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karim Tarek lotfy
Scrum Master / Projects Manager at Fawry
Sheikh Zayed, Giza, EgyptWork Experience
Instructor-Part TimePart Time
The American University in Cairo
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021 -11 months
- Job Details:Instructor for customized courses and diplomas for the AUC School of Business and Executive Education in the field of Business, Project management and Risk & Crisis management, examples of course work delivered includes: • Planning for Crisis and Disaster Contingency • Risk Management • Information Communications & Decision Support Systems • Psychological, Social and Mass Communication Prospective in a Crisis • Research Methodologies and Projects • Crisis and Disaster Prevention • Crisis and Disaster Management • International Cooperation in Confronting Crisis & Disaster
Scrum Master / Projects ManagerFull Time
- Job Details:As a Scrum Master I am responsible for the Consumer Value stream, performing the following tasks: • Working closely with the product owner in prioritizing and refining the backlog • Working with all team members to remove any impediments and make sure work is running smoothly. • Using Jira software to plan and follow up on different tasks • Arranging and leading different Scrum events (Daily Scrum, sprint planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective) and making sure they achieve their purpose of helping the team learn, adapt and develop. • Help the organization enhance the overall Scrum and Agile Framework. • Working with different vendors and clients to make sure the overall process is working effectively. Examples of projects includes: • Promotional Engine enhancement projects (improving features and integrating with different clients). • E-commerce platform enhancement projects (improving features and integrating with different clients) • MyFawry App enhancement project (improving features and integrating with different clients) • La Poire Digital transformation project • • Unilever Ordering App project
PMO ManangerFull Time
MBC Developments
Oct 2015 - May 2020 -4 yrs, 7 months
- Job Details:MBC Developments is a medium sized company, I manage the project management office mainly performing the following tasks: • Managing and supervising completion of several projects • Preparing projects' plans and budgets • Measuring performance against standard and taking appropriate corrective and preventive actions • Formulating risk management plans including risk Identification, Evaluation and Control • Supervising Contractual agreements and ensuring that all parties adhere to their obligations specified in the contracts • Monitoring the company's cash flow and continuously assessing the return on investment • Eyeing new investment opportunities for the company
Scrum Master/Proeject ManagerFull Time
Nahdet Misr Publishing Group
Oct 2013 - Oct 2015 -2 yrs
- Job Details:Scrum Master Role Nahdet Misr was developing several Software applications in the Education field and was newly transitioning to the Agile methodology, as a Scrum Master I performed the following tasks: • Help the organization, understand and implement Agile adopting the Scrum Framework • Facilitating and organizing scrum events (Sprints, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives) • Work with the Development Team and the Product Owner to remove any impediments facing them • Ensuring the Development Team's effective self-organization and cross functionality • Guiding the Product Owner in effectively managing and maintaining the Product Backlog • Working to increase transparency of different artifacts (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increments) • Work with top management to ensure effective enacting of Scrum Rules, Values and Principles Project Manager Role Some projects were running using the waterfall methodology and as a project manager I performed the following tasks: • Preparing Project Plans for several projects in the Information Technology, Education and Training fields • Allocating tasks among different team members • Monitoring and controlling the Projects' Budget and Schedule. • Forecasting Project’s future performance based on current data. • Supervising the Projects' Execution • Managing the collaboration with international companies that supply educational content ( examples are Discovery Education in the USA & amazing-EDU in Singapore) Examples of Projects included (run using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies) The Production of 48 interactive books on tablets and desktops for the Egyptian Curriculum (Ketapedia project). The Production of 22 interactive books on tablets and desktops for the Sudanese Curriculum. Creating a QR Code mobile application and integrating it with printed books. Managing a specialized training program for 3000 teachers.
Education
Master's Degree in Master of Business Administration
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST)Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 - 2 yr
BSC in Construction Engineering
The American University in Cairo (AUC)Jan 2003 - Jan 2008 - 5 yr
Skills
- Hard Skills
- Research
- Project Management
- Risk Management
- Scrum Master
- Projects
- Contractual
- Information Technology (IT)
- PMP
- Kanban
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Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
Fluent
Training & Certifications
PSM I (Professional Scrum Master I)
Scrum.org·2020PMP (Project Management Professional)
Project Management Institute·2013