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WORK EXPERIENCE

Board Advisor (Contract)

• EBS Integrator | Moldova | July 2023 – October 2023
  • Led cross-functional teams, enhancing engineering processes and increasing project efficiency by 15%.
  • Championed continuous improvement initiatives that boosted team performance and collaboration, achieving a 10% reduction in project delivery times.
  • Developed and executed strategic plans that contributed to growth in business development opportunities through effective coaching and team building.

Skills: Coaching, Mentoring, Talent Development, Agile, Business Alignment, Strategic planning, Resource Allocation.

Delivery Manager

• Salt Edge | Moldova | September 2022 – June 2023
  • Revamped project management using Agile, boosting team productivity by 30% by dividing a team of 20 into three specialized sub-teams: two dedicated to addressing both new and old issues from the backlog, and a third focused exclusively on product stabilization and new AISP&PISP integration.
  • Transformed backlog management, reduced outstanding issues from 250 to just 20 in the pipeline within 6 months, despite a weekly influx of approximately 40 new issues.
  • Introduced automatic integration testing based on business priorities, which reduced delivery time by 25%.
  • Introduced continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills: Ruby, RoR, RSpec, REST API, PIS, AIS, SCA, PSD2, Open Banking, Fintech, Gitlab, Grafana, Kibana, Logstash, CI/CD improvement, Integration Testing, Change Management, Strategic planning, Resource allocation, Continuous improvement.

Director of Engineering

• Mixbook | Moldova | March 2021 – August 2023
  • Rebuilt and scaled high-performing product-centric teams, growing them by 30% in 18 months. Revamped the hiring process, attracted top-tier talent.
  • Introduced a boot camp program tailored for engineers at different seniority levels, enabled seamless onboarding and integration within 1-3 months depending on stack knowledge and experience, with minimal impact on team performance.
  • Coached and mentored 3 engineering managers, by improving their leadership and engineering skills, which led to a 20% increase in team productivity and efficiency, fostered a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Led tech stack migration (RoR), transitioned to a newer version with zero impact on product functionality, ensured smooth operations and minimized risk to the business.
  • Reduced AWS costs by 20%, achieved by optimizing storage usage, balanced the number of instances running for specific periods and loads, and implemented S3 Glacier Deep Archive for cost-efficient storage.

Skills: Ruby, RoR, RSpec, React, AWS (S3, Glacier, Instances scaling), Memcached, Redis, Rollbar, Sumologic, Aurora MySQL, CI/CD, IaC, Agile, Kanban, Engineering Management, Engineering Growth Strategy, Coaching, Mentoring, Hiring, Continuous Improvement, eCommerce, Change Management.

Site Leader

• Waze | Ukraine | January 2019 – August 2020
  • Led engineering delivery growth.
  • Mentored and coached team members which directly contributed to a 20% increase in team efficiency.
  • Optimized SDLC processes, introduced automation testing that reduced testing time from 100 man-days to 25 man-days, improved product quality and delivery speed.
  • Led the planning and execution of growth strategies, increased team size from 45 to 67 within 18 months, with an attrition rate below 3%.
  • Managed and forecasted a $6 million budget yearly.
  • Implemented a squad-based structure focused on specific business areas, fostered cross-functional collaboration and focused delivery.

Skills: Operational Management, Budgeting Engineering Management (QA), Agile, Process Improvement, SDLC, Coaching, Mentoring, QA Automation, Selenium, QA Improvement, Monthly Business Review.

General Manager Moldova

• Gilat Satellite Communication | Moldova | January 2011 – December 2018
  • Managed and grew the team from 24 to 76 employees, optimizing processes and reducing costs.
  • Led the Network Management System (NMS) product stabilization, improved system uptime from 3 hours to 30 days in large-scale networks.
  • Introduced a targeted "selective affected areas" testing approach, reduced testing time from 2 months to 2 weeks and smoke testing from 6 days to 4 hours.
  • Implemented new departments (R&D, TS, NOC, Helpdesk) while coached and mentored managers.
  • Managed a $2.2 million yearly budget, optimized financial planning and resource allocation with 15% reduction in expenses.

Skills: Operational Management, Budgeting, Budget Forecast, Growth Strategy, SATCOM, Engineering & Product Management (NMS), Design Pattern, Agile, Process Improvement, SDLC, Coaching, Mentoring, QA Automation.

Senior Consultant

• R System | Moldova | April 2008 – January 2011
  • Delivered telecom consultancy services including functional specification writing and on-site support for seamless integration and operation of telecom systems.
  • Led IN/HLR integration projects and delivered the USSD Menu Browser solution over SS7/SIGTRAN, enhancing communication capabilities.
  • Specialized in SMSC centers and Cisco CSG2 integration, leading the design, C++ development, and deployment of automated systems and shell scripts.
  • Delivered projects 1-2 weeks ahead of schedule.
  • Stabilized prepaid billing systems in 2 months instead of the planned 4 by providing on-site support to a mobile operator.

Software Architect/Team Leader

• Endava | Moldova | February 2002 – January 2008
  • Project: Computaris (March 2005 - 2007)
    • Role: Senior Consultant and System Expert
    • Provided consultancy, functional specification writing, development, and on-site support.
    • Developed key components in C++/Pro C including:
      • Account and subscription management.
      • Call Rating Engine
      • Customer Application Server
      • Customer Loyalty Program Engine
      • Reload management (GUI, USSD)
      • CDR processing
      • Charging engine
    • Integrated IN/HLR into the PPB system
    • Led GSM network provisioning and supervision via the PPB system, ensuring accurate and efficient billing processes.
  • Project: Xtempus (2003 - 2005)
    • Role: Team Lead, Software Architect, and Developer
    • Led a development team, managed task assignments, coached team members, and conducted task reviews.
    • Designed and developed the MMS relaying system for Linux, overseeing phases 1, 2, and 3 of the projects.
    • Key technical contributions included:
      • Implementation of SMTP/MIME/MM4 parser
      • XML log generation and asynchronous logging using TCP/IP sockets or FIFO files (POSIX)
      • Design and development of an extensible error handler.
      • Creation of custom add-in modules and core business logic
      • Design of custom SMTP transport for Postfix
      • SNMP Management System using NET-SNMP
    • Developed the project with expertise in MySQL, C, and C++, providing technical leadership and architectural design.