Andre Kholodov
Nearshore Engagement Manager
Experience
Nearshore Engagement Manager
EnBW AG
- Building strong awareness within the company towards nearshoring
- Engagement manager in the Competence Center Nearshore
- Responsible for nearshore consulting, partner screening and technical onboarding, designing and implementing cooperation scenarios, change management, stakeholder management, participating in steering committees and collaborating with IT and business units
- Tools used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Azure Devops, Microsoft Sharepoint, Conceptboard
- Key results: Established a nearshoring strategy, successfully identified and implemented outsourcing partnerships, carried out change and stakeholder management at the highest level
Interim CTO
Creative Dock GmbH
- Internal and external coordination and support of IT/IoT topics, consulting
- Conducting IT due diligence and de-risking of innovation projects
- Requirements management, feasibility studies of fintech and insurance projects
- Preparation and coordination of market entry pilot projects, needs analysis for private equity clients
- Interface between business and IT
- Key results: Took over IT/IoT consulting, conducted IT due diligences, feasibility studies and preparation of market entry pilot projects
- Tools used: Microsoft Office, Jira, Trello, Confluence, Google Documents Suite, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype
Product Owner
Lab 1001 GmbH
- Full product development of a complex Machine Vision product (CCTV, HW, FW, SW, machine learning) from idea to MVP
- Product Owner / technical project manager
- Coordination and management of technology selection, requirements management, industrial design, hardware and firmware development, connectivity
- Collaboration with industrial partners (Sony) and pilot customers (Prosegur)
- Key results: Successfully led the product development of an innovative Machine Vision product from idea to MVP, including coordinating technology selection and development partnerships
- Tools used: Microsoft Office 365, Trello, Zoom, Slack, Google Documents Suite, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams
External IT Consultant
Bayerisches Staatsministerium
- Organization and support of the IT migration
- Requirements analysis and coordination of migration with multiple teams
- Reporting and documentation
- 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
- Test management
- Key results: Successfully supported the IT migration, including requirements analysis, coordination of migration teams and comprehensive reporting
- Tools used: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Sharepoint, Microsoft Project
External IT Consultant
T-Systems International GmbH
- Analysis of the existing IT infrastructure and server landscape
- Creation of the migration concept
- Reporting and documentation
- 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
- Key results: Took over analysis of the IT infrastructure, including requirements analysis and concept development as well as creation of comprehensive documentation
- Tools used: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project
Founder & CEO
eCozy GmbH
- Complete end-to-end product development of a complex smart home product (HW, FW, SW, AI-based, predictive, OTA) from idea to mass production and launch
- Executive management with a focus on product development
- Product ownership, idea generation, technology selection, requirements management, BoM selection and procurement
- Test and QA management, coordination of mass production
- Contribution to industrial design (Red Dot Award)
- Coordination of hardware and firmware development, product development, certification, patents and logistics
- Coordination of international (nearshore and offshore) development teams, risk analysis
- Key results: developed and launched a smart home product from concept to mass production, managed international development teams
- Tools used: Microsoft Office, Jira, Hubspot, Trello, Harvest, Google Documents Suite, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype, Shopify, Zoho Projects
External IT Consultant
Linde AG
- IT consulting and management of IT infrastructure, implementation of new features
- Requirements analysis, planning and implementation of AD domain merge
- Support in maintaining the security infrastructure (McAfee ePO)
- Implementation of data encryption infrastructure (LanCrypt)
- Management of global software deployment worldwide (approx. 20 sites, 8000 clients) and patch management
- Reporting and documentation, 2nd- and 3rd-level troubleshooting
- Key achievements: IT infrastructure management and implementation of strategic IT functions, global software deployment and patch management
- Tools used: Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Project
CTO
Inside-Out GmbH
- Design, planning and implementation of a distributed server-based advertising network (digital signage)
- Program and project management, coordination of software development
- Hardware validation, testing and integration
- Implementation of the CDA infrastructure (with Vodafone) and face recognition system (with Fraunhofer Institute)
- Development and operation of an in-house content management system
- Coordination of development teams
- Key results: designed and implemented a server-based advertising network, developed an in-house content management system
- Tools used: Google Documents Suite, Microsoft Office, Skype
Founder & CEO
ADUK GmbH
- Organization and delivery of IT consulting and embedded development (HW / FW / SW)
- Executive management with development of new and improved project setups and processes
- Strategic work with internal and external teams worldwide
- IoT consulting
- Maintenance of existing and creation of new partnerships and strategic alliances
- Key results: founded and built a consulting company focused on embedded development and IT, introduced market-leading IoT solutions, built long-term partnerships
- Tools used: Microsoft Office 365, Azure DevOps, Jira, Hubspot, Trello, Notion, Harvest, Google Documents Suite, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype
External IT Consultant
Münchener Rück / MEAG Munich ERGO
- IT consulting and management of IT infrastructure with a focus on software deployment
- Development and implementation of a global software deployment concept
- Interim Product Owner for SMS infrastructure worldwide (01.2005–12.2005)
- Rollout coordination, management of global software deployment (approx. 60 sites, 10,000 clients) and patch management
- Reporting and documentation, 2nd- and 3rd-level troubleshooting
- Key results: IT infrastructure management, development and implementation of a global software deployment concept
- Tools used: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project
Summary
- Over 20 years of experience in product development, technical project management, digital transformation and business development in both startup and enterprise settings, with a focus on IoT & embedded development
- Strong technical affinity
- Highly versatile due to quick learning ability and structured, process-oriented approach
- Entrepreneurial mindset, strong analytical skills (IQ 132)
- Drive for innovation, empathetic team leadership, agile experience
- High resilience and flexibility even in challenging situations
- Extensive intercultural and interdisciplinary experience as well as expertise in near- and offshoring
Skills
It / Embedded Development / Outsourcing
Iot / Industry 4.0 / Manufacturing And Automation
Smart Home / Proptech / Smart City
Energy Sector
Planning, Concept And Hands-on Management Of Complex Hw/fw/sw Projects
Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Incident Management
Team Leadership, Team Accountability, Coordination Of Distributed Teams
Market-oriented End-to-end Development Of Complex Technologies And Products
Managing Communication Between Technical And Commercial Departments
Monitoring And Coordinating Projects From Planning To Completion
Coordination Of Offshore/nearshore Partners In Eastern Europe And Asia
Feasibility Studies, De-risking, Technical Due Diligence, Review Of External Effort Estimates, Partner Screening
Agile
Waterflow
Kanban
Scrum
Ms Teams
Ms Office
Ms Sharepoint
Jira
Trello
Asana
Confluence
Ms Project
Shopify
Hubspot
Zoho Projects
Conceptboard
Creatio
Notion
Azure Devops
Harvest
Zoom
Slack
Skype
Embedded Development
Iot
Cyber Security
Smart Home
Industry 4.0
Cctv
Machine Vision
Machine Learning
Ai
Sensors
Imu
Flowmeter
Radars/lidars
Smart Connectivity (Lan, Wlan, Iso/osi, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Ble, Gsm, Lora, Nb-iot)
Embedded Linux
Rtos
Microcontrollers (Stm32, Esp32, Nordic, Atmel)
Microcomputers (Nvidia Jetson Etc.)
Fpga
Low Energy Technologies
Aws
Azure
Dt Open Cloud
Energy Harvesting
Co2 Lasers
Mechatronic
Knowledge In Product Certification And Standardization (Ce, Weee, Rohs, Reach)
Gtin/ean Assignment
Mac Address Assignment
Languages
Education
National Technical University
Diploma Engineer, diploma with distinction · Automation & remote control - Degree in telemechanics and IT · Kharkiv, Ukraine
Certifications & licenses
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
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