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Vlad Vasiliu

Bucharest
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Last update: 06.09.2022

Head of Testing, Senior Test Manager, Senior Program Manager

Graduation: BSc in Computer Science
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Native or Bilingual) | Romanian (Native or Bilingual)

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Skills

  • Experienced managing large programs/projects in both Waterfall and Agile based methodologies
  • Extensive knowlegde and experience in leading/managing all QA phases and activities (Unit, Component, System, System Integration and User Acceptance Testing)
  • End-To-End experience for program delivery: managing from presale stage, through delivery (gathering requirements, design, implementation, testing, Go Live (move to production) and transitioning to post-production support
  • Experienced working with new sale opportunities and handle all the corresponding planning and contracting activities
  • Experienced conducting internal efficiency assessments and improved governance of large projects (Ex: 25% effort reduction while keeping the same SLAs)
  • Establishing project governance for new programs (Resources Plan, Change Management, Communication Management, Training Activities)
  • Managing all financial activities and P&L for projects 
  • Setup of Post Production Support (initial proposal, brokering the agreement and transition) 
  • Managing the design and launch of Disaster Recovery setups for large systems across continents
  • Leading executive and steering meetings, delivering progress reports, presentations and risk evaluations 

Project history

11/2018 - Present
Freelancing: Senior Program Manager (Development and testing), Senior Test Manager
OSB, Breitling, Ferragamo, DRQ Consulting (Other, 500-1000 employees)
Both short-term and long-term assignments to improve performance of high-risk programs and contracts for both development and testing areas
Full responsibility for development and testing programs in terms of timeline, quality, budget & people management
Prepare and follow-through with the change management, versioning strategy and risk plans
Setup the time, effort & expense reporting systems
Prepare management plans for the deliverables, milestones, communication and reporting
Support Sales and respond to RFI/RFP
Setup projects and programs framework by establishing templates and processes, JIRA & SharePoint flows and containers
Prepared and Delivered C level briefings and presentations
Managed recruitment activities, interviews for management and technical personnel based on organization and projects needs
11/2017 - 11/2018
CTO
12Co (Internet and Information Technology, 250-500 employees)
Responsible for overseeing the research and development (R&D), testing and operations of a large encryption program on
multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Mac/Windows, Web - all main browsers) by managing both business analysis, development and
testing teams, big data (build quality assurance and data protection processes), and the product life-cycle
Develop technical aspects of the company's strategy for alignment with its business goals and ensure that the technological
resources satisfy the company's short and long-term needs




Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance and report directly to the CEO
Make executive decisions on behalf of the company's technological requirements
03/2007 - 11/2018
Senior Manager
Atos; Cambridge Technology Partners; 12CO (Internet and Information Technology, 1000-5000 employees)
Responsible for creating the development and test strategy for a program of high security (encryption) applications on multiple
platforms (mobile phones, multiple browsers on PC and Mac, tablets)
Managing both the development and the testing teams for the entire program
Working directly with the CEO for setting the overall strategy and objectives
Accomplish human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counselling,
and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions;
planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures
Managing both the development and the testing teams; set objectives, assign tasks, allocate budgets and agree to timetables for
achieving intermediate and overall goals with all the teams under my supervision
Achieve operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and
completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems;
completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change
04/2015 - 03/2017
Head of Testing
Richemont (Consumer goods and retail, 500-1000 employees)
Responsible for creating the test strategy and leading the testing effort for over 10 projects in the program (both manual and
automation)
Leading a group of 35+ testers and 5 test managers
Implement, manage and maintain an effective testing process for both manual and automated testing
Create a testing infrastructure that supports robust communication and a cost-effective testing framework
Adopt the appropriate Testing Framework or Test Architecture to meet the organizations testing needs
Help the eBusiness Integration Director and the Department Manager to define the short term and long-term goals of the
Testing Framework, create and enforce the test strategy in the entire department for all test related activities (all projects):
approach, planning, test scope, templates, intermediary reporting, test exit reports, entry and exit criteria, etc.
Responsible to supervise the creation, monitoring and execution of test plans for each project and release for all test phases (UT
- unit test, CT - component test, CIT - component integration test, ST - system, SIT - system integration test, preUAT - quality
gate before UAT and UAT - user acceptance test phases)
04/2013 - 03/2015
Account Manager (Testing)
L'Oréal Group (Other, 500-1000 employees)
Responsible for managing the program strategy and all testing activities for the Product Catalogue and Digital Asset Manager
platforms serving all L'Oreal business worldwide
Selecting and recruiting the team as per the program requirements, trainings and enforcing in the team the best development
and QA practices as per the industry standards
Create an infrastructure that supports robust communication and a cost-effective testing framework (both manual and
automated)
Serve as lead point of contact for all customer account management matters
Ensure the timely and successful delivery of test plans, test strategy, test scenarios and test sets according to customer needs
and objectives and clearly communicate the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives of senior management and external
stakeholders
Forecast and track key account metrics (e.g. quarterly QA results and release forecasts)
02/2011 - 03/2013
Senior Test Manager
IATA (Other, 500-1000 employees)
Responsible for managing the SIS program (Simplified Interline Settlement - solution used by the entire airline industry for
interline settlement)
Managing all of the project related planning activities (deliveries, reviews, implementation, testing, move to operations) and
responsible for the Test strategy of all phases: Component Integration, System Test, External Integration, NFR, DR, and UAT
Accountable for ensuring all deliveries to customers are properly scheduled
Liaisons with the vendor to ensure deliveries are completed on time and to customer satisfaction.
Create/review/execute project plans (with vendor) and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs
Prepare/update/review test strategy and test plans with vendor and ensure content and structure of all Testing
documents/artefacts is documented and maintained; document, implement, monitor and enforce all processes for testing as per
the standards defined by the organization (define standards if required)
Plan the review of test requirements, test scenarios and test cases by IATA
Evaluate, report and mitigate testing project risks and issues; Generate and maintain timely progress reports and elaborate final
test reports for the phases owned by IATA (UAT)

Billing Platform Manager - Orange Communications (Switzerland) - 3 years
Responsible for leading the Amdocs billing environment team, control, planning and direction for all the activities related to
Amdocs test environment infrastructure in Orange.
Managing a team for setting up, maintenance and upgrade of the Amdocs environments (Amdocs Ensemble versions 7.2 up to
9.2), managing all the activities related to installations of Amdocs deliveries (fixes, patches, upgrades) and implementations of
reference, application and operational databases in system test environments, UAT and pre-production.




Managing the delivery of packages and guidelines to operations (production) and all setup activities for integration of Amdocs
with: CredVal (Credit Validation), Remedy platform, Intranet and CRM
02/2005 - 03/2007
Test Manager
Amdocs Development Ltd.
Responsible for leading the Amdocs billing environment team, control, planning and direction for all management activities for
Portfolio Project consisting of Integration Testing Projects between CRM, Amdocs Billing Platform (Enabler), Order Management
Systems and Amdocs Self-Service.
Managing a large team for the following multiple integration Testing projects: Amdocs CRM (the main CSR interface) - Amdocs
Billing System Integration (prepaid and postpaid), Amdocs CRM - Self Service Integration (online for self-registering for post and
prepaid subscribers), Amdocs CRM - Order Management System Integration, Order Management System - Amdocs Billing
System Integration, Order Management System - Self Service Integration, Complete Integration between all four products: CRM
- Billing - Order Management - Self Service
01/2004 - 02/2005
Testing Group Leader
Amdocs Development Ltd.
Responsible for planning, control and direction of various testing projects, ensuring high customer satisfaction and compliance
with the company's goals: Amdocs Billing (Enabler) and Clarify CRM Integration, Order Manager System and CRM Integration,
ABP&CRM Integration for SFR (French customer), Amdocs Billing and Clarify CRM Integration, Amdocs Error Manager
06/2003 - 01/2004
Senior Testing Engineer
Amdocs Development Ltd.
Test requirements, detailed test design and execution for the CRM suite of application
Designing the test requirements and the test cases for testing the ported application on different platforms (HP, Solaris, AIX,
etc.) with different Databases like: Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, etc for all CRM applications: Analytics, Amdocs Self Service, Billing
Manager, Order Manager Standard Edition, Support, eResponse, ClarifyCRM Sales, ClarifyCRM Support, ClarifyCRM Quality,
ClarifyCRM Auto Destination, EmailManager, eOrder, Process Manager, Script Manager
11/1999 - 06/2003
Senior Developer
Amdocs Development Ltd.
Design and development for the Switch control application (module of the Telco billing system)
Developing applications in C, C++ (UNIX), Oracle Pro C, Power Builder and Java, Working in Switch Control Area (provisioning) for
projects like: MMO (Vodafone- Mannesmann, Germany) and offering customer support on site in Düsseldorf for over 9 months,
VimpelCom (Telecommunication Company from Moscow), responsible for the design and implementation of new features for
telecommunication applications like GPRS, GPS, VPN. Experienced working with HLR's like Siemens, Alcatel, Damps, Ericsson
04/1998 - 11/1999
Senior Developer
WM Company
Design and development of Finance, Administration software applications
Leading a very small development team (3 people) for designing and developing Finance, Administration and Production
applications (Visual Basic - Client-Server applications and Visual C++), Managing the program version/release control for the
development team, Data modelling and database design/administration (Oracle and SQL Server)
06/1996 - 04/1998
Senior Developer
CSS
Design and development of Finance and Administration software applications
Designing and developing Finance, Administration Applications (developed in VB, Fox Pro)
Data modelling and database design/administration
Analysis of the client requirements
09/1994 - 06/1996
Developer
GFK
Design and development of Statistical Analysis and data mining software applications (VB, Fox Pro, Visual Fox, C, C++)
Data modelling and database design/administration and analysis of the client requirements

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Romania
I am currently located in Bucharest, Romania and available for freelancing engagements remotely.

Other

Delivery Program Management and Senior Test Manager professional, delivering results at both strategic and operational levels, with over 16 years of management experience of high-pressure assignments in international programs. 
Successfully delivered medium to large-scale programs covering both development and testing 
Remote team management: reports & stakeholders in remote countries
Managed complex structure of stakeholders: system integrator, multiple vendors, multiple customer stakeholders
Consistently delivered 10%- 30% profitability improvement for yearly delivery contracts
Restructured Operational team achieving over 30% improvement of the response time in the first year
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