Operations Manager

• May 2022 - Present

Software Development Manager

• Jul 2015 - Apr 2022

• Managing and growing a Department of 100 professionals, over 20 projects, with the help of two Group Leads, three Team Leads and two Acting Team Leads• Member of the Centric Iasi Management Team• Accountable for hiring the right people in order to satisfy existing business needs• Identifying commercial opportunities at customers by extending relationships at department level• In charge of overseeing initiatives regarding Software Technology and Methodology• Focus on improving and maintaining the relationship with colleagues, partners and customers• Accountable for the delivery of quality software• Accountable for the operational effectiveness of the group• Accountable for creating and executing the annual budget of the department• Responsible for employees' personal and professional development • Responsible for managing the software development teams and activities• Responsible of growing and managing team leads and group leads• Responsible for employees' job development, salaries and bonuses• Represents the company in relationship with the employees and with the customers regarding the projects' development• Mentor in the Mentorship Program: Crucial Conversations, Nonviolent Communication, Conflict mediation, Personal organization, Financial education• Coach for Acting Team Leads and several Team Leads from other departments• Trainer in School of Centric: Personal organization, Crucial Conversations Show less

Competence Manager

• Mar 2012 - Jul 2015

Responsibilities:- People management: responsible for employee's personal development and career development in a department of 40 people in 7 teams; monthly 121 talks, mid year and end year performance review, salary review, resource rotation- Responsible for hiring people in own department (including financial offer)- Identifying commercial opportunities at customers, extending customer relationships at departmental level- Representing the employer in the context of the project and dealings with the customers- Part of Centric Iasi management board: tactical and strategic meetings, business planning, SWOT analysis, actions planning, processes map, set-up of new policies and tools- Financial responsibilities: timesheets, invoices, revenue forecast- Responsible of Microsoft CC (Competence Centre) in Centric Iasi- Responsible and organizer of Soft Skills & Tools CC- IT Management: create IT policy, procurement, software and hardware approval- Facilities/Site Management: point of escalation in relationship with office complex (Palas) management, contract negotiation with suppliers, procurement- Manage specific assignments: 2012 Team building, Codecamp participation & booth in 2012, Advertisement campaign (buses, billboards, company car), networking with IT managers in Iasi, participate in forming the regional IT Cluster- Plan & manage movement into new office building Show less

Project Manager

• Jan 2011 - Mar 2012

Responsibilities: - manage multiple IT projects with geographically distributed teams from multiple Endava Delivery Centers and components from the fields of Software Development, Software Testing, Business Analysis and Application Support - crucial role in project initiation, planning and then managing the projects’ delivery on time, on budget, according to customer’s specifications and desired level of quality - participate in mobilizing high performance teams - prepare periodic reports, progress, status or other special reports for management - participate in staff evaluation process - participate or lead specific Process Engineering groups Show less

Development Manager

• Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

Responsibilities: - manage the production team (developers and QA engineers) in order to provide quality software on time; also monitor work productivity and efficiency; using tools like VersionONE and MS Project - do performance reviews combined with establishing short and long term goals, necessary trainings and plan bonuses/salary increases - also had the role of a Scrum Master to guide and protect the several teams, to ensure good communication and to avoid or solve any conflicts in the group or with the Product Owners - recruit new team members when necessary - work close with offices from other countries, like USA and Austria; this implied travels and meetings Show less

Technical Manager

• Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

Responsibilities:- manage the production team (developers and QA engineers) in order to provide quality software on time; also monitor work productivity and efficiency using MS Project and DevTrack- do performance & salary reviews - recruit new team members when necessary

Quality Assurance Engineer

• Apr 2002 - Jan 2007

Responsibilities:- giving assistance for the programmers to develop software for Construction Engineering and fixing the bugs- testing the features and the fixes- also network administrator, IT consultant and IT contracts negotiator