Tasnim Sakka

• Deliver bilingual (English & French) lectures in Software Engineering, Leadership, Agile Project Management, and Scrum practices, preparing students to apply modern frameworks in real-world projects. • Teach Software Engineering with Spring Boot development, bridging technical foundations with Agile delivery principles. • Mentor students on technical projects, backlog management, leadership, and iterative delivery, fostering teamwork, innovation, adaptability, and effective communication while bridging theory with hands-on application. • Promote a culture of agility and continuous improvement, equipping students with the tools to succeed as developers, project managers, and product leaders.

• Owned the full product lifecycle for a professional trainer website, from concept and requirements gathering to deployment. • Defined and prioritized project requirements, ensuring alignment with client expectations, business goals, and timelines. • Applied Agile methodologies to manage workflow, enabling iterative releases, continuous improvement, and timely delivery. • Collaborated with a teammate on development and technical implementation, enhancing efficiency and solution quality.

• Development & Delivery: - Designed and implemented full-stack features (Java/Spring Boot & Angular) to support key product functionalities, ensuring scalability and maintainability. - Simulated interaction between a web application and embedded systems by implementing a multi-threaded TCP socket server, enabling real-time communication between equipments. - Crafted complex SQL queries for statistical calculations and outsourced them to an external XML file for improved code structure and maintainability. - Leveraged advanced text search capabilities through the integration of Apache Lucene and Hibernate. • Stakeholder Collaboration: Partnered with business stakeholders and teams to capture requirements and translate them into user stories and acceptance criteria. • Agile Practices: Actively participated in and occasionally facilitated Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives). • Backlog Management: Assisted the Product Owner in prioritizing backlog items based on business value, risks, and technical complexity. • Quality & Risk Management: Improved system robustness by creating and executing performance and stress testing scenarios (Apache JMeter). • Product Mindset: Proposed feature enhancements by analyzing system performance and anticipating end-user needs. • Collaboration & Leadership: Promoted knowledge-sharing and contributed to the continuous improvement of Agile practices within the team.

• Agile Coaching & Leadership: Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (planning, reviews, retrospectives, daily stand-ups), mentored development teams, and promoted Agile adoption through presentations and workshops. • Backlog & Product Alignment: Collaborated cross-functionally with stakeholders to define product priorities, sprint goals, and delivery roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business objectives. • Risk & Impact Analysis: Led impact analysis sessions to identify dependencies, assess risks, and maximize value delivery. • Continuous Improvement: Implemented best practices in backlog management, team communication, and delivery workflows to foster a culture of agility. • Technical Contributions: Developed and integrated a cloud-based microservice to improve system flexibility and scalability, delivered real-time features (notifications, chat module) to enhance user engagement, and improved application performance with Spring WebFlux and functional programming. • Ensured quality and maintainability by developing advanced UI components and applying rigorous unit/integration testing (Jest, Cypress, JUnit, Mockito).

• Developed the eHematos web application, enhancing medical data management and usability for healthcare professionals. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align system features with healthcare requirements, ensuring compliance and efficiency. • Utilized GitLab for version control and Mantis for issue tracking, promoting high-quality project delivery and traceability.

Build a fully functional e-commerce platform that enables users to browse products, add them to a cart, checkout, and make payments.

• Assisted in the development of robust APIs for a tour operator's booking system, enhancing user experience. • Supported comprehensive database management for travel packages, reservations, and customer data. • Contributed to system testing and debugging using Java/Spring Boot and SQL, ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Antenna Design: Create a microstrip patch array with optimal substrate and dimensions to improve signal gain and directionality for satellite and wireless use. Simulation and Optimization: Use HFSS software to fine-tune gain, return loss, and radiation pattern for peak performance.

Developed a smart home application enabling remote light control via an Android mobile app, using an Arduino board. Designed an electronic card to adjust light brightness seamlessly.