Alen S.

Alen S.

Product Owner

Split, Croatia
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About Me

Alen is a Product Owner with a QA background and a natural ability to drive consensus, act as a change agent and deliver solutions to improve projects. He works on products from engineering to end-users on projects - drawing from years of experience in analyzing requirements and collaborating with team members to ensure that new features and products meet the strictest standards of quality before solutions are released.

Portfolio

Product Owner - Myo
Product Owner - Myo

Myo is a German-based platform that allows caregivers in elderly care facilities to communicate with residents' families. The platform is available as a web or mobile application. Quarter by quarter, the company's sales and user base have increased. I led product feature development, focusing on user weak points, proposing solutions, validating them, and delivering to end-users.

Product Manager - Swappie
Product Manager - Swappie

Swappie is a cultural gift exchange platform that allows users to connect and share cultural experiences. It gives users a taste of other cultures; users get a fun surprise box from a distant land and can also send one of their own through the platform.

QA Engineer - FYX
QA Engineer - FYX

FYX™ is the leading provider of emergency roadside assistance for the intermodal and over-the-road trucking industries, offering expedited service and protection for fleets; with expedited roadside repair services and emergency solutions they can rely on.

Senior QA Engineer - Roomi
Senior QA Engineer - Roomi

Roomi is an online platform that allows users to find and share living spaces with roommates easier. The target market was the US with a focus on NYC. Roomi is mobile-first with most of the users using the iOS application with several sophisticated features, before the web and Android versions were launched.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner
2021 - Present (2 years)
Remote
  • Prioritize client needs in terms of product features and align them with the stakeholders' feedback.

  • Oversee product development and communicate with dev teams to plan, review and refine requirements.

  • Act as a primary communicator and link between stakeholders on projects.

Freelance
Freelance
Product Manager
2021 - Present (2 years)
Remote
  • Oversee product roadmaps, feature prioritization and requirement analysis for clients.

  • Manage all aspects of SAFe and Agile methodologies across all development activities.

  • Research new trends, methods, and techniques to deliver product features and translate ideas into functional software.

myo
myo
Product Manager
2020 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Oversee end-to-end product management tasks - communicating complex concepts into innovative product features for clients.

  • Designed and delivered 40+ product features and evaluated tradeoffs, customer feedback, and quality risks.

  • Developed a clear product roadmap with value definitions and measurable outputs on KPIs, metrics and analytics.

FYX
FYX
QA Engineer
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Remote
  • Evangelized QA process integration into FYX's platform; ensuring that products conform to business requirements, software quality standards and established procedures.

  • Worked on new procedures and techniques to manually test end-to-end different web-based applications and mobile applications for FYX.

  • Handled and reported 500+ bugs on the project management system; tracking production and maintenance issues on the solution.

Swappie
Swappie
Product Manager
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Split, Croatia
  • Drove product innovation and decision making processes on the project and built the business model canvass to prove Swappie's monetization model.

  • Planned, wrote and executed software specifications, made wireframes, personas, user flows, and UI/UX flows on the project.

  • Led product release in a fast-paced Agile software development environment for Swappie; testing and releasing solutions to the live environment.

MLG (via Laplacian)
MLG (via Laplacian)
QA Engineer
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Remote
  • Oversaw QA processes on the project; completing end-to-end testing on the tournament management platform.

  • Drove test automation and contributed to test framework development on the project; automating the API and working on the API and the UI.

  • Adhered to industry best practices in maintaining a high standard of quality for test code, documentation, and other deliverables on the project.

Roomi
Roomi
Senior QA Engineer
2018 - 2018
Split, Croatia
  • Revised and verified test plans and test procedures for manual testing on mobile platforms; running tests on the web app on different browsers and cloud services.

  • Powered up QA processes and introduced best practices into the SDLC; automating project management tools and acceptance testing approach in requirement tickets.

  • Handled API test automation for Roomi and provided input for its in-house A/B testing framework to support fast and extensive user behaviour testing.

Sparrow
Sparrow
Product Owner
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Remote
  • Liaised closely with the CEO to design and execute strategic plans for Sparrow.

  • Deployed detailed specifications with clear acceptance criteria for 20+ product features on the project.

  • Managed all product and product management tasks on the project using Agile methodologies in a fast-paced environment.

Typeqast
Typeqast
Senior QA Engineer / Business Analyst
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Remote
  • Built and grew Typeqast's newly formed QA team; creating the QA roadmap, including goals, objectives, and project plans.

  • Set up the test strategy for the company; evaluating the right testing technologies and frameworks for the project.

  • Implemented QA process and best practices on new projects; identifying opportunities to drive process improvement across solutions for Typeqast.

Quickparking (via Typeqast)
Quickparking (via Typeqast)
Senior QA Analyst
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Remote
  • Actively participated in the requirement gathering and business analysis process for Quickparking; holding workshops and training with the client during the onboarding process.

  • Planned and wrote test plans and scripts for end-to-end UI automation and API test automation; integrating them into the CI/CD pipeline.

  • Led the QA team in daily activities such as documentation and feature testing; ensuring that requirements are understood, achievable, and tested.

HR Cloud
HR Cloud
QA Engineer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Split, Croatia
  • Developed and maintained a robust regression test automation repository written in Selenium IDE and ran on an in-house test runner.

  • Adhered to industry best practices and contributed to internal coding standards in testing new features built on top of HR Cloud's in-house test runner.

  • Maintained a high standard of quality in completing manual testing and signing off on versions ready for production.

Education

Web Application Programming (PHP + MySQL)
Web Application Programming (PHP + MySQL)
Algebra Education Center
2014 - 2014
Masters Degree in IT Manager
Masters Degree in IT Manager
University of Split, Faculty of Economics
2011 - 2013 (2 years)
Bachelor's Degree in IT Management
Bachelor's Degree in IT Management
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics
2008 - 2011 (3 years)