Senior Consultant, Information Systems at Know IT Estonia
Estonia
Senior Consultant, Information Systems at Know IT Estonia
Estonia
IT Senior Manager, Consultant and Entrepreneur with extensive knowledge in Software Development and QA, General Management, HiTech startups, IT operations, Project Management, Banking, Securities, Insurance, HR, Management and IT consultancy, ISTQB™ Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
General management, Project Management, Software Development, SQA, IT operations, establishing and running start-ups, HR, legal issues in Estonia and Russia, marketing research in the field of IT, logistics, transit of oil products and HoReCa, Real Estate, due diligence reports; Business Intelligence: Business Objects
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2008 — Present (6 months)
Know IT is primarily active in the Swedish market. By striving to work closely with its clients Know IT builds its business based on local deals and because of its size, Know IT can deliver the IT expertise of a big company with the soul of a small company and the commitment of the individual consultant.
Know IT is currently one of the leading suppliers in testing and quality assurance with concepts for load tests and automated functional tests. Know IT has extensive experience in Compliance and Governance. Know IT meets market demand by continuing to invest in the Integration Factory, a concept that gathers Know IT’s knowledge about integration in “best practices,” complete components, check lists and templates. This approach gives our clients quality-assured and robust integration solutions that support their processes and needs.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 2003 — Present (4 years 11 months)
Macroeconomical reports, study of Scandinavian and Baltic markets and economy, marketing surveys in the fields of logistics and HORECA, business plans, evaluation of investment opportunities, export startegy, IT consultancy and advising, oil products transshipment, Real Estate investments in Estonia
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CODAN; Insurance industry)
December 2006 — March 2007 (4 months)
Established and directed the strategic long term goals, policies and procedures for an information technology department. Determined an organization's long-term systems needs and hardware and software acquisitions to accomplish the organization's business objectives. Identified, negotiated and managed strategic relationships with content and technological partners. Managed dedicated teams to implement business development initiatives; Planed, directed, and managed the daily IT operations of the facility. Established facility policies and procedures. Developed Test Strategy and Test Plan for TIA solution implementation.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2000 — August 2003 (3 years 4 months)
Full iterative software development and QA cycle was established. The company grew from 5 to 26 employees. Salary Equity Analysis was provided as a basis for the whole HR process; Manpower reporting system was implemented; all the legal paperwork (labor contracts, software development contracts) was brought into accordance with the both Estonian and Russian legislation in the field of Intellectual Property.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Managing both Estonian and Russian facilities from operational perspective. Working on operation issues at Estonian and Russian facilities, responsible for consistent definition and execution of operations across all off-shore facilities, doing ongoing salary equity analysis at all locations, ensuring that company has a consistent performance evaluation system in place, uncovering and making recommendation on legal issues relative to off-shore employment, including employment contract issues, IP issues, severance issues, options issues, etc., responsible for accurate budgeting and monitoring actual expenses against the budget across all facilities and for consistent facilities management issues across all sites, responsible for strategic corporate communications to the labs, IT management across off-shore labs.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
October 1997 — August 2002 (4 years 11 months)
Main assignments: Internet Banking Solution (QA Management), Bank's Asset Management IT operations, Private Investments & Finance IT operations: setting up and tuning Treasury Management System (TREMA), customer support both at Asset Management and Private Investment and Finance, deploying reporting system based on Business Objects.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1984 — October 1997 (13 years 2 months)
High-level design of PLDs; lectures: Discrete Mathematics, Computer Networks, Programming
MBA, Consultancy, 2002 — 2008
M.S., Computer Engineering, 1979 — 1984
profound study of English 1969 — 1979
Alumni Association of Tallinn University of Technology