Michael Boldasov - Scrum Master, Project Manager

Q: Where is Michael based?

Michael is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Michael speak?

Michael speaks the following languages: Russian (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Michael have?

Michael has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 10 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 6 months . Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Michael's latest experience?

Michael's most recent position is Scrum Master, Project Manager at GP Solutions DMCC .

Q: What companies has Michael worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Michael has worked for GP Solutions DMCC , EPG Service , and ABBYY .

Q: Which industries is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Banking and Finance , and Retail . Michael also has some experience in Professional Services , Tourism , and Real Estate .

Q: Which business areas is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Project Management . Michael also has some experience in Operations , Sales , and Research and Development .

Q: Which industries has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Government and Administration , and Media and Entertainment .

Q: Which business areas has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Product Development .

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Munich, Germany

Experience

Apr 2025 - Oct 2025

7 months

United Arab Emirates

Scrum Master, Project Manager

GP Solutions DMCC

Participated in the Riyadh Public Transport (KAPT) project introducing public transportation in Riyadh, supporting multimodal journeys combining bus, metro, car on demand.
Worked via Thiqah and partnered with Andersen to refactor the mobile MaaS application DARB into a new microservices architecture under SCRUM framework, successfully completing Phase 1.
Facilitated a team of 40 developers across Android, iOS, Web, Java, DevOps, architecture, analysis, and QA.
Moderated Scrum events and communicated with the client, proactively reporting on project deadlines, scope, and challenges.
Coordinated cross-team efforts between Thiqah specialists and GPS development teams, managing Jira and Azure DevOps trackers.
Supported and improved Scrum processes throughout the project.
Due to Thiqah’s takeover by Elm, subsequent phases were handled entirely in Saudi Arabia with GPS providing IT consulting.
Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Draw.IO, ChatGPT

Oct 2024 - Mar 2025

6 months

Russian Federation

System Analyst

EPG Service

Participated in refactoring a custom application from 1С ERP to a microservices architecture using React, TypeScript, SaaS, Python, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Collaborated with product managers and tech leads, working closely with the development team.
Clarified business requirements, prepared technical tasks for backend and frontend teams, and provided ongoing support at all development stages.
Participated in grooming sessions, task decomposition, development of prepared tasks, and organized acceptance testing.
Contributed to architecture design, interacting with operations teams to clarify production processes.
Described architectures for back-office automation, precise schedule markup microservices, a SaaS content delivery platform, and the media-guide.tv website.
Prepared technical specifications for backend and frontend development of media-guide.tv functionality.
Tools: Yandex Wiki, Yandex Tracker, Drawio, Excel, Google Docs, Swagger, MongoDB Compass, OpenSearch Discover, ChatGPT

Oct 2019 - Dec 2023

4 years 3 months

Lead System Analyst

ABBYY

Led mobile OCR product development for B2B/B2C iOS/Android applications (FineReader PDF, Business Card Reader, TextGrabber), releasing 28 significant features with a team of 20 specialists.
Managed commercial mobile SDKs for auto-capture and OCR across iOS, Android, Cordova/Ionic/Xamarin/React Native, and web React.js, releasing 16 significant versions with a team of 15 developers.
Developed and maintained the Mobile Input component for the ABBYY Vantage SaaS microservice platform, conceptualizing zero-footprint integration and launching three significant releases.
Designed two C# microservices and PostgreSQL repositories for multi-document Vantage Solutions, updated REST API, and managed development of sample client apps in React.
Gathered business requirements, prepared technical specifications, designed interfaces, and wrote REST API integration specs using Confluence, Visio, Draw.io, and Swagger.
Managed stakeholders, collaborated with product and marketing teams, reviewed and mentored junior analysts.
Coordinated SCRUM processes: sprint planning, development releases, grooming sessions, user story decomposition, estimation, risk management, L3 support, and release management.
Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Swagger, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Teams, Google Forms, Excel, Visio, Draw.io, PowerPoint, Miro

Apr 2018 - Aug 2019

1 year 5 months

Product Owner

GeoCV

Managed development of the 3D-tour Viewer front-end using WebGL, Three.js, React, and Redux, coordinating a distributed team of six developers, QA, and designers.
Released multiple features including narration, virtual staging, tags, lazy mode, floor plans, and bird’s eye view, delivering value to customers on time.
Led a custom 3D-tours project for cylindric spaces in collaboration with partner Igloo Vision.
Launched a DIY web tool for 3D tour completion, achieving high customer satisfaction.
Gathered and documented stakeholder requirements in Confluence and JIRA, including SOW, functional and non-functional requirements, business processes, UML, and BPMN.
Spearheaded Scrum framework: refined and prioritized the product backlog, ensured visibility and clarity of requirements, and coordinated between US business and Europe engineering teams.
Managed JIRA and led the transition from JIRA to Asana to maintain team velocity post-acquisition.
Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Google Analytics, Google Workspace, Visio, MS Office, PostgreSQL, Accelo, Asana

May 2015 - Mar 2018

2 years 11 months

Russian Federation

Project Manager, System Analyst, Technical Consultant Presales

EPAM

Conducted presales RFPs and RFIs in banking, e-commerce, travel, and healthcare, preparing development estimates and technical proposals.
Won and delivered the KPMG CIS tender for developing the “Workspace Manager” hot-desk system, applying Scrum with a distributed team of nine EPAM developers.
Prepared architectural concepts, gathered and documented system requirements (user stories, use cases, functional specs), modeled business processes (UML, BPMN), and defined REST APIs.
Managed technical specifications and developer tasks for KPMG and coordinated with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery.
Provided technical management for EPAM’s outsourced development for TUI’s B2B/B2C website, back-office, GDS integration, and hotel booking, leading teams of 9–11 specialists.
Recommended optimizations at the TUI CxO level to improve end-to-end delivery processes.
Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office 365, MS Project, Visio, REST API, Postman, Swagger

Nov 2008 - May 2015

6 years 7 months

India

System Analyst, Project Manager, Technical Consultant FileNet

Citibank

Led outsourced projects across investment operations, fraud operations document flow, LCY/FCY funds transfers, credit initiation, credit bureau reports, and digital signature with vendors in Russia, India, and Germany.
Served as SME and L3 escalation point for FileNet workflow automation in the middle office, responsible for launching five new applications and enhancing 12 existing applications.
Managed the Rainbow program’s KOFAX ICR crisis: coordinated 40 team members, identified UX and integration issues, restored the release schedule, and ensured seamless delivery.
Analyzed business workflows, prepared functional requirements, designed SOAP and ESB integrations, and managed development, acceptance testing, and production delivery.
Tools: MS Project, Visio, SharePoint, IBM FileNet, KOFAX Capture, SOAP, ESB, .NET Framework, SQL Server, Visual Studio

Aug 2006 - Nov 2008

2 years 4 months

Russian Federation

System Analyst

Luxoft

Designed new functionality for the “Client First” CRM system and “New Deal Flow” middle-office tool for lending, composing functional requirements and coordinating with customers and developers.
Conducted sanity checks of new functionality within Luxoft testing.
Tools: RUP, Rational Rose, ERwin, BPwin, QDesigner, PL/SQL Developer, HomeSite+, JIRA, Perforce, Confluence

Mar 2004 - Aug 2006

2 years 6 months

Russian Federation

System Analyst, Java Developer

CentreInvest Soft

Participated in presales for ECM solutions on the Hummingbird platform: customer meetings, commercial proposals, technical specifications, and contract materials.
Performed Java development on the Hummingbird platform.
Delivered document management systems on the VisualDoc platform, preparing technical specifications and API tutorials.
Authored ad texts for VisualDoc.
Technologies: .NET, C#, ASP.NET, C++, SQL Server 2000, OQL, VisualDoc, VDAPI, Doc-O-Matic, RoboHelp, LaTeX, RationalRose, UML, MS Project

Jun 2000 - May 2002

2 years

Germany

Java Developer

ApoSoft Ltd.

Developed UI and automated main business processes for the Intershop e-commerce platform.
Technologies: JDK, EJB, Servlets, PowerTier, Enfinity, SQL, Oracle 8.0, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, XML, Rational Rose, UML, Visual J++, JDBC

May 1999 - Aug 2003

4 years 4 months

Czech Republic

Java and Lisp Developer

RRIAI

Developed in Common Lisp for the AGILE multilingual NLG project, using CLOS, CLIM, and KPML (1999–2001).
Architected and developed the DEMLinG NLG component for the InBase AI system in Java, handling NLP from natural language messages to OQL queries (2002–2003).
Technologies: Common Lisp, CLOS, CLIM, KPML, Java, MS Visual J++, WFC, COM, ATL, XML, multithreading

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Retail, Professional Services, Tourism, and Real Estate.

Information Technology

Banking and Finance

Retail

Professional Services

Tourism

Real Estate

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management, Operations, Sales, and Research and Development.

Information Technology

Product Development

Project Management

Operations

Sales

Research and Development

Summary

18 years of system and business analysis (EPG Service, ABBYY, GeoCV, EPAM, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, CentreInvest Soft) Drew roadmaps, gathered business requirements (Confluence: use-cases, user-stories), composed technical specifications (Visio/Draw.io/Miro: uml/er-diagrams), set dev tasks (Jira, Azure), drew prototypes (Paint), reviewed designs (Figma), worked with SQL/nonSQL DBs, designing REST-APIs for microservices (Swagger/Postman), oversaw development process, identified and monitored risks, conducted acceptance testing, organized production delivery, conducted technical support. Led analysis, assisted in analytical processes, reviewed and mentored junior analysts.
6 years in innovative Product companies, working in Agile framework (GP Solutions, ABBYY, GeoCV, EPG Service), certified Scrum Master (PSMI). Managed and prioritized Product Backlog, finding balance between effort and value, and ensuring the requirements are visible and understandable. Facilitated dev teams, moderated Scrum events, led refinement of User Stories and their decomposition into development tasks, collaborated with Product Stakeholders.
9 years in Fintech domain (Citibank, Deutsche Bank) across such domains as Funds Transfers, Investment ops, DC, CC, PIL, Fraud ops, corporate lending, CRM.
15 years with international cross-functional teams and international stakeholders (ABBYY, GeoCV, Citibank, Deutsche Bank)
5 years as Java developer and researcher (CentreInvest Soft, ApoSoft, RRIAI). Degree in Computer science, defended PhD in Artificial Intelligence (NLP). 18 publications in English and Russian, experience of public speaking worldwide

Skills

Analytical Skills
Optimization Business Processes
Preparation Business Requirements
Sow
User Stories
Use Cases
Ux\ui
Stakeholder Management
Strategic Planning
Problem Solving
Coaching
Confluence
Powerpoint
Google Forms
System Analysis
Technical Specifications
Uml\bpmn\er
Visio\draw.io
Excel\vba
Sql
Mongodb Compass
Json \ Xml
Swagger\postman
Rest Api \ Soap \ Grpc
Kafka \ Rabbitmq
Decomposition To Dev Tasks
Jira\azure\asana
Agile Methodologies
Scrum
Kanban
Safe
Backlog Management
Prioritization
User Stories
Story Points
Miro
Communication
Building Trust
Process Improvement
Project Management
Pmp/pmi
Sdlc
Project Planning
Software Estimation
Story Points
Ms Project
Team Leadership
Conflict Resolution
Outsourcing
Client Relationship
Client Satisfaction
Software Development
Java
Js
C#
Html
Css
C++
Git
Lisp
Domains
Maas
Mobile Applications
Web Applications
Computer Vision
Enterprise Software
Workflow Management Systems
Crm
Banking Tools

Languages

Russian

Native

English

Advanced

German

Intermediate

Education

Sep 2000 - Jun 2004

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science, AI, NLP · Computer Science, AI, NLP · Moscow, Russian Federation

Sep 1994 - Jun 2000

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Specialist degree in Computer Science · Computer Science · Moscow, Russian Federation

Certifications & licenses

Professional Scrum Master (PSMI)

Scrum.org

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 10

Experience in Information Technology 15.5 y

Avg length 2 y 8 m

Longest experience 6 y 6 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 5 (Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, India, Germany, Czech Republic)

Primary country Russian Federation

Expertise

Recent roles Scrum Master, Project Manager, System Analyst, Lead System Analyst

Main industries Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Retail

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Doctorate

Certifications earned 1

Profile

Created

December 2025

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Where is Michael based?

Michael is based in Munich, Germany.

What languages does Michael speak?

Michael speaks the following languages: Russian (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Michael have?

Michael has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 6 months. Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Michael be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Scrum Master, Project Manager, System Analyst, Lead System Analyst.

What is Michael's latest experience?

Michael's most recent position is Scrum Master, Project Manager at GP Solutions DMCC.

What companies has Michael worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Michael has worked for GP Solutions DMCC, EPG Service, and ABBYY.

Which industries is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Retail. Michael also has some experience in Professional Services, Tourism, and Real Estate.

Which business areas is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management. Michael also has some experience in Operations, Sales, and Research and Development.

Which industries has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Media and Entertainment.

Which business areas has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

What is Michael's education?

Michael holds a Doctorate in Computer Science, AI, NLP from Lomonosov Moscow State University and a Master in Computer Science from Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Does Michael have any certificates?

Michael has 1 certificate: Professional Scrum Master (PSMI).

What is the availability of Michael?

Michael is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Michael?

Michael's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.