Harutyun Baghdasaryan
Pleasanton,CA
Summary
Seasoned technology leader with a proven track record in strategic planning, financial management, and team leadership. Skilled at implementing operational improvements to drive productivity and profit growth. Demonstrated abilities in fostering positive relationships with stakeholders, partners, and clients while delivering high-impact business results. Known for problem-solving acumen, innovative thinking, and strong communication skills.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice President of Software Engineering
QLess, Inc.
Pasadena, California
12.2022 - Current
- As a Vice President of Software Engineering in QLess, I'm responsible for running the global engineering organization
- Lead technology planning activities to align software engineering priorities to business goals
- Develop and execute a technology strategic plan
- Anticipate and react to significant technology changes to maintain company leadership in the competitive landscape
- Maintain a culture of continuous improvement with a focus on being a best-in-class product delivery organization
- Lead the technology team in enforcing standard practices that enhance the maintainability and reliability of software across the product line
- Provide coaching, direction, and leadership support to employees to achieve employee, department, company, and customer results
- Enable a culture of innovation to deliver market-differentiating solutions.
- Successfully established and managed Product, CloudOps, Data, and ML teams with a focus on modern architecture, design, and delivery.
Director Of Engineering
DISQO
Glendale, California
10.2018 - 12.2022
- At DISQO, I'm creating a consumer-first insights platform that delivers unprecedented data and analytics to the market research industry
- In the scope of the platform is processing big data and making analytics
- I'm working closely and managing front-end, back-end, data engineers, data analysts, and data scientists
- I'm responsible for leading, mentoring, and growing engineers, and building highly-effective engineering teams within an Agile environment
- My primary goal is to drive teams to turn a concept into reality and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, scalable, innovative products
- I work closely with Product Management and other technical leaders to stay ahead of the curve with our products and architecture
- I'm responsible for engineering craftsmanship and best practices throughout the organization, drive improvements as-necessary, and, most importantly, mentor other managers and engineers to be excellent professionals.
- Led the creation and management of Product, DevOps, Data Engineering, and ML teams, ensuring contemporary architecture, design, and delivery.
Senior Engineering Manager
Adobe Workfront
Lehi, Utah
04.2017 - 10.2018
- Workfront, it's a software company that develops web-based work management and project management software that features enterprise work management, issue tracking, document management time tracking, and portfolio management
- As a member of the Engineering management team at Workfront, I was responsible for leading, mentoring, and growing Software Engineers, Quality Engineers, and building highly-effective Software Engineering teams within an Agile environment
- My primary goal was to drive my teams to turn a concept into reality and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, scalable, innovative software to Workfront's Work Automation Cloud platform
- I managed Agile processes across multiple teams that consistently deliver a quality product to Workfront's customers
- Team up with my Product Owners and UX Designers in planning and preparing my teams' backlog
- I was responsible for engineering craftsmanship and best practices throughout the organization, drive improvements as-necessary, and, most importantly, mentor other managers and engineers to be excellent professionals.
Head of SW Team
Armenian Datacom Company (ADC)
Yerevan, Armenia
04.2012 - 05.2017
- Head of software team in the Technical directorate
- The company created a 21st-century ultramodern fiber-optic network spanning all around Yerevan, Armenia covering both central areas and the suburbs
- At the role of the head of the software development team, I managed an organization that creates a modern CRM tool with centralized fiber optic solutions maintenance
- My team was responsible for internal CRM tool design and creation and implemented Java services that integrated with Alcatel-Lucent solutions
- I hired and established a cross-functional product team
- Initiated and led an internal internship program.
Software Development Manager
Workfront
Armenia
08.2013 - 04.2017
- As an Engineering Manager in Workfront, I was responsible for hiring engineers and creation Agile, cross-functional and autonomous teams
- Worked closely with Product Owner and UX Designer in planning and preparing your team's backlog
- Participated in architecture design reviews and critical decision making to make the product easy maintainable and scalable.
Java Software Developer
Workfront
04.2012 - 07.2013
- As a Software Engineer at Workfront, I worked with the Engineering team and partnered with Product Management to take ideas for Workfront's products and turn them into realized features in our Work Automation Cloud platform
- I worked in an Agile environment and estimated assigned work, created OO designs, provided task breakdowns and implemented features and micro-services using Java, web technologies, multiple frameworks (Spring, Docker, AWS, GCP), and data technologies (RDBMS, NoSQL, Kafka, Spark, ElasticSearch).
Senior Software Developer
Armenian Datacom Company (ADC)
Yerevan, Armenia
06.2010 - 04.2012
- As a Senior Software Developer at ADC, I was responsible for Java services design and implementation
- Services integration with the Alcatel-Lucent servers
- I participated in the CRM system design and did PHP development
- Learned and utilized Alcatel servers API and features to integrate with the CRM solution
- I was the most senior engineer in the team and contact person for the CS, Sales, and Accountant teams.
Software Engineer
101 Worldwide
Yerevan, Armenia
06.2009 - 06.2010
- It was my first experience working on an outsourcing company
- I was responsible for multiple projects
- I worked with product managers in Poland and Germany to get and deliver projects on time
- Mostly worked on Java stack and Flex solutions.
Software Engineer
Lycos Europe
Yerevan, Armenia
09.2006 - 04.2009
- I was Software Engineer at Lycos Europe Armenia, Yerevan
- Worked in the Armenia Subsidiary of Lycos Europe, Lycos Chat Team
- It was my first experience of working in a product team as a Java engineer
- In the 'Lycos Chat Team' I learned what does it mean to be a part of great culture and high-performance team.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
Yerevan State University
01.2010
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
State Engineering University of Armenia
01.2004
Skills
- Leadership & Execution
- Performance Management
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Software Architecture
- Machine Learning
- Big Data Technologies
Certification
- Apache Spark Essential Training: Big Data Engineering
- SonarQube SonarCloud - Continuous Inspection and Code Review
- Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts
- Architecting Big Data Applications: Batch Mode Application Engineering
- Learning Jira Software 7.5-7.9
Languages
- English, Full Professional
- Russian, Full Professional
- Armenian, Native or Bilingual
Publications
Data-Informed Tech Culture - https://developer.disqo.com/blog/data-informed-culture/
Timeline
Vice President of Software Engineering
QLess, Inc.
12.2022 - Current
Director Of Engineering
DISQO
10.2018 - 12.2022
Senior Engineering Manager
Adobe Workfront
04.2017 - 10.2018
Software Development Manager
Workfront
08.2013 - 04.2017
Head of SW Team
Armenian Datacom Company (ADC)
04.2012 - 05.2017
Java Software Developer
Workfront
04.2012 - 07.2013
Senior Software Developer
Armenian Datacom Company (ADC)
06.2010 - 04.2012
Software Engineer
101 Worldwide
06.2009 - 06.2010
Software Engineer
Lycos Europe
09.2006 - 04.2009
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
Yerevan State University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
State Engineering University of Armenia
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