitating the adoption of Agile practices across the development team.
- Consistently track overall project performance using time, cost, and scope variables and aligned implementation strategy to ensure timely delivery with a 20% increase in on-time completion and a 15% reduction in project costs.
- Deliver capabilities using agile practices while also following the Software Development Lifecycle, business process mapping, and various release processes as appropriate to ensure all risk, security, and development requirements are met.
- Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines, keeping teams on tasks and achieving schedule targets with a 20% increase in on-time project completion and a 15% reduction in budget overruns.
- Collaborated with stakeholders and SMEs to define project objectives, scope, and success criteria, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
- Ensured effectiveness of all ceremonies: prepared and engaged cross-functional teams, prepared, and engaged Product Leadership Team.
- Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
- Presented findings from data analysis in a clear, concise manner that was easily understood by stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Scrum Master
Glo Life Inc
Chicago
01.2018 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: IT Consulting Company.
- Coached three cross-functional teams on Scrum, leading to a 20% increase in average velocity per sprint.
- Managed backlog items and coordinated across teams to resolve dependencies, increasing efficiency by 15%.
- Coached team members in Agile principles, resulting in increased productivity and improved team dynamics.
- Contributed to the product vision and roadmap and translated into user stories that define the expected behavior of the system (e.g.). Features and non-functional requirements for the team.
- Actively participated in Product Backlog grooming sessions, retrospectives, defect management, and project teams' release planning sessions.
- Successfully planned and organized daily stand-ups, sprint retrospectives, and reviews, contributing to a 25% increase in project speed.
- Worked closely with the Product Manager to represent capabilities and features at the team level.
- Ability to work as a part of a self-organizing Scrum team in which you determine your tasks on a daily basis – that includes handling multiple tasks at the same time and working in a lively environment.
- Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
- Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
- Strong knowledge of Agile development practices (especially Scrum), methodologies, and tools. Direct hands-on experience with writing user stories, grooming product backlogs, and coordinating/prioritizing conflicting requirements in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
Associate Agile Coach
TOO Artedia Pharmaceutical company.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
10.2010 - 05.2014
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, for cross-functional teams.
- Created Sprint Release Plans with input from development teams.
- Coordinated with multiple stakeholders to define requirements and establish business goals.
- Removed impediments and obstacles to the team's progress, enabling timely delivery of high-quality products while adhering to strict regulatory standards.
Enforced Kanban principles as a Scrum Master, which reduced the cycle time by 25% and increased the team's throughput in less than 9 weeks. - Generated monthly performance metrics and analytical reports, reviewing and communicating marketing campaign effectiveness to clients.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - BCP Digital Multimedia
Computer Systems Institute
Chicago, IL09-2021
MBA - Business Administration And General Studies
DeVry University
Chicago, IL08-2019
BBA - Information And Communication Technology
University of IITU (Information University)
Almaty, Kazakhstan06-2015
Skills
- Productivity Improvement
- Business Agility
- Scrum
- Lean Principles 3
- Risk Management
- Cost Control
- Document Management
- Strategic Planning
- Team facilitation
- Release planning
- Project Lifecycle Management Methodology
- User Stories
- Cross-functional coordination
- Stakeholder Management
- Workflow Analysis
- Sprint Planning
- Kanban monitoring
- Retrospective
- Confluence
- Backlog Management
Certification
- Certified SAFe 6 Agilist
- Scaled Agile
- IBM Design Thinking
- Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
- Project Management
Timeline
Project Manager | Scrum Master
Truckers LLC, Manufacturing Transportation company
01.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
Glo Life Inc
01.2018 - 12.2020
Associate Agile Coach
TOO Artedia Pharmaceutical company.
10.2010 - 05.2014
- Certified SAFe 6 Agilist
- Scaled Agile
- IBM Design Thinking
- Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
- Project Management
Some College (No Degree) - BCP Digital Multimedia
Computer Systems Institute
MBA - Business Administration And General Studies
DeVry University
BBA - Information And Communication Technology
University of IITU (Information University)
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