Constantine Nicolaou

Lead Customer Discovery research to validate Business Model. Define strategy, product and vision: a personal application tool for private referrals. Lead technical development: mobile app (iOS/HTML) and platform backend / RESTful APIs. Hire senior/junior developers and coordinate with contractors; developed seven year IT budget. Strategize and prioritize product features (release dates, update roll-outs); organize focus groups.

Established long-term vision and key milestones for Protenders (previously Monaqasat): leading cloud eTendering platform. Expedited development/deployment of new features without compromising on quality. Shipped version 2.0 of application, held up in development for two years, within 45 days. Set up office in Beirut, trained local/remote teams and decreased various operational costs. Pitched product to potential investors alongside CEO and COO.

- Launched, successfully, Livfe (collaboration platform of Papers application) and Motion (online store for Paper application) following a year of developing, testing and optimizing the service. - Increased response time for RESTful APIs, developed for Papers Mac/Windows, by 300%. - Grew Livfe database from ~ 300 beta testers to > 4000 active members.

Develop open source Project Management and Labware tracking web applications for different scientific teams and laboratories using Ruby on Rails. Primary duty is to design and develop pipeline application with support of RESTful APIs (Application Programming Interface) to easily allow systems integration, scalability and reuse of the data. Using Agile methodologies to collect user requirements and plan iterations.