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After transitioning from VP of Engineering, I now serve as an advisor, ensuring the continued success of the team post-transformation. My role involves guiding the team through the company's growth and expansion phases. I provide strategic advice on maintaining operational excellence, nurturing the Agile culture established, and ensuring that the engineering practices and processes continue to align with the company's evolving objectives. My focus is on mentoring leadership, overseeing product & project strategies, and offering insights to sustain and enhance team performance and product quality.

I spearheaded the transformation of the Engineering department, overseeing over 75 engineers. My strategic focus was on aligning the department's vision and operations with the company's objectives, leading to significant enhancements in product development, team performance, and cross-departmental collaboration.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Integrated Engineering, Product, Sales, and Customer Support, aligning customer feedback with development, enhancing product growth and customer loyalty & satisfaction.Efficiency Transformation: Restructured engineering & product teams into cross-functional units, reducing feature delivery from 2-3 months to bi-weekly, thereby enhancing product adaptability and market responsiveness.Agile Adoption & Process Standardization: Spearheaded Agile frameworks, significantly enhancing project execution. Implemented comprehensive processes, including MG's SDLC, Development Process, Branching Strategy, Communication approaches, Release Management, Access Management, Incident Management, Risk Management, onboarding/offboarding, and interview processes, elevating operational efficiency.Quality Assurance: Implemented CI/CD, automated QA, and Test-Driven Development, achieving over 80% test coverage and ensuring high product quality.Leadership Development: Created training and mentorship programs for leaders, focusing on Engineering and people management, alongside a 'Lead Backup' system for leadership continuity, reducing operational risk.Continuous Improvement Culture: Fostered a culture of continuous improvement through regular team retrospectives and knowledge-sharing sessions, ensuring the team remained agile and informed.Tech stack: React, AngularJS, Node.Js, TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Codis, Pika, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, Zabbix, Prometheus, Swagger.

HiveMind provides the insight, expertise & delivery capabilities to help medium & large enterprises solve their problems & execute on their plans. As an expert Practitioner, I provide a consultancy service that enhances my clients businesses. I work with clients at all levels to facilitate this, in whatever capacity that adds the most value. My role is to work with my clients to deliver change that matters be in their people, processes, or technology.

AhoyConnect is an all-in-one, data intelligence platform to understand, grow, engage, automate, and derive value from online communities.I led the strategic development and expansion of the engineering team, aligning it with the company’s vision for market growth and community engagement.Strategic IT Leadership: Directed the IT delivery strategy, ensuring the engineering processes & technology were aligned with the company's objectives for growth and innovation in the data intelligence domain.Engineering Team Expansion & Culture Development: Successfully scaled the engineering team across Europe, fostering an open, blame-free culture. Established transparent roles, responsibilities, and communication channels, significantly reducing dispute resolution time and enhancing overall team efficiency.Agile Processes and Security Enhancements: Implemented lean, scalable Agile processes to streamline development. Enhanced product security through the development of Quality Gates, Incident Management, Vulnerability Management, and Access Management processes.Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Worked closely with Product, Data, Sales, and Customer Success teams to ensure product-market fit and quality, facilitating a collaborative approach to product development and refinement.Tech stack: Ruby (Sinatra), React.js, Typescript, Apolo, GraphQL, Sidekiq, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, Databricks, OKTA, DataDog, Swagger.

InCountry is a global data management and processing for regulated data. Run SaaS apps, like Salesforce and ServiceNow, with local processing and storing of regulated data. Seamlessly, efficiently and fully compliant in every country. I led the engineering team's exponential growth and navigated complex compliance landscapes, playing a pivotal role in the company's evolution into a global leader in secure data management for regulated data.Rapid Team Expansion & Effective Onboarding: Scaled the engineering team from 4 to 58+ in a year, establishing processes and policies that enabled new hires to be fully productive within a week. Collaborated with HR to refine the interview process, enhancing talent attraction and retention.Comprehensive Compliance Mastery: Spearheaded the achievement of a wide range of certifications, including SOC 1/2/3, GxP, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO series, and FZ-152, through a diligently enhanced SDLC.Agile Implementation and EOS Framework creation: Established Agile methodologies as the operational standard and created the EOS framework, integrating Engineering, Operations, and Security for secure and compliant architectural changes.Leadership and Cultural Evolution: Developed a servant leadership culture focused on mission-driven work and team empowerment. Introduced the 'Lead Backup' system, promoting internal leadership development and team stability.Tech: Python, Go, Node.js, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Nomad, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, JumpCloud, Ansible, Travis CI, Jenkins, Zabbix, Prometheus, Snyk, Snoarqube.

An international financial services group specializing in online trading and investment, Libertex helps its clients to trade stocks, cryptocurrencies, indices, commodities, gold, oil, gas, and agriculture.Agile Transformation Leadership: Spearheaded the Agile transformation across international teams (Montenegro, Serbia, Russia), focusing on enhancing communication, process optimization, and streamlined operations spanning three time zones.SAFe Implementation & Training: Successfully implemented SAFe, trained three Scrum Masters and eight facilitators, and coached over 60 agile champions, fostering a robust Agile culture.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Acted as the central liaison across international offices, transforming the workplace culture from blame-oriented to team-centric, enhancing overall team performance.Workshop Facilitation & Program Increment Planning: Led numerous Agile workshops and four successful Program Increment planning sessions for ten teams, demonstrating effective team leadership and project management.Product Releases: Successfully oversaw the launch of Xcoex (a crypto exchange & blockchain wallet) and Stormgain (a cryptocurrency trading app), contributing significantly to the company's product portfolio.Tech: Java, PHP, Node.js, C++, C#, Oracle, Vue.js, AWS, Kafka, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Selenium.Microservices architecture.

By exploiting the massive parallel processing power of the GPU, FASTDATA.io has created the fastest stream processing engine in the world today.Scrum Team Development: Established effective Scrum teams, focusing on agile release management flow practices and promoting the ability of teams to self-organize.Agile Mentorship: Actively mentored team members in Agile methodologies, enhancing their skills in efficient project management and teamwork.Operational Support: Provided essential support to the product owner in daily operations, ensuring smooth workflow and efficient task management.Cross-Company Collaboration: Facilitated monthly meetings between the team and Nvidia, fostering strong inter-company relations and collaborative efforts.Tech: PlasmaEngine, Apache Spark, Node, C++, Lua. Kubernetes, Docker, AWS AMI, Azure VHD.

Distillery Tech is a software development company that provides senior technical talent to the world's best brands.Organizational Expansion: Played a pivotal role in expanding the company size by over 100%, significantly contributing to its growth and development.SOP Development & Department Founding: Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and founded the Account Management department, streamlining operations and enhancing organizational structure.Project Leadership: Successfully released seven projects, demonstrating strong project management and leadership skills.Outsourcing Strategy: Crafted standard guides for outsourcing local talent, optimizing resource management and talent acquisition.Agile Coaching & Client Communication: Provided agile coaching, managed client communications, and oversaw product development, ensuring project success and client satisfaction.Recruitment & Team Management: Interviewed over 200 candidates as part of the hiring committee and managed top-tier international teams of 60+ across six locations, showcasing effective leadership and team-building abilities.Tech: .Net, PHP, Python, Rub on Rails, Java, C/C++, C#, JavaScript, Angular, React, Xamarin, Objective-c, Swift, Java (Android), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, AWS, Azure, Docker, Jenkins, Selenium.

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