IT manager looking for professional growth and career opportunities in friendly atmosphere. Have excellent communication skills. Ability to quickly establish good working relationships. Goal-oriented, positive thinker. Proactive approach to problem solving. “Can do” attitude. Good people skills. Ability to influence others.
– (8 months) | Ukraine
Accountable for ensuring that everyone on the team knows and executes his or her role, feels empowered and supported in the role, knows the roles of the other team members.
Reporting directly to CEO. Working under pressure. Dealing with an emergency. Reorganizing responsibilities in a group task if one member unexpectedly drops out.
Managing a team of up to 20 people (2 analysts, 9-13 developers, 5 testers).
Tools: JIRA (administrator; configuring workflows, writing automation scripts), OLAP; GitLab, Hudson, TestRail; NetBeans; Amazon Web Services and more.
I've started with the unmotivated team, and it was a hard job to increase the motivation and boost the productivity. Now there is a strong team working as a unit.
Iurii has an incredibly strong work ethic. The success of the project is paramount for him and he never approaches tasks half-heartedly. The sheer attention to detail is incredible. He has excellent managerial and organizational skills.
– (1 year 5 months) | Ukraine
Head of Maintenance Dept. providing the following services: web design, HTML slicing/front-end, content management, copywriting and proofreading.
Worked with the following tools: OLAP, JIRA and add-ons (as administrator), Wiki, Basecamp, Gantter; git, GitLab, Hudson; PhpStorm/WebStorm, Sublime Text; Chrome DevTools, FireBug, PageSpeed, ImageOptim, W3C Validators; Balsamiq, Gliffy, Photoshop and more.
Implemented mobile-first, adaptive, and responsive web design into the company projects. Inspired the team to use Sass and Compass, follow JavaScript best practices, try Backbone.js, Angular.js, Ember.js and other client-side frameworks.
Wrote the code myself together with a front-end team moving the projects from HTML4 to HTML5 and from CSS2 to CSS3; using JavaScript, jQuery and lots of plug-ins, sometimes Bootstrap (customized) and more. Installed and configured WordPress and custom CMS.
I've built a strong and professional team working together as a unit.
I’ve worked with Iurii for about 3 years and I can say with certainty that he is one of the best managers I’ve ever worked with. He is a great specialist and an awesome Project Manager. He is goal-oriented and has good communication skills. Iurii has established an excellent working process for the entire Maintenance department in our company and has a great relationship with each team member. Iurii is constantly developing himself and always finds the best solution to even the most complex tasks. I highly recommend him as a great IT manager and Head of Maintenance department, in particular.
Iurii is a great professional with strong managerial skills. Goal oriented with a deep attention to details. I will definitely recommend him as one of the best IT Managers I've worked with.
– (2 years 3 months) | Ukraine
Working on two complex internal projects: custom CMS, based on Zend Framework, and own Analysis Tool for Marketing Dept., built on a powerful reporting platform. Also, worked on a few short-term PHP/WordPress/Drupal/Salesforce projects on time and materials basis.
Managing a dedicated team of 3 strong PHP developers (1 senior Team Lead and 2 middle developers) for Analysis Tool project (acting as a Product Owner), and using a shared team for CMS (1-3 developers).
Doing lots of front-end stuff myself: cross-browser adaptive HTML slicing with HTML5/CSS3, Bootstrap 2 and 3, writing JavaScript scripts using jQuery and plug-ins (Jeditable, nestedSortable, sliders, Chained Selects, ajax upload, Sparklines and much more), Highcharts, Google Charts; optimizing UI and user experience.
Using cURL and proxies to parse SERPs. Sniffing the web. Constantly researching to increase Analysis Tool speed.
Researching external services APIs: Majestic, ahrefs (Site Explorer), Alexa, fake PR, blekko, etc. for SEO data gathering; Google Webmaster Tools, Analytics, Charts, App Engine, Drive and more, and integrating them.
Reviewing git commits via GitLab, NetBeans and SourceTree. Configuring WAMP/MAMP to run projects locally and check before deploy.
Together with a team I've completely redesigned both projects and brought them up to the next level.
Over 130 sites are currently using the CMS.
Analysis Tool is used by Marketing Dept. daily for professional analysis, better planning and automation of operations.
Iurii is one of the most efficient and reliable project managers I've worked with. He is totally committed on timings and quality of delivery with attention to details, keeping an eye on overall project targets and client satisfaction. Solution focused and positive mindset, it's pleasant and reassuring to work with him.