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Budapest, Hungary

• STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP
• Directed the strategic planning and seamless execution of two significant reorganizations and multiple downsizing initiatives, minimizing operational disruption and preserving efficiency.
• Orchestrated a confidential Personal Development and Successor Planning process for over 300 employees in collaboration with 45 Engineering Managers, ensuring data privacy and leadership continuity.
• Organized company-wide events for over 500 participants and contributed significantly to creating Home Office Policy during COVID-19, ensuring business continuity, fostering team cohesion, and aligning departmental.
• Streamlined resource allocation, cost planning, and strategic decision-making by delivering actionable PowerBI insights and developing comprehensive BI systems to produce critical Resource, Productivity, Headcount, and.
• Implemented a Master Data Management strategy, creating a Single Source of Truth that integrated workflows across Salesforce, Aha!, Jira, Confluence, MS SQL, and MS Azure and enhanced financial accuracy by eliminating.

Budapest, Hungary

• AGILE TRANSFORMATION & PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
• Led continuous improvement initiatives by facilitating retrospective meetings and implementing process enhancements, resulting in increased team engagement and alignment with quarterly plans.
• Orchestrated risk assessment and mitigation strategies, effectively resolving conflicts and ensuring the successful execution of the Agile Release Train (ART).PROGRAM INCREMENT (PI) PLANNING & EXECUTION
• Planned and executed eight quarterly Program Increments, consistently achieving an 86% PI predictability rate, surpassing the target of 80%, while facilitating alignment across 45 engineers, Product Managers, System.

Budapest, Hungary

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
• Managed the company's complete services project portfolio, leading a team of 8 Project Managers and Technical Account Managers, overseeing 45 engineers in 5 teams, reducing costs by 12% through strategic Cost-Benefit.
• Innovated project governance and methodologies by introducing Agile principles, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring all projects were delivered on time, within scope and budget, and enhancing.
• Developed and facilitated a company-wide Risk Management workshop educating PMs
• Established regular Project Review meetings and well-structured Project Information Pages in Confluence that optimized information flow and improved decision-making.

Budapest, Hungary

• PROJECT DELIVERY & INNOVATION
• Orchestrated developing and deploying client and server components for iGO map updates, driving user base growth from a few thousand to 3.2 million in five years.
• Led a virtual project team of 4 developers delivering 3-4 significant releases annually.
• Implemented "Virtual PM" assistant bot and "Release Tracker" tool, enhancing project management efficiency and combating software piracy and still in production after 15+ years.CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP
• As the primary licensing expert, implemented DRM strategy and delivered targeted training programs to educate stakeholders, resulting in optimized licensing management.

Budapest, Hungary

• TEAM LEADERSHIP
• Led the design and development of the map update application, managing a team of 5 developers to support over 2,500 device models and millions of iGO Navigation devices globally.
• Managed the annual budget for tools and devices to ensure cost-effective operations.SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION
• Shaped software architecture while driving requirement analysis, code reviews, and configuration management, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Won first prize at a 24-hour company Hackathon by developing a community feature set that boosted user engagement years ahead of our business competitors.