Igor Tsives

**** ***** ****** **, *** Carlos, CA 94070

415-***-****

abnobe@r.postjobfree.com

Background MANAGER with extensive experience in design and development of client/server business

solutions, N-tier distributed systems, e-commerce systems, gaming platforms, systems integration

Summary

and product globalization. Extensive experience working with and managing offshore and virtual

teams. Related areas of expertise are:

• Web Technologies

• Product Management

• Project Management

• Internationalization and Globalization

• Online Gaming

• Web 2.0

Experience COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS since 09/08

San Ramon, CA

Sr. Manager & Domain Consulting Leader, Interactive Gaming

Lead the Interactive Gaming practice for Information, Media &

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Entertainment vertical.

Analyze current IT and BPO capabilities. Identify and lead the

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development of the future capabilities for the gaming industry through

technology evaluations, prototype engineering and cross-divisional

collaboration.

Prepare and present strategic, competitive and market analysis. Prepare

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go-to-market plans.

Identify and assess wide variety of new business opportunities from

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partnerships to M&A.

Perform vendor selection and establish vendor and business

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partnerships. Manage day-to-day relationships with partners.

Manage a team of business analysts and engineers in India.

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MICROSOFT 06/07 – 08/08

Mountain View, CA

International Program Manager, Global Product Development

Managed the development of international product features for

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Windows Live suite of products such as Web Messenger, Windows

Live Calendar and Windows Live Hotmail. Collaborated with

international product teams in 70+ markets around the world to define

market-specific requirements. Managed the globalization, localization

and internationalization of products. Wrote technical specifications

and requirements documents. Analyzed international competition and

recommended product features.

Redmond, WA

P rogram Manager, Casual Games Platform Services

Defined, designed and managed products which make up the PC &

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Web LIVE Arcade service. Responsible for game installer platform,

web platform and integration with XBOX LIVE service and the web

community. Responsible for gathering requirements, writing functional

and technical specs and managing projects through their lifecycles.

Significantly improved the installation platform by bringing the

technology in-house from a 3rd party developer.

ELECTRONIC ARTS 08/99 – 06/07

Redwood City, CA

T echnical Product Manager (Producer), EA Online Platform

( 05/06 – 06/07)

Defined and planed global product lines and product enhancements.

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Responsible for SOA REST gaming online platform that handles user

accounts, game services, and CS features. Worked on integrating game

client SDK with the SOA online platform. Worked on the design

specification of EALink and EAStore e-commerce applications. Wrote

PRDs and technical specification documents. Built and maintained the

product backlogs and roadmaps. Lead Sprint planning meetings and

daily SCRUMs.

Managed a team of offshore engineers in India.

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S oftware Engineering Lead, EA Online Platform

(08/99 – 05/06)

Was responsible for parts of EA Online platform including account

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registration and management, CS services, CRM services, game

statistics, subscriptions, e-commerce applications, web analytics, web

services, etc. Developed numerous multi-tiered Web, Java and XML

applications for ea.com, pogo.com, European EA portals, and for

internal use. Architected and developed an SOA-based platform

extension to allow external clients to integrate with EA Online

services. Worked with cross-functional teams in North America and

Europe on defining product feature requirements. Lead localization

efforts.

Managed a team of offshore engineers in India.

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Tools/Technologies: Java, JSP, Struts, JavaScript, XML, SOAP/REST,

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HTML, CSS, Linux, Apache/Tomcat, Oracle, ClearCase, Perforce

B ANK OF AMERICA 12/98 – 1/99

S an Francisco, CA

S oftware Engineer / Consultant

Developed collaboration applications and account management tools

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for internal use.

Tools/Technologies: PERL, Sun Solaris, Zeus Web Server

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B ARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTMENTS 12/98 – 1/99

S an Francisco, CA

S oftware Engineer / Consultant

Developed online survey application for internal use.

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Tools/Technologies: PERL, Sun Solaris, Netscape Enterprise Server

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N ETCOM 08/98 – 02/99

S an Jose, CA

W eb Developer

Developed account management applications. Administered UNIX

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development servers. Worked on numerous Y2K projects.

Tools/Technologies: C, PERL, Sun Solaris, Netscape Enterprise Server

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nCUBE 05/97 – 07/98

Foster City, CA

Systems Administrator / Web Developer

Setup, administered and supported company-wide email service,

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USENET news, web servers, routers and hubs, as well as

development and production Solaris servers. Provided end-user

support for company’s employees, including installation and

configuration of various hardware components and software packages

on Sun and PC machines.

Developed web-based administration tools including an on-line

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network monitoring system.

Tools/Technologies: CSH, PERL, Sub Solaris, Windows NT, Apache,

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Netscape Enterprise Server, Sendmail, INND, BIND, Legato

Networker, MySQL

Education BS, Management Information Systems, UOP, San Francisco, CA 1999 – 2001

Computer Science Coursework, SJSU, San Jose, CA 1995 – 1998

Personal Multilingual (English, Russian)

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