Bohdan Rak Email & Phone Number

Lviv, UA

Lviv, Ukraine

Lviv

• Managed development of embedded navigation solution for the premium car manufacturer, with a headcount of 80+ engineers distributed across 3 offices in Ukraine
• Transferred the program from Team extension mode (managed by the customer) to Full ownership mode (managed by us)
• Vastly improved processes throughout SDLC and increased visibility of long-term resource need, which maximized team performance, ensured on-time delivery, and eliminated inherited regular overtimes and weekend work
• Improved communication between stakeholders (customer teams in Germany and the US, and car maker in the UK) and the Ukrainian team for increased transparency and bilateral trust
• In particular, proud of successful features implementation for car maker’s first ever Electric VehicleAs PM expert, coordinated service improvement initiative on account consisting of 7projects, with focus on project.

Launched and supported versatile web-portal in times when WordPress and Facebook did not even exist:) For more than 10 years since 2001, I did pro bono development and hosting administration of my scout organization’s web portal. Later, served as project coordinator.Although obtained skills and knowledge were never commercialized directly, they make me.

Lviv, Ukraine

• Launched Scrum-based development from scratch for 2 US- and UK-based software startups, exceeding clients’ expectations on the delivery timeline.
• Performed requirements management / elaboration of user stories, assisting Product Owner with his job.
• Ensured long-term predictability of the development roadmap.
• Coached engineering teams on Scrum best practices.
• Coordinated pre-sales activities.

Lviv

• Authored and delivered lectures on project management topics: Project plan development, Scope management, Schedule management, Budget management, Risk management, Project estimation & scheduling, Project status updates.
• Authored and delivered "soft skills" lectures on delegation and human motivation.
• Was recognized as best lecturer based on students' feedback.

Lviv, Ukraine

• Served as Program & Account Manager for 7 accounts

Lviv, Ukraine

Being a member of the Ukrainian Scout Organization “Plast” since 1993, in 2012 I served as a ProjectDirector for a 1-week outdoor gathering (aka Jamboree) hosting 2500 participants for the celebration ofthe organization’s 100th anniversary.Having joined the project at the very early stage, I organized a steering committee that consisted of 15 volunteers.

Lviv, Ukraine

• Managed department that provided software implementation & L1/L2 support services for multi-national FMCG companies, with a headcount of 30+ engineers
• Introduced improvements in Project management and ITIL/ITSM areas

Lviv, Ukraine

• Coordinated delivery of administrative services (financial, legal, HR, IT support, facility management, other) provided by parent company’s administrative units to 10+ offices in Ukraine and Russia
• Launched Russian subsidiary, established representative office in Moscow
• Performed basic financial management for Russian subsidiary annual turnover $2B)

Lviv, Ukraine

• Launched two regional software developing offices in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi with capacity of 35 and 55 employees respectively

Lviv, Ukraine

• Helped Danish IT company to launch own development center in Ukraine, assisting them on our joint journeys that usually started with market study and fact-finding tour, up to the launch of own premises and recruitment.
• Performed market and feasibility / due diligence studies with the focus on IT, wood-working, metal-working & textile industries.
• Organized 50+ fact-finding tours to Ukraine for EU-based companies seeking for low-cost opportunities in Ukraine.
• Performed 5+ recruitment projects for managerial positions in Ukraine and Poland.
• Supported company's IT environment, contributed to the development and later maintained company's web-site.

Lviv, Ukraine

Coordinated work of 700+ volunteers

Lviv, Ukraine

Assistance to EU-based companies in establishing their subsidiary and/or finding suppliers in Ukraine

Lviv, Ukraine

• (part time)
• Led projects of creation of digital geographic maps to be used in specialized geographic information system by State Ukrainian gas transportation company
• Developed custom reporting for 1C-based accounting system