Dmitry Pluzhnikov Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Efficiently building and managing a diverse geographically dispersed team of 130+ professionals, such as Software Engineers (Java, C, C++, JS, Python), Technical Program Managers, Software Architects, System Analysts, Technical Writers, DevOps, UX/UI Designers and QA Engineers (Java, Python) both in-office and remotely.New Competencies Introduction: Rapidly assembled specialized teams (Java, System Analysis, Software Architecture, Frontend Development, Technical Writing, and QA) from the ground up, to ensure the Department’s adaptability and sustainable growth.Strategic Development:Spearheaded the creation and implementation of a full-cycle product development strategy.Methodology Implementation: Applying Agile and Scrum to improve the software development process with unique features of each product in mind.Product Management: Supervised timely delivery and execution of the open-source based products (Greenplum, ClickHouse, Kafka, NiFi, Spark, Hadoop) for high-value $10M+ clients.Technical Hiring: Identified and selected 80+ team members for the Department.Modern Documentation Practices:Implemented 'Docs as Code' technical documentation through building a brand-new technical writing team and successful deployment to production of an automated documentation portal (https://docs.arenadata.io).Crisis Management: Leading the team to fully meet customers' expectations by delivering 15+ major product releases ahead of schedule in an ever-changing environment.Motivation and Training: Initiated a comprehensive motivation system with technical meetups, product seminars, and a competency matrix, providing each team member with comprehensive performance feedback, an internal career development path, and skill enhancement guidelines. Product Leadership: Guided development of key products like ADB Control (Greenplum monitoring system), ADB Backup Manager, and a bilingual Documentation portal from scratch, cementing our position as industry innovators.