Vladimir Ivanov
Overland Park,KS
Summary
Professional with strong background in managing delivery processes and driving successful project outcomes. Skilled in coordinating teams, optimizing workflows, and adapting to evolving project requirements. Known for fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Adept in problem-solving, resource management, and maintaining high standards in fast-paced environments.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder
Blue River Solutions LLC
01.2025 - Current
- Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
- Led the team towards MVP launch of US equity index options positioning visualization tool.
Operations Officer
International Clinical Trials Provider
11.2023 - 03.2025
- Led an effort to establish US subsidiary of an international Contract Research Organization (CRO).
- Performed market research
- Led prospect outreach campaign
- Conducted compliance requirements research
Director, Delivery Management, Financial Services
EPAM Systems
04.2021 - 11.2023
- Technical program manager overseeing agile digital transformation programs for consumer lending institutions and insurance providers. The programs involved modernization of marketing communications and analytics platforms, building a hybrid mobile app in support of client's new line of business launch, development of enterprise data lake, machine learning-based document extraction platform, and multiple initiatives to transform online customer experience.
- Led a 100-member team across 10+ scrum pods including product managers, UX designers, architects, development, automation QA and DevOps.
- Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Accountable for program progress and timely issue resolution and risk mitigation. Serving as the primary escalation point for the client.
- Owned program budgets, staffing, and recruitment decisions.
- Ensured engineering and process excellence through continuous improvement practices.
Director, Managed Services
Netcracker Technology
09.2015 - 03.2021
- Program and operations manager within telecommunications managed services line of business, overseeing outsourced application support and ongoing development for our client's billing system, network inventory and provisioning system, CRM, mobile sales rep application and online customer portal. Led a 50 FTE cross-functional team, including supervision of 25 direct reports onsite.
- Managed three scrum development teams building new features and enhancements for applications in scope.
- Managed multiple infrastructure and software projects while ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Oversaw all tiers of application and infrastructure support to ensure seamless experience for the 2,000 end users and strict adherence to technical and business SLAs.
Project Manager, Solution Delivery
Netcracker Technology
05.2007 - 08.2015
- Directed multiple software application implementation and data migration projects with team sizes of 100+ FTEs.
- Projects included Netcracker configuration, customization and integration with the telecoms' ecosystem within the following domains – FTTH, 3G, 4G/LTE, VOIP, Business IP VPN.
Solutions Architect
Netcracker Technology
09.2004 - 04.2007
- Defined business and IT architecture for multiple technology initiatives
- Provided engineering support to sales/account management team and PMO
- Led development of Network Design and Planning module for Netcracker application suite, defined roadmap, requirements and architecture
- Led the team of product developers and support engineers
Software Development Manager
Fujitsu Services
06.2000 - 08.2004
- Successfully delivered multiple high-impact projects on time and within budget constraints for clients within government and oil and gas industry.
Education
Executive Master of Business Administration -
UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management
Kansas City, MO05-2018
Skills
- Program and Project Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Product Requirements Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Team Management
- Risk Management
- Budget Management
- Software development lifecycle
- Enterprise Architecture
- System Design
- Service Management
- Business Process Outsourcing
- IT Outsourcing
Timeline
Founder
Blue River Solutions LLC
01.2025 - Current
Operations Officer
International Clinical Trials Provider
11.2023 - 03.2025
Director, Delivery Management, Financial Services
EPAM Systems
04.2021 - 11.2023
Director, Managed Services
Netcracker Technology
09.2015 - 03.2021
Project Manager, Solution Delivery
Netcracker Technology
05.2007 - 08.2015
Solutions Architect
Netcracker Technology
09.2004 - 04.2007
Software Development Manager
Fujitsu Services
06.2000 - 08.2004
Executive Master of Business Administration -
UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management