Experience

Bitpanda Technology Solutions

• Austria
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Delivery Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Vienna, Austria



Bitpanda

• Austria
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Technical Product Owner

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Vienna, Austria



Financial Times

• United Kingdom
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager

  • Feb 2020 - Jul 2021

  Sofia, Bulgaria • Own the print and ePaper customer journey. • Responsible for the product roadmap, new releases and timelines. • Accountable for an effective Product Backlog management, which maximises the value of the product for both the users and the business. • Create, communicate, prioritize and order Product Backlog items to achieve optimal outcome. • Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise feature requests according to business value. • Manage dependencies with other product… Show more • Own the print and ePaper customer journey. • Responsible for the product roadmap, new releases and timelines. • Accountable for an effective Product Backlog management, which maximises the value of the product for both the users and the business. • Create, communicate, prioritize and order Product Backlog items to achieve optimal outcome. • Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise feature requests according to business value. • Manage dependencies with other product teams. • Define the Minimal Viable Product required for validating an initial hypothesis. • Monitor the impact of the released product features. • Organize and conduct regular backlog refinement meetings with the development team. • Work with partners and technical software vendors.

• Business Analyst and Product Owner

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2020

  Sofia • Lead a project for replatforming the existing Print subscriptions and distribution system of Financial Times. • Elicit business requirements from various stakeholders. • Analyse the current business processes and compile new business requirements specifications. • Facilitate discussions and workshops to align on solutions. • Communicate effectively across all hierarchies, from senior management to development. • Break down high-level requirements into user stories and provide… Show more • Lead a project for replatforming the existing Print subscriptions and distribution system of Financial Times. • Elicit business requirements from various stakeholders. • Analyse the current business processes and compile new business requirements specifications. • Facilitate discussions and workshops to align on solutions. • Communicate effectively across all hierarchies, from senior management to development. • Break down high-level requirements into user stories and provide written business requirements to different teams. • Understand business needs on a functional and technical level and translate these into requirements. • Prepare user stories and requirements documentation with detailed acceptance criteria for the development teams. • Work with the development team and support it in its daily operations. • Participate in the recruitment process.



A1 Telekom Austria AG

• Austria
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst

  • May 2014 - Sep 2018

  Vienna, Austria • Design and development of process automation tools. Achieved 70% time and resources reduction for completion of tasks. • Clarify product specifications and project scope definition. • Perform gap analysis. • Create software architecture based on product requirements. • Describe business needs along with both functional and non-functional requirements. • Prepare use cases, business requirements documents (BRD), system requirements specification (SRS) documents and other… Show more • Design and development of process automation tools. Achieved 70% time and resources reduction for completion of tasks. • Clarify product specifications and project scope definition. • Perform gap analysis. • Create software architecture based on product requirements. • Describe business needs along with both functional and non-functional requirements. • Prepare use cases, business requirements documents (BRD), system requirements specification (SRS) documents and other functional documents. • Perform user acceptance testing (UAT). • Conduct usability and functional testing, recommend corrective and preventive actions. • Lead several projects for replatforming and migration of different offline mediation services. • Development for diverse offline mediation projects, using Digital Route’s Mediation Zone platform (DR MZ), APL and ULTRA. • Resolve complex technical issues. • Perform software optimization. • Participate in design and code reviews. Show less



Telesoft Consulting Gmbh

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Java Developer

  • Sep 2007 - May 2014

  Vienna, Austria Part of the R&D team, which designed and developed a platform for telecom interconnect billing (ICONN). • Convert abstract specifications into executable code. • Java development of new modules and functionalities. • Design, development and implementation of unit and scenario tests for existing code base and for new functionality. • Produce automated test scripts and define environments to conduct test activities, JUnit tests. • Use of Scrum/Agile development… Show more Part of the R&D team, which designed and developed a platform for telecom interconnect billing (ICONN). • Convert abstract specifications into executable code. • Java development of new modules and functionalities. • Design, development and implementation of unit and scenario tests for existing code base and for new functionality. • Produce automated test scripts and define environments to conduct test activities, JUnit tests. • Use of Scrum/Agile development methodologies. • Problem solving and bug fixing. • Adhere to high-quality development standards while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget. Show less



Freelance

• Web Developer

  • Nov 2006 - Sep 2007

  Sofia, Bulgaria UX design and software development of: • Lightweight web content management system (WCMS) using PHP, MySQL, Apache. • PHP web-based software for creation and distribution of web newsletters. • “University virtual administration office”, allowing students and lecturers to exchange information easily, to manage appointments and courses.



Visteon Corporation

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Embedded Software Developer

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2007

  Sofia, Bulgaria Software development and system integration for projects in the automotive industry. • Embedded C development and system integration for automotive multimedia modules (Daimler Chrysler) and for front cluster (BMW). • Perform code integration activities and branch integration. • Validate new software changes to determine feasibility before merging with the existing software. • Draft technical instructions, engineering plans and technical designs. • Software code review.



Lex.bg

• Bulgaria
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer

  • Jul 2004 - Dec 2006

  Sofia, Bulgaria • Software design and backend development of CMS, using PHP, MySQL and Apache. • Software design and development in C# and ASP.NET. • Software maintenance and administration. • Organized trainings and prepared training materials.