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Max Ivanov

Cell: +380(50) 384-26-14
E-mail: maksusi@gmail.com

More than 8 years experience in IT-related industries including more than 5 years on management positions. Results-driven project management: planning, budgeting, design, implementation, integration, and support of created solutions and systems. Highly creative with strong architecture and design specification skills. Experienced with both outsource and in-house development.

Experience

Ciklum ApS Project Manager: 12/2009 - till now

  • Define project scope, deliverables, schedules, budgets and tasks list
  • Estimate duration and resource requirements
  • Facilitate setting of technical, functional and business requirements
  • Develop detailed project plans
  • Preparation project documentation
  • Clarify and analyze the requirements, make business offer to client
  • Estimate project terms and inputs, risks and precautions
  • Provide Quality Assurance
  • Track/manage projects from initiation to successful completion
  • Resolve project issues, problems, and changes
  • Lead projects to overall success
  • Planning, coordination and risk management
  • Coordinate and manage people resources
  • Customer relationship management (ensuring positive feedback)
  • Determinate all needs for project management and development process
  • Achieve business and financial goals

Nikitova LLC Project Manager for Art Departmen: 04/2007 - 12/2009

  • Oversee project production schedules and data flow for the projects;
  • Arrange/coordinate teams and client\partner meetings;
  • Serve as a primary contact point for client\partner;
  • Generate weekly status reports and day-to-day team’s schedules when needed, supervising project budget and timelines;
  • Assist in developing all supplier/vendor quotes and relationships;
  • Actively participate in optimization of corporate business processes.
  • Managing up to 12 projects on time with more than 25 people anticipated;
  • Working with clients from USA, Canada, UK, Norway, Holland and so on;
  • More than 25 successfully completed projects.

Finport Technologies Inc. Project Manager: 09/2005 - 04/2009

  • Participation in project scope, schedule and budget negotiations with customer;
  • Project plan development and maintenance including schedule plan, test plan, quality plan, team plan, etc.;
  • Adapted and applied the Client Services approach to meet project objectives;
  • Establishes and maintains project communications;
  • Oversaw project estimations and staffing;
  • Tracked and maintained project expenses against budget;
  • Oversaw the development of project deliverables. Established and maintained processes;
  • Cooperating with and coordinating other departments over project lifecycle.
  • Working with lead financial, political and government structures.
  • More than 15 successfully completed projects.

uStudio design Project Manager and HTML coder: 08/2004 - 09/2005

  • Working with small clients;
  • Creating HTML and CSS code;
  • Participation in budget and schedule negotiation;
Education

Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design - 2005

Degree in Economics

Liceum №100 "Podil" - 2000


London Shillers University - 1999

English Learning Institute – intermediate level certificate

Technical Skills

MS Office, MS Project;
Adobe PhotoShop/Adobe ImageReady;
Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia HomeSite;
Internet utilities;
AlienBrain, TestTrack, Mantis, Jira, SVN;
Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS, Base level of PHP;
Knowledge of PMBoK, RUP, Agile;

Personal Skills

Analytical turn of mind, self-educated, self-motivated, team- goal- and client- oriented, with ability to work under pressure, take decisions quickly and be responsible for that.

References
Available on LinkedIn