Gabriel Teodorescu

Experience

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  S.C. "Automatica" S.A.

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2001

  Electronics Engineer & Software Developer

  I was responsible for leading an installation and maintenance team for automation projects (on-site and remote on the client’s site)I developed several projects in the field of data acquisition and database deployment and maintenance for specific business needs.

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  National Institute for Information and Documentation

  Aug 2001 - Feb 2003

  Information Technology System Administrator

  I was the Network administrator (over 40 workstations and servers) and WEB DeveloperMy primary responsibilities included installation (manual and script based) configuration and troubleshooting of applications for workstations and servers, maintenance of Windows and Linux servers and administration of several server-based databases.I have designed and coordinated the development of a PHP/mySQL driven research and education portal. I have led the Institute’s IT team involved in several EU funded research projects.Other responsibilities: IT Training, IT procurement, Technical consultant and facilitator for various research projects. Show less

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  ITC Networks

  Feb 2003 - Jun 2007

  Technical Team Leader

  Primary liaison with the teams in Canada, U.K. and Italy, overall lead in Romania for various software development IBM Tivoli projects as technical team lead and contractor for IBM Romania.

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  IBM

  Jun 2007 - Jul 2021

  Technical Team Leader -> Project Manager -> Program Manager

  Drive the local teams to contribute (as part of global teams) in delivering projects on time, budget and schedule while meeting quality standards Improve client satisfactionEnhance product quality by increasing productivity through a variety of activities and processes Continuously promote work effectiveness, teamwork and reuse of assets and cross-team collaborationMajor projects and achievements under this employer:Rapid Deployment Systems (3 years) Delivery PM for large scale implementationsIBM Cloud OpenStack Services (Codename Zenith) (3 years) Overall development PM, responsible for developing the internal team processes along with input from stakeholders, educating the 250+ team on best Agile practices, customizing the reports and information dashboards, RTC advanced administration including tailoring the work item state machine, preconditions, follow-up actions and other flows to fit the development team processes. I created plans and metrics, chaired review meetings, monitored team progress and ensured adherence to defined practices.IBM SmartCloud Enteprise to SoftLayer workload migration (2 months) - Directly led an image developer team which was responsible for documenting and creating the training material for the migration scenarios.Management of IBM SoftLayer Hosted Managed Private Cloud (1 year) I was the PM in charge for 3 development areas which contributed to approx. 30% to the entire scope of work for this project. Project Manager for SmartCloud Enterprise + migration of CokeOne workloads (4 months) IBM SmartCloud Enterprise (3 years) IT related services in support of GMT Middle East & Africa (4 months)Internal Quality Assurance & Security Audit, ISO 27001 (1 month)Romania Ministry of Administration and Interior (10 months) As part of the implementing phase for the provisioning of an IT system, Schengen Information System II (SINS), I acted as PM for QA activitiesDaimler AG (2 years) Develop, verify and validate a SOA infrastructure Show less

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  Kyndryl

  Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

  Program Manager

  Multi Cloud Deployment Service provides an intelligent fully-managed multi cloud orchestration and automation platform for both container and virtualization workloads, powered by enterprise-ready standard blueprints.My responsibilities:Develop and execute activities related to end-to-end project managementProactively monitor, manage and report on execution of deliverablesResponsible for coordinating timely project meetings, producing meetings notes, and following up on any necessary action itemsEngage in consistent communication with the delivery team as well as the client with respect to the status of the projectCreate and maintain project documents in various capacitiesRegularly conduct internal and external project reviews to work to improve processesWork closely and consistently with the automation group to implement new integrations to refine automated workflows and improve project management toolsAnalyze internal and external data through quantitative researchPromote best practices in data analysis and reportingCollaborate with cross-functional teamsEnsure accuracy of reported billable time on all projectsMy achievements:As Agile champion for my organisation, I have implemented a program-wide process involving a toolchain designed to improve visibility over the entire development and delivery team set of goals, tracking of progress and outcome across 10-15 concurrent projects with 80+ technical resources engaged. Making use of tools like JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, aiming to reduce redundancies, streamline delivery flows, provide acccurate reports to management, communicate back to customers and stakeholders with real time data and metrics from the system.As Program Manager, I have successfully delivered 10+ large scale automation delivery projects in Transitioning and Transformation phases for major banks, insurance companies and other key industry big players with up to 20 technical resources on my team. Show less

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  Endava

  Apr 2022 - now

  Agile Project Manager

  Project: Payment System for Payments Industry company, 3 teams comprised of developers and testers plus architect, BA, Scrum Master, DevOps engineers, 30+ in total sizeDuration: 1.5 yearsTasks/Experience: Responsible for delivery of the product in terms of ensuring the scope remains clear, we have (phased) delivery milestones in place, sprint goals are set and communicated, capacity is known and kept stable as much as possible, creates burndown charts, reports, presents trends, manages risk, resources are planned per sprints and enough work is there for the teams to execute. Keep an Agile project in top shape internally and deliver with the usual constraints in mind. Additionally, the Technical Project Manager role I have acted in ensured interfaces exist between various teams contributing to the effort including SIT, DevOps, UI so not just sprint teams, goes outside the own project team to get the pulse and influence decisions for the benefit of the wider programe, the broader plan is agreed and followed, there is close collaboration to ensure the work is not duplicated across the streams and that we have the right level of planning and understanding of dependencies across the individual streams.Achievements:Delivered several increments of the product successfully, bridged the gap between various teams contributing to the success of the project, established, and enforced common ways of working, provided a transparent reporting system in JIRA change management and planning product. Show less