Igor Stipanov

Project manager / Resource management

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

I am a software development and agile practices enthusiast, with 10+ years of experience in software design, development and delivery, software project management, consulting, and training. I stay in touch with technology and management trends, constantly improving my skill-set by following latest developments in programming languages and frameworks, web technologies, software development organization, team management, motivation... I have been working in the role of project manager on demanding and versatile IT projects. I managed projects in both public and private sector and was responsible for the whole project life-cycle. My project management knowledge is built on top of my previous experience working as an enterprise software developer and architect. This enables me to have an in-depth understanding of the technical aspect of the projects and initiatives I lead. Different kinds of projects I lead and have participated in during my career, as well as the stimulating working environment with experts from different fields, provide me with excellent knowledge of current trends, ICT architectures, products, tools, and methodologies. In addition to project management, I am currently responsible for resource management. My responsibilities include planning of resources and resolving issues and conflicts regarding allocation of resources on all company's projects. Interests: * Software development, software quality, IT systems architecture * Agile practices and continuous improvement (Kanban, Lean, Scrum) * Portfolio and Project management Specialties: * Project management * Resource management * Software design and development

Experience

  • Project manager / Resource management at CROZ

    * Company-wide resource planning, allocation and hiring in a project-oriented environment; balancing supply and demand of both internal and subcontracted resources and skills * Educational services coordinator * Project management: managing IT systems development, implementation and rollout projects; using PMI and Agile practices; managing EU/IPA projects; managing international teams * Presales and business development for a number of clients (tendering, sales presentations, customer relationship management, experience with Croatian and EU/IPA public procurement procedures) * Line manager responsible for supervising, mentoring and career development * Instructor for courses and workshops on Agile practices, Project management, Spring Framework * Consultant in the field of software development and agile methodologies

  • Enterprise software developer at CROZ

    * Software architect and lead developer on custom software development projects * Design and development of enterprise applications based on Java platform * Building and deploying applications, data migration, application rollout * Working in inter-company and multicultural teams * Writing technical documentation * Interacting with customers, business analysts, project managers and other stakeholders on a regular basis Proficient in the following technologies and software development tools: * Java SE and Java EE * Spring Application Framework: Security, MVC, Web Flow, Data access, Transaction management, AOP * Persistence: JDBC, Spring JDBC Template, Hibernate * Web development: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, Servlets, Portlets, JSP * XML * Web Services development: SOAP, WSDL * Databases: Oracle, SQL Server * Application and portal servers: WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, Liferay Portal, Apache Tomcat * Eclipse * Rational Software Architect and Rational Application Developer * Ant build tool * Subversion, CVS

  • Business software developer at Nove tehnologije d.o.o.

    Design and development of web-based enterprise software in the public sector, maintenance and improvement of existing software, software implementation. Working with Java and Java2 EE, JavaScript, Apache Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server, WevSphere Portal Server, Eclipse, Rational Application Developer, Spring Framework, Ant, and Oracle and DB2 databases.

  • Business software designer and developer at Konzalting i informatički sustavi d.o.o.

    Design and development of business software based on Microsoft Navision ERP in the banking sector. Specification of user requirements, Navision customisation, development of new modules, preparing training materials and user education.

  • Business software developer at Novalis d.o.o.

    Design and development of web-based applications. Working with Java/JavaEE technologies.

  • Software developer at Banksoft d.o.o.

    Banking software development. Programming server-side and client-side C applications with DB2 database. Migrating C applications to Java. Design and development of a custom GUI framework in Java.