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Luxembourg, Lu

In charge with innovation, technical & business aspects and strategy of products & solutions, ensuring alignment with the company goals. New technologies (HW and SW) implementation & profitability for "cutting edge" products. In charge with Digital agriculture (4.0), Carbon Farming & Crop Science technologies , Green Tech & Clean Tech solutions, overseeing all system design and changes in product architecture with the aim to save fertilizers, water, vehicle usage, manpower and reducing emissions .Monitoring KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performanceCommunicating strategy to partners and investors but also evangelizing the technology and company products & solutions.

Primarily engaged on customer facing or internal professional technical services regarding E2E solutions development mastering both business and technical parts. Consultancy on technical risks, business development, customer facing & requirements, process and evolutions. In charge with Mobile Strategy (around latest technologies & trends like cloud, enterprise mobile & BYOD, security, DRM, payments, etc.) for medium-large global companies solutions or their current products transformation.

Supporting architecture & R&D, product requirements & transformation , in order to have a good ratio on technology-delivery-costs. Software architecture/development/re-factoring/improvement modules and technology prototypes developed in Java (Android), Objective-C/SWIFT (IOS), .NET (Windows Mobile) or (cloud) web server sol. ( WebServices, SOAP, JSON, etc.)Strong knowledge with: - multimedia technologies and content management (video & audio, streaming, enconding, eLearning, etc.) - Nokia Motive Customer Experience products (SMP, HDM, etc.) integration with TELCOs core elements as optics, ADSLs, routers, firewalls aside services CRMs, LDAP, customer support and troubleshooting etc. dealing also with competitors solutions . - Multiscreen Video platforms (MVP) solution integration (eq. mobile clients, VoD, OSS/BSS, EPG, MediaRoom etc.)- The Platform CDN solutions integration (eq. mobile clients, OSS/BSS, EPG, MediaRoom etc.- Internet Of Things (IOT) solutions architecture & integrations (6LoPWan, Lora,Lte-M Cat1, NbIot, SigFox, BLE) - Embedded systems solutions

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Mobile Streaming Server product manager responsibilities:• defining and planning video requirements and product enhancements• managing product contracts, sales, support and maintenance• setting product direction based on customer needs and business goals. • execution of the strategic goals as operational tasks, making proposals to senior management regarding implications of proposed plans, establishing also tactical plans and objectives. • risks and trade-offs and proposing contingency plans • Supporting local and foreign development & integration teams to build video and multimedia solutions. Digital Media Store product manager responsibilities:• Management of Multimedia (Applications Store, Music Store, Video Store, eBook store etc.) requirements, covering both server side and clients (Android, IPhone, IPad).• implementation and improvement of products and actions plans according to mobile commerce (mCommerce) defined strategy• Supporting local and foreign development & integration teams• Analyzing of the mComerce market and it’s trends, seeking for new product development possibilities and creating adequate business proposals, payment, monetization• Creating point of sales and all other product related materials• Partner and Content management inter-working

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Program Management of Multimedia Delivery Server (old name Packet Video network server - PVNS), covering the development, quality, delivery, consulting & integration of the product within Alcatel-Lucent and 3rd Party video and content management solutions.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Development team within Alcatel-Lucent Romania Multimedia Streaming Server (old Packet Video product), specializing in video delivery, video consulting, and video integration for mobile and web.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Evolution from Technical Project Manager to Project Manager, successful managing multiple multimedia projects with size from KEUR to MEUR, around the world (America, Africa, Asia). In charge with integration of Alcatel-Lucent multimedia solutions(video streaming(packet/circuit), video browser, video mailbox, video greeting kiosk, video telephony, video conference) with the operator core network (ex. OSS, GGSN, Customer support etc.). Management of the solution deployment on customer site, working with customer and assuring the success on both sides. Main responsibilities: resources and schedule implementation, strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning, component deliverables & integration, project goals & milestones. Primary contact point for technical aspects and issues, solution acceptance and extensions, training. Responsible with CDE requirements implementation & deployments. Strong experience with telecom customers, world wide inter-working cultures and mentalities.Technologies & product knowledge: VoIP( SIP, H323), Video streaming (RTSP, RTP, SDP, multicast/broadcast), DVB-(S)H, MPEG-TS, GPON, RADIUS, BRAS, PMSDeveloping using: Pearl, C/C++, Java, servlets, WebSerices, HTML on Linux/Windows

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Senior Software Engineer and Segment Leader over GMRE (GMPLS Routing Engine) management module used for Intelligent Optical network products (1674 etc).Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) extends MPLS to provide the control plane (signaling and routing) for devices that switch in different domains, including wavelength, and fiber. This common control plane promises to simplify network operation and management by automating end-to-end provisioning of connections, managing network resources, and providing the level of QoS that is expected in new, sophisticated applications.Mastering on: C/C++, OOP+STL, CORBA, ACE, Java ... development on Linux, Unix for PowerPC and more. Technologies: CLI, OSPF, TCP/IP, SNMP and sockets.

Senior Software Engineer (C/C++ , OOP design, COM, DCOM, ActiveX and Windows UI components). Embedded distributions design and development for Set Top Boxes.DVB-S/MPEG-TS drivers and applications for embedded and normal systems for Astra satellite.Software applications for generating and handling digital multimedia streams.Routing digital streams trough various media.Digital Delivery Equipments (DVB-ASI/S/C/T)

Software Engineer (C/C++ , OOP design, COM, ActiveX, LISP, Java). Develop, maintain, and support geospatial software components and capabilities to integrate with existing software tools and applications. (eq. Autocad, Autocad MAP)Design & Develop & release new enhancements for a proprietary GIS product to meet the customer requirements. Document the specifications of design, processes, models, and standards that address requirements and goals.

Part time collaboratorDesktop publishing of the newspaper, magazines and books.Image processing and visual art. Content management solution for catalogs and ads. Design Tools : QuarkXpress, Photoshop. Programming languages: OOP/C++, SQL, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro

Doctor Of Science, Agricultural Engineering

Master Of Science - Msc, Intelligent Prouductions And Quality Assurance

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Automatics & Computer Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics And Computer Science