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Cluj, Romania

Cluj, Romania

Facilitated client growth by gathering and eliciting requirements for web applications, mobile applications, and e-commerce websites, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enhancing market competitiveness.- Developed user stories and prioritized them to match the project roadmap.- Tracked user stories closely through the development lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery and reducing project delays.- Created and updated business documentation, enhancing project clarity and reducing misunderstandings.Implemented Agile and Scrum methodologies, optimizing project management processes and increasing team productivity.

Cluj County, Romania

Directed the WordPress Business Unit, orchestrating the delivery of websites for brand awareness and e-commerce needs.Project Management- Coordinated multiple projects simultaneously across multiple teams.- Identified and gathered client needs and requirements.- Created and managed development tasks.- Conducted testing and client demos, ensuring high-quality deliverables.- Set and managed customer expectations, ensuring alignment with project goals.- Successfully delivered over 35 websites/projects to customers, meeting project deadlines.Product Ownership- Conceptualized and expanded a participatory budgeting platform for City Halls, securing contracts with 8 municipalities.- Provided comprehensive support for clients, ensuring seamless platform usage.- Established an ecosystem around the product, including a City Hall complaints platform and Single Sign-On (SSO), enhancing product value.- Improved installation time from 2 days to 2 hours, optimizing project efficiency and accelerating time-to-market.- Incorporated custom client needs into the product strategy, enhancing product relevance and market competitiveness.- Negotiated contracts and acquisitions with new clients, fostering strong client relationships.Team management- Conducted regular one-on-one sessions with team members, fostering professional growth.- Implemented and managed professional development plans for team members.- Implemented process improvements to increase quality and productivity.- Successfully recruited and onboarded new developers, testers, technical writers, and business analysts, expanding team capacity and capabilities.

Cluj County, Romania

Led two cross-functional Scrum teams in moving an on-premise translation solution to a web-based application.- Collaborated with the Product Manager to gather and elicit comprehensive requirements.- Translated requirements into actionable epics and stories, facilitating clear communication and task prioritization.- Developed and maintained a strategic roadmap for the application, guiding development efforts and ensuring alignment with business objectives.- Orchestrated all Scrum ceremonies, optimizing team collaboration and accelerating project delivery.- Collaborated with the DevOps team to establish a robust CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time.- Provided regular progress updates to upper management, ensuring transparency and alignment with project goals.- Coordinated with other Product Owners to integrate cross-team features seamlessly, enhancing application functionality and user experience.

Cluj County, Romania

Led the development of a free translation app to compete with Google Translate, overseeing project execution.- Collaborated with the Product Manager to gather and elicit requirements.- Partnered with a Data Analyst to leverage insights for informed decision-making.- Created and managed development tickets.- Tested the app features.- Coordinated with the DevOps team to deploy new features across multiple environments, ensuring smooth rollout and minimizing downtime.- Presented feature demos to upper management.- Resolved support tickets from clients promptly, maintaining high customer satisfaction levels.

Cluj County, Romania

Led various projects, overseeing end-to-end execution and ensuring alignment with client expectations.- Facilitated requirements gathering sessions with clients.- Generated and managed development tickets, optimizing task prioritization.- Provided hands-on support to developers, reducing issue resolution time.- Tested developed features, ensuring deliverables met client specifications.- Planned and executed live releases, minimizing downtime and ensuring uninterrupted service.- Conducted regular one-on-one sessions with team members.- Successfully recruited and onboarded new developers/testers.- Implemented Agile and Kanban methodologies.

Cluj County, Romania

Lead a team of developers in creating diverse custom applications for clients, ensuring successful project delivery and client satisfaction.- Mentored and onboarded junior developers, accelerating their integration into projects- Provided support and guidance to team members- Created the project architecture for different applications- Managed code deployment into QA and live environments- Hosted client demos

Cluj County, Romania

Worked on developing and deploying a custom ERP tailored for the French market, successfully implementing the system for diverse clients and customizing it to meet their specific needs.- Integrated payment providers.- Automated email communications.- Achieved multi-language functionality for the ERP, facilitating global accessibility.- Established a basic deployment system on Linux servers, streamlining the deployment process and reducing setup time.- Tailored existing ERP modules to align with customer requirements.- Developed and integrated new modules into the ERP, enhancing its functionality and meeting evolving market demands.

Cluj County, Romania

Worked on the development of multiple modules for a custom ERP system.

Computer Science

Computer Science