Dipl.-Ing. George Balea

Angestellt, Engineering Manager, runtastic GmbH

Wien, Österreich

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Leadership
People Management
Scrum Methodologies
Test Management
Partner Management
Resource Management
Budget Management
Customer facing experience.
Release Management
Mentoring
Software Project Management
Requirements Engineering
Defect Analysis
System Testing and User Acceptance Testing
Configuration Management
JIRA Administration
Process Improvement
Testing

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von George Balea

  • Bis heute 2 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Dez. 2021

    Engineering Manager

    runtastic GmbH
  • 3 Jahre und 9 Monate, Jan. 2018 - Sep. 2021

    Manager Software Integration

    TTTech Auto AG

  • 1 Jahr und 2 Monate, Nov. 2016 - Dez. 2017

    Software Test Manager

    TTTech Computertechnik AG

    - Leading a team of 12 people, responsible for the testing of zFAS Platform, that will be used by Audi in the next generation autonomous driving cars. - Overall planning of testing activities over the project duration. - Staff planning for the testing team, in alignment with external partner. - Part of the project management team.

  • 4 Jahre und 5 Monate, Juni 2012 - Okt. 2016

    Team Lead Testing & Business Analysis

    Tele2 Telecommunication GmbH

    - Leading a team of 15-20 employees (internal and external consultants). - Coordinate all testing and analysis activities in different projects, including estimations and staff planning. - Coordinate all contracts with external partners for my team. - Implementation of new processes for Business Analysis, using Kanban methodology. - Introduction of JIRA in Tele2, by defining overall processes and being the sole administrator for the tool. - Performance evaluation, mentoring and coaching team members.

  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Sep. 2014 - Jan. 2016

    Project Manager for Self Service Portal

    Tele2 Telecommunication GmbH

    - Leading the implementation of the self-service portal for Tele2 customers, with a team of 15-20 people and a budget of ~1,2 Mil EUR. During 1,5 years there were 2 phases successfully deployed. - Planning and tracking all activities, using Scrum methodology. - Estimations and budget planning for the entire project. - Management of external partners, for GUI design, development and testing. - Periodic reporting to the project owners and the board.

  • 1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Dez. 2010 - Mai 2012

    Test Manager/Senior Test Engineer

    Global Blue

    - Leading a small team of 3-4 testers, responsible for testing the whole tax refund solution at Global Blue. - Sole responsible for testing activities related to Payments and Refund Point modules. - Coordinate integration tests with Payments providers (CC companies and banks).

  • 2 Jahre und 10 Monate, Dez. 2007 - Sep. 2010

    Testing Team Lead

    Amdocs Ltd

    - Leading a team of 5-8 testers responsible for functional testing of Amdocs products implementations (Billing system, Self Service and Qpass Digital Commerce) for several big accounts (AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Mobilkom Austria). - Performance evaluation and definition of personal development plans for the team members. - Involved in Defect Management, Risk Management, Release Management and User Acceptance Test activities, on customer premises. - Involved in methodology and processes improvement

  • 3 Jahre und 5 Monate, Juli 2004 - Nov. 2007

    (Senior) Test Engineer

    Amdocs Ltd

    - Test Engineer (senior position since September 2005) involved in design and test execution for several Amdocs products (Billing and Self Service system). - Analyze customer requirements - Prepare test design, assuring 100% coverage of all the business and technical requirements - Test execution and defects detection - Defect management activities (follow up with development on defect fixing). - User Acceptance Test support on customer premises

Ausbildung von George Balea

  • 4 Jahre und 10 Monate, Sep. 1999 - Juni 2004

    Computer Science

    Technical University of Iasi

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Deutsch

    Fließend

  • Rumänisch

    Muttersprache

  • Französisch

    Gut

Interessen

Music (jazz funk & soul)
Reading
Traveling
Self Development
Play music
Cooking

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