Ovidiu C.

Ovidiu C.

Senior Product Owner

Romania
Hire Ovidiu C. Hire Ovidiu C. Hire Ovidiu C.

About Me

Driven and innovative Senior Product Owner with 5+ years of experience in Project Management, Scrum, and Product Development, guiding teams to product completion and delivering the best features for clients in compliance with company roadmap. I provide a robust agile mindset, developing detailed product requirements and functional specifications using various tools and technologies.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner/Senior Scrum Master
2020 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Monitoring the scrum processes and various scrum meetings for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Partner closely with other cross-functional departments to work on process problems and challenges that affect customer satisfaction in the implementation of projects.

  • Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, identify and remove impediments to success, track progress, and recognize opportunities for continuous improvement.

GTS Global Intelligence
GTS Global Intelligence
Senior Product Owner
2020 - Present (4 years)
Romania
  • Researching and proposing new functionalities for the product roadmap, product optimisations, user experience improvements and other useful integrations.

  • Maintained the product backlog and closely defined the requests and functionalities for the development team, setting the priority according to the projects which are in progress, while revising the product development by aplying Agile methodologies, in particular Scrum.

  • Identified the best technological and UX solutions to implement the requests needed for the software platform the team was developing, while following best practices.

Filed
Filed
Head of Product
2020 - 2020
Remote
  • Supervised the development cycle, proposing, implementing, coordinating, evaluating and adjusting the strategies for the assigned products.

  • Contributed to business development efforts through project scoping, estimating, and attending client pitches when required.

  • Mediated the communication between external technical teams, identifying major risks, dependencies and issues, often working across the entire project lifecycle and working with team members to assess, alleviate and mitigate risk.

888Sparkware
888Sparkware
Product Owner / Product Manager
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Defined business requirements, creating a business case for each new feature, working closely with a scrum team.

  • Closely collaborated with different organizational units (marketing, development, QA and more), planning an effective user experience, post-launch analysis of products and features.

  • Led all product aspects across each phase of the development process, prioritizing features and work plans derived from their business cases.

EveryMatrix Ltd
EveryMatrix Ltd
Product Manager / Product Owner
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Worked closely with project stakeholders to define project scope, goals, deliverables, resources, and timing. Tracked and reported on project milestones and provided status reports.

  • Created innovative new features for users and customers and enhancements across all products.

  • Ensured high productivity of team members, working with Jira and Confluence to control and guide the agile delivery process.

Endava
Endava
Project Manager / Proxy PO
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Managed multiple IT projects with geographically distributed teams from multiple Suppliers. Played a crucial role in project initiation and planning.

  • Managed the delivery of projects on schedule, on budget, according to client requirements and quality standards.

  • Guided, coached, organized, and facilitated the use of Endava practices and values for the Team(s) and External Stakeholders.

Advanced Mobile Applications
Advanced Mobile Applications
Product Owner
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Defined the project requirements, identifying the optimal technologies and vendors, managing the delivery schedule, following-up, anticipating risks, and identifying improvement opportunities.

  • Managed business and technical requirements in order to accommodate new business or business transition projects. Utilize KPIs, metrics and analytics for continuous improvement of team output and work quality.

  • Took part in hiring and training, as well as evaluating and coaching team members, helping them achieve their full potential. Used the widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing.

Kalon Global Group
Kalon Global Group
Agile Project Manager / QA Automation Engineer
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Defined the project’s scope and determine available resources, setting time estimates and evaluating teams’ capabilities. Made necessary adjustments before reaching final stages of the project, working closely with Commercial, Strategy, Creative (UX & Visual Design), Development & QA, within the organization and at the Client to define application requirements.

  • Developing and implementing project management tools and processes. Creating project documentation.

  • Contributed to business development efforts through project scoping, estimating and attending client pitches when required.

IBM
IBM
QA Engineer in Test Automation
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed test plans and test cases, testing software products according to standard procedures.

  • Tracked defects and issues, reviewing, analyzing, and comparing them through Rational Team Concert.

  • Measure and report on test activities and defects, testing software products according to requirements.

Code Factory Group
Code Factory Group
QA Automation Engineer
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Designed automated tests to validate applications, ensuring functional requirements for all tests and documenting all test cases.

  • Monitored automation processes, maintaining test environments and test automation systems which drive quality and speed of release.

  • Coordinated with product development engineers to design all test plans, implementing all test scripts for various projects.

Bitdefender
Bitdefender
Technical Support Engineer
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Researching technical issues and filing reports regarding product issues.

  • Managing and processing customer orders, also assisting customers with different software solutions.

  • Involved in product updates and new technologies, as well as reviewing product change requests.

Portfolio

Product Owner - Digital Workshop Redesign
Product Owner - Digital Workshop Redesign

The existing platform was used by restaurant owners and operating staff to create, customize and print promotional materials. A number of features were incorporated: printing through preferred partners instead of local download; E-commerce functionality, and upgraded logic accessibility and user interaction by integrating the product in the Owner's master platform. I provided the plan, product roadmap, and prioritized product feature backlog and development for the platform.

Product Owner - Endava
Product Owner - Endava

Worked on a Native (iOS and Android) application for payment and digital services company that provides key insights and a smart business overview for merchants. Key features include card turnover development, information on the busiest hour of the day, customer localization, the number of returning customers, and a special reporting feature for owners. Developed a roadmap and drove products and features from concept to launch, adhering to the timeline.

Education

Bachelor Degree
Bachelor Degree
University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi
2002 - 2006 (4 years)
PSM
PSM
Scrum.org