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Ahmed Asif

"Be the help you seek from others"

Ahmed Asif

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Hi, I’m Ahmed! I’m a Senior Staff Product Manager at Microsoft based out of Redmond, WA, USA with a decade of experience spanning Product Management, Business Development, and Technology Leadership. My path into Product Management has been shaped by a deep passion for solving complex problems.

I started my career as a software developer at IBM to co-founding a startup, and grew into a Product Leader role, managing teams of over 20 direct reports across Product, Design, Engineering, and QA at both Amazon and Microsoft. My expertise includes launching products from 0 to 1, driving business management and strategy. Most importantly, I specialize in helping companies build solutions that drive meaningful results.

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Hobbies & Interests

My hobbies vary a lot depending on the season. Overall, I love creating and working on new projects, travelling, fitness and more.

Developing
Fitness
Music
Martial arts
Nutrition
Chess
Video Games
Travelling

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What Do I Offer?

I am experienced with all stages of the development & product development cycle for dynamic products and services.

Product Management

~10 years professional experience of leading product vision, strategy, writing product requirements, and owning the product roadmap of large complex products and services at start-ups & Fortune 100 including Microsoft, Amazon and IBM.

Business Management & Strategy

I help businesses streamline operations, optimize processes, and develop strategies to achieve sustainable growth and measurable results tailored to YOUR business goals.

Programming Experience

Proficiency and understanding of languages like Java, Python, C++, as well as front-end languages such as HTML, CSS and many JS frameworks.

Market Research

Experience with creating a business case and business model for products and services, as well as conducting go-to market feasability and ROI.

Methodologies

Experience with the development lifecycle as well as scrum, kanban or agile methodologies.

Learning

Ability to quickly learn the job and start contributing.


Work Expertise

Take a look at what my strengths are, and the areas I could improve:

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Product Roadmap
90%
Product Requirements
90%
Building a Business Model/Case
85%
Scalability/Execution
95%
HTML
90%
CSS
80%
JS
75%
Java
75%
Python
75%
Agile
100%
Waterfall
80%
Kanban
70%
Scrum
90%
JIRA/ADO/Github
100%
English
100%
Urdu
100%
Spanish
60%

Work Experience

Here's a rundown of my current and past experiences! See below for more details.

2024 - Present
2022 - 2024
2020 - 2022
2019 - 2020

Product Manager

Blackberry
Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  • Co-Led the road-map and delivery of a new time-tracking tool at Blackberry QNX, responsible for maintaining and tracking the time of 600 employees in Ottawa.

  • Worked with the engineering and design teams to deliver this custom product all the way from Product Design to Product Launch over a period of 8 month



2018 - 2019
2016 - 2018
2017 - 2018
2016 - 2017

Contact Me

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

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Location

Seattle, WA, United States

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