Dennis Luzin

Experience

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  Sistel

  Jul 2008 - Dec 2010

  Junior Java Developer

  - E-Commerce development (JavaEE, JDBC, PostgreSQL).- Fintech Product Development. - Test automation using Selenium WebDriver.

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  PrivatBank

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Java Developer

  - Digital Banking Product Development (Privat24 and ABank24 backend).- JavaEE (Servlets, EJB, JSP), XSLT, JDBC, JPA, DAO/ORM.- Sybase ASE, Resin.- JavaScript, jQuery, XML, SVN.

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  Intlab Digital Agency

  May 2012 - Apr 2014

  Technical Director

  - Managed 18 on-site employees and 6 remote contractors.- Managed key projects, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, and budget.- Supervised junior project manager.- Business development.- Projects in Financial domain (Payment Gateway Integrations, VC/PE Investors Database), HealthCare, E-Commerce.- Hiring, mentoring, regular 1-1 meetings.

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  FFW

  Mar 2014 - Feb 2015

  Project Manager

  Led agile team (5 SWE: 3 BE, 2 FE; QA; UI/UX Designer) in a Danish software development company.• Managed 8-12 projects simultaneously for European customers (Denmark, Sweden, Germany), adhering to budget, scope, timeline and quality expectations. Project domains: Financial, HealthCare, Government and E-Commerce.• Delivered a comprehensive software localization project for Pfizer across 13 countries.• Played a key role in pre-project phases with SOW preparation and QA recruitment. • Increased team productivity by 18% in 2014 through business process optimization and enhanced team communication. • Identified and mitigated software development bottlenecks, reducing bug-related delays by 26% and improving code quality by 20%. Show less

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  Exadel

  Mar 2015 - Dec 2022

  Managed complex, large-scale IT projects in global offshore software consulting and development company with over 2,800 employees, operating in 30 offices across 15 countries.• Directed a 22 FTE distributed team, delivering cutting-edge eCommerce and Finance solutions for US customers.• Pioneered eCommerce innovative features development, yielding an additional $1.5M in revenue within the first year.• Implemented engineering strategies that reduced delivery times by 28% and increased team productivity by 15% from January to December 2021.• Collaborated with stakeholders to define requirements, then created user stories, mockups, built product roadmap, and organized backlog for future iterations.• Increased team capacity by 40% through strategic recruitment, retention and mentoring.• Delivered fixed price project in Finance 6 months ahead of schedule, through solution modernization and stronger governance. Show less • In 2015, inherited an overbudget off-track project with poor external relationships and team communications, successfully redirecting it back on track within 2 months. • Instituted a new quality control process with cross-functional teams, reducing defects by 24% and enhancing customer satisfaction by 18%.• Managed development and implementation of automated deployment pipelines using CI/CD tooling, achieving up to 67% faster deployments.• Improved 8-week load forecasting accuracy by 44%, optimizing project planning and resource allocation.• Java stack (Spring, Oracle, Maven, Log4j, Spring Security, JUnit, Hibernate). Jira, Jira Agile.• Promoted to Senior Project Manager for delivering exceptional results and outstanding leadership, surpassing performance goals by 38% through implementing stronger governance and agile practices. Show less

  • Senior Engineering Manager

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Engineering Manager

    Mar 2015 - Dec 2020
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  Auditdata

  Jan 2023 - now

  Senior Project Manager

  Leading 2 cross-functional teams in a Danish SaaS company (B2B, B2G) within the PS Department. • Delivered 7 data migration projects in UK (for NHS Hospital Trusts) that earned $520K in annual subscription revenue and with an overall customer satisfaction increase of 12%.• Liaised with the Government of Jersey for healthcare data migration project, ensuring compliance and adherence to contractual obligations.• Achieved the fast-track turnaround of a high-priority, complex, systems upgrade/integration project in 2 months.• Spearheaded the deployment of AI/ML driven SaaS solutions for Clinic Management Software, enhancing productivity by 16% with Azure AI (freeing capacity for more appointments).• Led the ideation, change management, training, and org-wide launch of a PMO toolset impacting 108 users, resulting in a productivity increase of 12% across teams within the first six months. • Mentored a junior PM, achieving a 34% productivity increase.• Managed large-scale enterprise T&M program across NA, EMEA, and APAC regions, fostering seamless communication between development, sales and support teams. • Increased active user count by 82% in 4 months through a comprehensive onboarding optimization strategy, including data migration process enhancements and the developing of 3 new tools. Show less