Mustapha Itani
Saint John,NB
Summary
Talented Senior Project Manager brings proven abilities in end-to-end project management. Expert in identifying and mitigating risks, reaching milestones, and managing deliverables. Forward-thinking, confident in leading team members, managing schedules, and coordinating resources. Persuasive in communicating and negotiating with internal team members, vendors, and other stakeholders.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager ERP/Odoo
EDM
Remote
05.2024 - Current
- Managed a cross-functional reliability team that reduced product failures at customer sites by 1%.
- Performed gap analysis procedures and detailed data reviews to optimize implementation.
- Collaborated with advertising group to create uniformity between advertising messages and retail incentives.
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
- Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.
Senior Product Manager
Y76
International
08.2021 - 05.2024
- Overlooked the product lifecycle from inception to delivery while ensuring alignment with the set strategy and objectives through OKRs. ( AI Sandbox, Hookline App, Woslit APP )
- Synthesized data for analytics and innovation (targeted advertising, Revenues, ROIs).
- Working on refining user stories (split epics into user stories & ensure non-functional requirements are embedded into acceptance criteria).
- Identified growth opportunities which lead to a 24% increase in revenue (new sources of revenue)
Product Manager
Y76
International
08.2019 - 08.2021
- Execution of product lifecycle processes (gap analysis, planning, positioning, budgeting, roadmaps, PRDs, and MRDs)
- Collaborated with designers and produced Mockups for implementing best UI-UX practices.
- Translated market & business requirements via detailed user stories and business criteria which served as a prototype that engineers can base their work on.
Senior Project Manager
AVTECH
Dubai
08.2013 - 08.2019
- The focal point of coordination and communication between DXB and our subcontractors Lockheed-Martin, Honeywell, DNV, NWRA & NASA. Successful delivery of the RECAT project, which led to an 8% increase in runway capacity due to the minimization of aircraft separation during both take-off and landing.
- Delivered Progress reports: Planning, scheduling, & timeline of deliverables ( Gant charts )
- Created detailed reports on project status, issues, risks, and opportunities.
- Conducted high-level reviews of lidar calibration, data processing (stages 1-3), and qualitative and quantitative data analysis, to ensure that the required acceptance criteria are met.
- Delivery of Project documents, data management plans, site surveys, safety assessment reports , & scope management plan. .
Technical Project Manager
Advertout
Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
03.2009 - 08.2013
- Conveyed project objectives to internal, subcontractors, and external stakeholders and maintained open communication to closely monitor progress against targets.
- Collaborate with product managers, QA, design, engineers, and stakeholders to write and iterate on product specifications. Write development tickets, conduct user acceptance testing tailored to the GCC area, define scenarios, and contribute to release notes and broader communications.
- Drafting processes to decrease military boats' production costs and improve operations KPI.
- Oversaw project milestone completion and quality of work performed.
- Fostered relationships with suppliers to develop purchasing agreements with logistics customers and reduce risks.
PROJECTS
EDM: ERP / Odoo Software Development
- Odoo: EDM Solution has been customized to specifically cater to the needs of businesses in the GCC and Lebanon regions. It includes tailored functionalities such as multicurrency payroll to better suit the specific requirements of these markets.
- E-commerce & Shopify: Integration of NORIA & Odoo with Shopify :
https://atamianwatches.com/
https://houzecart.com/pages/about-us?srsltid=AfmBOooSRXL5CpB7Hyx_Zo7wpsz_L_TjzOauJoJ7Lfc0JiSjV3pzvyuU
Y76: Software Development
- Hookline: Application for shooting movies using AR, VR, facial & gesture recognition.
- AI Sandbox: Input two or more of your favorite books to create gaming characters with AI software.. ( Beta phase / Test Flight)
- LOTS: Gaming app that rewards players with monetary prizes: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/lots/id1472482024
AVTECHME: Project Management
- RECAT: Data analysis, safety assessments,& Government regulation: increased runway capacity by more than 8%
- Wake Analysis: Dual wake data analysis, site survey, data management, & scope management. The base for Safety Assessments.
GCMC: Project Lead & Government Relationship
- Advertout: Technical Project management: Military Boat Production, Abu Dhabi NAVDEX
- MegaTel: Project Management: Telecommunication - VOIP trading
- MBME: kiosk for payment solution: Digitalization ( App development )
- Suntin Electric: Government Relationship: Vendor registration, Compliance, Bidding & Proposals
Education
Nanodegree - AI Product Manager
Udacity
HQ , CA , Mountain View04.2020
Nanodegree - Business Analytics
Udacity
HQ , CA , Mountain View04.2020
Training Diploma - PMP
GreyCampus
United Arab Emirates 07.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
American University Of Beirut
Beirut Lebanon06.2008
Skills
- MySQL
- Scrum / Agile
- Product Roadmaps
- Planing & organization
- Tableau
- Result Driven
- Jira, Atlassian, Rally
- ROI Analysis
Timeline
Senior Product Manager ERP/Odoo
EDM
05.2024 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Y76
08.2021 - 05.2024
Product Manager
Y76
08.2019 - 08.2021
Senior Project Manager
AVTECH
08.2013 - 08.2019
Technical Project Manager
Advertout
03.2009 - 08.2013
Nanodegree - AI Product Manager
Udacity
Nanodegree - Business Analytics
Udacity
Training Diploma - PMP
GreyCampus
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
American University Of Beirut
Languages
English
Full Professional
Arabic
Native/ Bilingual
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