Position: CTO
Category: Lead
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 11


A lifelong technology enthusiast and a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in Telecom, Fintech and Retail.

IT Director at ABC Telecom:
•	Created and executed strategic vision for IT department of ABC Telecom group of companies.
•	Planned and executed company-wide information security gap analysis.
•	Analyzed systems performance and reworked IT infrastructure which led to cutting by half the operational costs.
•	Implemented budgeting for both long term and ongoing activities.
•	Led IT department of 50+ employees working both at the office and remotely.
•	Recruited and retained top IT employees.
•	Worked closely with vendors and saved 30% of Annual budget through vendor re-negotiation.

Information Security Architect at Simbrella:
•	Led ISO 27001 certification process of Company's ISMS.
•	Managed Company's ISMS Team.
•	Performed internal audits and prepared reports for the Board.
•	Conducted company-wide information security instruction, onboarding and education.


Platform Development Manager at Simbrella:
•	Worked as key person to architect, engineer and support over 30 IT projects.
•	Maintained 99.99% uptime by carefully designing highly available and disaster recovery solutions.
•	Improved IT Security processes by implementing centralized access control, two-factor authentication, log management, endpoint protection, network protection systems.
•	Estimated costs and set quality standards.
•	Guided organizational technology strategy and roadmaps.
•	Wrote policy, procedure and manuals governing internal IT use.
•	Interviewed, hired, trained and mentored 10+ team members by coaching daily, leading performance reviews and offering constructive feedback.
•	Worked closely with clients, vendors and internal teams to determine planning, implementation and integration of company solutions within customers perimeter.
•	Reduced CAPEX and OPEX by developing and implementing company's production platform standards