Hala Abughali

Detailed-oriented Project engineer with background in Information Technology, Digital Transformation and Engineering Management, and + 4 years of hands-on experience accomplishing successful projects across different domains and industries, with excellent track record of managing key stakeholders, team members and articulating business needs into actionable projects.  Certified as Six Sigma Black Belt.

Product Manager
Media Quest Plus Business FZ LLC- Dunes Ventures, Dubai, UAE Nov 2022 - Present
Dunes Ventures licensed as MQB, is a UAE-based company headquartered in Abu-Dhabi. The company primary function is to build digital ventures for corporates, government, and investors.
I am responsible for achieving successful product development, translate the business requirements to technical language, make sure, that the projects are on track, time, scope, and cost using modern technologies and tools to manage and control projects. Besides communicating with various stakeholders.
Tanmia360, Benghazi, Libya Apr 2020 – Oct 2022
Tanmia 360 is a Youth-led NGO aspiring to comprehensively develop the community
● Lead Project Manager
o led the PMO that included the projects development unit & the control unit.
o Collaborated with a team of three members to establish the Project Management Guide that standardized the projects workflow.
o Successful led and managed the projects designs and proposal stages leading to awarding of more than 8 projects to Tanmia360.
o Followed up with the projects proposal writing & new projects searching.
o Supervised the projects workflow and the documentation of each project.
o Supported the project managers in achieving successful projects.
● Projects Coordinator
o Established the Projects Control Unit at the PMO.
o Developed the system workflow and the documentation process of the Control Unit.
o Coordinated the projects documentations process.
● Administrative Assistant
o Managed the backend of the Libyan Entrepreneur vs. Covid 19 Conference with 10+ team members.
o Assisted many team members to successfully manage the administrative work in different projects.
Startup Support Coordinator
Maghreb Diaspora Business Angels Network, Remote Job Sep 2021 – Mar 2022 MDBAN is a network of Angel Investors from the Maghreb Diaspora, investing in and supporting Maghreb-born startups
● Organized the launch events in Marseille, France, that achieved a huge success.
● Coordinated the program tasks and events, during the first & second cohorts, (CODA for Project Management, StartupSquare)
● Designed presentations for the program events, and led many startups’ pitching sessions (PowerPoint)
● Coordinated the communication & meetings between Businessmen from all over the world and the startups (Outlook, Zoom)
IT Project Manager
Cloud Tech for Information Technology, Benghazi, Libya Aug 2021 – Feb 2021 Cloud Tech is a custom software engineering company headquartered in Libya,
● Worked on the planning and the management of an e-commerce platform using Agile methodology
o Designed the business idea and interviewing the suitable team for the project
o Designed the user stories for the project utilizing different online tools
o Designed the prototype of the system functional requirements and process workflow
o Analyzed the system requirements in a project backlog
o Analyzed the risks of the project using Fishbone techniques
Sales Representative
Rawafed Libya for Telecom & Technology, Benghazi, Libya Jan 2020 – Jul 2020
RLTT is a leading Internet service provider (ISP) and the solely Microsoft Cloud Solutions Partner (CSP) & Microsoft Education Partner (AEP) in the Libyan market
● Developed my communication skills by working in the frontline with customers, promoting the company’s services, and providing customers with the support they need through calls, emails, and face to face
Part-time Software Engineer
ION for Telecom & Technology, Benghazi, Libya: Jan 2019 – Aug 2020 ION is a recently established company in the field of telecom and technology providing vast range of services for both local and international markets
● Developed the back-end of Connect Store E-commerce website
o Designed and developed the backend of the system using Laravel framework, and generated APIs from the backend functions to be connected with the front end, hence, I designed the database MySql in a collaboration with the project team.

M.A., Engineering Management, Al Ghurair Open Learning Scholars Program
Apr 2022
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
3.47 GPA
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Diploma
Jun 2022
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
B.S.E., Software Engineering; Information Technology Minor
Sep 2019
University of Benghazi, Information Technology College
3.54 GPA
Certifications: Google Project Management: Professional Certificates
2021 - 2022
Agile SCRUM Mastery Full Project Simulation and Certification
June 2020
Soliya Connect Program
May 2020
Agile Meets Design Thinking Authorized by the University of Virginia
Feb
2020
Agile Crush Course: Agile Project Management
Oct 2019