Alexander Tkachov

Alexander Tkachov 140/1 Lustdorfskaya Doroga, apt. 132 Odessa, 65114, Ukraine +380 -- If you consider outsourcing software development, I can be your Product Owner or Project Manager and your “voice of a customer” with offshore team in Ukraine, one of the most efficient outsourcing regions. If you are an end user and need custom software for your business, I can lead you from idea through product goal, vision creation and transparent predictable development to successful deployment. We can follow modern Agile Scrum or classical methodology, I master both. With no-code Bubble platform I can not only develop your product's goal and vision, but create MVP to test your assumptions with ends users, customers and investors. More than 40 years in IT industry with career from electronics development engineer to a company owner and practice manager. Built software consulting business from scratch to a company gaining best references for 25 years. Over 20 successful projects in information systems and custom software development, outstanding experience in information systems requirements gathering, analysis and specification, in relationship management, project and product management based on proven methodologies. Recognized for capability to begin with minimal business requirements and create vision, concept and technical specs for information system serving the client’s needs and for capability to establish and run reliable and predictable software development process. Main Skills - Business requirements gathering Product goal and vision development MVP/Demo Development Information systems requirements gathering and specification Scrum Professional Product Owner Software development project management Software development methodology deployment and enforcement Customer relationship management Services marketing and sales Business development Other skills required to establish, run and develop successful software consulting company or practice. Work Experience - June 2020 till now. Independent IT and Business Consultant (Freelance) - 2008 -2020. Practice Manager for GNC International Consulting, Ltd. Team and project management, relationship management, office management, staff management and recruiting. Requirements gathering, analysis and specification. Software development methodology implementation and enforcement. Projects include support and evolution of entertainment system started in INCON, tools for analyzing big amounts of financial data exported from mainframe computers and a few medical software projects, including a Web-based complex medical practice management system covering all medical care process from managing clinics and their schedules, booking appointments to examinations, tests, diagnosis and treatment, follow up and referral. Supervision and management of the GNC International Oracle PeopleSoft team. - 2006 – 2008. INCON Ltd. President and CEO. INCON has inherited clients and resources from TeT Co. Ltd. (see below). Completed 5+ projects including freight forwarding support system and print shop support system. Continued working on TeT projects, developed concept and technical requirements specification for a big entertainment system, including a hierarchy of servers and terminals. Maintained the client relationship and managed the project which was completed in late 2008. In- the entertainment system was running in 200+ locations each one having up to 300 terminals. Performed a few marketing and sales campaigns that resulted in new leads and prospects, most of them for small Web projects, one of them ended with the group of medical software projects run by GNC International now. - 1992 – 2006 TeT Co. Ltd. President and CEO. TeT was established as a service company providing turn-key solutions in information systems. Gained Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Authorized Partner (Reseller) status. Was first to sell and deploy Aplha 64 bit Windows based solution in Ukraine. Partnered with DEC is bid preparations at national level as Windows Server expert. Proposed several concepts of nation-wide information systems for gathering technical, economic and business information in Ukraine. Implemented first business-to-business system in 1995 long before this term B2B became recognized. The system was a full-scale client-server application using public communication lines and allowing to sell and buy goods and services directly between vendor and customer in real time. From 1995 re-oriented business on software consulting, implemented SEI CMM-compatible development methodology and as a result of massive marketing campaigns found several clients in USA and Europe. From 1996 concentrated on custom software development. Successfully completed more than 15 projects including IT asset management software and a few medical billing and medical practice management applications. - -. Odessa Regional Center for Scientific, Technical and Economical Information. System Engineer for IMB System/360 analog. Became interested and got solid background in information systems. Participated in developing concepts of Ukraine national system of economic information that was critical for establishing horizontal business relations in new post-Soviet economy. - -. “ELECTRONMASH” Odessa. Stated as electronics development engineer and grew to senior development engineer and team lead. Participated in developing tape backup devices for DEC Minicomputers analogs. Was responsible for development of data reading/writing components, for final device testing and system integration. Later was responsible for development methodology control and technical documentation as well as for introduction to manufacturing. Certifications Professional Product Owner at Scrum.org https://www.credly.com/badges/3672f823-5cff-4d69-a092-77cd-/public_url Education The Odessa Polytechnic Institute- Electronics Engineer Master’s Degree