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Cerepanovs

Tech- Enthusiast | Director | Manager | Product Owner

WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.

6+

years in leadership positions

10+

years in team management

8+

years of experience in technical project management

6+

years in technical consultancy

I’m passionate about great and meaningful products and with tech background and being a tech leader for many years, I have an advantage in finding a good way of communicating to developers and elaborate requirements also on a deeper technical level. 
As a Scrum master I’ve been navigating teams in agile environments and as a product owner defined product requirements and prioritized features based on a mix of customer needs, team feedback and business priorities. 

SERVICES I OFFER

LEADERSHIP & TRANSFORMATION

In my role as a Technical Director I was creating a vision and a strategy for the technology department that supported overall organizational goals and successfully applied it through transformational leadership, dedication and hands on mentality. My decisions are well weighted and boosted by gathered knowledge from individuals and teams, to achieve best outcome.

NEW BUSINESS & CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

I have won and supported many pitches for technical work and forged great client relationships through consulting, support and successful product delivery.

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Throughout my career I've gained extensive experience in working as a technical project lead and delivered a number of products to the market. Applying different methodologies(Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP…) based on project needs and state I’m always striving to deliver best possible user experience within given constraints: time, scope, budget.

TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY

Depending on the type of challenge you trying to solve, I could be helpful to your organization with technical consultancy, oversight, technical audit or recommendations to teams, C-level, 3rd parties or partners.

 ​TEAM MENTORING & MANAGEMENT

Im passionate about working with people across cultures and roles towards common goals, support them in their carriers and enable their growths. I enjoy building relationships with team members and stakeholders at all levels, leading cross functional teams to deliver great customer experience.

PRODUCT OWNER & SCRUM MASTER

Requirements gathering, creation of a vision for the end product, stakeholder management, product backlog prioritization, user story creation and moderation  of meetings.

A brief overview about projects I've been working on as a technology and team lead.

2016 - 2022

Dr. Oetker

New Digital experience platform with integrations to multiple legacy systems, utilising modern composable tech stack and collaborating with number of client partners. Focusing on SEO and website performance.

Saeco

Launched a new brand website, with modern and scalable cloud solution, for multiple markets and different integrations within few months.

Audi on demand

Complete solution with a platform, apps, admin dashboards for a premium mobility solution delivering and picking up vehicles via concierge. This product was merged with later acquired Silvercar in US.

Siemens Building Technologies

 ​MVP product for a space and activity matching tool which eliminates unnecessary meetings. This project was merged with Comfy platform, after acquisition by Siemens.

MINI

Technical support and advisory for mobility subscription service.

Vestner smart elevator

Helped to create a new business branch with smart elevator product. Created a platform for smart elevators and predictive maintenance based on live data. Connecting elevators to cloud based solution via IOT device to read/write data - Maintenance prediction based on incoming data and set of rules, remote control, sensor based control etc. Tools and technologies used: Industrial Raspberry Pi with modified OS, variety of AWS services, micro-services, web platforms for customers and technicians.

Worldwide leading brand for design & hardware manufacturer

Pilot in Germany for subscription service for devices, insurances etc. Created a white-label frontend solution to integrate with different resellers and financial service providers. Program introduced a new and more affordable way for customers to access products.

Jägermeister

Overseeing technical infrastructure improvements & maintenance Salesforce Marketing cloud integration and data migration Implementation of a headless E-Commerce in to a new MACH architecture.

Occhio

Technical advisory, technical audit, creation of a vision and future high level technical architecture. Supported creative team and PO with scope definition and technical feasibility checks.

DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT I’VE WORKED WITH VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND FRAMEWORKS

JavaScript
HTML/CSS
Python
SQL
Java
Bash
PowerShell
Node.js

A SELECTION OF TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES I'VE WORKED

MACH architecture (Microservices; API-first, Cloud-native; Headless)
Serverless architecture
Cloud services providers (AWS, Azure, Openshift…)
eCommerce platforms and Online payment solutions
Headless CMS (Contentful, hygraph, DatoCMS…)
CRMs (Salesforce…)
Search engines (Algolia)
IoT Voice apps (Alexa Skills, Google action)
Analytics solutions 
PM tools (Jira, Confluence, Trello…)

My Product

I've launched a new product, a new type of tea in Germany. It is made out of a special sort of buckwheat and its name is BUCKTEA !
It is delicious, smells like oatmeal biscuits and is full of benefits for human body. Vitamins, trace elements, great to support during diets, caffeine and gluten-free and much more. 
Check out all benefits on the website  https://bucktea.de/en.

learn  product

As a Founder and producer, I'm interested in new contacts in the industry and your company office managers to enrich office kitchen offerings.
Thank you! 

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