Bogdan Ionita Email & Phone Number

Limassol, Cy

Achievements:- Influenced the growth and success of the company, increasing the customer base from a few hundred to about 250.000.- Reduced the service support incident rate by 75% through the implementation of Agile planning methodologies.- Guided the development of over 20 SaaS & PaaS solutions through the entire SDLC process.- Product manager for a number of software products, including Bells & Whistles for Outlook, Easy Mail Merge, Auto Reply Manager, Auto Follow Up, and the Yobeeo mobile app. Bells & Whistles for Outlook, in particular, has received recognition, winning the Microsoft People's Choice Award at the Microsoft D2D Conference and becoming the preferred MS-Exchange productivity solution for thousands of companies.- Implemented software solutions for a range of important partners & clients, including Microsoft, Citrix, NBA, Sierra Interactive, Hewlett-Packard, Raiffeisen Bank.- Demonstrated project management abilities in the use of Agile methodologies (Jira platform) through Scrum, Feature Driven Development, and Kanban, leading cross-functional teams (10-60 people).- Successful leadership in the design and development of innovative products and technologies, including the use of deep learning A.I. vision for industrial process and asset management.Responsibilities:- Acted as Head of Product Management for the B2B and B2C products developed by the company.- Develop and implement the technical vision and strategy for the organization.- Collaborate with the CEO and other executives to align the technical strategy with the overall business strategy.- Design and develop new products and technologies using Agile leadership skills.- Manage the team development sprints (Scrum Master) and ensure that resources are used effectively.- Identify and evaluate new technologies that can improve the company's products or operations.- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that technical solutions are aligned with business goals.

- Directed the full SDLC of the Locklizard Digital Rights Management solutions, including Locklizard Command Line Scriptor and Locklizard Secure PDF, using programming platforms such as C#, OpenPGP, and BouncyCastle API.- Released the main products, resulting in commercial success, currently being used by numerous corporations.

- Created the software architecture and managed the SDLC of PGP compatible encryption software for corporate data security, including OpenPGP Command Line, OpenPGP File and Email Encryption, and OpenPGP Reader.- Demonstrated expertise in Agile software development, DevOps/Gradle, the Scrum framework, and Feature Driven Development.

- Co-ordinated hundreds of software projects, running development teams of over 40 people, at a company that specialized in providing programming services and software solutions mainly for US companies.- Created outsource-projects.com, it-outsourcing.com, and beta-testing.com where the company offered its services.- Completed the company acquisition by the Beroff & Associates Venture Capital group in 2001.