Tomas R.

Led product development for two key domains within our comprehensive SCADA product, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver continual improvements aligned with company strategy and customer value. Responsibilities ▸ Managed product roadmaps based on customer needs, market analysis, and strategic goals ▸ Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and validate customer-centric solutions ▸ Acted as Product Owner, defining user stories, acceptance criteria, and overseeing development cycles ▸ Facilitated agile ceremonies (planning, reviews, retrospectives) for continuous improvement ▸ Served as primary liaison between stakeholders and teams, managing expectations and communication ▸ Performed regular market analysis to identify trends and opportunities for product enhancement

Led a cross-functional team of designers, analysts, developers and testers to continuously improve the solution in areas beyond the focus of individual product domains managed by other teams. Responsibilities ▸Managed a roadmap based on user needs and the business objectives of the organisation ▸Worked with UX designers and developers to discover suitable solutions to the most important problems ▸Acted as a product owner during the execution of each project ▸Was one of the leaders in introducing agile thinking into the corporate environment ▸Managed the budget and development plans for the Online Platforms division

Responsibilities ▸Worked as a product owner on a project enabling the saving of work-in-progress tickets ▸Worked as a product owner on a project enabling better handling of "combi bets"

Applied product leadership and delivery expertise across three distinct organizational environments to drive tool adoption, market differentiation, and cultural shifts toward value-based development. ► Diebold Nixdorf (12 months fixed-term contract): Drove the global adoption of an internal capacity planning tool across three sites as Product Manager while coordinating international delivery teams and stakeholder reporting. ► Socialbakers: Led Content Hub discovery via user interviews and market research to identify differentiators, utilizing usage data to provide strategic context for the development team. ► Eurosoftware (6 months fixed-term contract): Established an agile and product culture within an international team across three locations and shifted the focus of releases from adding functionality toward delivering value.

Product management of EW’s new telematics solution Highlights ► 20 minutes/vehicle/month time saved by the fleet manager thanks to remote DTCO download ► Navigation problems reduced to almost zero thanks to newly integrated HCV-specific route planner ► Number of interactions required to complete tasks in the driver application reduced by up to 50% ► Optimal driver utilisation thanks to real-time overview of remaining driving and working time Responsibilities ▸Defined product strategy for the new telematics solution, linked to the business strategy ▸Managed a goal-oriented roadmap that served as a plan for strategy execution ▸Identified customer and user issues by conducting user research in transport companies ▸Worked closely with UX designers and engineers to identify solutions ▸Performed qualitative usability and value testing of proposed solutions ▸Performed quantitative research by analysing available usage data ▸Worked with the development team to deliver the solution ▸Presented progress to stakeholders

Technical jack-of-all-trades on a project to replace an existing payment card issuer Highlights ► Replacement of the original card issuer with a new one in just 6 months ► 10,000+ cards issued to customers in 5 countries in the last two months of the project Responsibilities ▸Performed technical analysis of existing solution ▸Liaised with new issuer team during implementation phase ▸Liaised with supplier to implement changes to EW software ▸Performed user testing of the modified solution ▸Developed solution to sanitise and consolidate 100's of files containing settlement data ▸Customised open source tool to produce personalised communications to 100s of clients

Product management of a telematics solution Highlights ► 20+ applications added to the portfolio of solutions offered to the customers ► Won customer with 500+ HCVs thanks to integration with competitive telematics solution ► Created telematics platform with support for 3rd party application development via SDK Responsibilities ▸Identified, assessed and prioritized customer issues and needs ▸Carried out market research and competitive analysis ▸Worked with engineers and UX designer to discover appropriate solutions ▸Validated proposed solutions with end users ▸Acted as product owner during the solution delivery phase ▸Provided product training for sales and customer support ▸Presented the product to potential partners and customers

Project management of an enterprise collaboration platform Highlights ► Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge technology product with big ambitions ► Important lesson about the dangers of using agile development without product management Responsibilities ▸Negotiated features, priorities and deadlines with stakeholders ▸Performed partial product management tasks ▸Led and managed the project development team (8-10 people) ▸Created and maintained the project roadmap ▸Planned and managed iterations ▸Reviewed team members' progress and deliverables ▸Reported and presented progress to stakeholders ▸Prepared input for negotiations between business owners and potential investors

Project management of two internal software projects Responsibilities ▸Performed PM tasks common to an artifact and process heavy software development methodology

(till 08/2007 part-time job during M.I.A.S. studies) ▸Support of the managers of two company divisions

Graduated also from 5-year certificate programme "German for advanced students" in that time.