Project Manager Quality Assurance

Zeeni Kamal

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Zeeni Kamal has an established track record of managing and delivering new

products that contribute to new business development and revenue growth

through customer adoption. Zeeni has effectively championed customer

focused methodologies with a history of effectively capturing customer

requirements for new product release and launch. Her analytical nature,

well organized management capabilities, and ability to see the "whole

picture" have been an asset to her direct managers. Zeeni has demonstrated

strong leadership skills, a can-do attitude, and works independently to

deliver against schedule.

Industry Experience

. Mobile/Telecom

. Media

. Social Networks

Platform/Domain Knowledge

. Android/Mac/Rim Mobile

. Software life cycle

. Solutions consulting

Technology

. CDMA

. iDEN

. AMDOCS Billing Platform

. Flarion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Boingo Wireless ( Los Angeles, CA

Product Manager

01/10 - Current

Responsible for the Boingo business applications for Android, Mac, and

Blackberry/RIM platforms.

. Responsible for full life cycle development from idea generation/concept

to launch

. Conducted market analysis, user needs, and analyzed API's across

platforms

. Responsible for supporting partners in re-branding Boingo Application

. Responsible for product road maps

. Worked across functional teams, engineering, quality assurance, and

marketing

Direct TV ( Los Angeles, CA

Product Manager

11/09 - 01/10

. Deployed NFL Seasonal Package with zero defects

. Owned the process for enhancing existing products and development of new

modules

. Responsible for articulating and prioritizing customer and internal

business stakeholder requirements in MRDs, PRDs, Functional

Specifications and other documents

. Working directly with engineering to convert requirements into a clear

and actionable development tasks

Fox Interactive/My Space ( Los Angeles, CA

Product Manager

12/08 - 07/09

Responsible for multiple product release schedules and development efforts.

Engaged with stake holders to manage development and releases in a fast

paced environment, working directly with executive leadership to capture

functional requirements. Managed schedule, costs, and scope throughout the

entire life cycle.

. Responsible for capturing, defining, and documenting functional product

requirements for new products and enhancements

. Developed use cases, ensured high quality product release, monitored

timely resolution of defects

. Cross functional lead through entire product life cycle from idea

generation to deployment

. Worked directly with partner companies in deploying third party products

to my space community e.g. Horoscopes, Classifieds, and Gaming

. Lead the development of the product value propositions across internal

stake holders

Sprint Nextel Boost Mobile ( Irvine, CA

Product Manager

09/04 - 10/08

Hired to lead several distinct product development and rollout initiatives

for the family of Sprint Nextel products. Through strategic planning and

execution, lead teams to achieve additional revenue streams and lower

customer acquisition and care costs, while delivering new customer focused

products for the Nextel Mobile division. In addition, vendor and channel

management were responsibilities at Boost Mobile. Most recently delivered

Boost Mobile Chat plan 2008 on time with zero defects.

. Responsible for the day-to-day management and welfare of a product or

family of products at all stages of their product lifecycle, including

their initial development through deployment

. Lead business case definition, product vision, requirements gathering,

translation to technical design, and management of executables

. Served as enterprise project manager for Boost Mobile call tones.

Responsibilities included scope management, schedule, budget and on-time

project delivery

. Managed strategic integration of capabilities and performance of the

Flarion air card service with the Boost Mobile platform, ensuring

seamless functionality and performance

. Managed Flarion air card web sales, product placement, marketing, and

customer care, which culminated with the adoption rate exceeding plan by

20 percent

. Developed business partners relationships, managed vendor accounts and

third party software development, as well as deployment of joint

marketing campaigns

Booz Allen Hamilton ( Tysons Corner, VA

08/03 - 09/04

Senior Consultant, Product Manager WEb Products & Tools

. Responsibilities included design, delivery, and integration of multiple

enterprise systems

. Reviewed, analyzed, and evaluated business systems and user needs to

formulate systems to parallel overall business processes

. Wrote detailed description of user needs, program functions, and

enhancement requests required to develop or modify computer programs

. Conducted end user groups' evaluations to identify technical problems;

evaluated existing systems and/or user needs, and recommended functional

and process enhancements

. Designed, planned, and coordinated work teams; provided technical support

to project team members

. Managed complex application feature development and technical design,

utilized modular approach to product/functionality delivery

America On Line (AOL) ( Dulles, Va. 01/01 - 07/03

Product/Project manaer AOL Products

. Provided top-level consulting for business owners and designers from user

interface to final design for new version build of product into the host

client for usability and testing

. Responsible for managing enhancements through the launch of AOL 9.0

. Represented studio development in the cross-company project lifecycle

process standardization efforts

. Ownership of debugging process from beta stage to production

British Telecom/At&T, Inc., reston, VA

06/99 - 10/00

Project manager

. Managed the implementation of global effectiveness efforts

. Analyzed potential partners and competitive landscape, market

opportunity, conducting market penetration analysis

. Responsible for the daily progress and status of sustainability efforts

for the joint venture of British Telecom & AT&T

SAIC, Reston, VA

05/98 - 10/99

Web Producer

. Part of cross functional team responsible for strategic eCommerce

initiatives

. Responsible for development, implementation, and maintenance of web site

content

. Aided in the development of the firms Internet/Extranet strategy

. Managed process of a cross functional team to include writers,

compliance, designers, and IT

EDUCATION:

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA - Bachelor of Arts, Digital & Media

Communications

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