MD ASHEK HASAN RAFSUN
Technical Project Manager
Professional Summary
Technical Project Manager at AI Avatar Bangladesh Ltd. since August 2024 - promoted from technical operations into TPM within 3 months. Manages multi-squad delivery across AI mobile products, enterprise compliance systems, and distributed engineering teams spanning 3 time zones, from sprint governance to C-level reporting. TPM portfolio and artifacts: github.com/RAFSuNX/tpm-portfolio
Selected Wins
- Sprint Recovery (Q1-Q2 2025): 3 squads, 10+ engineers at 62% on-time sprint rate. Introduced dependency boards and weekly risk reviews - recovered to 95% within 2 quarters without adding headcount.
- IPO System Delivery (Dec 2024): No document governance existed for IPO audit. Built and shipped directory architecture and governance framework covering 50,000+ documents across 12 departments in under 8 weeks - compliance team passed with zero issues, 2 weeks ahead of deadline.
- Stakeholder NPS Turnaround (2025): C-level confidence low at NPS 7.1. Introduced structured bi-weekly demos and written status reports - reached 9.0 and held through full product lifecycle.
Core Competencies
Program Delivery: Agile/Scrum • Sprint Planning & Execution • Backlog Refinement • Retrospectives • Dependency Management • RAID Log Management • RACI Framework • Release Governance • Change Control • Critical Path Planning • OKR Setting • Postmortem Facilitation
Stakeholder & Risk Management: Stakeholder Alignment • Executive Reporting • Risk Register Management • SLA/SLO Ownership • Cross-functional Leadership • Capacity Planning • QA/UAT Coordination
Technical Skills: System Design • Technical Design Review • CI/CD Pipeline Coordination • DevOps Collaboration • Incident Management • Third-party API Integration • Process Automation • Technical Documentation
Tools & Platforms: Jira • ClickUp • Confluence • Slack • GitHub • Datadog • OpenRouter • Fireworks AI • Groq
Professional Experience
AI Avatar Bangladesh Ltd. | Dhaka, Bangladesh
Promoted into TPM within 3 months
Delivery Scope: 3 engineering squads (10+ engineers) across frontend/backend/AI integration • 3 time zones • biweekly C-level stakeholder cadence • Android + iOS platform
Took the AI companion application from zero to 10k+ monthly active users. In December 2025, the product was discontinued after R&D hit a technical ceiling on Bengali language AI integration at scale. Currently leading delivery coordination for a new R&D initiative focused on real-time 3D AI avatar simulation with client-side rendering on mobile devices.
As Technical Project Manager:
- Recovered sprint completion from 62% to 95% over 2 quarters by sequencing delivery across 3 cross-functional squads in 3 time zones through capacity planning, dependency tracking, and weekly risk reviews (tracked via Jira velocity reports, Nov 2024 - Apr 2025)
- Facilitated sprint ceremonies (planning, standups, retrospectives) across distributed teams with structured agendas and 24-hour blocker follow-up, eliminating sprint spillover and anchoring the 62% to 95% recovery
- Improved team velocity by 30% over 6 months by building and maintaining a product roadmap grounded in user feedback analysis, tracked end-to-end in Jira
- Raised stakeholder NPS from 7.1 to 9.0 by instituting bi-weekly product demos and written C-level progress reports, sustaining alignment through the full product lifecycle
- Led integration program for third-party LLM APIs (OpenRouter, Fireworks AI, Groq) by defining requirements, managing vendor timelines, coordinating engineering delivery, and owning acceptance criteria - ensuring integrations shipped on schedule with validated output quality
- Defined QA test scope and coverage strategy before each release cycle by mapping critical user paths and surfacing edge cases early, reducing post-release defect rates
- Drove program governance for Kubernetes infrastructure reliability - defined SLO targets, coordinated change management with the infra team, and tracked delivery milestones via Datadog - achieving 99.95% uptime for 10k+ MAU
- Cut release cycle time by 30% and eliminated ad-hoc deployments by standardizing CI/CD processes across 3 engineering teams through a unified release governance framework
- Delivered IPO-readiness document management system 2 weeks ahead of deadline by designing the directory architecture and governance framework for 50,000+ documents across 12 departments, enabling the compliance team to pass audit with zero issues
As Client Onboarding & Technical Operations Lead:
- Onboarded 120+ clients within 48-hour SLA windows by coordinating cross-functional handoffs and managing concurrent account queues across the technical operations pipeline
- Generated $15k MRR growth by translating client business requirements into technical configurations and identifying upsell opportunities through consultative discovery conversations
- Owned incident escalation for deployment and uptime issues across all active client accounts, maintaining SLA commitments and preventing client churn
Intelligent Image Management Ltd. | Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Reduced operational costs by $5k/month (40%) by redesigning end-to-end workflows and introducing automation, reallocating 3 FTE to higher-value delivery work
- Sustained 98.6% delivery accuracy across all quarterly targets by enforcing QA checkpoints tracked through internal dashboards
- Reduced ETL pipeline latency by 30% on an Airflow-driven system processing 40 million images by applying infrastructure tuning and optimized batching strategies
- Elevated data quality standards company-wide by establishing KPIs and building automated Python validation scripts, formally adopted as the organizational standard
ElitePonno | Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Improved WooCommerce platform response time by 43% and maintained 99.5% uptime at 500+ monthly transactions by implementing caching layers and CDN configuration
- Reduced order processing time by 30% by redesigning fulfillment workflows to eliminate manual handoff steps and standardize the end-to-end order lifecycle
Education & Certifications
Honours in Management - Government Bangla College, Dhaka | Session 2022-23 | 3rd Year
Google Project Management Certificate - Coursera (In Progress)