Name: Bayer, Jozsef Andras; Hungarian citizen Skype: joseph.bayer;
Phone: +36/70/7784701; E-mail: joe@bayer.hu; Web: www.bayer.hu; http://hu.linkedin.com/in/josefbayer
Keywords: Certified Scrum Product Owner, Business Analyst, PMP Project Manager, Certified ScrumMaster, Quality Assurance Manager-CMMI enabler, Web2.0, Portals, Social Media, Web Applications, Usability, Masters Degree, Agile, RUP, UML, Wireframes
Languages: English IELTS 7.5 out of 9 (L:7.5, R:8.5, W:6.5, S:6.5),
native Hungarian; German - Advanced (reading, writing, speaking, listening)
Summary: An accomplished Business Analyst and innovative IT Project Management Professional with over 10 years experience in project management, delivering cost effective technology solutions to drive business performance and being in charge of web application concepts. Developing product concepts and manage up to 20 project members with expertise in all phases of project planning and quality assurance, including analysis, design, project controls, developing specific requirements, deployment, and training, consistently on schedule and within budget. Partner with senior management to analyze technology needs and develop strategic plans for company-wide systems development, operations, and implementation. Recognized as a very personable leader with a keen ability to build high performing teams by effectively communicating, motivating, and establishing consensus. Demonstrated expertise in achieving high customer satisfaction rates by paying close attention to details and enhancing products to meet customer needs.
• Insurance Self Service Portals, smartphone integration
• QR code in logistic and ads
• Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative intranet, Social Networking Sites
• Business Analyst, UML, Prototyping, Wireframes,
• Agile product conception, User stories, User experience
• PMP Project Manager, measurements and metrics, Business and Strategy Leadership and leading agile teams
• Strategic Planning, Team Building & Leadership, Client Relationship Management
• Business Analysis, Vendor Negotiation & Management
Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry
January 2005 – Present (5 years 10 months)
Direct all phases of R&D, from product conception and planning to raising funds to support efforts. Manage a $1 million annual budget and lead software development projects through entire life cycle. Oversee all product concepts defined as Product Owner coordinated with the business units, and contribute to product strategy while managing all development projects as well as coordinate architects and test team.
• Lead a 5-15 person team; design and implement the strategy and direction of the team as well as develop procedures, assign team responsibilities, and oversee tasks and timelines (R&D projects consume 3700 developer days).
• Maintain constant communications with senior level IT executives and business management to keep them well informed of project status, approve project plans, and budget estimates.
• Develop feasibility studies, cost estimates, project plans, and prepare background for management decision.
• Spearhead specification team and work personally on functional specification details, Use Cases, UML models as well as usability concepts.
• Manage, execute, and monitor all quality assurance assessments and contribute to processes and standards asset.
• Present R&D concepts to senior management and “sell” concept which have successfully resulted in senior management approval. Conduct high-impact presentations and demonstrations of R&D concepts and products to customers.
• Manage all subcontractor relationships (including negotiating contracts) involved with R&D projects.
• Lead the specification team and work personally on functional specification details, Use Cases, UML models as well as usability concepts.
• Established entire R&D department; developed proprietary products for core Qualysoft competency areas, such as document personalization and intranet portals which became the most popular free local community link directory in the Serbia.
• Direct entire products, from conception, brand name and design of the products, to developing innovative product slogans.
Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry
2008 – 2009 (1 year)
• Defined document personalization product features; document personalization, template-based document merge for enterprise purposes, such as printing three million invoices and account balances monthly by integrating the CRM of the insurance company and the financial system.
Managed multiple mission critical projects with 50-300 developer days life cycle. Directed and coordinated all phases of projects, from leading negotiations and offers, maintaining close contact with customers throughout project, to supervising the acceptance.
• Utilized software planning and management methodologies, including Agile, RUP, Lean Production, and Project Life Cycle.
• Developed and implemented all standardizations, optimized business processes and quality assurance: PMP, CMMI, and V-Model.
Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry
2006 – 2008 (2 years)
Worked closely with marketing and sales force to conduct presentations to potential clients as well as managed market and competitor analyses, including defining business cases.
• Conducted feasibility studies and created business plans for Web Portal Solutions. Met with clients to gain an in-depth understanding of their needs and ensure all objectives were met.
• Worked closely with business owners and top executive customers to consult on developing effective and measurable online advertising strategies (www.infobay.rs and www.caskanje.rs).
• Conceived and provided application domains, web applications, document personalization and automation systems; enterprise portals; community sites; collaborative applications, and Saas.
Public Company; GFT.DE; Information Technology and Services industry
August 2000 – December 2005 (5 years 5 months)
- Project Manager & Head of Quality Assurance and Processes, 2005-,
- Quality Assurance Manager & Project Manager, 2004- ,
- Resource Manager & Project Coordinator for Near Shore Development (managed a virtual team), 2003-,
- Project Manager for Portal and Web Application Development, 2001-,
- Business Analyst for Web Applications, 2000-
Reported directly to Executive Director and challenged to organize the development activities of a fast growing Hungarian branch. Defined all resource allocation rules and controlling information system. Implemented local reporting standards as well as local project management standards and deliverable templates.
• Managed a 5-15 person team and influenced 5 project managers on multiple projects. Developed processes, engineering solutions, assigned team responsibilities, and oversaw tasks and timelines.
• Fostered strong client relationships and maintained constant communications with client team to keep them well informed of project status, approve project plans, and budget estimates.
• Participated in Qualysoft Holding Quality Assurance meetings in Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
• Introduced and implemented quality assurance standards to local project managers and developers.
• Managed off-shore projects, Lean Production Support, and Lean Office.
Accomplishments
• Played key role in the growth of GFT WebSolutions branch in Hungary; $1 million and 20 new staff members in 2000 and $5 million and 50 staff members in 2004.
• Conceived and implemented all QA standards, resource allocation and controlling processes, project management standards, and project audit policies while keeping overhead to a minimum. Utilized near shore project management techniques and virtual team management since 2000.
• Awarded “Best Financial Portal in Austria” in 2004 & 2005. Successfully integrated three private legacy investment web applications into a new portal, on schedule.
Government Administration industry
January 1999 – May 2000 (1 year 5 months)
• Reported directly to Supervisory President and provided recommendations on establishing the design, organization, and implementation of an IT and Administrative Audit System for Pension Funds.
• Managed entire audit system project planning and implementation as well as participated in audits (to ensure the security of all member data).
Financial Services industry
May 1995 – December 1998 (3 years 8 months)
• Started as the first System Engineer and quickly promoted to Consultant then CIO for demonstrating outstanding performance, innovation, and the ability to learn rapidly.
Reference Projects
Impulse Driver Kit – Product Owner of IDK – Rich Interaction Prototyping Platform. I worked on conception, specification, usability and coordinated product positioning and belonging marketing activities. (Under Construction) 2010.10- ; Budapest/ Qualysoft
Content Cruiser – Product Owner of Content Cruiser – Enterprise Content Navigation Platform. I worked on conception, specification, usability and coordinated product positioning, launch and belonging marketing activities. I managed the development team. contentcruiser.infinica.com 2009.10- ; Budapest/ Qualysoft
Docfinito – Product Owner of "Docfinito!" – document automation Web Application. It is the WebApp edition of our former Docflow. I worked on conception, specification, usability and coordinated product positioning, launch and belonging marketing activities and managed the development. www.docfinito.hu 2009.10- ; Budapest/ Qualysoft
Docflow – Product Owner of Docflow – document automation product. I was Head of R&D at Qualysoft - I coordinated the conception and feasibility study of the products and participated in specification and usability design. I managed directly the development in a weak-matrix organization structure. www.docflow.hu 2008.2-2009.12; Budapest/ Qualysoft
Vesti24 - I was Product Owner of Vesti24/Headlines24 (RSS news aggregator) portal. The project was based on the www.hirkereso.hu engine. Responsibilities: feasibility study, profit-loss estimation, product conception, launch and marketing coordination. www.vesti24.rs, www.headlines24.eu; planning future functions involved the developer team. 2007; Beograd/ Qualysoft
Infobay - I was Product Owner of Infobay (social link directory) portal development. Responsibilities: project management, business definition, product conception, development coordination – combine international experience and local focus. www.infobay.at www.infobay.rs I developed management processes and tools. We introduced Jira and started to use Model Driven Architecture based development in my Caskanje and Infobay projects as a pilot. The pilot was successful so we never used it again since then. 2006.5-2008.5; Wien/ Qualysoft
QS.SP - Business Analyst - developing a B2B portal concept – Paid-content portal concept. Responsibilities: project management, portal positioning, gathering possible investors, competing for EU tender GVOP 4.2.2. 2005.3-2006.5; Budapest/ GFT
Dealer Commission Application - I was project manager of Vodafone Dealer Commission Application (DCA) and Revenue Assurance Tool development – reconciling the voice traffic data into invoices. (Business Objects Data Warehouse) 2004.5-2005.9; Budapest/ GFT
RCM - I was project leader of the portal integration project at the Raiffeisen Kapital GmBH. Integrating databases and legacy web-applications. (www.rcm.at) The portal has won the best brokerage portal of the year twice in Austria. 2003.1-2004.12; Vienna/ GFT
GFT-SPI - I was Quality Assurance Coordinator for Budapest and Vienna during the Class B CMMI assessment of the GFT central. I qualified as certified „CMMI enabler” QA-leader during the CMMI introduction. 2002.1- 2005.12; Budapest/ GFT
RDB - I was project leader of the pay-per-view legal document portal in Vienna. Responsibilities: set up project controlling and communication standards between program management (located in Vienna) and the development-centre (located in Budapest). The project followed the RUP standard. www.rdb.at 2000.10- 2002.10; Vienna/ GFT