Marius (O.) Huianu
Senior Project Manager / SAFe Solution & Release Train Engineer (Lead Scrum Master)
Experience
Senior Project Manager / SAFe Solution & Release Train Engineer (Lead Scrum Master)
Telefonica O2
- Led the largest agile project at Telefonica O2 (21+ million EUR, 11 Scrum & system teams in Germany and India, 80+ developers, 3 vendors) using SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban. Flagship project for agile scaling.
- Scaled agile processes for a large project with SAFe.
- Delivered the project at half the cost and time of similar projects.
- Test management and coordination of system testing.
- Coached teams (SAFe & Scrum).
- Rollout planning and management.
Senior Project Manager / Delivery Manager
Mercedes Benz / Infosys
- Led IT infrastructure operations and coordinated IT programs for transformation, cloud migration, assembly lines/workplace, data center, network, service desk, security, SAP, telephony, printing, and AI at the largest European Daimler plant.
- Coordinated 10+ on/near/offshore teams and 15+ vendors.
- Main contact for Daimler senior management, liaison between Daimler management, Infosys, and over 15 vendors.
- Negotiated and managed vendor contracts.
- Coordinated teams and service providers to resolve critical incidents quickly.
- Direct coordination of service, program, and project managers.
- Planned and coordinated transformation and service transition, cutover from Daimler to Infosys for data center, network, security, telephony, printing, and workplace.
- Defined high-level requirements/epics.
Senior (Multi-)Project Manager / Program Manager
Consors Finanz BNP Paribas
- Successfully led various programs and projects in software development, security, and infrastructure using agile (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban), traditional (PMI), or hybrid methods.
- Coached development and infrastructure teams (5+ teams, 3+ external vendors) in Germany, Romania, Portugal, and Poland.
- Responsible for schedule, cost, and quality; delivered projects on time and well under budget (2+ million EUR).
- Reported directly to CEO and CIO on key projects and task forces.
- Negotiated contracts and SLAs with suppliers; managed RFI/RFP processes.
- Defined and prioritized requirements/user stories, business process modeling, product roadmap creation, and release planning.
- Planned and coordinated rollouts.
- Coordinated testing and test planning.
Crisis Manager / Senior Cutover/Project Manager
MAN Trucks & Bus (Volkswagen)
- Stabilized and recovered an IT infrastructure project (building a server infrastructure, migrating multiple critical applications, implementing security requirements).
- Cutover and rollout planning.
Crisis Manager / Senior (Multi-)Project Manager / Product Owner
Siemens / European Space Agency
- Recovered and led two distressed software and electronics projects in spacecraft development.
- Identified issues, defined and carried out corrective actions, and replanned to meet original deadlines.
- Coached and built a team (20 members), resolved conflicts.
- Improved project processes using Kanban (hardware) and Scrum (software); coached the team and leadership in agile methods.
Management Consultant
ESG Elektroniksystems
- Analysis of the project portfolio and prioritization of projects for offshore delivery.
- Definition of processes, coordination and coaching of project managers regarding project organization (on-, near- and offshore), budget & costs, risk management.
- Advising top management on off- and nearshoring strategy.
Senior Program / Project Manager
UBS Bank
- Management of a large program with multiple projects in server/network infrastructure, security, software development and migration.
- Management of multiple projects in business & online banking.
- Building and leading international teams (50+ developers).
- Managing RFI/RFP processes and vendors; contract negotiations.
- Planning and coordinating rollouts.
- Defining and prioritizing requirements/user stories; creating the product roadmap and planning releases.
(Multi-)Project Manager / Scrum Master
LastMinute.de / Sabre Holding
- Successfully led and coached several software development projects in eCommerce: payment/transactions, UI/mobile and software integration (budget 1+ million EUR, 10 developers, 2 teams).
Senior Program/Project Manager / Product Owner
Intel Mobile Communications / Intel Corporation
- Restructuring and successful management of a global agile software development project (desktop + server) and three related projects (mobile app, embedded, hardware).
- Leading and coaching 70+ developers in Germany, India, USA, Egypt and China.
- Managing rollouts to Samsung and Apple.
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology (8 years), Telecommunication (7 years), Banking and Finance (5 years), Automotive (1.5 years), Space Exploration (1 year), and Aerospace and Defense (0.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Project Management (15.5 years), Information Technology (11 years), Product Development (6 years), Quality Assurance (4 years), Procurement (3.5 years), and Operations (1.5 years).
Skills
Expert Knowledge Of Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile/safe) And Traditional (E.g., Pmi, Prince, Or Ipma) Project Management Models, Methods, Controls, And Tools.
15+ Years Of Experience Leading Large, International Agile And Traditional Projects Successfully (Budget 20+ Million Eur, 10+ Teams, 50+ Developers, And 30,000+ Person-days).
Extensive Experience In Offshore And Nearshore Project Leadership.
Strong Drive And Excellent Leadership, Learning, And Adaptability Skills. Very Good Coaching And Facilitation Abilities.
Deep Technical Skills, Former Experience As A Solution/enterprise Architect Or Developer.
Very Good Product Management, Business Analysis/requirements Engineering, And Test Management Knowledge.
Solid Knowledge In Ai, Especially Deep Learning.
Project Management: Agile Project Management With Scrum, Kanban, Safe.
Project Management: Pmi/pmbok, Expert Knowledge In All Pm Processes: Scope And Content Management, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Resource, Communication, Risk, And Procurement Management.
Program, Portfolio, And Multi-project Management (Pmi, Safe, V-model Xt).
Ms Project, Ms Project Server Enterprise, Jira.
Near- And Offshoring (India, Egypt, Romania, Hungary, China, Etc.).
Roll-out And Cut-over Management (Worldwide).
Change And Release Management.
Project Recovery.
Vendor Management, Contract Creation, Drafting, And Negotiation.
Product Management (Traditional And Agile).
Requirements Development And Management (Elicitation, Analysis, Specification, Validation, Prioritization, Maintenance, Usability, Bpm).
Modeling: Business Domain Modeling, Business Process Definition, Bpmn/bpml.
It Management: Itil V4, Service Management, Itsm, Application Management.
Development Methods: Scrum, Test-driven Development, Continuous Delivery, Mdsd/dsl.
Quality Management: Process Definition, Test Management, Test Planning, Test Automation.
Programming: Java, C++, Python.
Tools: Sharepoint, Dms, Ms Office, Visio, Atlassian Jira, Git, Svn, Vmware, Qlikview, Doors, Hp Quality Center, Remedy, Enterprise Architect, Amdocs Clarify Crm, Confluence, Wiki, Oracle Soa, Splunk, Dynatrace, Siron, Clarity, Servicenow, Salesforce.
Systems: Multi-tier Systems, Middleware, Client-server, Rich & Thin Clients (Gui, Web Ui), Web Portal, Mobile Apps, Embedded, Hardware, It Infrastructure, Cloud Computing.
Cyber Security: Identity & Access Management, Data Leakage Prevention, Data Protection, Gdpr, Encryption, Security Infrastructure, Server Hardening.
Ai/data Analysis: Prophet, Keras, Openai Api, Pandas.
Industry Knowledge: Telecommunications (Bss, Oss, Mobile, Dsl, Ftth).
Industry Knowledge: Finance & Banking (Trading/stock Exchange, Payment Processing, Credit Card, Lending, Risk/fraud/compliance (Kyc, Aml), Wealth Management, Financial Instruments, Ebanking, Credit, Chatbots, Algorithmic Trading).
Industry Knowledge: E- And M-commerce (Product Catalog, Order Management, Bi, Data Protection, Etc.).
Industry Knowledge: Automotive, Infotainment, Gis.
Industry Knowledge: Marketing (Mobile, Web, Campaigns).
Industry Knowledge: Semiconductors, Electronics.
Industry Knowledge: Aerospace, Media.
Languages
Education
Technical University of Iasi
Dipl.-Ing. · Iași, Romania
Certifications & licenses
Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer (SAFe RTE)
Certified Scrum Master
Certified ITIL v.3 Fundation
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (Java EE)
Sun Certified Java Programmer
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