Waymo (formerly known as the Google self-driving car project)* Set up new release programs for new products and capabilities.* Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Operations, and Infrastructure to deliver releases on time and align on OKRs.* Build and streamline new releases processes to drive improvements.* Drive release strategy & execution for new/future products and deployments* Lead, hire, and grow the awesome release team!

• Manage releases for prominent domestic and offshore electric utilities and ISOs.• Conceptualized, budgeted, and directed the Market Management System DevOps transformation project. • Main architect for the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) process.• Manage MMS testing, quality assurance, and release for compliance and consistent quality in MMS products and services; lead multiple factory testing phases as a Test/Defect Manager. • Oversee leading ABBs DevOps initiative in implementing and integrating new processes and tools for defect tracking, testing, building, and deploying automation.• Conducted various training sessions for the National Grid in UK on Configuration Management and DevOps processes.• Evaluate, test, and pilot TFS, JIRA, and VersionOne to support our agile projects. • Use Lean Six Sigma methodology to compare with industry standards and drive quality and productivity for future releases.• Recogntions: Designated Presenter at the ABB Digital Transformation Summit (2018).

• Achievements: + Increased productivity by 30% and reduced project maintenance expenses by 35%. + Delivered the first successful integrated electricity end-use system for the Saudi Electricity Company (Saudi Utility) comprised of 1200 meters in 20 different cities across Saudi Arabia, along with the deployment of the headend system.• Responsible for managing the testing team for the Automated Meter Reading (AMR) software technology delivered to Aramco, the Saudi Electric Company, and the Saudi National Grid.• Oversaw resources by maintaining best financial practices: secured best possible pricing for the company; determined and minimized risk in buyout processes; performed cost/benefit analyses; completed projects ahead of schedule.• Led planning and management of projects; oversaw QA and release.• Initiated and built new software QA processes from the ground up, including testing methodologies, test plan development, and test strategy development.• Performed demos and orientation for AMI and AMR projects; provided new solutions and business opportunities to customers.• Organized software training for metering solutions to improve team's understanding of present trends and future possibilities.• Provided single point of contact for all vendor issues; reviewed and resolved those issues.

• Achievement:: Maintained 99.9% system up-time in production. • As Release Manager, managed, from inception through QA testing and release, 100+ releases; used traditional SDLC Waterfall as well as Agile Scrum methods for different utilities internationally and in the U.S. • Collaborated with internal, cross-functional teams to prioritize and scope releases; scheduled releases and maintained release calendars; monitored progress of release phases; resolved issues.• Facilitated release meetings; coordinated and participated in regular post-implementation reviews; presented release metrics in order to assist in evaluating release quality. • Published and verbally reported daily and monthly reports, including status of projects, defects, complaints, risks, and SLA reports; presented recommendations for solutions and improvements. • Promoted communication-flow: documented and distributed all software release information; helped establish the appropriate folder structure and branches for releases; coordinated the creation and maintenance of version directories; completed operational and technical documentation prior to software release.• Assisted in strategic and operational planning and made project improvement recommendations.• Drove continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management.• Established, documented, and maintained release management processes and procedures that adhered to best project-management practices.• Liaised with developers to develop testing and migration plans.• Ensured that customers were provided effective, professional, and timely support.