Ileana - Business Analyst JAVA

Sierra Wireless Solutions & Services BU

Wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer (950 people)

Product Manager
• Coordination of cross-functional teams of up to 14 employees and a budget of 2m€.
• Responsible for the development of the industrial assets monitoring product line.
• Ownership of the roadmap and supervision of the product developments.
• Leading market and competitive analysis, product definition and positioning, internal and external evangelization of the product, sales support
• Creating unified key messages of the product line, contributing to develop a common vision and managing consistent communication amongst technical, marketing, communication and sales teams
• Conducting product line audit and making recommendations for further developments
• Assisting the finance department on numerous projects
• Key team member in providing valuable technical understanding and acting as liaison with the development team
• Successfully managed supplier relationships
• Recruited, organized and managed a “proof-of-concept” technical team for the realization of demos for trade shows and show-rooms

Manufacturer of professional handheld terminals (350 people)
Analyst
• Analysed and forecasted sales trend, using advanced statistical techniques
• Audited plan forecasts versus actual sales
• Developed recommendations to improve sales planning and subsequent reduction of inventories

Analyst for consumer behaviour

• Analysed customer buying behaviour based on credit card bills
• Developed customer profiles in respect to buying patterns and domestic income
• Performed the work as part of the Cambridge MBA

Software Project Manager

Software firm providing professional services and product development (80 people)
Software Project Manager
(15 months)
• Managed the entire development and delivery cycle of software projects
• Established solid, positive and productive work environment of the development team, by understanding the role and the needs of all members
• Received excellent customer satisfaction grades
• Successfully forecasted and planned human and material resources needed
• Secured competitive projects bids with an above the average rate
• Initiated and coordinated technical work groups (e.g. for the elaboration of a unique licensing mechanism)
• Introduced two new test frameworks, which have been lately used on other projects

A software firm providing professional services (120 people)
Software Developer
• Researched, selected and implemented algorithms for data mining purposes
ONNELLES

Product Technical Manager

• Accomplished the ‘no critical bugs’ objective and delivered on time the major product releases
• Prepared the product test plan and scheduled execution of 800+ test cases
• Introduced an automated release mechanism with version control, integrated to the existing delivery system
• Designed an innovative modular system to enable effective management and development of the product customisations for four different OEMs
• Conducted product prototyping studies on different industrial devices
Software Engineer
Gained valuable experience in the entire development cycle of a software project, including feature specification, design, implementation, code review, test, validation, release, maintenance and customer support