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Kraków, Pl

Cracow, Małopolskie, Poland

Responsibilities: • Elaboration and optimization of global QA strategies and standards • Improvement of company-wide software development processes, methodologies and product delivery techniques • Design, development and deployment of AI-powered platform and tools for software development process optimization • Performance improvement of large software teams clusters

Cracow, Małopolskie, Poland

Responsibilities:• Build, manage, coordinate and motivate distributed interdisciplinary delivery teams (30+ engineers). • Apply Scrum/Kanban methodologies and techniques to establishing and optimization of development processes, manage and visualize outcomes. Implement principles of Agile to teams cooperation and product delivery within the organization• Create and manage remote and virtual-first teams through all phases of delivery lifecycle• Improve teams performance, guide professional development of team members• Manage customer expectations • Conduct and facilitate communications within the teams, across the company, with customers/stakeholders• Ensure delivery commitments, manage cross-team dependencies on the department- and company-wide levels, conduct and guide problem solving activities• Plan, estimate, gather process/delivery metrics and monitor progress, visualize work results• Perform resource planning, requirements and risk management• People management (guidance, 1on1s, performance reviews, career planning, conflicts resolution)• Effective budget management within the constraints of projects • P&L managementAchievements:• Established cooperation (from scratch) with customer stakeholders and development teams• Elaborated approach and a long-term plan of product development and delivery in cooperation with multidisciplinary distributed vendors’ development teams, process integration with the existing customer’s organization and infrastructure• Built a number of development teams effectively covering all aspects of development and delivery process• Provided stable and flexible delivery process which meets customer’s business and technical requirements and expectations • After a series of intensive up-sales, grew a single project into the project program that dramatically increased revenueProject profiles: e-commerce area

Poznan, Greater Poland District, Poland

As Senior Test Manager and QA Manager: improvement and maintenance of company-wide QA processes, developing professional skills of QA engineers and managers and their compliance to high-level industry standards, converging efforts of QA staff all over the company locations (USA, Poland, Ukraine, Russia). Total number of subordinates: up to 30Responsibilities and key accomplishments:● QA Practice leadership● Elaborating company QA policy, best practices and approaches to testing of various cloud-based and mission-critical systems● Working with business and development teams on product visions and requirements● Developing QA policies according to system software ecosystems ● Responsible for development of test strategies and creation of test harnesses● Responsible for design and development of automation frameworks for functional, usability, performance/load testing, specific test management systems, tools, documentation● Consultancy, guidance, projects audits● Establishing and optimization of QA processes and technologies● Preparing and conducting internal and external training on QA and testing● Close cooperation with Project Management Office in adjusting and support of project processes● QA management on various company projects● Mentoring and supervising of QA engineers, QA managers, project QA teams● Creating from scratch and management of QA department ● Hiring QA engineers and managersAs Project Manager:Project profiles description: various mid-size and large-scale cloud-based and high-performance solutions (SaaS, PaaS, BigData) for world-wide IT market playersProjects: OpenStack-based, Heat, MagnetoDB, etcResponsibilities and Key Accomplishments:● Project management [Agile] on mid-size project● Project monitoring and control● Scrum mastering● Processes establishing and optimization● Requirements and risk management● Building units' organizational structures● Training and mentoring of subordinate engineers and managers

Sweden, Ukraine

Project description: Integrated enterprise-level billing system for leading Swedish power generating provider and distributor Responsibilities and key accomplishments:● QA management ● Test teams management (2 - 5 engineers in each)● System analysis ● Requirements management and analysis ● Test analysis, design and development● Test automation● Test documentation design● Work on site (Sweden)Technologies: Windows XP/2003, ORACLE 10.2, SQL, .Net C#Processes: Agile, V-model

Ukraine

Projects: ● Centralized data gathering, analysis, and reporting system for statistics-based measuring of physical parameters, coordinates and geolocation in cellular phone networks for country-wide mobile telecommunication providers and for emergency services.● Mission-critical Web-oriented integrated system (SaaS) for wide chains of cable TV and Radio broadcasting stations (centralized management, advertisements, information portals, products promotion, studying of consumer-oriented markets and building of consumers profiles using AI elements).Responsibilities and key accomplishments:● QA management (elaborating project QA policies and establishing processes, QA staff supervision)● Test team management (2 - 5 engineers in each)● System analysis● Requirements analysis● Test analysis, design and development● Test automation, design of functional and performance/load testing frameworks● Test documentation designTechnologies: Windows XP/2003, ORACLE 10.2, SQL, Java, DevTrac, Selenium, HP Load Runner 9.0, JMeter, UNIX shellProcesses: Agile (SCRUM-like), V-process

Ukraine

Project description:Design, development and support of several eCommerce-related and pharmaceutical systems for the clients with their service networks in Europe and USA: full-functional Web applications (based on the third-party business process platforms and distributed web-services) to provide a set of standard features required for managing activities in various subsidiaries world-wide.Responsibilities and key accomplishments:● Test team management ● Test analysis and design ● Test automation ● Requirements management ● Test documentation management and design● Communications with customers● Conducting semi-annual ISO 9000 internal audits as internal auditorTechnologies: Windows XP/2003, MacOS X, defects tracking software, Mercury WinRunner/LoadRunner, n-tier arch., OOP/OOD, .NETProcesses: RUP, V-process

Ukraine, Germany

Project description:Design and development of unified high-performance tariffing and billing systems for broadband communications and IP-billing for various Telecoms like Deutsche Telecom AG, France Telecom, Vodafone, GoldenTelecom and othersResponsibilities and key accomplishments:● Design of main systems concepts ● Database design ● System analysis● Requirements management ● Project documentation design ● Test management, analysis, design and development ● Test automation, design of a framework for functional testing● Work on-site (Germany)Technologies: ORACLE v.8.1.7 Enterprise Server, SQL, PL/SQL, ANSI C++, UNIX shell, UNIX Solaris v.2.7, Windows NT/2000, SQL Navigator v.3, Sybase Power Designer v.6.1, MS VSS, Rational Clear Case, Rational Clear Quest, Client-server, OOP/OODProcesses: RUP, V-process, Waterfall

Ukraine

Project description:● ASKR: united bookkeeping and message accounting corporate-wide management program system developed for Kharkov Aviation Works and Balaklava regional ore industrial complex.● ABD: corporate-wide management system for Zaporozhje nuclear power plantResponsibilities and key accomplishments:● Database design ● Design of core and interface modules ● Development of reusable components● Customer communications● Post-deployment supportTechnologies: ORACLE v.7.2.2 Enterprise Server, SQL, PL/SQL, ANSI C++, UNIX shell, UNIX Solaris v.2.7, PowerBuilder v.5.0 – 6.0, Sybase Power Designer v.5.0, Windows 95/NTProcesses: V-process, Waterfall

Ukraine

Project description: Integrated System of Planning and Financial ManagementResponsibilities and key accomplishments: ● Database design● Design and development of functional components and GUI● Testing and supportTools: FoxPro v.2.6, Borland C++ v.2.0, MS-DOS 3.3Processes: Waterfall

Modeling Of Electromagnetic Multi Frequency Interference Processes In Shielding Of Semiconductors

Postgraduate study

Engineer Degree, Electronics, Diploma With Honours

Design of radio electronic systems

High School, (Physics, Informatics)

Activities and Societies: Radio electronics, Computers, Sports, Literature, Travelling