Senior level development manager with over 10 years of experience in the Retail-Software industry.
Proven ability to deliver high quality software products and services on schedule and under budget using agile methodologies
Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple related projects directed toward strategic business and organizational objectives
Successfully define and initiate projects, define schedules, manage costs and resources
Efficiently maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, both internally and externally
Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment
Excellent interpersonal skills: communications, client relations and negotiation
Resourceful, problem solver ,dedicated and hard working individual
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Retalix LTD. IL 11/2000-Present
Retalix (NASDAQ: RTLX) is a global provider of integrated software solutions for the food, fuel, and consumer goods retail and distribution industries.
· Department Manager – R&D Division
§ Managing all aspects of software development department, including technical, project supervision and budget
§ Led the implementation of agile methodologies in order to improve project visibility and quality
§ Implemented weekly department retrospective meetings which enabled
Self governed improvement of work processes
§ Initiated a program of periodic master classes and workshops for software architects, developers and managers across the development division focusing on technical improvement
· Development Team leader & Project Manager
§ Managed several teams in the department
§ Worked closely with product and project managers to ensure high quality & timely delivery of product versions
§ Served as ESB and product integration technology subject expert for the team and as a technology evangelist in the pre-sale process
§ Designed and actively supervised the creation of a virtualization centre which served the entire software development division and managed the ongoing maintenance
§ Designed and executed proof of concept labs of 3rd party software suites.
Role included market research, technical review, definition and execution of test plans with 3rd party product experts & delivery of technical and business recommendations to upper management
§ Created and maintained Open Source usage policy in the software development division.
Role included policy enforcement, execution of periodic audits, technical and legal review of open source license and code
§ As a team leader in the department I took ownership of knowledge management and created several information repositories in the companies’ SharePoint portal as well as developer owned blogs and Wikis
· Performance Lab Manager
§ Hardware & software definition and procurement for the lab. Role included local vendor negotiation and budget planning
§ Requirement collection, collaboration with development, sales and customers in order to produce lab reports and product performance white papers
§ Wrote test code using HP LoadRunner, the industry standard for performance validation and executed test scenarios which simulated daily business flows according to customer specifications
· Application Lifecycle Team Leader
§ Took part in the testing and adoption of IBM rational ClearCase as a configuration management system
§ Managed the team in charge of Rational ClearCase support & process development. Role included development support & sync with organization IT
§ Created work procedures and innovative technical solutions for integration with different systems such as HP Quality Center
· Software Quality Team Leader & Project Manager
§ Led the quality engineer team in the HQ & Loyalty development department and supervised ongoing product release procedures
§ Managed several projects in the Israel Retail market. Role included requirement collection and integration with customers, product business definition with Business analysts as well as ongoing team lead.
§ Managed the issue tracking system used by the department & synced requirements and maintenance with organization IT to enable minimal down time to development critical systems
Altec Lansing Technologies, Inc Israel R&D 03/1998-01/2000
Altec Lansing has been designing and manufacturing high- quality consumer and professional speaker systems for more than 75 years
· Senior software Test Engineer
§ Led testing process of a new multimedia product which integrated sound & video functionality with Windows OS office applications such as Office Outlook and Excel
§ Created and executed test plans and worked closely with developer teams and project managers to ensure on-target, timely releases
§ Collaborated with IT to facilitate creation and maintenance of test configuration desktop images, defined and guided of their usage. The procedure served both developers and resulted in minimizing preparation time from the testing and development process
