Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nicolae Jan Sercaianu
Sex Male | Date of birth 05/11/1979 | Nationality Romanian
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Over 10 years spent in the software development Industry , starting in the QC department.
Later I've joined the production department, dealing with tasks involving department
coordination and handling the project management for various internal tools
development.
Currently, i am handing the coordination related activities in regards to the projects
contracted from my clients. More specifically I am dealing with the outsourcers contractors
coordination, project release management, and the related communication.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1 Jun 2019–Present
Consultant
Recruitengine.eu (Self Employed), Bucharest (Romania)
- Mobile apps submission / approval / release
- coordinating the freelancers in charge with client's titles development
- providing (release management related) support for publishing titles on premium networks such as
Telefonica / Onmobile / Orange Spain / SFR etc.
- Maintaining the client's visibility on the ops / providing communication
- Various ops support
Aug 2013–31 May 2019
Release Manager
Ubisoft, Bucharest (Romania)
• Project Portfolio Handling
o Handle the release planning along the project's stakeholders
o Key contact for submission / release topics of a multiple cross platform ( Appstore / Google Play
/ Amazon / Microsoft Mobile) project portfolio
o Handle all aspects of the release process for these projects
o Store activity KPI
o Team support
• Certification Process
o Technical store setup at early stage:
App setup in the store, configuration of project's features and associated files
Coordination with Line Producers and teams
o Coordination with the Marketing team
Ensure the delivery and marketing assets configuration in the store
-update the marketing assets on the 1'st party portal
• Submissions: Handle submission on different stores iOS, Android (Google, Amazon, Samsung) and
Windows Mobile
• Release in coordination with the Sales team
• Training juniors
• Add and maintain (release management related) documentation on the internal Confluence portal.
Oct 2011–Aug 2013
Coordinator
Ubisoft, Bucharest (Romania)
Archiving Center coordination
- Develop data archiving procedures and supervising the data archiving process.
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- Work along with the project coordination
- Keep track of access rights in WAS and ensure data access security
- Follow the submission process in contact with Ubisoft EMEA 1st party team
Mastering Center coordination:
-Coordinate the physical media based data transfers internal and external, along with the
Manufacturing team, to ensure a safe and in-time delivery to worldwide partners.
Department internal tools project management
Technologies employed by the department:
a) Sharepoint 2010: Department's portal
- Best practices section
- Wiki
- Data depot (Console firmware and utils)
- Integrated custom developed object (webpart). Using the Sharepoint's own active directory
integration for the security part.
- Document depot. Synchronised with the Ms Office 2010 suite.
- Submission forms.
- Surveys.
b) Data Encryption:
-PGP
-True Crypt
c) Digital Transfers:
- FTP (sFTP, FTPes etc)
- Aspera
- Signiant
d) Optical Media authoring-Rimage Suite | IMGBurn
Business or sector Electronic Entertainment Industry (PC/Console Games developer)
Aug 2008–Oct 2011
Technical Coordinator
Ubisoft, Bucharest (Romania)
The company's archiving center coordination.Department tools development - Project
ManagementMastering Center coordination
Business or sector Electronic Entertainment Industry (PC / Console games developer)
Sep 2007–Jul 2008
QA Project Lead
Iplay, Bucharest (Romania)
The QA Project Lead is in charge with the beta testing phase coordinating with the development team
until the Release Build is delivered to the market.
The QA Project Lead must identify the necessary resources, define tasks, make sure the specific
procedures are followed, waive unnecessary reported issues, define priorities in the fixing process.
The project lead must provide any necessary technical, logistic and informational support for the team.
Also he/she acts as liaison between the various departments and the qa teams.
Business or sector Iplay is a globally recognized leader in the distribution of interactive game
entertainment.
Sep 2005–Aug 2007
QA Specialist
Bitcraft, Bucharest (Romania)
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The main projects i was involved in, are games for mobile devices, published mostly in Japan
(Cybird / KDDI) and Romania (Zapp)
Responsibilities, Achievements
Quality Assurance Department. Mobile games testing including test plan development
Data management for ongoing projects. Liaison between the Japanese customers and the Romanian
dev team.
User interface and graphic concept design implementation. Dragon Fighters project published on
Zapp network.
Business or sector The company is an software solution provider for it's worldwide customers
Jul 2004–Aug 2005
QA Tester
Gameloft, Bucharest (Romania)
Functional tests on J2ME, BREW and Symbian based mobile application (games).True Brew Test
Pre-certification for the Brew applications before NSTL submission.
Business or sector Electronic Entertainment (Mobile devices games developer)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
19 Oct 2012–23 Oct 2012
Project Management Complete Guide I
Arcadia Consulting, Bucharest (Romania)
Project and Project Management genuine approach
Project Life Cycle
develop the Project Concept
Project Execution from PM's POV
29 Oct 2012–30 Oct 2012
Project Management Complete Guide II
Arcadia Consulting, Bucharest (Romania)
Project and Project Management genuine approach
Project Life Cycle
develop the Project Concept
Project Execution from PM's POV
29 Mar 2017–30 Mar 2017
Focus on Results – Time & Effort Management
standfordevelopment.com, Bucharest (Romania)
Time Management
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Romanian
Foreign language(s)
English
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
C2
C2
C1
C1
C1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
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Communication skills
Organisational / managerial skills
Nicolae Jan Sercaianu
- Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through my work experience in
multinational teams, or in abroad activities;
- Sense of organisation ;
- Good experience in project or team management.
Job-related skills
Good command of quality control processes, following my experience in the QA departments.
Good planner, following my activity as PM for the department's needed tools
Digital skills
Microsoft Windows OS'es operating. advanced
Linux (OpenSUSE): operating: moderate
Office suites (Microsoft, Libre, Open): Advanced
MS Project + alternates: Advanced
Moderate skills in PHP / HTML / CSS web programming languages,
Several web design projects developed over Joomla CMS.
Translation tools such as poEDIT: Advanced
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Involved in side projects such as:
- http://www.imeidetective.com/ : - Localization
- Virtual Volumes View: - Localization and feature design.
- Recruitengine: -Old PC remastering / repurposing for new OS'es. (Using DosBox, SkummVM,
Registry Edit)
- PC Software installers (Inno Setup)
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