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Luxembourg

Responsibilities:- participating in strategy meetings for the European Commission's Eurostat Data Browser website- analyzing external requirements from international user interviews and feedback, as well as internal requirements gathered from managers, developers, and content providers- writing and refining requirement specifications in Confluence for the Data Browser and Vistool websites- collaborating with the UX specialist and UI designer to ensure alignment with existing design guidelines, overseeing their work, and making adjustments as needed to meet business requirements- validating and addressing the feedback and concerns of the delivery team, and ensuring updated requirements are aligned between them and management- performing UAT for the Data Browser website- developing data visualization prototypes using Highcharts in JSFiddle- designing flowcharts for various dataset download options in Lucidchart- maintaining configuration JSON files in VSCode- updating the step-by-step user guides of the Data Browser and Vistool websites in Confluence

Canada

Accomplishment:2023 - Participated in the development of Conq.io, which is played by 10.000 users on Poki every dayResponsibilities:- participating in strategy meetings for various Modd.io games- designing game rules and user interface elements, and refining, adapting, and extending existing art assets- developing games in Godot and Modd.io- developing the UI in HTML for the minigame of a yet unpublished Modd.io game- creating Class Diagrams in MindMeister and State Transition Diagrams in Google Drawings to visualize and implement player unit interaction rules within the graphical user interface- implementing the Entity Component System adapted for Godot to simplify the multiplayer development process- developing a Tiled-compatible procedural map generator tool for Modd.io in Godot- refining the procedural map generation algorithm to support maps scaling up to 12 players- creating tutorial maps and dialogues to ensure a seamless player onboarding experience- integrating Firebase Cloud Firestore for analytics and developing a data extractor app to visualize player progression funnels- reporting analytical data and findings to aid strategic decisions on further developments- mentoring junior developers- investigating and fixing bugs- capturing the development process in Trello- maintaining the source code in GitHub

Hungary

Accomplishments:2024 - Lead the adaption of Apple's new Privacy Manifest guidelines in the US, the UK, Germany, Australia and Canada by ensuring that all integrated third-party SDKs are updated and the that the McDonald's app also includes the new Privacy Manifest file before the deadline, allocating the necessary resources and leading the communication between the product teams, the markets, and the implementing team2023 - Became the first Capgemini employee chosen by McDonald's to serve as a Product Manager within the new Product Leadership Triad model as a recognition of my expertise in the field which also highlights the confidence placed in my abilities by both organizations. Responsibilities:- defining the product vision and strategy focusing on the non-functional areas, integrated third-party SDKs, configuration, and localization- prioritizing the product backlog in Jira- shaping the Platform product roadmap- harmonizing the demands of stakeholders and leadership- gathering business requirements from McDonald's stakeholders- optimizing processes- participating in strategy meetings- presenting on product demos

Hungary

Accomplishment:2022 - Participated in the foundation of the McDonald's Shift-left Testing Initiative by designing and overseeing the creation and configuration of the related test environments and test dataResponsibilities:- being the subject matter expert of the McDonald's mobile app focusing on the non-functional areas, integrated third-party SDKs, configuration, and localization- writing and refining user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira using Gherkin wherever possible, based on the external requirements identified by the US, the UK, Germany, Australia, and Canada markets, and internal requirements identified by the developers, QA, site reliability engineers and architects- understanding exception scenarios and market differences that may influence how a feature behaves, including market-specific legal requirements, features, products and store attributes - running the backlog refinement meetings- making work ready for the delivery team- collating solutions and configuration guides in Confluence- providing PowerPoint demos to the client and other stakeholders as needed

Debrecen

Accomplishments:2021 - Directed the unification of five market's code base via newly introduced configuration options and functional standardization2020 - Became the first Hungarian Analyst of the McDonald's app's front-end2019 - Supported the Loyalty feature go live in Germany2018 - Innovated the UK Monopoly campaign testing by designing and leading the development of a test data generator appResponsibilities:- overseeing the configuration of the McDonald's mobile app of the UK, Germany, Australia, the US and Canada- acting as a primary point of communication between the product owner and the development teams- being the subject matter expert of the e-commerce, authentication, deals, location services, and nutrition services modules of the app- triaging issues raised by the QA teams in Jira, investigating them with Fiddler, Charles, Bitbucket, resolving them when possible via JSON config file maintenance, XML notification template development, and SQL/Cassandra database maintenance- developing the related knowledge base in Confluence, preparing release notes and configuration guides- improving the training materials in Microsoft PowerPoint

Debrecen

Accomplishments:2017 - Established the Uber Eats delivery analytics by developing and then maintaining the related reporting queries in Cassandra2016 - Supported the new cloud-based McDonald's mobile app go live in the UKResponsibilities:- overseeing the configuration of the McDonald's mobile app of the UK, Germany and Australia- being the subject matter expert of the deals module of the app- triaging issues raised by the QA teams in Jira, resolving them when possible via system configuration, XML notification template development, and SQL/Cassandra database maintenance- developing the related knowledge base in Confluence including the holistic API mapping documentation- improving the training materials in Microsoft PowerPoint- providing onsite support during major version upgrades in London, Munich and Sydney

Debrecen

- performing the configuration of the ERP systems of 10+ clients including Fino-Food Kft, HAFNER Pneumatika Kft, and Rimóczi és Társa Kft.- maintaining client databases- providing onsite support- investigating incidents- training end users- documenting

Kenézy Life Sciences Library

- providing reference services- organizing conferences

- C++ programming- JavaScript-based web development- RDF/XML-based web development

Master Of Science (Ms), Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: ONIK Union- Human Informatics - Content Supplier specialization - C++ programming, JavaScript-, RDF/XML-based.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: ONIK Union- Programming in Web Technology specialization - IT Days at Faculty of Informatics, organizer.