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Svyetoslav Pidgornyy-CTO

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Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Experience

May 2021 - Present
St. Petersburg, United States

CTO

Skar Audio

Expertise details
Position Summary
CTO at Skar Audio
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
Supply Chain Management
  • Main developer in an online retail company
  • Built an online shop using the Next.JS React framework
  • Integrated the site with dozens of third-party apps using REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Built a backend for order management, warehouse management (with iPhone app), and supply management
  • Automated invoicing and finances with QuickBooks
Sep 2010 - Present
Frankfurt, Germany

Senior Business Application Specialist

Nintendo of Europe GmbH

Expertise details
Position Summary
Senior Business Application Specialist at Nintendo of Europe GmbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Responsible for 20+ internal custom-built web applications, managing a team of up to 6 employees, ensuring all applications were fast and reliable, developing, updating, and supporting web applications, and budget forecasting

  • Knowledge Article Database: web-based document management for customer support knowledge articles supporting localization into multiple European languages; interfaces with Oracle Service Cloud; stores data in a git repository for change history and backups

  • Meeting Room Booking System: custom-built Wii-style online booking system with single-sign-on from the Nintendo intranet; editable room descriptions, rebooking, delete and undo delete features, and day overview chart

  • Release History: TYPO3-based game information system for the Electronic Manual Support department with a custom front-end plugin for data management

  • ROM Information System: shows software available at the datacenter; allows requesting specific versions with workflow for approvals and deadline tracking

  • Virtual Console Manual CMS: custom FCKeditor-based CMS for generating VC manuals as zip files; uses wget to download front-end results, regular expressions to relink files, and zipping

  • Anti-Piracy EU: TYPO3-based website with no custom plugins

  • Jam With the Band Music Management: online system for managing user-generated music scores uploaded from a DS game to GameSpy servers; uses GameSpy SOAP API; allows search, tagging, commenting, approving; performs quality pre-checks, converts to MP3, informs GameSpy database, and encodes files via a custom Java application

  • Central Support Portal: TYPO3-based site with forum for the Central Support Department and custom plugins

  • Consumer Service & Repair System: full-featured repair system including pickup request, delivery tracking, status tracking, problem overview, work time tracking, invoicing (credit notes, delivery notes), integration with JDE, reports, and specialized workflow for volume customers

  • Navi: TYPO3-based knowledge base for Communication Center department with half a million pages; fixed severe performance issues in the TYPO3 core

  • WiiWare Manual: TYPO3-based custom manual editing CMS with a middle-end for editing content in the front end

  • and more...

Feb 2004 - Sep 2010
Frankfurt, Germany

Assistant Manager of Application Development Department

Nintendo of Europe GmbH

Expertise details
Position Summary
Assistant Manager of Application Development Department at Nintendo of Europe GmbH
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Datacenter Inventory Database: web-inventory for tracking Nintendo hardware and software, EAN scanner integration, supplementary modules (EAN barcode generator, reporting with graphs), and user interfaces for loan management
  • BugLog: bug tracker for the Localization department with Excel and XML import, tester performance analysis, reports, and self-performance reporting for modules; over 200 users across 8 access levels with external developer access
  • Bijou: project and time tracking system extended with vacation tracking (Petri nets), export to Persis system, user/group/access rights management, general reporting system with SQL designer, custom reports, and Kaba time registration hardware interface; over 1000 users
  • Automatic system for logging into Panasonic HDD Video Recorder web-server, reverse-engineering login, listing and downloading latest files for testers
  • Glossary: web glossary of game terms with a .NET Windows application for hotkey-based lookup and clipboard automation; import system for Excel and XML glossaries
  • Lotcheck Database: online information system for game submission status; elevated front-end management and PDF report uploads; reporting and analysis scripts; integrated testing checklists
Feb 2003 - Feb 2004
Frankfurt, Germany

Data Center Technician in Technical Support Department

Nintendo of Europe GmbH

Expertise details
Position Summary
Data Center Technician in Technical Support Department at Nintendo of Europe GmbH
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Handling game ROM data for all Nintendo consoles in a highly secure environment
  • Creating an Internet Data Center Inventory Database handling ROM data, employees, and hardware with an ActiveX component for client-side ROM information
  • Creating a plug-in for WhereIsIt software to catalog ROM data
  • Creating Windows shell extensions to simplify Data Center Technicians' work
Jan 2001 - Feb 2003
Duisburg, Germany

IT-Consultant

HSO Business Systems GmbH

Expertise details
Position Summary
IT-Consultant at HSO Business Systems GmbH
Industries
Insurance
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Created four projects for Dutch insurance company Centraal Beheer using:
  • BroadVision 5
  • Dynamic Command Centre 5
  • Blade Runner Information Manager 2
  • Blade Runner to BroadVision pump
  • MS SQL Server 7
  • Oracle Server 8
  • SQL Plus 8
  • HTML, CSS, DHTML
  • RMS (TCL), RMQL, XSLT, Xselerator
  • Verity search engine
Sep 2000 - Jan 2001
Kyiv, Ukraine

Web-developer

Codex Web Design Studio

Expertise details
Position Summary
Web-developer at Codex Web Design Studio
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Developed websites for:
  • Codex Web Design Studio ([link]
  • Ukrainian Referats ([link]
  • First Lease ([link]
  • SCAD Group ([link]
  • CDMA Ukraine ([link]
  • Leb-design ([link]
  • Olympic Games (Ukraine) ([link]
  • STI ([link]
Jun 1998 - Sep 2000
Kyiv, Ukraine

IT Manager & Web-developer (part-time)

Pulse Ltd

Expertise details
Position Summary
IT Manager & Web-developer (part-time) at Pulse Ltd
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Systems and network administration supporting 40 PCs and 2 servers (UNIX mail server, dial-up, NAT, proxy, Windows 2000)
  • Created company and clients’ websites:
  • Pulse Ltd ([link]
  • Impressa Hotel ([link]
Dec 1997 - Jun 1998
Kyiv, Ukraine

IT Manager (part-time)

Stalker Co

Expertise details
Position Summary
IT Manager (part-time) at Stalker Co
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Provided user support and computer equipment support within a network for 20 PCs
  • Performed hardware upgrades and network installations

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Retail, and Insurance.

Information Technology
Media and Entertainment
Retail
Insurance
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Finance, and Supply Chain Management.

Information Technology
Finance
Supply Chain Management
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Summary

20 years of experience in web development, including architecture, database design, programming, user interface design, testing, DevOps, support, and promotion.

  • Learned Flutter and built half a dozen mobile apps for both Android and iOS
  • Learned several PHP frameworks (Zend, Symfony, Laravel, CakePHP)
  • Created my own PHP framework
  • Used hundreds of APIs (Google*, eBay, Facebook, etc.)
  • Created multiple REST APIs
  • Programmed for Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo 3DS
  • Used several JS frameworks (React, Angular, Backbone, Marionette, Nest, …)
  • Worked with SQL RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, ElasticSearch)
  • Used cloud services from Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud (Bluemix), …
  • Built several secure authentication systems
  • Implemented various DevOps and deployment systems (Jenkins, Composer, GitHub Actions, custom scripts, …)
  • Used version control systems effectively (Git, Mercurial, SVN)
  • Participated in several startups as CTO and main developer
  • Used OpenCV on Raspberry Pi to recognize digits on an electricity meter
  • Taught myself machine learning using Python libraries
  • Am an active mentor for young programmers offline and on CodeMentor.io
  • Made a crypto-bot working with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
  • And much more...

Skills

  • Windows (Expert)
  • Unix (Expert)
  • Mac Os (Good)
  • Amazon Aws (Ec2, S3) (Good)
  • Ibm Bluemix (Good)
  • Mongodb (Basic)
  • Mysql (Expert)
  • Postgresql (Expert)
  • Oracle (Basic)
  • Ms Sql (Basic)
  • Ms Access (Expert)
  • Html (Expert)
  • Dhtml (Expert)
  • Css (Expert)
  • Ajax (Expert)
  • Php (Expert)
  • Java (Good)
  • Javascript (Expert)
  • Sql (Expert)
  • Xml (Expert)
  • Xslt (Good)
  • Node.js (Expert)
  • Cms Typo3 (Expert)
  • Cms Blade Runner (Good)
  • Ms Office (Expert)
  • Technical Documentation Writing (Good)
  • C/c++/visual C++ (Good)
  • Win Api (Basic)
  • Mfc (Good)
  • Opengl (Good)
  • Pascal (Good)
  • Delphi (Good)
  • Visual Basic (Good)
  • Vba (Basic)
  • Tcl (Basic)
  • Go (Basic)
  • Lua (Basic)
  • Photoshop (Good)
  • Illustrator (Good)
  • Page Maker (Good)

Languages

Russian
Native
Ukrainian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Intermediate
French
Elementary

Education

Oct 1999 - Jun 2000

The University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"

Master's degree in Computer Science · Computer Science · Kyiv, Ukraine

Oct 1995 - Jun 1999

The University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science · Computer Science · Kyiv, Ukraine

Sep 1993 - May 1995

Youth Technical and Business Administration Centrum

Small-Enterprise Manager qualification obtained · Small-Enterprise Manager

Certifications & licenses

Ethical Hacking Certification

EC-Council

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 8
Experience in Information Technology 21 y
Avg length 4 y 2 m
Longest experience 15 y 7 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, Ukraine, United States)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles CTO, Senior Business Application Specialist, Assistant Manager of Application Development Department
Main industries Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Retail
Main business areas Information Technology, Finance, Supply Chain Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 1

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Where is Svyetoslav based?

Svyetoslav is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

What languages does Svyetoslav speak?

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

How many years of experience does Svyetoslav have?

Svyetoslav has at least 28 years of experience. During this time, Svyetoslav has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 7 months. Note that Svyetoslav may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Svyetoslav be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Svyetoslav would be well-suited for roles such as: CTO, Senior Business Application Specialist, Assistant Manager of Application Development Department.

What is Svyetoslav's latest experience?

Svyetoslav's most recent position is CTO at Skar Audio.

What companies has Svyetoslav worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Svyetoslav has worked for Skar Audio and Nintendo of Europe GmbH.

Which industries is Svyetoslav most experienced in?

Svyetoslav is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, and Retail. Svyetoslav also has some experience in Insurance.

Which business areas is Svyetoslav most experienced in?

Svyetoslav is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Finance, and Supply Chain Management.

Which industries has Svyetoslav worked in recently?

Svyetoslav has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Retail.

Which business areas has Svyetoslav worked in recently?

Svyetoslav has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Finance, and Supply Chain Management.

What is Svyetoslav's education?

Svyetoslav holds a Master in Computer Science from The University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" and a Bachelor in Computer Science from The University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy".

Does Svyetoslav have any certificates?

Svyetoslav has 1 certificate: Ethical Hacking Certification.

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Svyetoslav is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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