Agile Project Management, CTO, Fintech

Summary

• IT expert with more than 20 years of experience. Real-life experience working with Corporations
• Industries: finance, manufacturing and retail sectors
• Agile and waterfall development environments
• Launched and maintained SaaS for biggest Retailers in  Baltics. Ensured that more than 500’00 customers were able to use services on daily basis.

• Different responsibilities during SDLC: analyst, solution architect, project manager, technology expert -developing Project Plan, Scoping and preparing/reviewing Functional Requirements, analyzing the Business Requirements, managing the development team, constant contact with Stakeholders, rollouts and support strategies

Core expertise:
- Solutions for fintechs (B2B, Screening, Transaction Monitoring, integrations with 3rd party service providers, Open Banking)
- GDPR related projects – assessments, implementation supervision
- Payment solutions (bank cards switching, Private label processing)
- Payment card standards(ISO8583, APACS30, PA-DSS, PCI-DSS, EMV)
- Agile project management
- Service maintenance strategies
- Service/system Migration strategies preparation (“Big Bang”, phased rollout)
- Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) projects (front-end level , transaction routing level, back-office/accounting level)
- Integration with Financial Institutions, ERP, Data mining and warehousing systems
- Involvement in PCI-DSS certification projects
- Manufacturing processes automation (planning, SCM, stock management)

Major projects (team leader, architect):
- Fintech banking core platforms
- Fleet card service launch in Finland,Romania, Poland, Baltics
- Delivery of Loyalty card service for biggest retailers in Baltics
- E-Helath Insurance system development and delivery
- Private label payments solution delivery

Managing team of:
- Analysts;
- Software architect;
- Developers;
- Testers;
- Support team