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Romania

Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

- VISA/Mastercard contact/contactless terminal certifications- authorization systems customization and development testing (interfaces, mandates, new functionalities, customizations)- solutions and requirements definition- POS application customization and testing- development team coordination and product testing to achieve project goalsProfessional achievements:I successfully closed all required POS and ATM certifications, during project implementations.I successfully coordinated the development, tested and delivered customized interfaces, new functionalities and customizations for several company clients (financial institutions and service providers).I defined the end to end solution and requirements for multi-institution POS (POS Sharing program).Financial institution projects: ING Bank Romania, Banca Tansilvania, UniCredit Bank, BRD Groupe Societe Generale, Bancpost, First Bank, Libra Internet Bank, OTP Bank Romania, Credit Europe Bank, Garanti BankRetail projects: LIDL, Dedeman, Selgros, Sephora, SelfPay, Vodafone

Disputes And Compliance

- provide technical expertise for projects from initiation to acceptance stages;- authorization system and terminals error analysis, findings management and reporting to responsible departments, concerning VISA and Mastercard regulations and EMV and PCI-DSS standards compliance;- manage VISA and Mastercard reported nonconformities; analysis, documentation, solution definition and reporting to involved departments; correspondence with VISA and Mastercard;- tracking and documenting changes imposed by VISA and Mastercard; managing changes implementation with responsible departments;- reproting nonconformities and implementations progress to senior management.Professional achievements:I am substantially reducing the financial losses by the proposed measures and parameterizations.

Alternative Channels Transactions Support

Technical and Operational Assistance:- provide technical expertise for projects development and implementation;- particitate as a team member in services, activities, terminals infrastructure development projects, ATMs network availability increase, develop internal reporting;- ATMs cash reconciliation and system faults diagnosis;- complained transactions analysis, incurred by ATM, POS and APT networks;- through ATM services administration.As a technical and operational member of the project teams:- As part of the Project Support Team, I offered technical and operational support for SBS Kix Operator monitoring solution implementation.- I defined requirements, attended solution and vendor selection and offered support for tehnical and operational implementation for APT (Automatic Payment Terminals) network establishing project.- I defined the features, requirements and flows for Cashier Backofice application development – ATM replenishment management; ATM cash reconciliation etc.; I defined the operational flows for the ATM network activities for BCR Processing.

It Infrastructure Department

ATM/APS/POS Network Administration activities:- terminal network administration and monitoring;- projects technical support as a team member (authorization system, configurations control, patch management, software development and changes implementation, reporting);- installing and configuring terminals, process analysis based on NDC or DDC protocol and logs;- technical issues diagnosis and resolution; service activities management;- encryption keys management;- EMV, PCI-DSS, VISA and Mastercard systems implementation and technical support.As a technical member of the project teams I successfuly completed:- Authorization system (FIS Cortex) and terminals VISA and Mastercard EMV Issuer/Acquirer Certification project.- Authorization system (FIS Cortex) upgrade to 3.1 version.- APS (Automatic Payment System) network establishing project.- ATM specific fault and 1st/2nd level maintenance monitoring application development.- ATM denomination.

Publishing And Printing Department

Main activities:- Printing and Publishing Department organization and coordination activities;- secured and value ware special conditions coordination and supervision;- technical documentation development required for investments and acquisitions approval; advising assortment of raw materials and suppliers.Professional achievements (1997 - 2006):- I attended at the outsourcing the printing and publishing project activities as part of the project team.- I arranged the technological and operational flows that formed the basis of internal procedures.

Publication And Printing Division

- Printing and Publishing Department organization and coordination activities;- secured and value ware special conditions coordination and supervision;- technical documentation development required for investments and acquisitions approval; advising assortment of raw materials and suppliers.Professional achievements:- I arranged the technological and operational flows that formed the basis of internal procedures.- I extended the periods of use of the supplied equipment.- I decreased specific consumption per operation while I maintained the quality, timeliness of delivery and I simplified the production process.

Publication And Printing Division - Printing-Finishing Department

- finishing department production process coordination; ensure special security conditions raw materials and prints; developing and improving internal work procedures;- technical maintenance team coordination and supervision;- IT support and systems administration; procurement documentation and proposal; specific application development.Professional achievements:- I extended the periods of use of the supplied equipment.- I decreased specific consumption per operation while I maintained the quality, timeliness of delivery and I simplified the production process.

Ma, Faculty Of Aerospace Engineering - Board Equipment And Instalations

Master Degree: Aircraft Profile, Specialization Board Equipment and Instalations (Graduation Paper "Synthesis of robust linear systems").

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