Marius (O.) Huianu - Senior Project Manager / SAFe Solution & Release Train Engineer (Lead Scrum Master)
Experience
Senior Project Manager / SAFe Solution & Release Train Engineer (Lead Scrum Master)
Telefonica O2
- Led the largest agile project at Telefonica O2 (€21+ million, 11 Scrum & system teams in Germany and India, 80+ developers, 3 vendors) using SAFe, Scrum and Kanban. A showcase project at Telefonica for agile scaling.
- Scaled agile processes to a large project using SAFe.
- Delivered the project at half the cost and time compared to similar projects.
- Test management / coordination of system testing.
- Coached teams (SAFe & Scrum).
- Rollout planning/management.
Senior Project Manager / Delivery Manager
Mercedes Benz / Infosys
- Managed IT infrastructure operations and coordinated IT programs for transformation, cloud migration, assembly lines/workplace, data center, network, service desk, security, SAP, telephony, printing, and AI at the largest European Daimler plant.
- Coordinated 10+ onshore/nearshore/offshore teams and 15+ vendors.
- Acted as the point of contact for Daimler senior management, serving as the interface between Daimler management, Infosys and over 15 vendors.
- Negotiated and managed vendor contracts.
- Coordinated teams and service providers to resolve critical incidents as quickly as possible.
- Directly coordinated service, program and project managers.
- Planned and coordinated the transformation and service transition, cutover from Daimler to Infosys for data center, network, security, telephony, printing and workplace.
- Defined requirements (high level/epics).
Senior (Multi-)Project Manager / Program Manager
Consors Finanz BNP Paribas
- Successfully led various programs and projects in software development, security and infrastructure using agile (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban), traditional (PMI) or hybrid methods.
- Coached development and infrastructure teams (5+ teams, 3+ external vendors) in Germany, Romania, Portugal and Poland.
- Responsible for schedule, cost and quality; delivered projects on time and well under budget (€2+ million).
- Reported directly to the CEO and CIO on key projects and task forces.
- Negotiated contracts and SLAs with suppliers; managed RFI/RFP processes.
- Defined and prioritized requirements/user stories, business process modeling, created product roadmap and release planning.
- Planned and coordinated roll-outs.
- Coordinated testing and test planning.
Crisis Manager / Senior Cutover/Project Manager
MAN Trucks & Bus (Volkswagen)
- Stabilized and turned around an IT infrastructure project (setup of an IT server infrastructure, migration of multiple critical applications, implementation of security requirements).
- Cutover and rollout planning.
Crisis Manager / Senior (Multi-)Project Manager / Product Owner
Siemens / European Space Agency
- Rescued and led two troubled software and electronics projects in spacecraft development.
- Identified issues, defined and executed corrective actions, and replanned to meet the original deadlines.
- Coached and built a team (20 people), resolved conflicts.
- Improved project processes using Kanban (hardware) and Scrum (software); coached the team and leaders in agile methods.
Management Consultant
ESG Elektroniksystems
- Analysis of the project portfolio and prioritization of projects for offshore delivery.
- Definition of processes, coordination and coaching of project managers regarding project organization (onshore, nearshore and offshore), budget & costs, risk management.
- Advising top management on offshoring and nearshoring strategy.
Senior Program / Project Manager
UBS Bank
- Leading a large program with multiple projects in server/network infrastructure, security, software development and migration.
- Leading several projects in business & online banking.
- Building and managing international teams (50+ developers).
- Managing RFI/RFP processes and vendors; contract negotiations.
- Planning and coordinating rollouts.
- Defining and prioritizing requirements/user stories; creating the product roadmap and release planning.
(Multi-)Project Manager / Scrum Master
LastMinute.de / Sabre Holding
- Successfully led and coached multiple software development projects in e-commerce: payments, UI/mobile and software integration (budget 1+ million euros, 10 developers, 2 teams).
Senior Program-/Project Manager / Product Owner
Intel Mobile Communications / Intel Corporation
- Turnaround and successful leadership of a global agile software development project (desktop + server) and three related projects (mobile app, embedded, hardware).
- Leading and coaching 70+ developers in Germany, India, USA, Egypt and China.
- Managing rollouts to Samsung and Apple.
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Telecommunication, Banking and Finance, Automotive, Space Exploration, and Aerospace and Defense.
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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Procurement, and Operations.
Skills
Expert Knowledge Of Models, Methods, Control/monitoring Mechanisms And Tools In Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile/safe) And Traditional (E.g. Pmi, Prince Or Ipma) Project Management.
Over 15 Years Of Experience Successfully Leading Large, International, Agile And Traditional Projects (Budget Over €20 Million, 10+ Teams, 50+ Developers And 30,000+ Person-days).
Many Years Of Experience In Offshore And Nearshore Project Management.
Highly Goal-oriented With Excellent Leadership, Learning And Adaptability Skills. Very Good Coaching And Facilitation Skills.
Deep Technical Skills, Past Experience As A Solution/enterprise Architect Or Developer.
Very Good Product Management, Business Analysis/requirements Engineering And Test Management Knowledge.
Solid Knowledge In The Ai Field, Especially Deep Learning.
Project Management: Agile Project Management With Scrum, Kanban, Safe.
Project Management: Pmi/pmbok, Expert Knowledge In All Pm Processes: Scope Management, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Resource, Communications, Risk And Procurement Management.
Program, Portfolio And Multi-project Management (Pmi, Safe, V-model Xt).
Ms Project, Ms Project Server Enterprise, Jira.
Nearshore And Offshore (India, Egypt, Romania, Hungary, China, Etc.).
Roll-out And Cut-over Management (Worldwide).
Change And Release Management.
Project Turnaround.
Vendor Management, Design, Development And Negotiation Of Contracts.
Product Management (Traditional And Agile).
Requirements Development And Management (Gathering, Analysis, Specification, Validation, Prioritization, Management, Usability, Bpm).
Modeling: Business Domain Modeling, Business Process Definition, Bpmn/bpml.
It Management: Itil V4, Service Management, Itsm, Application Management.
Development Methods: Scrum, Test-driven Development, Continuous Delivery, Mdsd/dsl.
Quality Management: Process Definition, Test Management, Test Planning, Test Automation.
Programming: Java, C++, Python.
Tools: Sharepoint, Dms, Ms Office, Visio, Atlassian Jira, Git, Svn, Vmware, Qlikview, Doors, Hp Quality Center, Remedy, Enterprise Architect, Amdocs Clarify Crm, Confluence, Wiki, Oracle Soa, Splunk, Dynatrace, Siron, Clarity, Servicenow, Salesforce.
Systems: Multi-tier Systems, Middleware, Client-server, Rich & Thin Clients (Gui, Web Ui), Web Portal, Mobile Apps, Embedded, Hardware, It Infrastructure, Cloud Computing.
Cyber Security: Identity And Access Management, Data Leakage Prevention, Data Protection, Gdpr, Encryption, Security Infrastructure, Server Hardening.
Ai / Data Analysis: Prophet, Keras, Openai Api, Pandas.
Industry Know-how: Telecommunications (Bss, Oss, Mobile, Dsl, Ftth).
Industry Know-how: Finance & Banking (Trading/stock Exchange, Payment Processing, Credit Card, Loans, Risk/fraud/compliance (Kyc, Aml), Wealth Management, Financial Instruments, E-banking, Credit, Chatbots, Algorithmic Trading).
Industry Know-how: E- And M-commerce (Product Catalog, Order Management, Bi, Data Protection, Etc.).
Industry Know-how: Automotive, Infotainment, Gis.
Industry Know-how: Marketing (Mobile, Web, Campaigns).
Industry Know-how: Semiconductors, Electronics.
Industry Know-how: Aerospace, Media.
Languages
Education
Technical University of Iasi
Diploma in Engineering · Iași, Romania
Certifications & licenses
Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer (SAFe RTE)
Certified Scrum Master
Certified ITIL v.3 Fundation
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (Java EE)
Sun Certified Java Programmer
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