Bogdan Engineering Manager

Experience

Engineering Growth Consultant, Talon.

January 2022 — Present
Responsibilities:

• Managing, creating, and optimizing processes for the Talon.One RnD department.
• Built the career level matrixes for all engineers and engineering managers.
• Mentored and held workshops for managers in regard to feedback, performance
  management, and Scrum.
• Implemented a customized agile business model across the RnD department.
• Standardizing SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs across the customer base.
• Lead the effort to define, set and track department-level OKRs.

Mentor, Plato 

March 2021 — Present
Responsibilities:

• Mentoring Managers, Senior Managers, as well as a Head of Engineering
• Hosting Circles(workshops) to share and spread my knowledge  

Engineering Manager, Gorgias

March 2021 — November 2021
Responsibilities:

• Handling the Core engineering team in the company, responsible for the API, Core features and the mobile app
• Responsible for hiring decisions as well as sourcing to grow the team Created engineering as well as company-wide processes for more efficient planning, road mapping and testing
• Monitored systems through Sentry, Swarmia and Datadog and proactively proposed solutions
• Managed the careers of Senior ICs as well as guided and mentored other Managers

Delivery Lead, 3PillarGlobal

September 2019 — March 2021
Responsibilities:

• Managing software projects from American-based clients
• Working closely with the following company departments - HR, Operations, Sales, Senior Management - to ensure projects are successfully staffed and meet or even exceed their expectations
• Leading training efforts for the company's delivery leads
• Part of the company's agile community of practice
• Managed the software team's career, morale and productivity
• Handled client-team relationship where an NPS score of 10 was received on one engagement and a 9 on the other

Senior Project Manager , Xogito

August 2018 — September 2019
Responsibilities:

• Managing a multitude of projects from SaaS to E-Com
• Responsible for leading 25-35 people based on project portfolio at the time
• Managing different projects type (time and material, fixed price) and setups (team as a service, team extended, etc.) in Agile environment
• Create and execute project plans, monitor project progress and take proactive and corrective measures when needed
• Collaborate with department managers for project staffing
• Works effectively with the sales department to develop new proposals and opportunities
• Support team members and build commitment within the teams. 

Delivery Manager , Levi9

July 2017 — August 2018 
Responsibilities:

• Managing different projects type (time and material, fixed price) and setups (team as a  service, team extended, etc.) in Agile environment
• Create and execute project plans, monitor project progress and take proactive and corrective measures when needed.
• Collaborate with department managers for project staffing
• Perform daily operation of handling incidents, problems, changes and service requests
• Maintain an updated overview on risks, budget, time, quality and scope status for  assigned activities and share this information with managers, clients and teams in a clear and effective way
• Proactively communicate internally and externally to align all interested parties and management of activities that have implications on the effectiveness of running the business
• Works effectively with the sales department to develop new proposals and opportunities Support team members and build commitment within the teams. 

Development Team Lead, Softvision

Aug 2016 — Jun 2017
Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 9 individuals that delivered high-quality features in a timely manner on a sprint-by-sprint basis
• In charge of one of four verticals inside a 50+ members project
• Devised a strategy alongside my other leadership peers to bring the team to optimal sprint velocity
• Created the processes on the engagement almost from scratch as the team didn't adopt any agile methodology before
• Took part in and lead risk management efforts
• Worked alongside the PM in implementing scrum ceremonies such as planning, retrospectives and grooming sessions 

Web Development Trainer, Informal School of IT

Apr 2016 — Dec 2018
Responsibilities:

• Mentoring students in the ways of web development
• Holding mock interviews
• Promoting and empowering logical and creative thinking.
• Creating courses
• Assigning and correcting monthly evaluations
• Managing student expectations 

Lead Front End Developer , Oodrive

Apr 2016 — Aug 2016
Responsibilities:

• Built a custom form app from scratch
• Decided and implemented the initial tech stack
• Guided the rest of the developers on the process and vision of the project 

Senior Front End Developer, Endava

Nov 2014 — Apr 2016
Responsibilities:

• Developed features on projects ranging from financial to entertainment ones Created and managed 5 different communities studying various concepts from programming to design
• Contributor to the Agile practice
• Created a mentoring program alongside my peers to guide and teaching other colleagues the ways of FE development
• Held several presentations on topics such as feedback and the development process 

Front End Developer , Optymze

Apr 2014 — Nov 2014
Responsibilities:

• Developed features within the company's product
• Participate and got all the way to the finals in the company's annual innovation competition, even won an award for best-presented idea 

Web Developer , Audacious Leap

Nov 2013 — Apr 2014
Responsibilities:

• Created and maintained wordpress based webapps

 Education

Computers & Information Technology, Technical University "Gh. Asachi" Iasi
2011 — 2015