Ivan Karpan's Experience:
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Delivery Director at Mustard Labs
January 2013 - Present | Kyiv, Ukraine -
Senior Program Manager at frog
December 2011 - January 2013 | Kyiv, UkraineAt frog I handled end-to-end program and projects delivery including account and business management as well as planning, risk, scope and process management in projects executed by distributed and multidisciplinary teams. In addition to that I was responsible for supporting integration of Ukraine with frog studios in Europe and the US, which included resource management and initial kick-off of cross-studio projects. Another role I had at frog was financial support of local design and web projects.
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Senior Engineering Manager and Senior Solutions Architect at Cogniance
February 2011 - November 2011My two main responsibilities were Engineering Management and Solutions Architecture. As Senior Engineering Manager I was directly managing Mobile Engineering Department (35+ Android, BlackBerry and iOS engineers), namely conducted performance and salary reviews, supervised and guided engineersâ professional growth, created and managed mobile academy for interns and junior engineers training, participated in recruitment by interviewing candidates, was responsible for hiring new engineers and resolved various conflicts. In order to carry out tasks related to this area of responsibility I had 5 subordinate Line Managers. As Senior Solutions Architecture I was responsible for all presales activities connected with mobile technologies, which included first meeting with prospects, requirements and scope definition, feasibility researches, proposals preparation, functionalities breakdown, preliminary project planning, efforts and cost estimation, team structure, technology and architecture recommendation and hand-over into delivery. I have processed 80+ opportunities while working on this position. Additionally I participated in various projects as consultant and architect. In order to carry out tasks related to this area of responsibility I had 1 subordinate Solution Architect under me. Both positions involved communications with subordinates and clients (mostly English speaking).
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Technical Project Manager and Engineering Manager at Cogniance
July 2010 - February 2011 -
iOS Developer at Freelance
March 2009 - August 2010 -
Senior iOS Engineer at Cogniance
May 2010 - July 2010- development of iOS (iPhone and iPad) applications - discharging of Project Managerâs duty (work with clients, projectsâ targets setting, consulting) - communication with clients (USA, France) on daily basis to resolve any project development issues (planning, discussions, presentations of results) via e-mail, phone, Skype and in person - pre-sales (efforts and cost estimation) - recruitment
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iOS Engineer at Ciklum
December 2009 - May 2010- development of iPhone applications - discharging of Project Managerâs duty (work with clients, projectsâ targets setting, consulting) using Agile methodology - communication with clients (Denmark, Australia) on daily basis to resolve any project development issues (planning, discussions, presentations of results) via e-mail, Skype, Acrobat.com and in person - recruitment
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iOS Engineer at Releaze A/S
December 2009 - May 2010- development of iPhone applications - discharging of Project Managerâs duty (work with clients, projectsâ targets setting, consulting) using Agile methodology - communication with clients (Denmark, Australia) on daily basis to resolve any project development issues (planning, discussions, presentations of results) via e-mail, Skype, Acrobat.com and in person - recruitment
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Project Manager / Owner at keyD
May 2009 - December 2009- management of projects simultaneously using Agile methodology - management of team of developers using Scrum methodology - communication with foreign clients on daily basis to resolve any project development issues (planning, discussions, presentations of results) via e-mail, TargetProcess, Skype, Yugma, Acrobat.com and in person - project plans development, budget planning, implementation of short and long term goals - running company - recruitment
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Web Developer at Freelance
June 2005 - December 2009 -
Project Manager at CodePeople LLC
November 2008 - May 2009- management of 2-3 projects simultaneously using Agile methodology - management of team of 2-4 developers using Scrum methodology - communication with foreign clients (Sweden, Denmark, Cyprus, United Kingdom) on daily basis to resolve any project development issues (planning, discussions, presentations of results) via e-mail, TargetProcess , Skype, Yugma and Acrobat.com - project plans development, budget planning, implementation of short and long term goals - running company in all organizational and technical spheres - recruitment
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PHP developer / Project Manager at Running Code Services Limited
May 2007 - November 2008- development of web-applications from scratch, on the base of self-made frameworks, Zend Framework, design of applications' and DBs' architectures - support and development of new functionality for already existing projects - deployment and update of applications on the clients' servers (Unix), installation and setup of required software - discharging of Team Leader's duty on several projects in a team of 3-6 developers (time for implementation estimation, task management) - discharging of Project Manager's duty (work with the clients, projects' targets setting, consultation of clients concerning technical questions) using Agile and Scrum methodology - communication with foreign clients (United Kingdom, Australia, etc) about present and future projects' development (via e-mail, phone, Skype and in person) - consultation of foreign team of developers (India) about questions concerning project transfer and future re-implementation using .NET technology - interviewing of employees
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Web Developer at Tuse
May 2007 - June 2007- implementation of new functionality - integration of the portal with different online payment systems, negotiations with the payment systemsʼ representatives about the conditions of cooperation
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Web Developer / Junior Java Developer at DDGlobal East
March 2007 - May 2007- implementation of cross-browser interface of an existing project (JavaScript) - support and upgrade of existing project (Java)
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Web Developer at Grani Realnosti
December 2006 - March 2007- development of new in-game functionality - integration of game application with different online payment systems, negotiations with the payment systems' representatives about the conditions of cooperation - architecture, development and support of separate online-store with further integration with the game application
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Web Developer at BrokenWorlds
February 2006 - August 2006- development of new in-game functionality - development of dueling and group combats mechanism between players - integration of game application with different online payment systems, negotiations with the payment systems' representatives about the conditions of cooperation - architecture, development and support of separate online-store with further integration with the game application
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Instructor at IT Step Academy
July 2005 - January 2006Subjects: - PHP - C++ - JavaScript - HTML/XHTML/CSS - Photoshop