• Reporting to the Director of Product Management, I Gathered feature requests from major customers/organizations and set priorities according to business vision, potential business benefits and customer satisfaction for Media Composer (World renowned Video Editing Software).• End to End ownership (make sure features are ready and up to specs, drive documentation, sales team education, messaging for marketing).• Managed the definition, prioritization, development, and delivery of editing/effect features.• Future features planning (roadmap), cloud-based workflows, Video over IP.• Worked with cross-functional teams based in Montreal, Boston, Munich, Kyiv, and Szczecin.• Deeply involved with customers (Netflix, Disney, NHK, Postworks etc.) in terms of workflow improvements, future needs and problem solving.• Prepared presentations for trade shows relative to new features, workflows and new technologies. • Presented technology workflows at SMPTE, EBU, IBC and NAB events.• Designed features such as distributed processing (using cloud-based services, rest APIs); color management (LUTs, CDLs, HDR, HLG, SMPTE2084, Dolby Vision); resolution independence (UHD, 8K, 16K); codecs; improved workflows. This includes ACES color management, IMF support, shape-based color correction, new titling tool and Dolby Vision.

• Managed requirements gathering and specifications for new geography system at Expedia.• Planned software iterations, scheduling and business functionality priorities.• Prepared migration plan between technologies

• Managed software projects for new middleware platform solution for the smartphone market (iPhone, Android etc.)• Managed team of 15+ programmers, setting objectives, career plans, performance review• Lead development teams in Matrix structure including different locations (U.K, Romania, L.A)• Planned risks management, feature requirements, relationships with clients, lessons learned, managing changes

Project management related to the publishing industry / R&D electronic

Working at Softimage, I acquired and demonstrated extensive experience in the process of quality software development, strong team leading, efficient project management and product design.• Designed editing and compositing tools. This includes defining features to be implemented, behaviours and user interface • Inventor of a new video editing technology (activeness of clips) (US patent 5,781,188) • Specs writing and documentation revision• Training of sales force• Being the central point between the development team, the Quality Assurance team, the documentation team and the customers, I successfully lead to shipping the first version of Softimage DS software. I gave dedicated presentations of our product across the world (London, Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Los Angeles etc...) to our beta sites and future customers as well as training the future trainers of the product. I was on stage with Softimage’s Founder and CEO Daniel Langlois to present the official launch of Softimage DS in 1997 at the IBC Trade Show in Amsterdam (in front of 2000 people). Softimage DS has since then been renamed to AVID DS.