Vlad Vasiliu
Managing Director | CTO | Program Director
Experience
Mar 2023 - Present
2 years Romania
Managing Director
DRQ Consulting
- Leading the overall strategic direction and daily operations
- Driving business development initiatives
- Overseeing high-profile projects, including development of Categra - PIM and DAM platform integrating with Shopify, Amazon, eBay
- Managing diverse team of professionals
- Building and maintaining client relationships
- Monitoring financial performance
- Leading development of new business services including cloud services, server administration, SharePoint solutions
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams
Jan 2021 - Feb 2023
1 year 2 months Switzerland
VP Business Technology Services
Origyn Luxury
- Assisting CEO in setting company's mission, values, strategic goals and product roadmap
- Contributing to strategic business development and profitability
- Managing daily operations and revenue generation
- Maintaining awareness of competitors, opportunities, markets, and industry developments
- Overseeing organizational effectiveness and management development
- Liaising with staff to ensure top-level client experience
- Designing new features for luxury vertical and core product
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
3 years 1 month Romania
Program Manager
OSB Group, Salvatore Ferragamo, Breitling, DRQ Consult
- Managing high-risk development and testing programs
- Full responsibility for programs timeline, quality, budget & people management
- Preparing change management, versioning strategy, and risk plans
- Setting up reporting systems and management plans
- Supporting Sales and RFI/RFP responses
- Setting up projects framework with JIRA & SharePoint
- Delivering C level briefings and presentations
- Managing recruitment activities
Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
1 year 1 month Switzerland
CTO
12Co
- Overseeing R&D, testing, and operations of encryption program on multiple platforms
- Developing technical strategy aligned with business goals
- Supervising system infrastructure
- Monitoring KPIs and IT budgets
- Making executive decisions on technological requirements
Apr 2007 - Nov 2017
10 years 8 months Switzerland
Senior Manager
Atos / Cambridge Technology Partners
Program Manager at 12CO (7 months):
- Creating development and test strategy for encryption applications
- Managing development and testing teams
- Working with CEO on strategy
- Managing HR objectives and team operations
Head of Testing at Richemont (2 years):
- Leading testing effort for 10+ projects
- Managing 35+ testers and 5 test managers
- Implementing testing processes and frameworks
Account Manager at L'Oréal Group (2 years):
- Managing testing for Product Catalogue and Digital Asset Manager platforms
- Leading team recruitment and training
- Managing customer relationships
Senior Test Manager at IATA (2 years):
- Managing SIS program
- Overseeing test strategy and delivery
Billing Platform Manager at Orange Communications (3 years):
- Leading Amdocs billing environment team
- Managing environment upgrades and integrations
Feb 2005 - Mar 2007
2 years 2 months Limassol, Cyprus
Test Manager
Amdocs Development Ltd.
Leading team for Amdocs billing environment program, managing integration testing projects between CRM, Billing Platform, Order Management Systems and Self-Service
Jan 2004 - Feb 2005
1 year 2 months Limassol, Cyprus
Testing Group Leader
Amdocs Development Ltd.
Planning and directing various testing projects: Amdocs Billing and Clarify CRM Integration, Order Manager System integration, ABP&CRM Integration for SFR
Jun 2003 - Jan 2004
8 months Limassol, Cyprus
Senior Testing Engineer
Amdocs Development Ltd.
Designing test requirements and cases for applications on different platforms with various databases for CRM applications
Nov 1999 - Jun 2003
3 years 8 months Limassol, Cyprus
Senior Developer
Amdocs Development Ltd.
- Design and development for Switch control application
- Developing applications in C, C++, Oracle Pro C, Power Builder, Java
- Working on projects for Vodafone-Mannesmann and VimpelCom
- Implementing features for GPRS, GPS, VPN applications
Apr 1998 - Nov 1999
1 year 8 months Romania
Senior Developer
WM Company
- Leading development team for Finance, Administration and Production applications
- Managing program version control
- Data modeling and database design
Jun 1996 - Apr 1998
1 year 11 months Romania
Senior Developer
CSS
Design and development of Finance and Administration software applications, data modeling and database design/administration
Sep 1994 - Jun 1996
1 year 10 months Romania
Developer
GFK
Design and development of Statistical Analysis and data mining software applications using VB, Fox Pro, Visual Fox, C, C++
Summary
VP Business Technology Services | CTO | Delivery Program Management, Test Management professional, delivering results at both strategic and operational levels, with over 20 years of management experience in high-pressure assignments in international programs.
- Successfully delivered medium to large-scale programs covering both development and testing (all phases)
- Remote team management: reports & stakeholders in remote countries
- Managed complex structure of stakeholders: system integrator, multiple vendors, multiple customer stakeholders
- Consistently delivered 10%- 30% profitability improvement for yearly delivery contracts
- Restructured Operational team achieving over 30% improvement of the response time in the first year
Languages
Romanian
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 1994 - Jun 1999