Experienced Product Owner / Manager and Software
Quality Engineer with more than 19 years of success in promoting Software Development with strategic vision through Required Scope and Requirements Analysis,
Research on application needs, Identifying the deficiencies in existing systems and associated processes, procedures and methods, Budgets, Project and Risk Planning, Estimations, Communication, Process and Change Management, through Agile and Scrum Models. Also have exposure to Game Designing, Analytics, and Strategic decision-making, End- User Documentation, Support with extra proven Leadership skills. Also worked in Software Test Management and Automation tools in Project and Product Quality Assurance including Training and Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Business Process Re-engineering. Guidelines and quality standards to ensure programs and applications perform to specifications.
Implemented the Quality and Security Standards for all the assets of the company. Demonstrated skill in organization workflow from group planning sessions through
implementation in a variety of software development and capitalizing on primary competencies of technical and design teams.
Record of improving efficiency, productivity, and profitability through automation and process improvement.
Outstanding interpersonal, motivational, and presentation skills. Analytical, articulate, and diligent.
MARIA KHAN
I C T - P R O D U C T M A N A G E R / P R O D U C T O W N E R
CONTACT
Phone
*************@*****.***
Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan
Address
University of Management and
Technology - 2003
Bachelor of Sciences in
Computer Science- BSCS
Grade Point Average 3.09/4
EDUCATION
Government College for women,
Jhang, Pakistan in 2000
Intermediate (Pre-Medical)
PROFILE
WORK EXPERIENCE
Secondary Education
(Sciences)
Government School, Pakistan
1998
Passionate about Timely Delivery, Quality and Customer Satisfaction. 1
CERTIFICATIONS
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
by, Catalyic Consulting - 2015
ISO 9001:2008 (QMS and Audit)
by, National Productivity
Organization - 2010
ISO 9001 Certified Lead Auditor
by, UKAS(ukas.com) - 2009
CMMI Level 2 -PPQA (CMMI-Dev)
by, PiSigma, Pakistan - 2008
Agile Certified Practitioner
by, Akai Ideas (Pvt.) Ltd -
36 PDU
and Trainings
Contour-Software (Constellation Software Inc.) Feb 2023
- Current
PRODUCT OWNER
Managing the multiple product development process by gathering feature requests, converting them to user stories, organizing backlogs, scheduling releases, and coordinating sprints. Also working closely with cross- functional teams, identify user needs, and ensure the product meets customer expectations.
Products are for Microsoft - iManage (Knowledge Work Platform)
MARIA KHAN
WORK EXPERIENCE
ACTS Inc.(FL, USA) Nov 2015 - Oct 2017
PROJECT/PRODUCT MANAGER
Managed all company products’ deliveries (Azure and SharePoint), Responsibilities were, ensuring the Team Management (task assignment and priorities), Roadmap and Sprint Planning, proposing effective solutions to Product Owners, playing the role of Scrum Master, Cost and time estimate, Co-ordinated with team leads, QA, BA, Sales, Design, Development, Management team, and
Microsoft Support team. My biggest achievement was to deliver project milestones on time.
Development and Database
HTML, CSS, MS Visual Studio,
MS Team Foundation Server,
Share Point, MS SQL Server,
PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Design and UX
Adobe XD, Figma, Photoshop,
Canva, Online Visual Paradigm
Documentation and Standards
ISO 27001 (ISMS)
ISO 9001 (QMS)
Agile/Scrum
ROLUSTECH Dec 2013 - Mar 2016
PROJECT / QA MANAGER
Worked on client interaction for Project Planning, Requirement gathering, resource planning, costing, Client’s and BA’s meetings, development execution, UAT planning and support, and regular reports to the
management.
Also started the QA department. Documented and
implemented the QA tasks and processes. My biggest achievement was creating a QA department and
successfully implementing ISO 27000 and its certification. Managed internal Audits and played the role of Chief Information Security Officer.
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TOOLS
Project Management
ClickUp, Jira, Monday.com,
Redmine, Basecamp, Trello,
TFS, MS Project, MS Visio, MS
Office
Testing and Quality
Squish, WinRunner, Quick Test
Professional, Test Director, Test
Track Pro, Load Runner, Test
Complete, nUnit, Jira
COMPETENCIES
Project Management
Product Owner / Scrum Master
Analytical Solutions
Strategic Decisions
Budget and Costing
Testing and Quality Assurance
Process Improvement
Security System Audits
eGenieNext Pvt. Ltd. Oct 2017 - Current
SR. PROJECT MANAGER
Managing the complete execution of software life cycle for projects, from sales to delivery and maintenance using Agile methodology with proposals and requirements
maturity, costing, teams and tasks’ assignments, testing, releases, and report updates.
Worked as an Account Manager for multiple projects and clients.
Versatile Industry Experience.
Set goals (KPIs) and reviews the team’s performance. Also, performing the role of Business Analyst.
MARIA KHAN
SKILLS
Project Manager
Effective Communication
Scheduling and Time
Management
Risk Management
Leadership
Problem Solving
Quality Assurance Analyst
Good Analysis
Team Player
Self Confidence
Meticulous Approach
Critical Thinking
Usability &Transparency
Process Engineer and Auditor
Meticulous
Strong aptitude for math
Rules and law
Work Under Pressure
Creative
Good Reporting
Best Trainer & Auditor
Meeting Leader
LANGUAGE
English
Urdu
Fluent
Fluent
Arabic Intermediate
PROSOL TECHNOLOGIES Mar 2007 - Apr 2008
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Worked as a Senior Tester and Auditor Lead on
different projects. Experience on P2P application used for Media Playlist (iTunes) and Folders synchronizations. Automation testing on NUnit.
Tested Learning Management System including
Blackboard, Moodle, campus management, course wikis, and blogs.
Worked as a PPQA auditor and CMMI level 2 internal Auditor/QE and participated in final audits. Wrote Proposals for Pakistan Railway System.
WORK EXPERIENCE
FUTURENOW TECHNOLOGIES May 2008 - May 2011
PROJECT MANAGER / QA MANAGER
Established the entire QA department and its processes, policies, and procedures. Explored the entire spectrum of the software life cycle and industry standards for coding, GUIs, change management, document control, issues log, and version control. Coordination with the most difficult clients in the company by ensuring the deliveries and their satisfaction. Explored different development methodologies and lifecycles for projects. Also had sufficient hands-on to develop effective
proposals for a variety of clients.
Represented the Organization in Superior Job Fair Jan 2011, FAST Job Fair Mar 2011, and organized the new office inauguration ceremony in Jan 2011.
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as a
GAME VIEW STUDIOS May 2011 - Mar 2013
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER
Explored the game development life cycle and QA
process with multiple domains of games developed in different technologies for a different set of devices
(Android & iOS).
Prepared QA Process Documentation based on
companies’ standard techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgment in making adaptations and modifications based on evaluated data.
Trained and lead the Testing Team in the entire
spectrum of activities communication, implementation, testing, and maintenance of gaming projects. Worked on a desktop-based project ngBuilder and Library of game development platform/IDE. Performed Functional and Automated testing as well as using the QT Squish tool. Product Owner
Effective Communication
Backlog Grooming
Sprint Planning Meetings
Effective Story writtng
Issues Tracking
Stories Prioratization
Leadership
Extrovert
Problem Solver
DESCON INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Dec 2003 - Mar 2007
SENIOR SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEER
Managed SQA (testing) team for the project FileControl including participation in hiring, training, and monitoring of QA/QC resources and their respective activities on the projects. Introduced document templates in the
maintenance project to keep track of the changes.
Developed a complete process model for QC using ISO standards to make it practically useful and applicable in the overall software development model of the
organization.
Participated actively in continuous process
improvement of QC processes and their impact on the respective development processes. Design, write and execute Test Cases and Scenario Matrices. Performed testing of Web and desktop-based applications.
Worked as a Configuration Management Engineer
based on a complete architecture understanding of the product.
REFERENCES
References will be provided
when asked.
INTERESTS
Table Tennis (Love It)
Painting (Passion for it)
Reading (Hobby)
Sightseeing (Enjoy it)
Art & Craft (Create it)
MARIA KHAN
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Photography (Learning)