Andrei Cotunoaei

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  • Timeline

    Feb 2005 - Jul 2006

    Analyst Product Acceptance

    Mobifon SA
    Jul 2006 - Sept 2013

    Senior Project Manager

    Vodafone Romania
    Bucharest, Romania
    Oct 2013 - Mar 2017

    Quality Assurance & Control Manager

    Teamnet
    Bucharest, Romania
    Current Company
    Apr 2017 - now

    Technology Manager

    Deutsche Bank
    Bucharest, Romania
  • About me

    Technology Manager at Deutsche Bank

  • Education

    • Ase - automated management of projects

      2005 - 2007
      Master informatics
    • Ase - cibernetics, statistics and economic informatics

      2000 - 2005
      Licentiate degree informatics
  • Experience

    • Mobifon sa

      Feb 2005 - Jul 2006
      Analyst product acceptance

      ▪ Handled product acceptance testing and standards by creating automated scripts for performance and functional testing. ▪ Designed, created, and ran performance, volume, stress, and functional scenarios. Analyzed results, identified issues, recommended solutions, and documented testing activities.▪ Identified root source of problems resulting in improved performance across multiple systems.▪ Created performance and functional test scenarios for all systems tested

    • Vodafone romania

      Jul 2006 - Sept 2013

      ▪ Directed cross-functional teams through full lifecycle of projects including requirements gathering, deliverables, timelines and resources, project planning, budget management, and status reports. ▪ Negotiated vendor contracts, documented procurement activities, and coordinated vendor activity and quality assurance.▪ Simplified operational procedures across retail channel, resulting in 50% increase in efficiency and usability across the transaction process.▪ Obtain 10% savings from approved project budget by implementing better measures.▪ Implemented largest project budget of 20 mil EUR and exceeded expectations for two years. Show less

      • Senior Project Manager

        Jun 2013 - Sept 2013
      • Project Manager

        Jan 2011 - May 2013
      • IT System Integrator

        Sept 2008 - Dec 2010
      • IT Configuration Administrator

        Jul 2006 - Aug 2008
    • Teamnet

      Oct 2013 - Mar 2017

      • Manage the software application testing process, with a team of 50+ testers lead by a Testing Manager;• Develop, implement, maintain and improve Quality Assurance best practices/standards;• Plan, implement, monitor and improve Teamnet processes, together with process owners, in order to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, including, but not limited to: Software Development, IT Support Operations, HR, Accounting, Procurement, Legal, Marketing, Car Fleet, Logistics, BID, Sales etc.;• Coordinate the quality audit process throughout organizations (process and project audits);• Define, implement and monitor KPI’s for all Teamnet processes in order to identify opportunities for improvement.Main achievements:• Maintain certifications for international standards for all group companies (ISO 9001, AQAP 2011 NATO, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001);• Achieve ISO 9001/2015 and 27001/2013 certifications for Teamnet Turkey, Serbia and Chisinau branches; Show less • Create test strategies and procedures, manage project and department budgets, allocate resources, develop test infrastructure environments, mitigate risks, monitor and control test activities in order to ensure that all deadlines are meet;• Improve the testing process by implementing, tuning new tools/strategies depending on the project approach/specific;• Responsible for quality gate approval, before the software is delivered to the customer;• Work closely with development, and support managers to overcome the inherent project issues;• Send regular reports to top management, showing the testing status for all the projects currently under implementation;• Define, implement and monitor KPI’s in order to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the testing team;• Hire, develop, mentor, coach, train and evaluate testing team members.Main Achievements:• Created and implemented Testing Transformation Strategy within two months of employment, securing 1M EUR for 2014 investments in tools, people, skills and competencies;• Increased employee engagement index from 33% to 78%, while growing team from 17 to 70 members in a 14-month period;• Generate 200K EUR savings annually, through developing of a testing center in Chisinau;• Institute KPI system to measure testing team’s efficiency and effectiveness, building foundation for improvement;• Improved the testing process by aligning the process with CMMI/TMMI Level 3; Show less

      • Quality Assurance & Control Manager

        Feb 2016 - Mar 2017
      • Testing & Review Manager

        Oct 2013 - Jan 2016
    • Deutsche bank

      Apr 2017 - now

      - Create, maintain, adapt & implement Treasury Test Strategy, in accordance with Deutsche Bank standards and the existing/target operating model;- Coordinate the testing process for all treasury applications, making sure that all test plans are created & executed in time, in budget and in alignment with the application risk assessment;- Work closely with development, analysis, project management / scrum masters and core services to overcome the inherent project issues. - Continually improve the testing process by identifying & implementing solutions to issues raised by the team or identified during the continuous analysis & review process.- Increase the efficiency and responsiveness of the test team by implementing new tools, procedures & test automation frameworks;- Support other functions in implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment process by implementing Continuous Testing process. - Ensure timely information is received by all stakeholders to facilitate fast decisions based on facts;- Hire, develop, mentor, coach, train and evaluate Test Engineers and QA & Testing Managers;- Support the growth of the testing community of practice and facilitate the discussions in this forum. Show less

      • Technology Manager

        Jan 2019 - now
      • QA & Testing Portfolio Manager

        Apr 2017 - Dec 2018
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project management professional

      Project management institute
      Jan 2013
    • Prince2 practitioner

      Office of government commerce
      Nov 2010
    • Auditor iso 27001

      Tuvkarpat
      Dec 2016
    • Agile pm practitioner

      Apmg international
      Feb 2017
    • Iso 9001/2015 auditor

      Tuvkarpat
      Jul 2016
    • Cobit5 foundation

      Apmg international
      Feb 2017
    • Iso 20000/2011 auditor

      Apmg international
      Jul 2016
    • Itil foundation v3

      Office of government commerce
      Aug 2010