Nikita Rass

Experience

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  Morion Inc.

  Aug 2008 - Sept 2011

  Database Administrator / SWE

  - Supported Foreign Trading department (Import/Export operations) of High Frequency Electronics Plant;- Designed and developed a database (MS Access) for Customs clearance documents and automated document creation process that allowed to reduce human error factor in customs documents preparation and improved overall customs clearance speed x3, which allowed to reduce time in overall supply chain by 15%.

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  DHL Global Forwarding

  Mar 2012 - Sept 2015

  Senior Project Coordinator

  As a Senior Project Coordinator with Ocean Freight department I took part in several major activities:- International Project Transportations (Out Of Gauge cargoes) being responsible for Project Budgeting, Schedules, Quotations and Subcontractors Relationships, Key Customer Relationships, Business Development;- Business Analysis and Requirements management for major digital transformation project - NFE (New Forwarding Environment) delivered by SAP in collaboration with IBM. Played an SME role on requirements gathering and transition to the new software product, providing an input to development team in BRDs/PRDs.- Designed and delivered Realtime Cargo Tracking system for one of the key customers - John Deere.- As part of final coursework designed and developed Order Management System using MS SQL Server, C#/ADO.Net/ASP/Net for vendors which improved order accuracy and tracking, as well as the department operational performance (order capturing, execution and handling allowed up to 40% time saving across the team comparing to manual processing. Show less

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  Luxoft

  Sept 2015 - Jul 2017

  Project Manager, Senior Business Analyst

  -Led product requirements management and project management for a Big Data solution - classic middleware product with data ingestion, transformation and storing/distributing to consumers a Transactional Data (investment banking domain).-Developed requirements specifications, including BRD, FSD, and ISD.-Facilitated business stakeholders, distributed teams, groomed requirements with developers and QAs.-Established the Scaled Agile processes (Nexus Framework)-Presented and demonstrated product new features to stakeholders. Show less

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  EPAM Systems

  Jul 2017 - Apr 2021

  - Managed the discovery and created product roadmap, backlog, project and business analysis plan for Journal and Bookkeeping module of the new greenfield Wealth Management Platform for world's Top-1 wealth management bank.- Facilitated requirements gathering, workshops, and SCRUM activities.- Collaborated with UX on wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes, and user acceptance scenarios.- Successfully finished product development and testing, collected and analyzed feedback, checked hypotheses, and proposed changes.- As a result built a custom Business Rules Engine which allowed to adjust the solution for several more customers.- Successfully transitioned product to steady state (maintenance) team. Show less -Led requirements gathering and engineering of integration streams for a Regeneron Laboratory automation project.-Developed project deliverables, such as domain and logical models, process diagrams, vision and scope definition, epics portfolio breakdown, glossary, personas etc.-Conducted usability sessions with end users in labs, led observations and hypothesis testing in the field in close collaboration with UX.-Developed prototypes (both physical and wireframes) to solve end user's problems.-Worked with engineering teams to refine stories, accept work, and prioritize backlog. Show less

  • Technical Program Manager, Product

    Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Technical Product Manager

    Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
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  Google

  Apr 2021 - Oct 2024

  Google Fiber, Digital transformation program.- Conducted a full BSS backend rebuild on the SalesForce platform as a TPM, managing both “Big Bang” Releases and “Business As Usual” feature development on the engineering side by owning a roadmap and priorities, to help build the best fiber internet and telecom product on the market.- Driving constant cross-functional collaboration with UX, Eng, Business (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Legal) and ePMO, defined release scope priorities, responsible for engineering readiness and on-time delivery of crucial and life saving features, like 911 caller immediate data transfer.- Expanded the product to 3 new markets - Omaha, Denver, San Antonio. Show less Google (TVC) - REWS TSO (Technology Services and Operations Team)- Managed a portfolio of ~30 internal Google products.- Conducted full product lifecycle (ideation to launch and post-launch).- Lead a distributed cross-functional team of engineers, designers and analysts.- Defined product strategy, key metrics, personas/segments, user/customer journeys, vision, scope, requirements, roadmaps and priorities. Acted as a program coordinator, designed onboarding guides/playbooks, planned the scope and budget, managed risks and changes.- Conducted workshops, A/B testing, and user researches. Show less

  • Technical Program Manager, Product

    Jan 2024 - Oct 2024

  • Technical Program Manager, Product

    Apr 2021 - Jan 2024