Alexandru Gogan

Head of Backend

Passionate and self driven Senior Software Engineer shaping the product and creating a fileless future of work.

• Creating a solid software architecture for the entire application system across the tech stack (.NET Core, MSSQL, CosmosDB, Azure Functions)
• Developing web based Frontend clients to be integrated into complex application environments (Angular 6+, Office.js, Google Apps Script)
• Creating scalable RESTful APIs and applying core principles of DevOps for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Administrating and maintaining cloud based solutions (Microsoft Azure Cloud)
• Prioritizing features, assessing risk, and evaluating tradeoffs in alignment with Agile methodologies

Software Developer

Team oriented and driven to deliver in a fast pasted environment

• Designing, implementing and optimizing products and services across the entire tech stack (.NET Framework, AngularJS)
• Helping to design and maintain the Reportin systems infrastructure (Sharepoint, Microsoft Graph)
• Assisting the team to prioritize and execute on Agile methodologies

Lead Architect

Highly motivated, self-organized and passionate full-stack development lead working with an early stage startup.

• Developing (Design, Code) an online dashboard to visualize wearable data content and implement a user/device management system using AngularJS
• Implementing Microservices using NodeJS, Azure Cloud Services, DocumentDB
• Creating RESTful APIs for backend systems and mock-ups

Research Assistant

Technical Product Manager assisting a research study to develop necessary tools and applications to deduct their study.

• Determining product requirements, specifications and timetables to ensure delivery
• Developing (Design, Code) a mobile application using Ionic Framework to collect fitness and health related data, engage with the participant to break sedentary phases, exercise more frequent and feel more active
• Integrating HealthKit, Google Fit and FitBit as data sources and visualize progress through customizable dashboards
• Implementing eventbased metrics, notifications and integration to RESTful APIs

Consultant

Independent and team-oriented work within different projects, covering a variety of topics with an innovative, customer-oriented approach.

• Development (Design, Code, Unit-Test) and maintenance (Bugfixing, Support) custom applications written within J2EE (Oracle Weblogic)
• Realization of a Virusscanner using an ICAP-Service (Trend Micro Interscan)
• Refactoring of a Load Test Client (Silk Performer)
• Development and maintaining of a custom reporting solution (J2EE, PL-SQL, Crystal Reports)
• Able to establish a very broad knowledge about customer specific architecture and processes (Bundesagentur für Arbeit - Employment Agency)
• Strong ambition of sharing and making knowledge transferable and sustainable
• Part of Excellence Circle of Public Service, a group of selected employees meeting regularly with management to share ideas and innovation
• Part of the Work Improvement Network, a two-year project established to improve various aspects of work within the company

Sales Process Analyst and CRM Developer

Working practicum along side my bachelor thesis as a liaison between sales and IT department.

• Analyzed and documented the existing Sales Process
• Customized the existing Microsoft Dynamics CRM System to reduce the system interactions for the Order and Purchase workflow
• Implemented a Workflow Dashboard to assist multilingual sales representatives in their daily workflow using .NET and Javascript
• Assisted the international inbound sales team and first-level technical support

Web Developer and Junior Consultant

Formative experience in consulting, working closely with time-sensitive customer projects.

• Successful project management and self-reliant implementation of the corporate website using PHP, HTML and CSS
• Editorial and organizational responsibility of the customer magazine / newsletter
• Active support for the transition of a change management pro- gram involving 150 mid-level managers
• Involvement in sustainable quality assurance
• Responsibility for the preservation and improvement of the IT infrastructure

• Venture Creation Project:
  "Grizzly" is a platform for simplifying and automating the primary research process in academic studies
  • Quarter Finals of International Business Model Competition 2016 (Seattle, WA)
• Corporate Entrepreneurship:
  Consultant Deloitte Canada

  • Define a path for the successful implementation of a new Human Capital product, Talent Pulse, by introducing startup methods and principles into a large organization
  • Validate product-solution fit and product-market fit through detailed research using primary and secondary sources
  • Make evidence-based strategic recommendations to ensure the long term success of Talent Pulse
• Courses:
  • Applied Business Leadership Skills for Entrepreneurs,
  • Strategically Managing the Entrepreneurial Organization,
  • Marketing Strategies for New-Technology-Based Ventures,
  • Entrepreneurial Finance for the Technology-Based Enterprise,
  • New Technology-Based Venture Creation,
  • Essential Accounting for Entrepreneurs, Managing Technological Innovation,

Thesis topic: Synchronizing Contacts between Android OS and Mac OS X

• Graduated with distinction (top 5%)
• Highly technical software degree giving me excellent opportunities to enhance my wide range of programming and software development skills
• Enabled exploration of new fields such as artificial intelligence

Thesis topic: Sales-oriented customization of a Customer Relationship Management System based on the example of Microsoft Dynamics CRM

• Technical and Business Process Management oriented degree gave enabled a broad range of business and IT related knowledge
• German grading system 1.8, north american equilant A+
• Mentor for two Mentees in the university project Mentes
• Member of the Faculty Council, Commission of Study and Advisory Commision for the Allocation of Study Fees
• Volunteer in student café, elected class spokes person for seven terms