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* Led a diverse engineering and data science team of approximately 25 members split between the US and Ukraine, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work culture. * Spearheaded efforts to mature the software development life cycle, incorporating QA practices, expanding DevOps capabilities, and ensuring compliance with external regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA.* Oversaw the operational management of the engineering department, ensuring efficient resource allocation, project prioritization, and timely delivery of products and features. * Promoted, mentored, and developed three new managers to oversee DevSecOps, US Engineering, and Kyiv Engineering.* Promoted to VP of Data Engineering in recognition of exceptional leadership and expanded responsibilities to identify revenue opportunities within the data collected, identify new data needs, and democratize access to all data sources for internal needs. * Spearheaded an Information Security Management System that met ISO 27001 requirements, ensuring data security and regulatory compliance.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Cision's business strategy is to consolidate major players and products in the PR industry to bring the first earned media cloud platform to market; simplifying the daily life for Public Relations professionals and journalists. Through 6 major acquisitions, I was responsible for managing the enterprise portfolio and applied data science functions; using my diverse experience to create the strategy to leverage Cision's ever-growing best of breed components to revolutionize PR with the industry's first cloud platform showcasing features and capabilities from dozens of point solutions while reducing operational complexity and TCO. http://www.cision.com/us/communications-cloud/

Started my time at Visible as software engineer #1 when it received funding to build a reputation tracking system for consumer generated media. Held various roles as the company grew including Product Director, Principal Engineer, Director of Business Operations, and Enterprise Architect.Led efforts to invest in and convert to a a scale-out/big data architecture in 2009; successfully merged technologies through an acquisition with Cymfony in 2012; promoted the product and technology through an acquisition by Cision in 2014.Owned the product vision, roadmap, and technology execution for the social listening and insights platform.

Fort Wayne, In, Us

Manager of the e-Business Project Management Office (PMO) - Execution of the e-Business strategic plan; build business cases and requirements; oversaw development work; research and acquire software packages; negotiate contracts.As a developer; I led efforts to implement EBPP, Marketing/Merchandising automation, Digital Asset Management, and other systems as a developer and as the primary product owner/evangelist role for client and vendor intranets.