• Successful career in cross-functional management and collaboration on a variety of projects distinguished by rapid promotions and achievements. Strong background in budgeting and management of software development and infrastructure projects, intellectual and human capital.
• Business acumen rooted in strong education and honed by 20 years at Fortune 50 companies, top tier Wall Street firms and startups consistently demonstrating vision, flexibility, and efficiency. Dynamic approach to work, tenacious follow through and focus on maximization of ROI.
• Confident, versatile and entrepreneurial asset with international experience and discipline of a former military and a Black Belt demonstrating high energy, leadership and dedication to success.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Manager

• Serve as a business analyst and a project manager working with various companies to assess challenges, formulate growth requirements and manage end-to-end software development processes. Charge all aspects of project lifecycle navigating the matrix of Business and IT units and external stakeholders by using a disciplined approach and maintaining a clear linkage between business goals and actual deliverables. Assembled and directed teams to deliver variety of projects with over 15 million of total budget.
• Engage with the client's top management and collaborate internally to elicit requirements, analyze/evaluate business needs, formulate objectives, scope, deliverables and project implementation roadmap.
• Spearhead the scheduling process and build end-to-end integrated projects schedules by obtaining impact assessment from all stakeholders and translating them into deliverables with external and internal dependencies. Negotiate schedule misalignments to ensure proper integration. Establish key critical milestones and maintain schedules.
• Lead impact assessment, project budget creation, its spending model, budget review and approval with clients. This included negotiations of vendor deliverables and cost. Track financials through project lifecycles where achieved 5 or less deviation from the budgets to date.
• Establish Change Management Board to closely monitor and evaluate potential scope changes. Assess impacts, negotiate changes with clients, and follow through with implementation.
• Maximize teamwork efficiency by coordinating the interactions of team leaders, clarifying tasks at routine and ad hoc meetings and monitoring progress daily to ensure steady progress of deliverables. Streamline the work with extensive utilization of collaboration methods, templates, and tools for technical content development.
• Demonstrate strong ability to manage risks by to resolve issues, prioritization, proactive monitoring of high risk areas, negotiating and escalating issues, quickly analyzing and proposing alternative solutions and developing mitigation plans.
• Experience in both waterfall and agile methodologies for developing off-shelf and customized software for diverse early stage technology-based companies in various industries.
• Saved over 150,000 of seed capital by collaborative search for alternative architectural solutions, which resulted in maximization of ROI and utilization of first mover advantage.
• Position the firm as a trusted investment banking and technology advisor for clients and investors by delivering on time and proposing alternative solutions and areas of further exploration.

Confidential

Manager

• Selected to manage various projects and develop corporate strategy positioning Lukoil as a top regional trader and project developer. Accountable for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering on time and within budgets assigned strategic projects, including all business, operational and technology deliverables.
• Took pride in participating in the consortium of 10 transnational corporations developing commercialization of infrastructural projects, where learned to navigate the complex matrix of business, IT and other units. Participated in all aspects of oil and gas export system design and operation including commercial and governmental agreements, quality bank, shipping, software and risks.
• Managed end-to-end conceptualization/economics, vendor selection, IT, training and operation of gas station network and fuel terminal deployment project total cost 20M USD, 2 year long . Achieved 100 on-time roll out of all phases and top performance metrics, saved over 100,000 through close vendor cost monitoring and project compression.
• Key man between trading counterparties, banks, service companies, shippers and refineries to negotiate and legalize the full trading operation cycle. Managed a team of 5 to ensure accurate execution of 100 million crude oil trading projects, produced over 2.5 million in profits and 50 ROI.

OTHER MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Confidential

Business Development Manager

• Opened multiple institutional trading accounts with bulge bracket and small financial institutions.
• Spearheaded end-to-end account management including onboarding, market analysis, compliance, documentation, reporting. Regularly used financial software for market analytics.
• Confidential Financial Advisor
• Executed asset and risk management, commercial and investment banking, executive financial services, real estate finance and other services provided to smaller corporations and wealthy individuals.
• Managed presentations, RFPs, client on-boarding, conference calls, other client-firm interactions in the matrix environment with demonstrated ability to handle the pressure inherent to Wall Street.
• Extensively communicated with the clients identifying their goals and concerns and advising on asset allocation, tax implications, compliance and risk management issues. Effectively networked internally and externally to remain informed about services offered and communicate them to clients.
• Consistently learned and utilized various financial software technologies to mine and analyze data, watch the market, frame client requirements, develop solutions, create proposals and exchange documentation.

Confidential

Founder, Operations Manager

• Started from scratch a fast growing company brokering luxury cars and watercraft internationally.
• Managed logistics, financials, marketing and logistics and achieved 100 average revenue growth rate with no start up capital. Oversaw 2 offices and staff of 3 employees.
• Confidential Retail Operations Management
• Assumed full P L charge including daily operations and HR management for a retail location upon immigrating to the USA.
• Got on a Territory Manager promotion list for showcasing outstanding people skills and raising sales by 8 , profits by 10 within the first 6 months.

Confidential

Data Analyst