Ali Asghar
Senior Delivery Manager and Scrum Master @Datatonic
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Delivery Manager and Scrum Master @Datatonic
London, GB
Delivered enterprise-wide change and transformation (Data Analytics and BI, Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence) projects valued at up to £1m. Involved in pre-sales effort on several key contracts. Acted as both Delivery Manager / Scrum Master for multiple engineering teams as well as leading Scrum of Scrum events in a SAFe scaled Agile environment. Facilitated efforts of Strategy Leads, Technical Leads, DevOps, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, BI – Business Intelligence and BI Analytics Engineers, Cloud Architects, and ML - Machine Learning Engineers on various projects to drive data transformation projects and drive business value. Key Contributions:(Delivered a range of Data Solutions, using Google Cloud Platform)• Accelerated AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) for the largest UK Telco provider to deliver a churn reduction use case on an MLOps platform with cross-functional teams. Integrated with PEGA to enable advanced churn prediction capabilities to reduce churn for SOHO and SME customers resulting in £1m+ saved per year.• Delivered part of a multi-phase programme with a major retailer to deliver an enterprise-wide data transformation project to achieve actionable business intelligence using Google BigQuery and Looker. Benefits realisation include enhanced reporting, providing a single version of truth for inventory data across the entire supply chain.• Created Project Initiation Documentation (PID) templates for customers operating Waterfall methodology, including; Communication Management, Configuration/Change Management, Risk Management, and Quality Management Strategies.• Drove enterprise-wide adoption of Agile, through coaching on Agile Principles and SCRUM methodology.
EDUCATION
City St George’s, University of London
Bsc Hons, Business Computing Systems
SKILLS
ABOUT ALI ASGHAR
Accomplished leadership professional with a successful background orchestrating full project lifecycles, ensuring completion on time, within budget, and in compliance with business requirements. Expertly facilitated development, growth, and retention of key accounts within one of the world’s most widely deployed real-time personalised content recommendations engines used by clients. Defined and implemented robust account and channel management strategies; embedded processes in preparation for sales while proactively identifying and exploiting Certified in Scrum at advanced levels with Advanced-Certified Scrum Master and Professional Scrum Master II. Defined and delivered robust operational processes in alignment structured and Agile methodologies. Technology evangelist, receptive to developments in cloud computing frameworks, including Google and AWS. Coordinated critical implementation programmes in accordance with ITIL standards. Partnered with top-tier companies on large-scale ventures across EMEA and APAC. Expertise in project management, change and progress monitoring.Now looking to harness these, and other achievements in a challenging and rewarding environment.
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