Quality Assurance Manager
Resume:
Nikolaos Kastrinakis
Melville, NY 11747
Tel: 347-***-**** E-Mail: acs99i@r.postjobfree.com
_ Dear Madam or Sir,
As an accomplished servant style leader in the software industry, I am interested in working with an effective team.
With my experience, in Project Management, I have managed successful product launches, on-time and on- budget, while reducing product development costs by as much as 20%. I have personally built lean QA & Customer Support teams by streamlining QA cycles, implementing new infrastructure, as well as by implementing manual and automated QA testing processes. As a certified Scrum Master I believe my ability to contribute to the bottom line of an organization by managing partner relationships and delivering complex OEM enterprise solutions as well as my experience ensuring the successful lifecycle for software products makes me uniquely suited to lead a team transforming ideas into industry-leading software solutions.
Please refer to at my attached resume for a detailed look at my skills and experience. In addition, here’s a snapshot of what else I have to offer:
Inspirational Leadership
Inspire and motivate others; create momentum while making colleagues feel valued
Confident and passionate about building teams, which positively impact and influence others
Transparency when taking on big challenges
Take responsibility for my actions and share recognition with teammates
Create an environment of high accountability, collaboration, and sense of urgency People Development
Manage through trust-based relationships, aligning individuals’ goals and expectations with business requirements
Create an environment that attracts talented employees while respecting diversity and focusing on individuals’ strengths
Provide direct open and honest feedback with colleagues, partners, vendors, and customers Commitment
Set expectations and high standards of performance
Use exceptional problem solving skills to remove project impediments quickly and early
Deliver consistent, predictable, and measurable results with superior quality I look forward to the opportunity to discuss my credentials with you. With my skills, experience, and proven track record, I believe I would be a valuable addition to your organization. You can reach me at the phone number or email address listed above.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Nikolaos Kastrinakis
Tel: 347-***-**** E-Mail: acs99i@r.postjobfree.com
Nikolaos Kastrinakis
1 Plainwood Rd
Melville, NY 11747
Tel: 347-***-**** E-Mail: acs99i@r.postjobfree.com
_ OBJECTIVE: To lead a team transforming smart ideas into industry-leading software solutions. PROFILE: Problem solver catalyst who removes impediments quickly and makes things happen. Accomplished servant style leader who builds strong working relationships with colleagues, achieving high levels of productivity.
Expert at project planning, foreseeing project issues, developing backup plans to eliminate risks, reallocating resources, and meeting schedules.
Core competencies include solid servant style leadership skills and proven abilities to drive negotiations with partners and customers to ensure compliance to budgets, service-level agreements (SLAs), time plans, and deliverables. ACHIEVEMENTS: Reduced product development costs by 20% by automating QA processes.
Managed successful product launches, on-time and on-budget, and actively participated in implementing products from conception to market success while growing the company from a start-up to a publicly traded enterprise organization.
Ensured the successful lifecycle for the CA Unicenter Business Unit products; planned and managed over $100 million budget annually without overage.
Built lean QA & Customer Support teams at CA, working at peak capacity over extended periods of time, while maintaining high levels of morale and productivity. EXPERIENCE:
10/15 – present AMERICAN EXPRESS Consultant New York, NY Project Manager – End to End Quality
Applying Agile Methodology to assure high quality Commerce Concierge Sprints.
Designing and Managing Responsive UI Automation Testing. 05/06 – 06/15 FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE Melville, NY
Director of Technology-Quality Assurance
Streamlined the QA cycle of the Virtual Tape Library-Deduplication product line.
Implemented new infrastructure to support the software development lifecycle
(SDLC) process in both Agile and Waterfall implementations.
Managed partner relationships simultaneously with EMC, IBM, HDS, SUN, and Violin Memory to deliver OEM complex enterprise solutions.
Established and implemented manual and automated QA testing processes.
Managed Multiple QA Teams across different time zones. 05/95 - 05/06 COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL Islandia, NY Director of Brand Strategy 02/04-05/06
Controlled a budget of over $100 million for the Unicenter BU team.
Assisted the GM with management of over 150 concurrent running projects.
Approved all software and hardware for development teams within the BU.
Coordinated Engineering department activities with Business Development, Legal, Finance, Accounting, and HR teams.
Divisional Assistant Vice President of Development 09/99-02/04
Directed QA teams on Artificial Intelligence Applications Development.
Directed QA teams on Help Desk and Knowledge Base Applications Development.
Directed Automation Testing teams developing functionality, regression, certification, performance, longevity, and stress tests. Enterprise Support Manager 10/98-09/99
Managed technical staff providing support services to CA’s enterprise clients.
Managed ARCserve Enterprise Support Queue to exceed SLAs expectations. Quality Assurance Manager 05/95-10/98
Quality Assurance project leader for ARCserve for Windows NT.
Managed multiple Quality Assurance projects in multiple localized languages
Developed automated ARCserve testing applications in C++. Nikolaos Kastrinakis
1 Plainwood Rd
Melville, NY 11747
Tel: 347-***-**** E-Mail: acs99i@r.postjobfree.com
SKILLS: Management
Expert in managing multiple large and small teams in various time zones.
Superior knowledge of project management skills, handling multiple projects according to PMI project standards.
Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience in Agile Methodology. Familiar with Agile implementation at both IBM and Amex.
Comprehensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle for Agile, Big- Bang, Spiral and Waterfall implementations.
Management skills in Development, Quality Assurance, and Technical Support for localized software on multiple platforms such as Windows, UNIX, and Mainframes.
Knowledge in implementing processes complying with Six Sigma, CMM, and ISO9000 industry standards.
Operating Systems and Platforms
Windows, RHEL and SUSE Linux, UNIX, Mainframe, MacOS, iOs, Android, Fire. Applications
MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio, Adobe Acrobat, Arena, VNC/Remote Desktop/WebEx, Putty, ESXi VMware, Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Single Instance Repository (SIR), and File Deduplication System (FDS), Rally, JIRA, TestLink, Bugzilla, Symantec NetBackup, Symantec Backup Exec, IBM TSM(Tivoli Storage Manager), EMC NetWorker, Dell BakBone NetVault, CA Disk™ Backup and Restore (Formerly BrightStor® - ARCserve), HP Data Protector, CommVault® Simpana, Oracle Secure Backup, Syncsort Catalogic DPX (formerly BEX or Backup Express)
Programing Languages and Tools
C++, Visual Basic, SQL, PHP, Java and HTML
MS Visual Studio, QTP, Selenium
Hardware
Storage Systems:
EMC: DL4100, DL4200, CX700, CX2-80, CX4-960
Hitachi: AMS2500, H150, H130
Dell: PowerVault MD1000, MD1200, MD3200
IBM, f5 ARX-4000, Xiotech, Violin Memory
Servers: Dell PowerEdge Series, IBM xSeries, IBM iSeries, SUN Sunfire, SUN Enterprise HP Integrity, HP Proliant, Hitachi Compute Systems RAID Controllers: Dell PERC H7xx, H8xx series; LSI SAS 9266-8i Ethernet Switches: HP Procurve 1400-24G 1810G-24, 1800-24G, Dell PowerConnect 8024F (10Gb), 8132F (10Gb)
FC Switches: Brocade Director 10000, Silkworm 4000, 5000 Series, Silkworm 6505 HBAs: QLE2462, QLE2462, QLE2562, QLE2564, QLE2662, Ethernet Intel x520 Tape Libraries / Drives: SUN L180, SL500, L700, HP LTO4, LTO5, LTO6,IBM 3584 EDUCATION: City University of NY York College Jamaica, NY BS. in Information Systems Management 05/96
Long Island University C.W. Post Brookville, NY
MS in Management Engineering ABT
CERTIFICATIONS: Scrum Master Certified – SCRUMstudy Lic:89231 12/15 LANGUAGES: Bilingual English/Greek
REFERENCES: Furnished upon request
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