Oleksandr Kosachov Email & Phone Number

New Maryland, Nb, Ca

Odessa, Ukraine

The CTO of SCG reports to CEO and leads planning, acquisition, development, and operation of information technology solutions to achieve organization objectives, grow the business internally and externally, implement services and products that serve clients and customers. The CTO is responsible for CSG operational IT procedures and leads effective design, implementation, integration, and support of IT products throughout the organization. The position of Software Development Director consists of managing and coordinating all activities associated with creating, acquiring, implementing new or improving existing software products across multiple functional areas of the organization, prioritize and allocate projects, products, and resources.Key Responsibilities:• Lead software development company and ensure all its activities are aligned with SCG organizational strategy, vision, and values;• Resource management. Develop and improve organizational structure and culture, manage job descriptions and KPIs. Drafting and executing budgets;• Strategic management. Provide vision, planning, and coordination, establish and maintain standards in software development, quality assurance, deployment, integration, and support;• Communicate application and infrastructure delivery aspects to Executive Board members, stakeholders, internal and external clients;• People management. Build effective communication upward as well as throughout project teams. Delegate responsibilities to relevant employees, help teams and people grow as capable participants, help them achieve organizational and personal goals efficiently;• Participate in strategic decisions about technology choices;• Manage products backlog, releases and schedules, sprints and deployments, provide Executive Board with status reports• Plan and run periodical 1:1 meetings with direct reports, provide timely, extensive, constructive feedback;• Facilitate interviews for candidates, make hiring decisions.

Responsible for front and back end web site development of www.netbee.ua• Played a crucial role in project planning by providing time estimates for completion of work.• Leaded development of www.medical.netbee.ua• Developed a few software programs for internal company usage.• Worked on a wide range of websites and web applications.• Produced testing reports when required.• Wrote delivery estimates for new projects.• Communicated technical issues to non-technical management.• Developed and maintained production and beta websites using Ruby and Java, extensively using Ruby on Rails framework• Drove continuous improvement to system architecture by refactoring old legacy code• Managed the road map for product design and development• Implemented payment API integration with third parties• Drafted technical documents, including whitepapers• Updated, modified and expanded existing software programs.• Installed, supported and maintained web servers in virtualized Linux environment• Drafted detailed design objectives and developed architectural and system design documents• Oversaw deployment, configuration, and documentation procedures• Implemented and tested enhancement feature requests to enhance product functionality• Resolved customer issues by establishing workarounds and solutions and by debugging and creating defect fixes.• Coordinated all hardware acquisitions.• Built, tested and deployed scalable, highly available and modular software products.• Wrote and implemented front-end scripts to enhance user experience.• Designed and developed transactional and analytical data structures.• Developed shared central authentication system• Modified existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware and improve performance.• Coded 8 websites using Ruby on Rails with Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.3 and 2.0, Ruby on Rails 2.3, 3.2 and 4.0, MySQL 5 and Postgresql 9 on the backend• Drafted comprehensive reports to document bugs and design flaws.

• Wrote on Mac platform using TextMate and Sublime Text.• Worked closely with clients to establish problem specifications and system designs.• Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality and function before it was released.• Extensively used Redmine issue tracking system for project management and increasing team productivity• Contributed to the design of intuitive graphical user interface• Created, delivered and maintained scalable system architecture to support a high-availability Internet site with various internal applications.• Analyzed and designed relational databases• Debugged and modified software components.• Developed code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.• Assessed costs and risks associated with developing new features and products.• Evaluated multiple software solutions during the early software architecture plotting and system migration planning stage.• Implemented Search Engine Optimizations to improve search results and business flow.• Assessed potential software product ideas based on new and existing system development and migration requirements.• Extensively used git for version control.• Translated business goals, feature concepts and customer requirements into prioritized product requirements and use cases.• Collaborated with the sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.• Partnered with the marketing team to translate product features into customer value propositions to be used in consumer messaging.• Led regular planning meetings to develop team strategies and define project goals.• Led communication with stakeholders regarding product goal

Odessa, Ukraine

Project Manager, 2D game development. C# Developer.• Delivered status reports to stakeholders for budgeting and planning purposes.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to draft project schedules and plans.• Monitored costs, timescales and resources.• Monitored team progress and enforced deadlines.• Communicated the duties, compensation, benefits and working conditions to all potential candidates• Conducted interviews with 3D artists, software developers, 3D modellers, 3D animators• Developed published multimedia catalogue using C#

Odessa, Ukraine

3D Game Development for PC (C++, Direct3D), Project Management.• Performed technical analysis, software architecture design, decomposition, classification, planning and control of all projects• Played a key role in development of published 3D Video Game using DirectX (Direct3D, DirectInput, DirectSound) and OpenGL in Visual Studio environment using C++.• Collaborated with product and engineering team members to define and develop new product concepts• Developed custom software solutions for 6 clients.• Managed the road map for product design and development• Supervised the work of 3 other software engineersSkills and key competences:• IT Solutions Architect• 3D Game Development for PC• DirectX (Direct3D), OpenGL• Project management • Team Building

Odessa, Ukraine

• Built unique service-oriented distributed image processing and manipulation middleware ZoomServ using Visual C++, Visual Basic• Developed production and beta websites using HTML, PHP, MySQL• Installed, supported and maintained file servers and network access.• Analysed requirements and used systematic approaches to implement and document the tasks.Skills and key competences: • Software Engineering• Visual Studio, Visual C++• Web development, PHP, MySQL

Master'S Degree, Computer Engineering

Awarded Master's degree by I. I. Mechnikov Odesa National University. Major: Computer Systems and Networks Engineering. Master's thesis.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering

Awarded Bachelor's degree by Institute of Mathematics, Economics and Mechanics of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University (IMEM).

Certified Trainer, Personal Productivity / Business And Leadership Skills

Certified in the following trainings: - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (signature/classic program); - Leadership: Great.

Advanced English, Conversation Skills