About

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Hi! I’m Farah

I am a dynamic and passionate Product Manager with an engineering background as well as a keen eye for design and usability.

For the last 7 years I’ve been working on digital product for the security and the telco industries. I am also an art lover and I’ve dedicated some of my time lately to painting.

Product Lead – Proton AG

Feb 2022 – Nov 2023

  • Product Manager of Proton Calendar platforms working with a cross-functional team of 12 (Engineering, Design, Research, Product Marketing, Quality Assurance)
  • Led the successful launches of Proton Calendar on three different platforms (Web, Android, iOS)
  • Developed the product vision as well as the roadmap in line with the business needs and the privacy and security focus of the company
  • Collaborate with user researchers and product designers to define the best user-centric strategy and offer a user-friendly experience
  • Multiplied the number of Daily Active Users by 10

Product Manager – Proton AG

Feb 2020 – Jan 2022

  • Responsible for Proton Calendar web app maintenance and launch from beta to production following agile methodologies (SCRUM) providing detailed product requirements
  • Responsible for integration features between ProtonMail and Proton Calendar apps

Product Owner – Open Web Technology

Jan 2017 – Nov 2020

  • Product owner for Wingo.ch delivering web and mobile apps including brand website and sales funnel, Point of sales sim card sales, customer account apps, data cockpit mobile cockpit.
  • Worked within a large cross-border SCRUM team of engineers (Vietnam and Switzerland)
  • 3rd party coordination with external partners: API providers and external SDK

Product Academy – Zurich

Level Up Mentoring Program (6 months)

Oct 2021 – Feb 2022

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) – Lausanne

Bachelor and Master degree in telecommunication with a specialization in data science and data analytics

Sep 2010 – Aug 2016

School of Technology and Telecommunications Engineering – Granada Spain

Exchange year (Erasmus)

Sep 2013 – Aug 2014