About me
Friendly and tactful, always driven to learn and teach
Liaison between people and teams, nurturing common vision and integrity
Highly motivated, sees the best in others and betters himself
Fulfills delivering beyond expectations the company, team and personal goals with relentless dedication
Team player, results oriented, leads by example
Projects
Work history
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Project ManagerEA (Electronic Arts)
- Bucharest, RomaniaFull Time
100-200 headcount
250k+ yearly work hours
Europe and North America Development teams
Multicultural environment Local and external QA teams
Dotted line stakeholder for other departments (IT, HR, Compliance, Certification, Localization, Quality Engineering, Inventory and more)
Driver of Global Initiatives
Lead with tact and sincerity instilling a sharing and growing atmosphere
Share from my past experiences in order to motivate; share documentation from other teams to enrich the work culture
Have meaningful 1on1 meetings with each of my team members for both project and personal development
Develop and lead to fulfillment all-rounded objectives: specific, measurable, attainable, results-oriented, time-worthy
Help my team develop their strong points and overcome their challenges
Provide transparency into company and/or business unit decision making, explaining even the less popular decisions
Work close and direct with my own Manager, report him both project and people personal development perspectives
Develop, work on and advance to completion my own business and personal development goals
Work on bettering myself while Leading by example for and towards others
Test strategy implementation application, maintaining and control
Project Planning and Test Planning, throughout the project’s life cycle from conception to content updating after release
Task management and prioritization, anticipating skill gaps and organizational needs for project and team, possible training requirements
Management and operational structure, frequent staffing assessment, having the key people in the key roles, mentors and cultivates the team members
Leads individual contributors or other people managers, leads and mentors sub-teams through other managers
Tester allocation, database management
Performance indicators tracking, KPIs and Metrics following company and department directions and goals, analyzes trends
Test reporting, reporting structure and communication, both local and external
Risk assessment and mitigation, Risk Matrix documentation updated frequent and shared within the project’s working departments, Issue resolution
Project organization chart, for both my local and the global project’s team
Anticipates skill gaps and organizational needs for project and team
Develops OpEx or CapEx operational needs (hardware, seating, budgeting)
Department best practices and processes implementation
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Team LeadGameloft Romania
- Bucharest, RomaniaFull Time
Led the first mass port on 70+ Mobile Phones – King Kong; the team was composed of seven Lead Testers and 70 testers
Led the first mass port on Sprint Mobile Phones – Brothers in Arms 3D
Led the first port on iPod – LOST
Led the first port on Nintendo DS – Brothers in Arms 3D
Managed other projects on different phone families: War of the Worlds, Splinter Cell, Asphalt, Skate&Slam, Mission: Impossible 3, Midnight Play! Pack
Managed other projects on 3DS: Sudoku, Miami Nights, Splinter Cell 5, Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
Skills
- Production/project Management
- Performance Management
- Script Coverage
- Risk Assessment
- KPI Management
- Agile Methodology
- Waterfall
- Recruitment
- Communication Skills
- Coaching
Education
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Highschool DiplomaGeroge Cosbuc English Intensive Highschool
- Bucharest, Romania
Studied in one of the top five Highschools in Bucharest, George Cosbuc, with the profile of Intensive English.