Alex Berestenko, Mba Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

NAV Solutions specializes in custom software development for small and medium size businesses in the telecommunications industry.

Chicago, Il, Us

During my present role, I am tasked with delivering positive and essential outcomes through management of large projects and coordination with stakeholders. Act as product team's representative on IT's prioritization & steering committees. Administer product and UX tool stack. Partner with offshore and nearshore teams to incorporate data on tracking release progress and commitments.A small selection of my achievements includes:* Led and guided product operations team to prioritize and complete all tasks in an effective and professional manner.* Succeeded in driving process improvements, identifying key pain points, and developing strategic recommendations.* Boosted organizational performance by directing and executing cross-functional and cross-geo projects.* Improved strategic alignment and communication by establishing effective processes and assisting teams in shipping higher quality products faster.* Contributed towards process optimization, routine trimming, and rollout of best practices across product & engineering.* Oversaw the planning, tracking, and releasing of 25+ software products across a portfolio containing applications under Healthcare, Higher Education, and Financial Institutions product verticals.

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

This role allowed me to assist the product team in maintaining existing products and launching new products. Facilitated weekly touchpoint sessions where engineering and product aligned on overall release progress.A small selection of my achievements includes:* Improved customer experience and reduced data loss through product development record management.* Enhanced decision-making and efficiency within the organization by reporting to senior leadership.* Cleaned up and migrated 3000+ legacy product SKUs over to a new billing system and CRM instance as a product team's stakeholder on a PWC-led project.

New York, Us

In this role, I managed third-party financial service applications like Wall Street Office. I streamlined collaboration between the development team and customer groups, while acting as a bridge.A small selection of my achievements includes:* Steered the development of proprietary Fund Management application as a product owner.

Chicago, Il, Us

In this role, I formulated appropriate mitigation strategies to manage project risks in liaison with stakeholders. I developed an insight into software development lifecycle and system development methodologies.A small selection of my achievements includes:* Supported major system upgrades, including Mercurial, TeamCity, Crucible, Protecode, and Storyboard by overseeing all functional aspects and project planning.* Led new tool analysis and rollouts, while acting as a liaison between product development and legal departments.* Implemented automated scanning for open-source that identified 143 potential license violations in 30% of our code base using the Protecode application.* Oversaw the creation of kCura's internal process management tool Storyboard by facilitating requirement elicitation, solution proposal, and communication between external and internal development teams.Advanced DevOps Engineer:Drove release planning and creation of Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate, and Golden packages for kCura's Relativity and Invariant applications as part of the Release Group. Ensured smooth management of all builds and build-related systems used daily by 150+ developers and quality assurance engineers.Streamlined collaboration with non-product development teams across the company, including IT DevOps, environment management, performance testing, documentation, and product services.Selected Accomplishments:* Oversaw the development and execution of strategic plans for process improvement against different areas of DevOps team's responsibility.* Achieved 50% build-time improvements and companywide migrations to newer versions of Visual Studio by executing major system overhaul plans, such as the move from CruiseControl.NET to TeamCity.* Maximized workflow productivity by training, mentoring, and managing new team members.* Supported legacy build servers (20+) utilizing CruiseControl.NET for Continuous Integration.

Mba Degree, Management Of Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science