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Roman Deputat

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Roman Deputat
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Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Sep 2024
9 months
Berlin, Germany

CTO

EFS

Expertise details
Position Summary
CTO at EFS
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Introduced a serverless/event-driven platform, boosting deployment frequency from 3 to 40 per month
  • Implemented an LLM-based fraud-detection proof of concept that flagged 92 % of suspicious transactions
  • Built performance and DORA metrics dashboards adopted by the C-suite
Mar 2023 - Sep 2023
7 months
Berlin, Germany

Interim CTO

Flightright

Expertise details
Position Summary
Interim CTO at Flightright
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Spearheaded monolith-to-microservices re-architecture, reducing average response time by 40 % and enabling weekly releases
  • Productionised an LLM-driven claim-classification service that automated triage for over 100k cases, slashing manual review by 70 %
  • Introduced DORA metrics and outcome-oriented OKRs, boosting eNPS from 42 to 63 within six months
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 3 months
Berlin, Germany

Tech Advisor

InnTech Vision

Expertise details
Position Summary
Tech Advisor at InnTech Vision
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Strategy
  • Designed a scalable RAG architecture delivering sub-1 s answers across a 100K-document corpus
  • Mentored founding teams on lean delivery, hiring, and cloud cost control
  • Facilitated GenAI discovery workshops that uncovered three new product lines
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year 3 months
Berlin, Germany

CTPO & Co-Founder

Man-Go

Expertise details
Position Summary
CTPO & Co-Founder at Man-Go
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Bootstrapped end-to-end product and infrastructure
  • Championed lean engineering practices
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
3 years
Berlin, Germany

Engineering Lead

Smava

Expertise details
Position Summary
Engineering Lead at Smava
Industries
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Managed three squads (15 engineers)
  • Launched React migration
  • Introduced “Focus Time” initiative
  • Developed a mastery framework
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
3 years
Berlin, Germany

Tech Lead

Höffner

Expertise details
Position Summary
Tech Lead at Höffner
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
  • Planned monolith-to-microservices migration
  • Strengthened onboarding and hiring processes
Jan 2006 - Dec 2017
12 years

CTO & Co-Founder

DexTecnology

Expertise details
Position Summary
CTO & Co-Founder at DexTecnology
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Strategy
  • Scaled team from 2 to 35 developers
  • Established technology vision, strategy, and mentoring culture
Jan 2001 - Dec 2006
6 years

Software Developer

Expertise details
Position Summary
Software Developer
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development

Industry Experience

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

Information Technology
Banking and Finance
Retail
Professional Services
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Strategy, Human Resources, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology
Product Development
Strategy
Human Resources
Business Intelligence
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Summary

Hands-on engineering leader blending 20 years of product-centric delivery with practical GenAI adoption. I design resilient cloud architectures, embed AI into business workflows, and grow motivated teams. Believer in lean, data-driven decisions and code that tells a story.

Skills

  • Leadership & Product: Agile & Lean • Org Design • Remote & Hybrid Teams • Okrs • Executive-level Stakeholder Communication
  • Ai & Data Llms: (Openai Gpt, Anthropic Claude, Mistral) • Retrieval Pipelines (Langchain, Llamaindex – Basic) • Vector Store • Prompt Engineering & Evaluation • Python Data Stack (Numpy, Pandas)
  • Software Architecture: Event-driven Microservices • Domain-driven Design • Micro-frontends • Ci/cd • Iac (Terraform, Cdk) • Kubernetes • Observability
  • Tech Stack (Hands-on): Typescript/node.js • React/next.js • Java • C# • Python • Postgresql • Mongodb • Gcp • Aws • Azure

Languages

Russian
Native
English
Advanced
Romanian
Intermediate
Ukrainian
Intermediate
German
Elementary

Education

Taras Shevchenko University

MSc · Computing Machinery & Systems · Kyiv, Ukraine

Certifications & licenses

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Professional Scrum Master I

Inspiring & Motivating Individuals

University of Michigan

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 8
Experience in Information Technology 24 y
Avg length 3 y 8 m
Longest experience 11 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles CTO, Interim CTO, Tech Advisor
Main industries Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Retail
Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Strategy

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 3

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Where is Roman based?

Roman is based in Berlin, Germany.

What languages does Roman speak?

Roman speaks the following languages: Russian (Native), English (Advanced), Romanian (Intermediate), Ukrainian (Intermediate), German (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Roman have?

Roman has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Roman has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 2 months. Note that Roman may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Roman be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Roman would be well-suited for roles such as: CTO, Interim CTO, Tech Advisor.

What is Roman's latest experience?

Roman's most recent position is CTO at EFS.

What companies has Roman worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Roman has worked for EFS, Flightright, InnTech Vision, Man-Go, and Smava.

Which industries is Roman most experienced in?

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

Which business areas is Roman most experienced in?

Roman is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Strategy. Roman also has some experience in Human Resources and Business Intelligence.

Which industries has Roman worked in recently?

Roman has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Professional Services.

Which business areas has Roman worked in recently?

Roman has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Strategy.

What is Roman's education?

Roman holds a Master in Computing Machinery & Systems from Taras Shevchenko University.

Does Roman have any certificates?

Roman has 3 certificates. These include: AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Professional Scrum Master I, and Inspiring & Motivating Individuals.

What is the availability of Roman?

Roman is immediately available for suitable projects.

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