Yolo Group

● Led and aligned payment product strategy and development with the group's vision, delivering a
best-in-class crypto and fiat aggregator product
● Navigated organizational dynamics, led cross-functional product development teams, fostered
collaboration, communicated product strategies, priorities, updates, and used influence to align
diverse groups and mentored team-members
● Advocated for customer needs, actively sought and incorporated user feedback into product
decisions, and championed customer-centricity throughout the development process
● Possessed deep product knowledge, adapted swiftly to evolving market dynamics, took
ownership and accountability for successful outcomes, and learned from challenges

Payments Product Owner

Breakwater Technology 

● Defined product strategy and delivery of high-quality features by working closely with C-level
and stakeholders
● Translated product strategy into detailed requirements and drove product development with a
team of engineers and designers
● Managed the product backlog through continuous prioritization
● Continuous communication with stakeholders and partners

Technical Product Owner

Tickmill

● Developed requirements and specifications based on mapping business input and user needs
● Researched competitor technologies and business practices
● Collaborated with development and other tech teams to develop technical requirements

Business Analyst 

betPawa

• Liaised with business and Interpreted business requirements and translated them into project briefs, planned and documented requirements 
• Maintained and groomed the backlog to support the product and plan to prioritise different business initiatives
• Created detailed project timing plans, collaborated with other teams to ensure plans capture dependencies
• Created relevant tasks for engineers and liaised with them to ensure a timely delivery of projects
• Supported the product by collaborating with customer support teams to collect expectations and problems and investigated them together with engineering team to rectify them
• Recorded and shared lessons learned with team members to facilitate continuous improvement
• Facilitated getting the work done and delivered within the scope tested and validated solutions for projects
• Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency
• Promoted empowerment of the team, ensured reach team member is fully engaged and making meaningful contribution, removed roadblocks to their work, leveraged organisational resources to improve capacity for project work

Payments Project Manager

Hurtigruten

• Responsible for a team of 15 FTE. Team consists of Development, QA, DevOps/release, and Service Desk
• Developed and drove a high-level quality driven strategy, by taking a hands-on approach to implement and practice agile teams, continuous development, and continuous delivery
• Led efforts to plan, prioritize, develop, document, and implement applicable solutions, processes and procedures to provide more effective quality driven team delivery
• Supported projects by managing tasks, risks, dependencies, and change control to ensure delivery of projects within agreed scope and a smooth service introduction
• Led the overall design and delivery of the global service desk, ensured normal service operation is restored as quickly as possible in the event of an incident, minimized the impact on business operations by proactively monitoring
• Established and maintained an appropriate lean team governance

IT Service Delivery Manager

• Responsible to manage production and non-production environments, in-housed release related (DevOps) activities to minimize cost
• Organized and facilitated sprint planning meeting (Scrum), reviewed, scored, and prioritized the backlog with product owners, internal development team/s, and product owners to identify proper sequencing of releases. Ensured that risks are identified, understood, and dealt with to mitigate risk to scope and to release schedule
• Designed, fine-tuned, facilitated, and organized Change Leadership Board meeting (CLB) to review and prioritize changes with stakeholders, collected data pertaining to the release
• Maintained the release schedule for all core services, worked with release engineers to understand impacts of branches and code merges
• Established lean communication channels

Release/Change Manager

• Worked in Hurtigruten’s product core API consultant team (R&D) together with project manager, architect, development manager and developers using Scrum
• Performed agile black box testing of Hurtigruten and some of its partners’ products
• Performed tests (manual tests and automated tests using FitNesse server), documented defects, updated existing test cases or designed new tests per the product requirements using HP Quality Center
• Coordinated the test process and followed up with developers on every sprint until all defects were fixed and delivered
• Worked with OTA API of Hurtgiruten and the partners’ using SOAPUI APIs to verify the data flow (request and response)
• Tested final partner products using SOAP APIs to ensure that Hurtigruten’s partner retrieved correct data from our booking engine by comparing data
• Produced technical documentation for Hurtigruten’s APIs.
• Created user guides and planning demoes for Hurtigruten’s sales department
• Tested the online payment system which is based on NetGiro (Digital River) platform
• Participated in testing and verifying the API online payment solution is PCI Compliant (certified)

API Quality Assurance Engineer

Symantec

- Worked as an Information Developer for Symantec End Point Management and Mobility.
- Worked in a product core R&D team together with developers, testers, product managers and
program managers.
- Developed and maintained information in regards to the documentation deliverable and topics.
- Researched the project/product and its milestones, and then set up a and managed a
documentation plan to match the product development cycle.
- Worked closely with the product core team to make sure that the information is technically
correct and meanwhile worked with editors and peers to make sure the documentation is of
highest quality.

Information Developer

Runway International OU

- As a system support specialist in Runway International, I performed Black Box testing of the
customer’s booking engine (Polar Global). Carried out real-time tracking service, manually
processed incoming system error reports and logs, created and updates system support
documentation.

System Support Specialist

Quickoffice

- Worked as a Software tester performing the software testing- unit testing for each new version of
the Quickoffice software for BlackBerry and Symbian based devices.
- Also worked as a Technical customer care representative in the customer care team for the
BlackBerry mobile office software (wireless document management). The support was performed
through e-mail and phone for customers world-wide, mostly from USA, Canada and Europe.

Technical Customer Care Representative

Hello, and thank you for visiting my LinkedIn profile. I'm a seasoned professional with over 10 years professional experience most recently in product ownership and product management, specializing in the dynamic fields of payments and FinTech.

📢 Professional Background:
My career journey has been marked by a dedicated focus on shaping product strategy, collaborating effectively in cross-functional teams, Leverage strong problem solving skills in analyzing complex issues and developing effective solutions, running complex projects and utilizing data-driven insights for strategic decision-making.

🌐 Current Focus:
I am seeking new professional opportunities. I bring a wealth of experience and expertise in product ownership, product management, and related areas within payments and FinTech.

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I am currently exploring roles that align with my skills and background. If you are aware of suitable opportunities or have valuable insights, please feel free to reach out.

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