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Ahmed A.
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Ahmed A.

Senior Tech Product Manager | Ex-PM at Microsoft, Amazon | Harvard U |

I am a AI and E-Commerce focused Senior/Fractional Director Product Manager ranked in the Top 1%, Expert-Vetted Program on Upwork in Product Management. I have also led smaller-medium size enterprises as a Fractional COO. I have held roles ranging from Senior to Director, Product Management at Microsoft, Senior PM at Amazon and IBM. My education is from Columbia University in New York, and i’m currently based in Seattle, WA. In total, I have over 10+ years of experience leading design and development teams, launching large scale SaaS products and features at Fortune 500 companies. At my most recent corporate role, I was the Head of Product at Microsoft. I specialize in 0 to 1 product strategy, product management, user experience design, and end-to-end feature development, with a strong focus on leveraging AI/ML to build solutions that serve millions of users globally. The products i've helped launch are: 1.) Assembly.AI - 1.05B 2.) Kore.AI ` $850M 3.) X-Energy: 700M 4.) and more. I also have tons of experience launching Legal-Tech products. I Co-Founded 2SIGN, a legal-tech startup that successfuly raised funding and a succesful exit. | What you get when you hire me | ✅ 100% dedication to your task and team until the job is done ✅ A commitment to excellence and mutually agreed technical/business outcomes. ✅ Honest and transparent communication from Day 1. ✅ Full documentation of work services performed with professional diagrams and video narration. ✅ No agency outsourcing or subcontracting; I'll be your dedicated advisor from start to finish. ⚙️ Product & Project Management: Roadmap planning, feature prioritization, cross-functional stakeholder collaboration, OKR setting and tracking, customer-centric product development, requirements gathering, and agile execution. Software Development Experience: Fully versed in the Software Development lifecycle, as well as working as a Software Engineer, with experience using .NET, React and PHP, 📈 Business Strategy & Optimization: Comprehensive well-architected reviews, workload optimization, CI/CD operational review and gap analysis, business continuity, and HA/DR implementations. Proficient in identifying market opportunities, driving go-to-market strategies, and leading product vision alignment with business objectives. ☁️ AI/ML & Data Solutions: AWS AI/ML services stack (SageMaker, Bedrock, Q for Business), Data lake formations and data pipeline architecture (Glue, DynamoDB, Redshift), Analytics integration for business intelligence. 💡 Leadership & Collaboration: Team leadership in fast-paced environments, mentoring PMs/engineers, executive communication and reporting, managing large-scale projects across global teams. Software Development Experience: Fully versed in the Software Development lifecycle, as well as working as a Software Engineer, with experience using .NET, React and PHP.

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