Management Project

VLADIMIR MINKOVSKI

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PHONE: 416-***-****

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OBJECTIVE

Looking for Product Manager position in software development

QUALIFICATIONS

3 years in technical product management role

5 years of leading and implementing agile development initiatives

10 years of writing requirements, technical specifications and analysis

9 years developing small to enterprise-wide systems at all stages of SDLC

14 years of professional experience in facilitating stakeholder meetings and sale initiative support

5 years of experience in software integration and training.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

METROLAND DIGITAL (TORSTAR BUSINESS) 2013-CURRENT

Industry: Online website, Real Estate, New Construction Marketing, News Publishing, Online Advertisement

Environment: Ruby on Rails, Email Marketing, Geospatial tech, Kanban, Lean Agile, XML, SEO, Web Analytics

Employment Position: Senior Business Analyst (Contract), Technical Product Manager (Full Time)

oActed as key business point of contact to drive technical delivery efficiency and rapid project deployment

oFacilitated project communication with multiple development teams to ensure alignment and work item understanding of everyone involved

oGathered and documented detailed business requirements from internal stakeholders including use cases, development task outlines, mockups, process flow diagrams, test cases, training documentation

oFormulated solutions and task breakdown for development vendors to control scope and stay on budget

oEnsured ongoing alignment of business initiatives to strategic objectives of the department

oFulfilled project management duties by managing and prioritizing technical deliverables, tracking timeliness, completeness and adherence to all requirements, negotiating resourcing and staff conflicts.

oUpdated senior management groups on project status, direction and escalations

oPrepared and managed business pipeline on ongoing basis (SWOT and gap analysis, top level management strategy breakdown, high level project itemization, estimations and scheduling)

oConsulted main product strategy advisory board for digital products of the company

oParticipated in multiple sales meetings and client sessions as technical sales support

Notable achievements: Revenue of assigned product growth of over 4000% via structured lean delivery process, agile responsiveness and ensuring focus on key stakeholder needs. 135% traffic growth via considerable SEO know how and alignment to established development process

CENTAH INC. 2011- 2013

Industry: Home Services, Workflow Management, Large Retail, National Service Providers

Environment: PHP, Agile, Kanban, MS Visio

Employment Position: Senior Business Analyst (Full Time) - Product Owner

oActed as key liaison and subject matter expert with the development team for all major client projects

oCoordinated all major communication between business and development (face to face meetings, travel to client sites, online workshops, phone interviews, etc.)

oGathered detailed business requirements from external and internal stakeholders

oDeveloped requirements and specifications for payment gateways integrations, new workflow lifecycles, performance enhancement functionalities, metrics, financial reporting, in-store kiosk applications, mobile functionality, and much more

oImplemented partial Agile processes within the organization achieving a hybrid model for software delivery. Implementation of the process allowed for faster delivery and sustainable maintenance of software after delivery. Subsequently, it allowed the company to attack larger and riskier projects while still supporting existing customer base and functionality

oCreated sales documentation outlining key product features for presentations to perspective clients

oTrained staff members on the process, requirements and delivery aspects of development projects

Notable achievements: All projects delivered on time and on budget, significant improvement of internal development process in terms of time to market and alignment to business goals via hybrid agile implementation and requirement reformulation towards QA.

CCH CANADIAN LIMITED (WOLTERS KLUWER BUSINESS) 2010–2011

Industry: Accounting and Legal Publishing, Content Management Systems

Environment: Documentum, XML Content and process standardization, MS Visio, Agile, JAD

Employment Positions: Business Analyst (Contract/Full Time)

oGathered detailed business requirements from key stakeholders and project sponsors.

oCoordinated an agile development team that delivered considerable system functionality.

oSingle-handedly carried out extensive requirement re-engineering project based on existing technical documentation greatly improving the direction of company’s development program.

oCompleted full business requirements documentation for an enterprise-wide multi-business unit content management system in less than 4 months

oLead communication with external technology groups with regards to requirement elaboration, design, and scope of implementation.

oMitigated conflicts between stakeholders and external technology groups, greatly improving project timeline in the process.

oDeveloped process maps and workflow documentation for key business processes and presented them to business and technology stakeholders.

Notable Achievements: Establishing of key agile unit process. Significant deliverables improved project timelines. Analysis and conflict mitigation removed considerable project blockers

DÉCOR GRATES 2006–2010

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, SEO, E-Marketing

Environment: PHP, MS SQL, Crystal Reports, MS Visio, Java, Agile

Employment Positions: Business Analyst (Full Time)

oPerformed gap analysis of existing software components and business processes.

oProvided functional specifications and lead communications with external technology groups to enhance, automate and optimize existing features of the business platform

oDirected the implementation of all projects through every stage of SDLC

oDesigned and developed in-house technologies to support the needs of internal business

COMPUTER METHODS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1998–2005

Industry: Data Mining, Software Development, Construction, Accounting, ERP, CRM

Environment: Oracle Database, Oracle Designer, Oracle Developer, PL/SQL

Employment Positions: System Analyst (Full Time), Software Developer (Full Time)

oGenerated system requirements documents for a wide range of enhancement and customization projects.

oPerformed technical analysis and feasibility studies on new user requirements.

oCompleted functional and technical specifications for projects ranging from minimal software enhancements to major system changes.

oDesigned and developed financial and managerial reports using Oracle Reports Developer.

EDUCATION

oBachelor of Business Administration Studies specializing in Gen. Management and Marketing at York University

oPractitioner Certification of Association of Information and Image Management (AIIM) specializing in enterprise content management models and systems.

oPragmatic Marketing Certification

TECHNICAL SKILLS

oMS Office, XML, PHP, Java, JavaScript, FTP, HTML, PL/SQL, SQL, Oracle Developer (Forms and Reports)

PERSONAL STRENGTHS

Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

Hard working and detail oriented with knack for good organization

Great communication and presentation skills

Big picture mindset and team player attitude

Ability to work under pressure and meet aggressive timelines

Quick learner

Enthusiastic with positive approach

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