Peter Kanas

Experience

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  ME-INSPECTION SK

  Jul 2008 - Nov 2010

  Software Engineer

  Industry: MACHINE VISION/INDUSTRY AUTOMATION/DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSINGOverview of the role:- participation on software development, analysis, testing and delivery of various measuring systems for selected industries (tire-producing, car-manufacturing),- software development realized in C/C++/Visual C++ programming language using agile way of software development and testing,- selected approaches of Digital Image Processing were used,- direct communication with quality officers of customersProjects supported:1. "Profilometer" system used for measuring profiles (i.e. thickness in predefined points) of rubber belts being placed around car tires,2. "Length Measurement" system to measure lengths rubber belts, 3. Visualization tool for evaluation of correct processing of front and rear masks of cars by workers in a factory (to see whether workers had mounted all the necessary particles to the front or rear mask of a car).Issues to cope with:- "Profilometer": measurement at very high precision (several tens of micrometers), reliability (dust, heat, shocs) and speed,- "Length Measurement": fast movement of the measured samples (rubber belts) while maintaining reliability and accuracy,- fast changes demanded by the customers,- cooperation with various entities (vendors of other systems) at the side of customer. Show less

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  Siemens

  Dec 2010 - Apr 2014

  Technical Project Manager

  Industry: TELECOMMUNICATIONSOverview of the role:- technical leadership of ca. 30 software engineers and testers working on development of the Home Location Register/Home Subscriber System system (GSM HLR acc. to 3GPP standards),- financial magnitude of the project: > 1m €- planning of development, technical analysis, communication with various stakeholders (from India, Hungary, Austria and Slovakia) and overall coordination,- technical leadership (GSM, LTE, ISDN, mobile network technologies in general, etc.) and risk management,- steering, monitoring and controlling of the development teams,- progress and status reporting,- support of agile approach introduction among team members,- waterfall and later agile principles followed,- Confluence and JIRA used,- geographically-dispersed teams,- Siemens as a subcontracting partner to former Nokia Siemens Networks (now Nokia), - multi-cultural environment. Show less

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  Tieto

  May 2014 - Dec 2014

  Technical Project Manager/Senior System Analyst

  The very same position as at Siemens PSE. The telecommunication branch of Siemens PSE was sold to Tieto.

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  Innovatrics

  Jan 2015 - May 2017

  Project Manager/IT Project Coordinator

  Industry: BIOMETRICSOverview of the role:- organizational, planning and communication support of delivery of complex bio-metric solutions (e.g. Automated Fingerprint Identification System - AFIS) to various countries around the world (mostly in developing countries; Africa, East Asia),- financial magnitude of the projects: 100k - 2m €- KANBAN approach used for planning and monitoring,- ticket management,- leadership of internal process improvement,- support of contracting,- project cost monitoring, - Confluence and JIRA used for planning, Freshdesk system for ticket management. Show less

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  Valeo

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  Software Project Manager

  Industry: AUTOMOTIVEOverview of the role:- SW Project Management of the team (ca. 16 people) developing innovative Laser Scanner technology for autonomous automotive driving,- financial magnitude of the project: ~5m €- planning of the SW development process,- monitoring & controlling of the geographically dispersed team (Spain, Germany, Czech Republic),- tracking and reporting progress to overall Project Management,- mentoring, - communication with stakeholders from various countries (Germany, Czechia, Japan, Russia, Egypt, etc.),- team includes SW developers, SW Architect, System Engineers and SW PMs, - semi-agile approach (waterfall V-model in iterations),- automotive SPICE (ASPICE) methodology,- functional safety regulations (ASIL, ISO 26262)- risk management. Show less

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  Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

  Software Project Manager

  Industry: SURVEYING/GEOSPATIAL MEASUREMENT/CONSTRUCTION SWOverview of the role:- SW Project Management of the team (ca. 10 people) developing SW for Surveying and Construction Engineering industry,- financial magnitude of the projects: 1m - 5m €- project planning,- monitoring & controlling of the international team (Germany, Switzerland),- tracking and reporting progress to Management,- combined agile and traditional PM approach,- risk management.

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  Treibauf AG

  Sept 2020 - now

  IT Project Manager

  Industry: AUTOMATIC PAYMENT RECONCILLIATION SWOverview of the role:- SW Project Management of delivery and update of the automatic payment reconciliation software,- project planning,- international cooperation with significant retailers from around the globe,- tracking and reporting progress to Management,- combined agile and traditional PM approach,- risk management.