Ali Abu Ras

Managing Kuwait government software and digital projects end-to-end, from initiation and scope definition through planning, execution, quality assurance, acceptance, handover, and closure. Leading stakeholder engagement, requirements coordination, and governance reporting.

Volunteering as a Scrum Master, supporting Agile practices and community initiatives.

Contributing to project management coaching and community activities.

Led government software projects from requirements and planning through execution, deployment, handover, and closure. Managed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource allocations for cross-functional teams.

Led Agile adoption across multiple departments, establishing Scrum and Kanban ways of working. Coached teams and Product Owners on backlog quality and continuous improvement, and designed Jira governance standards.

Managed Agile software delivery by aligning scope, timelines, team capacity, and stakeholder expectations. Facilitated sprint and quarterly planning, backlog refinement, and release coordination.

Managed cross-functional software teams using Agile practices, aligning business requirements with technical delivery plans. Facilitated planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives while contributing technical insight.

Worked as a front-end engineer, contributing to software development projects.

Led a team of web and e-learning developers, overseeing project delivery and technical execution.

Developed web and e-learning solutions, contributing to technical projects.

Developed e-learning, games, and multimedia content, applying technical skills in software development.

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from The Hashemite University, Jordan, from 2004 to 2007.