Project Manager

The candidate is a senior project manager with over 12 years of experience in project management roles. He has extensive experience in complex project and program management in IT security, including identity and access management, single sign-on, VPN services setup and migration, and Thales HSM integration. He has also worked on projects involving SaaS solutions setup, data center migrations, and disaster recovery and backup solutions setup. The candidate is a results-oriented professional who is flexible, proactive, and a great team builder and leader. He has experience leading and coordinating cross-functional teams and managing external vendors. The candidate has worked for various companies, including MSD, Thales Group, Gemalto, AT&T Global Network Services, IBM Global Services Delivery Center, IBM East Europe/Asia Ltd., and Comverse Network Systems. He has a strong skill set in project and program management, business operations, and IT professional services. The candidate is fluent in English, Russian, and Czech, and he holds certifications in CSM, CAL, and Six Sigma Green Belt.

Senior Project Manager, CSM, CAL, Six Sigma Green Belt Over 12 years of experience in project management roles, specializing in IT security portfolio including identity and access management, single sign-on, VPN services setup and migration, and Thales HSM integration. Other IT projects include SaaS solutions setup in Amazon AWS and IBM Softlayer, data center migrations, and disaster recovery and backup solutions setup. Experienced in leading and coordinating cross-functional teams and managing external vendors for up to 30 people.

January 2020 - June 2021: Self-Employed (Freelance) Managed global projects across multiple sites and time zones, successfully implementing MES Oracle Active Data Guard and renewing and integrating the ecosystem infrastructure. Also achieved consolidation and migration of the central repository to the cloud solution.

August 2017 - December 2019: Senior Project Manager Managed global projects, successfully integrating OTA platform and data migration, and managing data center migration program. Also achieved successful integrations with customer systems for small to middle-sized projects.

August 2015 - July 2017: Service Delivery Manager Coordinated incoming integration SaaS projects to cloud solutions and acted as an SDM after handover to operations.

September 2012 - July 2015: Project Manager Successfully deployed and managed new products, services, and network upgrades on the U-verse network in the US.

March 2010 - August 2012: Project Manager Achieved successful deployment of IT identity and access manager software integration project, securing VPN service and implementing single sign-on capabilities.

March 2008 - December 2010: Service Managed service delivery for IBM, utilizing skills in team building, negotiation, motivation, active listening, decision making, and political and cultural awareness.