Project Management

Igor Dayen

Santa Clara, CA ***** 408-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-dayen **********@*****.***

Project/Program Manager

Highly results oriented professional with experience in program and project management. Self-starter with experience driving business goals while controlling costs and optimizing processes. Able to work independently and collaboratively. Highly skilled at effective relationship management with engineering business units. Experienced in IT, Cloud, and Networking.

Qualifications

Successful program manager in developing and executing project plans, schedules, budgets.

Experienced in identifying risks and mitigation plans.

Strong communication, writing and negotiation skills.

Proven hardware and software systems expertise.

Demonstrated knowledge in technical marketing, professional services, and engineering.

Extensive experience in product launches and deployments.

Proficient in developing, generating and delivering reports to executive management.

Leadership Attention to details Excellent written communication skills Excellent presentation skills Software development expertise Product launch Linux Process oriented Prioritize deadlines MS Visio MS Project MS Office Effective project management Scheduling Confluence C/C++ JSON Java Scripting Perl SQL Programming HTML Network infrastructure Waterfall Agile Project plan Process improvement Project scope Reporting Salesforce JIRA Design Metrics Lifecycle management Program management Project planning Project risks Strong analytical skills

Professional Experience

Oct 2016 – Present, Sony Corporation, San Mateo, CA

Senior Project Manager

Owned engineering operations including communications and tracking processes between, PM, Engineering, and IT.

Led planning, execution, and delivery of small and large cross-functional programs/projects to manage endpoint security software for all of Engineering.

Monitored programs/projects from initiation through delivery and interfaced with internal customers and Engineering department personnel.

Organized and facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews/ sprint retrospectives, sprint and release planning, sprint demos, and other scrum-related meetings.

Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management.

Facilitated high level project requirement analysis, including defining business requirements and objectives.

Organized project activities and interdepartmental meetings and ensured communication facilitated completion of the program/project on schedule and within budget constraints.

2008 – Sept 2016, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA

Senior Project Manager

Managed large-scale initiatives in the AT&T network migration that required continuous uptime of 4,000 network nodes.

Managed the rollout of the network management software to drive NOC operations.

Organized teams, developed schedules, hired contractors, and oversaw design and development of engineering applications.

Was instrumental in leading IOS-XR team to integrate high density line card into the edge router

Served as scrum master: drove and led backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint commit, daily scrums, agile dashboards.

Managed across functional product teams and developed operational strategy to ensure successful delivery of a Cloud Scale launch.

Tracked, followed up on process and project scope, schedule, deliverables, and milestones.

Developed risk management plans and project exit criteria.

Provided work direction, training and development to other cross-functional team members as needed.

Grew BU business, revenue stream and fostered synergetic technology partnerships.

Provided partner relationship management and validated interoperability of the BU and partner products offerings.

Managed technical relationships with R&D, partners, and ISV's.

Drove the infrastructure IPv6 setup and execution in the industry's most comprehensive network and cloud Megatest that resulted in gaining market share for the service provider products.

Organized and managed 200+ engineering and product management resources to deliver Cisco Live! Events.

Project managed the delivery of interoperable products, solutions and services to customers.

Developed JSON-based specifications for browser-based applications for the demos presented at the events

Acted as a focal point of contact and managed all external and internal communications to cross-functional teams.

Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, and on budget.

Planned and managed multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements.

2000 – 2007, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA

Senior Custom Applications Engineer

Enabled technology partners to integrate their applications in the MPLS network ecosystem.

Provided Advanced Support for Network Management/VPN services products and Intelligent Configuration Agents: ISC and IE2100/CNS.

Developed custom applications and integration with the OSS networking applications using Java

Specialized in application integration using northbound programmable interfaces.

Handled system configuration, performance analysis for development of Infovista applications.

Successfully delivered presentations at Ecosystem Partners Conferences and Residency programs for ISC and

CNS.

Additional Professional Experience

Siemens Business Services, San Jose, CA

Program Manager/Software Engineer

Oversaw multiple projects across all stages of UNIX systems deployment.

Collaborated with development and product management to plan UNIX system upgrades.

Interfaced with R&D and field engineers to develop support processes and procedures to resolve customer issues related to UNIX Kernel.

Provided on-site project management support to customers worldwide: "fly-and-fix" assignments.

Led cross-functional teams to perform a multimillion system deployment.

Provided accurate time estimates for project duration and assessment of successful outcomes.

Performed site and capacity planning for high-end data center systems.

Trained and made demonstrations to customers on the use of products and features.

Education

De Anza College, Project Management Practitioner (PMP) Certification (In progress)

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, MS Computer Science

U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, BS Computer Science with Honors

USC, Institute for Communication Technology Management, Certificate

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