
Project Manager and IT enthusiast
Romania

Project Manager and IT enthusiast
Romania
Project Manager and IT enthusiast with a background in systems management, software deployment and software repackaging.
Editor of www.vista4beginners.com and active user in technical forums and discussion groups.
Project Management, Systems Management, Software Distribution, Microsoft Operating Systems, Software Repackaging
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Responsibilities:
- Managing the implementation of a complex Demand Sensing solution in several Business Units and the Western European Markets;
- Member of the Balkans Project Management Center of Practice: building awareness about Project Management Best Practices & Tools, evaluating organizational training needs, organizing trainings and special events, helping with the evaluation of competency levels of each individual from the local "Information & Decision Solutions" Department;
- Trainer and/or Co-trainer for the Microsoft Project and Corporate Project Management courses;
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2005 — Present (2 years 9 months)
• Providing technical consultancy services for a number of international companies in areas like software repackaging, distribution and systems management;
• Providing expertise in personnel recruiting and training;
• Co-founder and content editor of www.vista4beginners.com – a website filled with simple and easy to understand tutorials about Windows Vista;
• Owner and content editor of www.software-repackaging.com – a website dedicated to both beginners and professionals working in the software repackaging industry.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2005 — October 2005 (5 months)
• Organizing on-site workshops;
• Technical consultancy on software repackaging & deployment topics for an IBM Project.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 4 months)
• Verifying that all software packaging meets the IBM quality standards;
• Testing the packaging technique, the behavior and functionality of the applications;
• Analyzing the quality assurance system used by IBM and making recommendations for improvements.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — June 2005 (10 months)
• Managing various teams of 4-5 up to 20-30 people, assigning tasks and motivating them to meet deadlines;
• Managing conflicts and solving any problems concerning my team that appeared during every day work;
• Training and evaluation of new team members.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 3 months)
• Packaging applications as requested by clients, respecting strict deadlines and guidelines;
• Developing Visual Basic Scripts needed for common application packaging;
• Thorough testing of every software package before delivery and deployment.
Economics, Programming, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Technology, 2001 — 2006
Graduated the Informatics specialization, with a graduation paper about “Unattended Software Distribution Systems”.
Programming, Mathematics, English, 1997 — 2001
Attended several Olympics contests in Math & Geography. Was awarded 2 special mentions at the County Level.
Information Technology, photography, literature, traveling.
Helped set two GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS:
"Firefox 3 - the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours (8milion)" - June 17, 2008
"The longest graffiti scroll measured 566.3m long" - June 15, 2007
Certification on "Computer Technical Support" by BrainBench.com - April 2006, Public Transcript ID 5650174.
Received a two years scholarship sponsored by CISCO and the Institute of International Education in 2001, due to my scores at the CISCO CCNA exams.