David Pargač

Experience

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  Unicorn

  Apr 2002 - May 2006

  Scope of the project: continuous development and maintenance of online trading technical system and auction portal for the management of electricity trading with cross-border transmission services and ancillary (regulation energy) servicesResponsibilities: Managing the test team, Planning and managing tasks of team members, Budgets estimations, planning and revision, Business Analysis revision (specification of created software, verification of business processes and algorithms), Making of test plans, test scenarios, sets of test cases, Planning and managing of the integration tests with other systems and partners in other (middle Europe) countries, making integration test scenarios, Integration tests with Certification authorities from different countries, Managing and performing of the automated tests Show less August 2004 – December 2004 – TesterResponsibilities: Creation of test plans, test scenarios, sets of test cases, test scripts preparation, Execution of tests, Preparation of the test data and test environmentFebruary 2004 – August 2004 – DeveloperResponsibilities: Financial information system database development, Data mining and creation of data exports for reporting purposes from the database of the banking system (Java, IBM Mainframe DB2 PL/I)April 2002 – December 2003 – ConsultantResponsibilities: Company processes analysis and design, implementation of the tools to support company processes, Change Management process implementation and implementation of the change management tool, Software development methodology implementation Show less

  • Test Architect

    Jan 2005 - May 2006

  • Consultant, developer, tester

    Apr 2002 - Dec 2004
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  Komercni pojistovna

  May 2006 - Sept 2008

  Head of Test management department

  Since September 2007 – Head of Test Management DepartmentResponsibilities: The scope of activities was extended by recruitment, organization, management and monitoring for new planned internal KP test team, but at the end the internal team was not created (only external resources)Till August 2007 – Test ManagerScope of main project: Implementation of new back office system for newly design product to completely manage this product (Contract management, Person management, Transactions, Fees and commissions, Claims, etc.)Responsibilities: Definition, update and application of test methodology, methodological supports to PM or other departments, Organization, performance and monitoring of tests activities from preparation to acceptance in accordance with the project expectations, constraints and schedule, Work coordination of different actors from End-Users, IT, BA and PM departments, Definition and organization of the support and the tasks of IT department in test activities, Organization, management and monitoring of the test team consisting of other departments members or external resources, Communication with company partners and suppliers, Reporting about the progress of the test activities (direct reporting to Board members), Evaluation of test results and relevant following corrective steps in cooperation of project managers, Preparation with End-users, IT and PM the production release and start the software operation in production Show less

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  CSOB (KBC Group)

  Oct 2008 - now

  Project Manager

  Managing project activities up to several thousand MDs per year.Scope of projects: Electronic banking applications (ELB), mainly internet banking, MultiCash, Czech post distribution channel for Poštovní spořitelna (product brand of ČSOB), New company ELB system (for corporate and SME segment), Integration and infrastructure projects, ELB update regular releases, function modifications (Authentication/authorization, payments, credits, account information, communication,....), stabilization, performance and penetration testing, simple Fraud detection system implementation, Multicash update and integration into ELB systems, Public web upgrade and stabilization, Toll clearing system upgrade, Payment processing system with 3rd partiesResponsibilities: Managing of software development projects from the first idea to production, Realization of business requirements under small development activities, regular development projects or key projects within strategic program , Creation of new solution or Modification of already existing systemsIdentification and allocation of resources in time and per team, Creation and execution of project plan, Estimation of time and budget, Assignment of responsibilities of allocated teams, Identification and mitigation of risks, Project scope management, Revision of project plan according to changing needs and requirements, Project budget management, Organization of project internal activities and tasks, management of operational aspects of project, Negotiation with external partners and/or suppliers about scope, price, timing and contract conditions of their delivery, External company selection process for mainly bodyshop or FT/FP contracts, Management of dependencies among projects, Coordination of release activities, Monitoring and regular reporting of project status and progress, Revision of projects deliverables and its completeness, Evaluation of the project, project teams and team members, bonus proposals, Postproduction support Show less