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Roman Cherkasov

Glen Rock,USA

Summary

Accomplished and results-driven Software Development Leader with over 20 years of expertise in building scalable, high-availability systems (99.99% uptime) for global organizations, including Kaseya, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Siemens, and BMW. Proven track record of driving innovation, managing cross-border teams, launching V1 products, and optimizing operations. Skilled in aligning software development with strategic business goals, fostering leadership growth, and excelling in Agile/Scrum methodologies, SaaS/cloud technologies, and DevOps practices. Adept at navigating multicultural environments to deliver measurable impact and sustained excellence.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President of Engineering

Kaseya
08.2023 - Current
  • Led engineering teams overseeing ten products in Security, Audit, and Compliance Suites, attaining quadruple growth from fewer than one million to multiple millions of devices under management.
  • Established security as a core focus for engineering teams, eliminating critical issues reported by Snyk and Wiz.
  • Created and implemented Weekly Business Review (WBR) process, aligning development efforts with KPIs.
  • Realized multi-million yearly savings through the transformation of consulting-centric teams into efficient in-house operations.
  • Led the migration of the R&D Department to GitHub, enabling enterprise-level security and AI adoption through GitHub Copilot and GitHub Advanced Security.
  • Achieved annual production of over 500,000 AI-generated lines of code, generating significant cost savings.
  • Led automation of new user onboarding among various products to reduce human error and enhance system dependability and growth capacity.
  • Defined measurable KPIs to drive team efficiency and minimize customer-reported defects by over 40%.
  • Championed AI integration, trained teams on AI-driven development with GitHub Copilot, and fostered a culture of innovation.
  • Increased adoption of the unified client portal to over 80% of customers through usability improvements and performance optimization.

Software Development Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
05.2022 - 08.2023
  • Managed Engineering teams to develop and launch www.CodeCatalyst.aws, a cloud-based integrated development environment.
  • Achieved operational excellence and a seamless transition from beta to GA.
  • Implemented various new service zones before rollout, resolving security issues and optimizing operations.
  • Surpassed cost-efficiency targets by cutting infrastructure costs by 15% in six months.
  • Created a multi-department error-handling system, boosting reliability, and enhancing customer satisfaction.

Software Development Manager, Executive Director

Morgan Stanley
07.2011 - 05.2022
  • Managed engineering teams to establish Risk Analytics and P&L systems for the Corporate Treasury overseeing a $200 billion portfolio.
  • Standardized development processes for multiple teams, reducing onboarding time, and improving team productivity.
  • Reduced the release cycle for a large platform from once a month to once per day.
  • Assembled a skilled team of 80 QA engineers to built a comprehensive regression suite for the RICE platform.

Software Developer, Vice President

JPMorgan Chase
06.2007 - 07.2011
  • Developed Samurai, a unified cash and derivatives risk platform, consolidating legacy systems and enabling precise analytics
  • Enhanced team agility by playing a pivotal role in Agile/Scrum ceremonies

Software Developer

Deutsche Bank
07.2005 - 06.2007
  • Contributed to Viper, a mortgage risk analysis system, integrating .NET, C++, and Oracle technologies

Software Developer

Siemens
03.2002 - 06.2005
  • Designed WinAC, a PC-based controller for real-time process automation, leveraging Ethernet communication protocols

Software Developer

BMW
05.2001 - 03.2002
  • Developed ELOS II, a Java-based vehicle diagnostics system for client-server SMS communication

Education

Certificate - Finance

Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

Master of Science - Applied Mathematics for Computer Science

Belarus State University
Minsk, Belarus

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms
  • DevOps, IAC, Cloud Formation, Terraform
  • AWS, Azure, On-Prem
  • AI, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock
  • SaaS Expertise, WAF, LB, VPN, Azure Front Door, AWS Cloud Front
  • CI/CD Pipelines, CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHubActions
  • Infrastructure Cost Optimization
  • Java, Scala, C#, C
  • Oracle, Dynamo DB, MongoDB, Casandra, RDS
  • Linux, Windows
  • Distributed systems
  • Kafka, Pulsar, Kubernetes, Docker, RabitMQ, SQS, SNS, EKS
  • Backend architecture
  • Agile, Scrum, Kanban, JIRA
  • Strategic Planning, Quarterly, Yearly
  • Process Optimization, WBR, RCA, COE
  • Security Compliance, Snyk, Wiz, GitHub Advanced Security
  • Operational Dashboards, Grafana, Datadog, PagerDuty, Opsgenie
  • Cross-Functional Team Building

Languages

  • English, Fluent
  • German, Intermediate
  • Russian, Native

Personal Information

Citizenship: US Citizen

Timeline

Vice President of Engineering

Kaseya
08.2023 - Current

Software Development Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
05.2022 - 08.2023

Software Development Manager, Executive Director

Morgan Stanley
07.2011 - 05.2022

Software Developer, Vice President

JPMorgan Chase
06.2007 - 07.2011

Software Developer

Deutsche Bank
07.2005 - 06.2007

Software Developer

Siemens
03.2002 - 06.2005

Software Developer

BMW
05.2001 - 03.2002

Certificate - Finance

Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

Master of Science - Applied Mathematics for Computer Science

Belarus State University

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