Geno Chipilski

Experience

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  Airbus Group

  Jun 2010 - Dec 2010

  Internship and Bachelor Thesis

  Bachelor Thesis: “Creating of a concept for automatic verification of the software coding standards of the operation support systems project with Axivion Bauhaus Suite”Internship in the OSS Project (23000+ files, 4300000+ LOC)Main tasks: Automation of the Code Quality Management of OSS- Programming in C++ and Python,- Development of CQM-scripts and architecture check tools for the Software Architect of the EUA project- Definition of the Quality Benchmark Level, the Code Quality Metrics and the threshold values for the Code Quality Indexes Show less

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  Strypes

  Feb 2011 - now

  The group manager at Strypes is responsible for both management of people his group and program management of projects executed by them. As a group manager I increased my group from around 15 people in 2017 to around 90 people. Main responsibilities:Company initiatives:- Responsible for beginner courses (C / Python / Bash) realized with Code Academy and MN Knowledge. These courses resulted in around 40 people hired in 2021.- Responsible for the rating & improvement program with our biggest customer. As a result, our score (given by the customer) improved dramatically in the past 4 years.- Leading an initiative for definition of training / learning path per position, so newcomers are brought faster up to speed.- Responsible and single POC for transformation of four of our teams from project WoW to SAFe WoW (due to customer transformation).People management:- Escalation point for Project Managers and Technical teams.- Creating Strategy for developing needed skills and competences of the technical teams and Project Managers.- Responsible for keeping a 'helicopter' view over all the people, competences, expertise and Group development - new teams, new competences, etc.- Overall accountable for people retention.- Leading interviews with candidates for technical and project management positions.Project / Program Management:- Keep a 'helicopter' view over all projects and deliveries within his responsibility.- Accountable for overall project progress and success.- Responsible for the long term project inflow for the group (6 months - 1 year).- Act as mediator when project conflicts occur across groups/departments/locations.Client management:- Participate, present the results and follow-up on Steerings committees with customers.- To continually engage clients, acting as an ambassador for company thus ensuring key relationships are nurtured and developed to their full potential.- Provide an escalation point for clients. Show less - Managing and leading 3 cross functional teams, each of 5-7 persons and the multiple ASML projects that they work on.- Applying Agile (Kanban, Scrum), Prince2 and CMMI practices in a nearshoring/outsourcing business model.- Responsible for all aspects of project management for the leaded projects - project initiation and setup, planning, tracking, reporting, stakeholder management, risk management, people management, etc.- Developing, mentoring and inspiring the team members.- Evaluating the team members and ensuring their continuous improvement by constant feedback and courses.- Making sure that the teams and continuously improving.- Ensuring that the project deliverables and major milestones are on time with the right quality.- Delegating responsibilities to the Scrum Masters and team members and coaching them.- Resolving external escalations by customer stakeholders and interpersonal conflicts in the teams.- Making sure that the project quality standards are understood and followed.- Giving the customer "more than just hands” - taking ownership and accountability for the outsourced projects.- Proposing cost saving solutions and acting proactively to achieve them.- Setting up and starting projects and handing them to another project manager.- Helping to bring off-track projects back on-track. Show less Project manager & Scrum Master for a team varying between 4 and 7 software developers.Except the SM responsibilities I had following responsibilities as a project manager:- Creating a plan for each of the work items together with the team- Monitoring project progress and performance of the project and the team.- Providing weekly status reports to the management and ensuring that the project deliverables are on time.- Handling escalations with customers- Monitor project budget (in hours) Show less

  • Department Manager

    May 2022 - now

  • Group Manager

    Jul 2017 - Apr 2022

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Project Manager | Scrum Master

    Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  • Scrum Master | Software Developer

    Aug 2012 - Sept 2013

  • Software Developer

    Feb 2011 - Aug 2012