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Vitaly Gonchar

agile project manager

Proven skills in leadership, product and project management,
business processes, user experience,
with over 15 years of professional experience.

Lean Agile expert, mentor, R&D specialist, Kaizen process enhancer, problem solver, and lifelong team builder.

My skills

Certifications

  • June 2020 PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

    Certification Number: 2768548 Issued by Project Management Institute
  • April 2020 ITIL FOUNDATION 4

    Certification Number: AXE-261673477274 Issued by Axelos
  • March 2020 Project Management Professional (PMP)

    Certification Number: 2756145 Issued by Project Management Institute
  • Jan 2020Professional Scrum Product Owner I

    Issued by Scrum.org
  • Nov 2019Professional Scrum Master I

    Issued by Scrum.org
  • Aug 2019LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACKBELT

    Issued by Lawrence Technological University
  • Nov 2018MCP Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3

    Issued by Microsoft Corp.
  • Nov 2018MCP Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

    Issued by Microsoft Corp.
  • June 2008Adobe Certified Flash Professional

    Certification Number: ADB199342 Issued by Adobe Systems Inc.
  • July 2006Sun Certified Professional: Programmer JAVA 2 platform

    Issued by Sun Microsystems Corp.
  • Jul 2006Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)

    Certification Number: A435-4649 Issued by Microsoft Corp.
  • Jul 2006Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

    Certification Number: A435-4632 Issued by Microsoft Corp.
  • Jul 2006Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)

    Certification Number: A435-4641 Issued by Microsoft Corp.
  • June 2006Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)

    Certification Number: A435-4637 Issued by Microsoft Corp.
  • Aug 2001Microsoft Certified Professional

    Certification Number: A435-4630 Issued by Microsoft Corp.
  • Aug 2001A+ Certified Professional

    Certification Number: COMP10527792 Issued by COMPTIA Corp.

Experience

Team Lead Frontend Development

Entrega Systems, Troy, MI

2011-2019

Designed, coded and maintained media brand sites and microsites under General Motors Communications Medi Group.

Introduced initiative, designed, implemented features for video portal that saved 1.2M annually for GM Communications Media

Cooperated with marketing, design, and development teams to define requirements and scope of new products and initiatives.

Wrote Job Aids to streamline the process at General Motors Communications Media group.

Implemented business processes to improve secure review of deliverable media at GM Communications Media portal.

Conducted market research, competitive analysis, and product benchmarking for GM dealer sites.

Reviewed and assessed current products to document and define all features and benefits.

Accomplishments:
  • GM Communications media brand sites media.gm.com, media.chevrolet.com, media.buick.com, media.gmc.com
  • GM auto dealer suppport microsites
  • GM Shop Click Drive info, Shop Click Drive Marketing kit
    (US and Canada, EN, FR, SP)
  • GM Racing and Performance Center
  • GM Quaterly Earning Reporting
  • Coded GM Media Online Video Players to enable download media with the highest HD reolution saved 0.6M annually Coded video playlist video players to enable "carousel" for playlist
  • GM Retiree portal
  • GM Heritage Center site
Tools:
  • Day CQ / Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
  • Web Metrics and Analytics (Site Catalyst, Google Analytics)
  • Java Script, Jquery, Bootstrap
  • HTML5, CSS3

Helped to roll out a new development process to increase efficiency and enhance project stability.

Introduced, managed, trained employees on work and performance tracking tool.

Designed and built employee collaboration portals that improved the efficiency of company collaboration process.

Developed and refined product definition, features, and future roadmap.

Created interactive wireframes for new product direction.

Provided direction on enhancements and upgrades to existed products, and prioritized list of proposed future products and features.

Refined the development process and documented procedures.

Defined and executed lifecycles for product and software development.

Detailed processes and strategy for quality assurance and release management.

Specified and documented QA testing requirements for new features and products.

Put together team's front-end coding standards and best practices.

Collaborated closely with external agencies on branding, creative ideas and implementation of shared code.

Worked with analytics team to enhance existing Google Analytics

Identified key metrics of site conversion on previous .com site, helped implement new goals and tracked all site metrics.

Produced status reports for various projects.

Outlined specific skills required for hiring, interviewed and trained new team members.

Put guidelines and processes in place for the onboarding of new team members.

Accomplishments:
  • Shop Click DriveVehicle Online Purchasing System for General Motors dealer network
  • Companywide implementation JIRA
  • Companywide implementation Version control system
  • TI Automotive Career Site
  • Ithaka Plants portal
  • SharePoint Portals: Entrega Spark, DTE Energy, PGNE, GM Socrates, Continental Structural Plastics intranet
  • Entrega TrackPoint time tracking system
  • CMS sites: Entrega Entrannet, Continental Structural Plastics site
  • Continental Structural Plastics Floor Reporting System
  • GM Retiree custom CMS
  • Rodeo - Dealer Vehicle inventory system
  • Institute of Materials, Tanas & King Refrigeration, Savant Group sites
Tools:
  • JIRA
  • SVN, git
  • HTML5, Java Script, Jquery, CSS3, Bootstrap
  • Omniture /Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics
  • PHP, MySQL
  • SharePoint
  • WordPress
  • .Net, C#, .Net Razor
  • .Net Core, Angular
  • TypeScript, Angular Material UI
  • Prototyping: Sketch, Balsamiq
  • DataBase data population scripting: MS SQL

Lead Frontend Developer

Team Detroit / GTB, Dearborn, MI

2010-2011

Developed the front end content of Ford Motors brand sites (ford.com, fordvehicles.com, lincoln.com, mercuryvehicles.com, fordstory.com).


Web Frontend Developer

MRM Worldwide, Birmingham, MI

2009-2010

Created and updated the front end content of General Motors brand sites (chevrolet.com, gm.com, cadillac.com, gmfleet.com).


User Interface Developer

ePrize /Hello World, Pleasant Ridge, MI

2006-2009

Coded the promotions with HTML, CSS and Javascript. Integrated Software Engineer's code with Graphic designer's comps. Created innovative and high-quality User Interface Design, wire frames, mockups, and prototyping. Produced Site Maps and Functional Specifications for new and existing web sites.

Accomplishments:
  • Designed and developed new product Caffeine, which allowed small businesses to create and manage complex, interactive websites to collect demographic data about their customers
  • Developeed over 150 web-based applications including loyalty programs and sweepstakes for companies such as Coca Cola, Dell, Disney, General Motors and Northwest Airlines
Tools:
  • HTML5
  • Java Script
  • CSS3

Education

  • September 2019PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING

    Lawrence Technological University
  • June 2003MASTER OF SCIENCE COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    University of Michigan
  • June 1993MASTER OF SCIENCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS ENGINEERING

    Kharkivsʹkyy Natsionalʹnyy Universytet Radioelektroniky