Denis Danilenko Email & Phone Number

Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States

Senior Director, Automation

Plano, Texas, United States

Overseeing all deliveries from Luxoft to the TMNA CT, R&D, Toyota China, and AisinManaging and developing the onsite team in the USA (18 people: Product Owners, HW and SW Architects, Test managers and engineers, Embedded SW developer, and UI designers)Responsible for Revenue growth and target margin for Toyota and Aisin accountsResponsible for operational ownership of the delivery budgetEstablishing and maintaining close relationships with key stakeholders at customers and a strong customer-focused service culture, with the highest performance standards for quality, customer commitments, and efficiencyProviding day-to-day leadership, management, and coordination of all activities including goal setting, planning, estimating, resource allocation and assignments, project & program health and reporting, and problem resolutionFacilitating preparation for replies to RFIs and RFQs from the delivery perspectiveCollaborating with technical experts, delivery organizations, account directors, and sales team to coordinate pre-sale support and ensure the company exceeds customer expectations during project executionCoaching program & project leaders in industry best practices and emerging engagement modelsResult: Increased the team by 50%, 6 FTE in 2 years.

Plano, Texas, United States

• Managed new generation cockpit PoC (Proof of Concept) development. Concept: Central Domain Controller contains Cluster and In-Vehicle Entertainment modules implemented in one unit using production SW and QNX hypervisor. • Created and managed PoC development roadmap, based on customer’s (OEM) design delivering milestones and user experience. • Promoted DENSO’s solutions to Toyota and FCA.• Managing FCA R2 design competition activity, facilitated internal meetings, participated in technical design reviews with Stellantis (FCA).• Communicating status to stakeholders. Established and execute program timing, and work with core software development and validation teams. Prioritizing product backlog.• Driving new business development activities, POC, studies, supporting the preparation of RFI, RFQ, and RFP. • Performing project management for software development, system integration, and validation for automotive infotainment systems. • Maximizing the value of the product and optimizing the value of the work performed by the team.

Plano, Texas/ Novi, Michigan

• Managed test of automotive telematics cloud software products (Harman Spark and Sprint Drive (it’s OBD device to transform any car into a connected smart car)). Supervised usability study, user experience testing and end-to-end testing globally, US, UK, and India. Lead executive management trials.• Built System and Pre-integration test teams - from 3 to 60 engineers and 7 leaders. Supervised testing of Harman head units for FCA Fiat, FCA Chrysler, GM, Yamaha, Honda• Acted as the voice of the customer in the development, and test of the software. Organized user experience testing internally and externally.• Maximized the value of the product and optimized the value of the work performed by the team. Kept budget, Revenue Recognition, and General Margin in the targeted range.• Mentored and coached internal and external resources, hired 57 new engineers.• Worked with stakeholders to develop the product vision, strategy, budget, and prioritize product requirements, anticipated and prevented potential issues/conflicts.• Delivered programs with high Customer Satisfaction scores and avoided escalations.• Created proposals, presentations for new offerings, presented them to customers. Supported preparation of RFP and RFQ responses. Negotiated contracts and statements of work. Increased annual revenue from $300k to $15M+. Managed vendors.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Managed the Product Backlog, ordering items to best achieve goals and missions• Managed system test, integration and development projects driven by KPIs and metrics• Supported to RFx responses, contributed to the bid preparations, and presented proposals• Acted as the voice of the customer, led front end teams. Conduct defect triage meetings.• Supervised teams in Russia and India, prevent issues and escalations• Satisfied and anticipated customer needs, as well as potential issues/conflicts. Indicated and eliminated potential risks. Implemented Continuous Improvement approach.• Managed equipment/invoices/budget/resource allocation/productivity concerns.• Actively facilitated the process improvement and policies writing at all levels• Supervised and coordinated immigration/visa/US office support; acquired equipment for teams in India and Russia, managed security/export control/legal matters

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Created the vision, product strategy, strategic plan, and roadmap for the product• Managed stakeholder expectations and communications, and coordinated deliverables between technology and business teams, inter-relationships, and dependencies between multiple products and applications, including multiple and often conflicting priorities and information• Created a global team (US and Russia) of Android experts, test engineers, and test framework developers. Provided oversight for all functional deliverables.• Managed program risks and drove issue resolution to meet the overall schedule and quality commitments• Developed and maintained trusted relationships across the stakeholder group, and managed the productivity of resources• Delivered framework predicting potential issues for mobile devices before launch.

United Kingdom; France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia

Managed team of 40+ test engineers in 6 European countries.- Field Test in Europe, Mobile devices- System Test, Mobile devices

Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russian Federation

Created,modified and executed Java and Piton scripts for automated testing, mostly UI.