Andre Kholodov
Nearshore Engagement Manager
Experience
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
7 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Nearshore Engagement Manager
EnBW AG
- Built strong awareness within the company of nearshoring, identified potential projects, products, partners and services for the outsourcing approach
- Role: Engagement Manager in the Competence Center Nearshore
- Nearshore consulting
- Partner screening and technical onboarding
- Designing and implementing cooperation scenarios
- Change management
- Stakeholder management, participation in steering committees
- Collaboration with IT and business units
- Key results: Established a nearshoring strategy, successfully identified and implemented outsourcing partnerships
- Carried out change management and stakeholder management at the highest level
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, Microsoft SharePoint, Conceptboard.
Oct 2019 - Aug 2020
11 months Munich, Germany
Interim CTO
Creative Dock GmbH
- Internal and external coordination and support of IT/IoT topics, consulting
- IT due diligence and de-risking of innovation projects
- Requirements management
- Feasibility studies for 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 prepared market entry pilot projects
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office, Jira, Trello, Confluence, Google Docs, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype.
May 2019 - Sep 2021
2 years 5 months Munich, Germany
Product Owner / Technical Project Manager
Lab 1001 GmbH
- Full product development of a complex machine vision product (CCTV, hardware, firmware, software, machine learning) from idea to MVP
- Product development / product ownership
- Ideation / innovation / software integration
- Coordinated and managed technology selection, requirements management, industrial design, hardware and firmware development, connectivity
- Collaborated with industrial partner (Sony) and pilot customer (Prosegur)
- Key results: Successfully led product development of an innovative machine vision product from idea to MVP, including coordination of technology selection and development partnerships
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office 365, Trello, Zoom, Slack, Google Docs, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams.
Jan 2019 - Oct 2019
10 months Munich, Germany
External IT Consultant
Bayerisches Staatsministerium
- Organized and supported IT migration
- Requirements analysis
- Coordinated and aligned migration with multiple teams
- Reporting and documentation
- 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
- Test management
- Key results: Successfully supported IT migration, including requirements analysis, coordination of migration teams and comprehensive reporting
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Project.
Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
5 months Magdeburg, Germany
External IT Consultant
T-Systems International GmbH
- Analyzed IT infrastructure, organized and supported IT migration
- Assessed existing IT infrastructure and server landscape
- Created the migration concept
- Reporting and documentation
- 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
- Key results: Led analysis of IT infrastructure, including requirements analysis and concept creation, and produced extensive documentation
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project.
May 2013 - Present
12 years 3 months Munich, Germany
Founder & CEO
eCozy GmbH
- Full product development of a complex smart home product (hardware, firmware, software, AI-based forecasting, OTA) from idea to mass production and launch. Product launch in 2016
- Executive management with focus on product development
- Product ownership
- Ideation
- Technology selection, requirements management, BoM selection and procurement
- Test and QA management, coordination of mass production
- Contributed to industrial design (Red Dot Award)
- Coordinated hardware and firmware development
- Product development / certification / patents / logistics
- Managed 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 and Software: Microsoft Office, Jira, HubSpot, Trello, Harvest, Google Docs, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype, Shopify, Zoho Projects.
May 2010 - Jun 2013
3 years 2 months Pullach, Germany
External IT Consultant
Linde AG
- IT consulting, managed IT infrastructure, implemented new functions
- Requirements analysis
- Planned and implemented AD domain merge
- Supported security infrastructure management (McAfee ePO)
- Implemented data encryption infrastructure (LanCrypt)
- Managed global software distribution across ~20 locations, 8000 clients
- Patch management
- Reporting and documentation
- 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
- Key results: Managed IT infrastructure and implemented strategic IT functions, global software distribution and patch management
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Project.
Apr 2007 - Apr 2010
3 years 1 month Munich, Germany
CTO
Inside-Out GmbH
- Designed, planned and implemented a distributed server-based advertising network (digital signage)
- Program and project management
- Coordinated software development
- Hardware validation, testing, integration
- Implemented CDA infrastructure (with Vodafone)
- Implemented facial recognition system (with Fraunhofer Institute)
- Developed and operated own content management system
- Coordinated development teams
- Key results: Designed and implemented a server-based advertising network and developed a proprietary content management system
- Tools and Software: Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Skype.
Mar 2004 - Present
21 years 5 months Munich, Germany
Founder & CEO
ADUK GmbH
- Organized and delivered IT consulting and embedded development (hardware, firmware, software)
- Developed new and improved project setups and processes
- Strategically worked with internal and external teams worldwide
- Provided IoT consulting
- Maintained existing and generated new partnerships and strategic collaborations
- Key results: Founded and built a consulting firm focused on embedded development and IT, introduced market-leading IoT solutions, established long-term partnerships
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office 365, Azure DevOps, Jira, HubSpot, Trello, Notion, Harvest, Google Docs, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype.
Apr 2002 - Mar 2007
5 years Munich, Germany
External IT Consultant
Münchener Rück / MEAG Munich ERGO
- IT consulting, managed IT infrastructure (mainly software distribution)
- Developed and implemented a software distribution concept
- Interim product owner for SMS infrastructure worldwide during 01.2005–12.2005
- Rollout coordination
- Managed global software distribution across ~60 locations, 10000 clients
- Patch management
- Reporting and documentation
- 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
- Key results: Managed IT infrastructure, developed and implemented a global software distribution concept
- Tools and Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project.
Summary
- Over 20 years of experience in product development, technical project management, digital transformation and business development in both start-up and enterprise environments, focusing on IoT & embedded development
- Strong technical affinity
- Highly versatile thanks to quick learning and a structured, process-oriented approach
- Entrepreneurial mindset, strong analytical skills (IQ 132)
- Driven by innovation, empathetic team leadership, agile experience
- High resilience and flexibility even in demanding situations
- Extensive intercultural and interdisciplinary experience and expertise in near- and offshoring
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Advanced
Ukrainian
Elementary
Education
National Technical University
Diploma Engineer, Telemechanics and IT · Automation & Remote Control · Kharkiv, Ukraine
Certifications & licenses
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
Microsoft
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