Dmitry Kadykov

Experience

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  Motorola

  Sept 2005 - Jun 2011

  SW Engineering Team Leader in Motorola iDEN Base Station Controller project. iDEN is a wireless technology from Motorola combining the capabilities of a digital cellular telephone, two-way radio, alphanumeric pager and data/fax modem in a single network.Experience, responsibilities and achievements:• Planning of deliveries, development & testing; new quality metrics & team performance KPIs development; prioritization of customer requests; tests automation; Klocwork (static analysis) setup.• Distributed team (USA, India, Russia); Waterfall process; Passed CMMI L5 certification; SW project mgmt plan and configuration mgmt plans update; Quality audits; RCA. Show less

  • SW Engineering Team Leader

    Jun 2007 - Jun 2011

  • SW Developer

    Sept 2005 - May 2007
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  Motorola Solutions

  Jun 2011 - Jan 2017

  Managing Agile-SCRUM teams of 30+ engineers and next-level managers focused on business leading PTT application and iDEN Core Network development. High integration with business teams, 3rd party vendors and other component teams managed with SAFe process. Delivery of Android, IOS apps and embedded SDK kind products. Projects and products:• Android PTT application development (Motorola WAVE for Public Safety)• IOS PTT application with SCRUM process• Tier 3 (development) customer support for >10 products• Telecom LAB (iDEN, Tetra & other PTT, 100+ racks)• New iDEN ReleasesResponsibilities:• Communication and planning with distributed teams (USA, India, Poland, Russia).• Product delivery & Quality goals communication; dependencies, risks, issues and status control (with PMO)• Agile-SCRUM process evolution control; Innovation process management; Certification with ISO 9001:2015• Managing team to support 100+ racks lab; planning and managing new Telecom LAB deployments; inventory and assets management.• Management and review with the next level managers of: KPIs, quality metrics, Process, Risks&Issues, Plans&Status.• Field issues escalation, customer management, conflicts management.• Resource management, Team staffing balancing, Salary/Bonus arbitration, Performance & Development plans management, Individuals coaching, Team motivation.• Project expenses planning, communication and trackingAchievements:Established new team with Agile-SCRUM process for IOS & Android apps development. Constant improvement of SCRUM process, integration of best practices resulted in over the plan quality results. Team spirit, skill set balancing and training made a top-performing team in the organization. Project management has certified with ISO 9001:2015 in Aug 2016.Successful deployment of Tetra lab and associated setups under time pressure. New lab support processes, metrics, and improved communication. Excellent customer feedback for iDEN deliveries and support. Show less Managing Tier 3-4 (development) Customer Tech Support project for iDEN core network products. Project is focused on high priority customer driven requests for: code fix, new features implementation & issues investigation. Highest focus on quality.Responsibilities:• Communication and planning with distributed teams (USA, India, Russia: 7+ teams).• KPIs, quality metrics, Process, Risks&Issues management• Field issues escalation, customer management, conflicts management• Resource management, Salary/Bonus arbitration, Performance & Development plans management• Project expenses communication and trackingAchievements:Established new team from scratch. Developed new metrics and KPIs for the project to achieve quality goals. Successful ITIL certification. High effective cross-trainings and intra-team education to support >10 products. Excellent feedback from customers. Show less

  • Program Manager / Engineering Manager

    Dec 2013 - Jan 2017

  • Project Manager

    Jun 2011 - Dec 2013
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  Zodiac Interactive

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Project Manager / Agile Coach

  Managing projects related to embedded SW development for Set Top Boxes (STBs) to be deployed by Charter Communication. As a part of the organization transformation, training and coaching employees in Agile/SCRUM and tailoring engineering organization processes.Responsibilities:• Project Management for a new project (40+ staffing) with a goal to deliver 6 new Set Top Boxes (STBs) of WorldBox platform to the Charter customer. • Managing budget, scope, schedule, plan & forecasting, risks & issues, collecting metrics, reporting progress, mentoring engineers withing the team. • Working with distributed team across Russia, Belarus, USA and Canada; multiple stakeholders environment.• Integrate Agile/SCRUM methodology; develop required processes; pilot a project.Achievements:• Launched and managed first Agile SCRUM project with good results. • Defined Agile processes and trained engineers• Successfull delivery of the first WorldBox release to the customer. Show less

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  Zodiac Systems

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2022

  Senior Project Manager, Head of PMO

  Managing PMO organization with functions of Process, Project, Program, Portfolio and Resource management. As a part of Enterprise project management office ensures engineering is aligned to organizational strategy and in sync with business and sales goals.Responsibilities:• Projects portfolio management ensuring projects and programs are aligned to the organizational strategy and meet goals. Working with risks and key indicators at portfolio level. Projects prioritization and balancing.• Reporting Engineering progress and issues within Enterprise PMO organization; syncing engineering with business and sales from project management standpoint.• Engineering organization Resource management and what-if scenario planning with sales and business team.. Hiring and outsource planning with HR. Monthly demand/capacity planning for engineering teams.• Engineering processes improvement and change management• Managing team of 7-10 managers with 130+ projects yearly; weekly projects/program progress reviews; performance and personnel management within PMO org.• Management and improvement of regular employee performance reviews data aggregation• Management of PMO KPIs, lessons learned and retrospective practices.• Regular and event-driven reporting to executive staffAchievements:• Rolled out Jira and established workflow; trained employees in Agile form of workflow; enforced weekly time reporting to tasks and tasks estimation culture.• Created engineering metrics portal and managed evolution process• Defined overall engineering process, management methodology, best practices, and standards within created Engineering Process Handbook; and managing changes• Organized regular process compliance reviews and automated Jira audits• Created Project checklists to simplify and provide consistent and common reporting for executive staff• Engineering was reorganized to functional teams structure Show less

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  Orion Innovation

  Jan 2022 - now

  Director of projects and engineering operations

  Managing video-solutions engineering organization in Europe & Russia:Projects / Portfolio:- Portfolio mgmt and KPIs control- Engineering processes management, standardization and continued improvement- Projects review and control through managed PMO structure - Communication and reporting to VPs and enterprise PMO- Communication with Sales about opportunities, engineering LOE, PoCs, demos and CRs.Resources:- Org structure mgmt and inter-team communication (Serbia, Turkey, Lithuania, Russia, US & Canada locations)- Resources planning, hiring strategy and business continuations - Resources optimization, rotation, salary arbitration and change management- Managing hiring process, communication with HRs in Europe/Russia locations for resources planning and hiringAdministration:- Administration of office in St.Petersburg - workspace, labs, services, etc- Merge and org integration with parent company (Mera NN, Orion's umbrella)- Business continuation in a changing environment Show less