SUMMARY

• A certified Software Project Manager offering 6 years of successful leading of all phases of diverse software projects;
• 15 years of total commercial software development experience in various industries (Finance, Banking, Retail, Product, e - Commerce, Automotive, Embedded, ERP, IT-consulting, Web/Mobile);
• 7 years of Software Engineering, 4 years of Business/Systems Analysis background;
• Solid experience in Commercial Software Development, IT-consulting, IT Project Management, Business Processes Analysis and System Design; MS in Computer Science (honors diploma);
• Managed offshore software development teams, supported information systems services in a most effective from a risk/benefit point of view/manner.
• Advanced engineering background, remarkable experience in project start-up, object-oriented design, business processes and systems analysis, commercial software development of distributed applications, corporative business platforms, software tools, products and technologies.
• Business strategist: plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Excellent communicator: leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.
• Expert in waterfall and agile project management methodologies. Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.
• Advanced experience in the finance industry, retail and investment banking business.
• Drove the high-quality completion of SW systems engineering, IT solutions/services development and enterprise-wide implementation projects for F500 clients including: Confidential, ING Bank, WebTrends, KLM, LanguageWire, HLG, Confidential, Chrysler, Honda, Ford etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IT Project Management: PMBOK, RUP, PRINCE2, Waterfall, Agile, XP, SCRUM, KANBAN, Custom Software Development, DB Design (RDBMS), BI/DWH/DM, Systems Engineering, System Migrations/Integrations, Enterprise-wide Implementations.

IT Project Lifecycle (SDLC): Requirements Analysis BABOK, Systems Design and Development, ROI Analysis, P&L execution, Budgeting, Forecasting, Reporting, Project Scheduling, Resourcing, Change/Release/Risk Management, Testing, QA, Rollout, Support.

Value-Added Leadership: Cross-Functional Supervision, Team Building, Mentoring, Business Development, Business & IT Planning, Vendor Management, Outsourcing, Outstaffing, Client Relationship Management.

Tools:, Technologies: MS Project, Office, Visio, MS TFS, MS VSTS, Java, PHP, MS SQL, Oracle, BI, DWH, ETL, .NET, C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, Ajax, JIRA, Confluence, SVN, OOP, Design Patterns, UML, Enterprise IT-Infrastructure.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing software projects (production/R&D) of development “In-Vehicle Infotainment HMI” embedded systems for global Automotive OEMs (Chrysler, Honda, Ford, Toyota, Ferrari).
• Leading the distributed software delivery team (30+ FTE, revenue: $2.5M+) among 4 locations: USA, Germany, Ukraine, Vietnam.
• Full lifecycle of software project management (production, R&D projects), setting up of SDLC, introducing/ facilitating/improving ASPICE/Agile/Scrum SW development process; monitoring/controlling of ongoing projects (processes/schedule/budget/team performance); project execution support to junior PMs/TLs; resources coordination.
• Active involvement into business development, presales/sales assessments, customer relationship management; control over budget (budgeting, forecasting, reporting), P&L execution;
• People management (hiring, retention, motivation, appraisals, teams formation, dismissal etc.).
• Results: delivered industry-leading software, achieved financial targets, got new project, built up strong engineering team, developed new delivery offshore locations. Tools/Technologies: PMBOK, ASPICE, CMMI, Cognos, Agile/Scrum, C++, Embedded, Linux, HTML5, Ajax, JIRA, MS Project.

Confidential, New York

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Software delivery management of engineering team (30+ FTE), development high-performance web-applications (CRM, CMS, enterprise platforms, e-commerce services etc.) for US/EU customers. full lifecycle of IT SW project management (production, R&D projects), setting up of SDLC, introducing and facilitating agile development processes; monitoring and controlling of ongoing projects; providing project execution support to junior PMs/TLs; resources coordination. active involvement into business development, presales/sales assessments, customer relationship management; control over budget (budgeting, forecasting, reporting), P&L execution;
• People management (hiring, retention, motivation, appraisals, team formation, dismissal etc.);
• Results: delivered industry-leading software to clients, achieved financial targets, improved SDLC delivery processes (DEV best practices, QA manual/automation), established Recruiting & HR internal procedures, internal IT-infrastructure support services. Tools/Technologies: PMBOK, Agile, Scrum, XP, MS Project, UML, ASP.NET, Java, Oracle, PHP, JIRA, MS Project.

Confidential, NY

IT Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• managed development team (15+ FTE) of particular banking components/modules, software development and issues tracking workflow, project meetings, planning project resources; performed requirements analysis and prepared functional design documentation, developed internal processes and procedures, collaboration with all business-lines; analyzed and specified the integration interfaces/approaches with internal/external upstream and downstream banking systems; facilitated the design of functional workflows; created of data models, performed data mapping and reconciliation exercises, designed of UI/UX specifications, test-cases reviewing; acted as SME of investment banking domain for 40+ FTE team;
• Results: the banking application was successfully delivered by the distributed international team (US, UK, AU, RU, UA) and launched on time. Tools/Technologies: PMBOK, Agile, Scrum, MS Project, UML, JIRA, Java, Ajax, Flex, Oracle, BI/DWH/Reporting/ETL, Cognos, Web-Services.

Confidential, MI, Troy

IT Project Manager / PMO Manager

Responsibilities:

• SW delivery management of UA offshore SWE team (20+ FTE, 5+projects), development high-performance web-applications (CRM, CMS, enterprise platforms, e-commerce etc.) for US customers. full lifecycle of IT project management (scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, communications, resources): pre-sales assessments, requirements analysis/design, developing the project plan/schedule, managing the internal/external development teams, establish SDLC workflows, change/release management, project closure etc.;
• PMO activities: establishing and improving of internal project management processes, procedures, methodologies; monitoring and controlling of ongoing projects to ensure following the approved approach/schedule/budget; providing project execution support to PMs; resources coordination.
• Results: successfully managed, delivered and launched 5+ SW projects forglobal top-notch brands as HalLewisGroup, LMA Communications, Edelman, SleuthSoftware, Excel N.A. Tools/Technologies: PMBOK, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, JIRA, MS Project, .NET, Java, PHP, Oracle.