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Usman Azad

Makkah,,KSA

Summary

Certified Scrum Master with experience in facilitating Agile processes and guiding teams to deliver high-quality software products. Expertise in coaching, mentoring, and implementing Scrum practices to foster team collaboration and efficiency. Proven track record of removing impediments and ensuring successful project delivery.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Agile Delivery Manager

Codora
Islamabad
07.2024 - 11.2024
  • Implemented Agile best practices, including Scrum ceremonies, Kanban boards, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
  • Conducted regular stakeholder meetings to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines, and deliverables
  • Mentored and coached team members on Agile principles and practices, improving team performance and cohesion
  • Managed project budgets, timelines, and resource allocation to ensure on-time and within-budget delivery

SQA Engineer/Scrum Master

DPL
Islamabad
01.2022 - 06.2024
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives to ensure alignment and progress towards sprint goals
  • Act as a servant-leader, empowering teams to self-organize, make decisions, and continuously improve their processes
  • Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to refine backlog items, prioritize user stories, and define acceptance criteria
  • Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans and cases for manual and automated testing across multiple platforms
  • Collaborated closely with developers and product teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage, leading to a reduction in post-production defects
  • Prepared comprehensive reports on testing activities, documenting the bug lifecycle in detail, and collaborated with the development team to resolve issues efficiently

SQA Engineer

Veeve
Islamabad
08.2021 - 12.2021
  • Developed and executed test plans, test cases, and test scripts to verify software functionality, performance, and reliability
  • Identified and documented software defects, tracked issues through resolution, and verified fixes to ensure quality standards were met
  • Collaborated with development teams to reproduce and diagnose software issues, providing detailed bug reports and assisting in troubleshooting efforts
  • Participated in Agile development processes, including backlog grooming sessions and sprint planning meetings, to provide input on test effort estimation and release planning

SQA Engineer/IT Project Coordinator

Tikrosoft Technologies
Islamabad, Pakistan, Federal
02.2020 - 07.2021
  • Developed test plans and test cases to ensure the quality of software products.
  • Performed functional and non-functional testing such as usability, compatibility, performance, security and stress tests.
  • Analyzed requirements documents to create detailed test scenarios and conditions.
  • Worked closely with development team throughout the entire software development lifecycle.

Education

MSC - Software Engineering

University of Hertfordshire
London
06.2015 - 08.2017

BS - Software Engineering

Bahria University
Islamabad
06.2010 - 08.2014

Skills

  • Scrum Methodologies
  • Agile Principles
  • Quality Assurance
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Communication Skills
  • Agile Tools (eg, Jira, Confluence)
  • Project management

Certification

Professional Scrum Master, PSM-I |

Scrum.org

Timeline

Agile Delivery Manager

Codora
07.2024 - 11.2024

SQA Engineer/Scrum Master

DPL
01.2022 - 06.2024

SQA Engineer

Veeve
08.2021 - 12.2021

SQA Engineer/IT Project Coordinator

Tikrosoft Technologies
02.2020 - 07.2021

MSC - Software Engineering

University of Hertfordshire
06.2015 - 08.2017

BS - Software Engineering

Bahria University
06.2010 - 08.2014

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