Karel Serin

Regional Manager Business Solutions Planet Payment former Fintrax and Premier Tax Free

Assessment of BR, collection, identification and approval of TS and the subsequent development of technology solutions that require development. Additional responsibilities: * Planning, design and oversight/supervision of smart custom solutions * Oversee the implementation and governance of project and program or operational scope * Develop technically feasible IT strategies and plans * Asses business impact of specific technologies/strategies * C-level selling and support

Generaly: * Leadership and People Management * Manage IT Analysis, Design, Development, Delivery, Test, 3rd Level Support * Business Customers Relationships and Negotiations * Roadmaps, RFI/RFP, Vendor management, SLA, KPI Focus: * Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management * Invoicing & Printing (Billing Chain & Non-billing) * Partner Settlement/3rd Party Billing * Re-charging System * Loyalty System * Roaming partners implementation, tests & claim

As Technical Project Manager I directed the development of IT strategy that supported IBM - Vodafone strategic business plan and coordinated this effort across IT. My additional responsibilities included: * Leading a team that assumes responsibility for strategy and development * Collaborating with IT management and IT colleagues * Consulting within the IT organization to develop appropriate support for IT-centric projects

Establish and evolve formal QA processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices. Additional responsibilities: * Oversee all aspects of QA including metrics, industry best practices and new tools and processes * Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources * Lead and mentor QA team members, as well as manage outside contract testers * Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures

Working within Software System Group (SSG) on Sun's Integrated Development Environment (IDE) NetBeans and ForteForJava later SunOne Studio * Follow & Support Product Roadmap and Life-cycle * Analyze new IDE Features and Capabilities * Prepare appropriate Test Strategy, Scenarios & Cases * Execute Manual and Automated SW Tests * Detect, Report & Track Errors * Discuss with Open SW Community

Engineering

Software Engineering

Information Technology, Physical Electronics