Catalin Varvara

Freelance IT Director/Project Manager

• Strong in Business Development and, Decision-maker with Strategic Vision.
• Entrepreneurial; Self-directed; Innovative Attitude
• Excellent problem-solving skills. Very creative in devising software products and monitoring results through the entire lifecycle of Development, Marketing, Sales and Client Support.
• Excellent organizational and management abilities, results-oriented, very practical.
• Relevant experience in managing and developing an IT business.
• Expertise in the interface between the client and technical teams, including project follow-up, support for testing teams, client presentation and marketing strategies with directives and methodology.
• Successful sales track record; proven Business Development track record 
• Strong leadership abilities; manage using different methodologies (prince2, scrum).
• Skillful in diagnosing requirements, process design, functional analysis, user interfaces, prototypes, etc.
• Good understanding of technical concepts and solutions. 
• Strong experience with clients and managing applications in different business domains.
• Experience abroad and international experience working in a multinational company,  working with multi-cultural team dispersed geographically.
• Great relationship-building skills, both externally with customers and internally with co-workers and support staff.

• Redesigned the entire group IT architecture to allow flexibility and collaboration. 
• Implemented VOIP technology for communication by adopting the latest technology (Office 365, SharePoint Online for collaboration).
• Coordinated as Program Manager the movement of Aliphos division from Tessenderlo to Ecophos. (SAP + non-SAP migration projects).
• Defined the IT policy, and setup procedures for business interaction with IT support.
• Enhanced security for the entire group and coordinated the backup and disaster recovery plans.
• Remodel (using BPM tool) the business procedures to optimize interaction and futher digitalization
• On Sharepoint create an Intrnet workspace, construct an application to manage the contracts for each organization of the group with permissions for site manager to its own contracts or across group
• Technical management of the Office365 environment, Exchange, Active Directory
• Write technical documentation, organize trainings for entire group to raise the awareness of digital threats