Viktor is an experienced Chief Technology Officer with the requisite business skills, interests and leadership needed for the implementation of solutions on projects. He is abreast with the development and management of the latest IT standards, enterprise architecture and processes required to develop, implement and maintain software infrastructure and services. He seamlessly aligns business needs with key government regulations and policies; incorporating forward-thinking business options on solutions for clients.
Work as a technical design authority on Fintech and Insurtech projects; establishing clear standards and best practices for documentation, design, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance on software solutions.
Develop technology roadmaps and operational processes to ensure efficiency, minimize waste and increase the quality of our applications by introducing and enforcing high standards at every level.
Prioritize and coordinate development team tasks; implementing and promoting QA best practices across the Technology team.
Led the coordination of processes on 5 projects; managing approximately 25 people, maintaining a technical roadmap and establishing standards, processes and quality.
Worked as a Release Leader for the monthly release of content and preparation of UAT versions for IBM mainframe.
Forward plan the release windows and cycles across portfolios; managing risks and resolving issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.
Worked on incident resolution tasks (bug fixing, performance issues, reporting about a behaviour); determining the best methods to break down work items.
Handled the processing of change requests on the Decisions Engine; implementing new functionalities for portfolio pricing, Basel II, Basel III, collateral coverage and the preparation of local versions for testing.
Oversaw the development of tools and scripts used for Decision Engine development; acting occasionally as IT support for more developer domain-oriented software issues.
Developed software and hardware solutions for clients in the transportation industry; maintaining full development cycle including architecture design and end-user testing.
Managed the development of logging library, pattern recognition solutions for frauds, internationalization daemon with client and shell scripts for machine installation and updates
Collaborated on the development of control processes and on communication protocols on the project with external devices which were connected by Ethernet.
Managed the integration of a Cryptocurrency ecosystem into the standard banking environment with all requirements defined by the regulator such as KYC and AML modules. Handled negotiations with the client, definition of the product, MVP scope, estimations and budget, tech stack and standards. Hired members of the dev team, managed development ceremonies, project handover and knowledge transfer workshops. Delivered the MVP in 6 months and the final product was launched in August 2019.
Worked on StrongSalt’s Open Privacy API - making it easy to store, search, and share. Produced solutions to encrypt data; making access seamless and frictionless for all users while eliminating any risk of exposure. Oversaw Stripe integration, Accountability, CI/CD, and AWS deployment. The project was delivered as MVP and went live on March 2020.
Took over the development of the peer-to-peer lending platform in a poor condition; handling GAP analysis, audits, redefinition of product, reducing of MVP scope (explanation of MVP concept to product managers), new estimations and budget. Managed team optimization, agile (SCRUM) ceremonies, regular steerings with management, meeting with product managers, the definition of priorities and clearing of backlogs. The project was delivered on time, in reduced scope (MVP) and successfully tested by family and friends.
Education
Masters Degree in IT Security and Computer Systems
