andrew

Code Sprinters - Founder and CEO

I co-founded this company and I'm leading it, concentrating on the business side, sales and hiring.

Code Sprinters is an outsourced software development company, focusing on building enterprise systems as web-applications using modern server-side languages like Ruby-on-Rails, Python and PHP. We also embrace and advocate agile practices both in programming and project management. We work in Scrum, we also run trainings for Scrum Masters. The development office is located in Cracow, Poland.

Swisscom CEE - Systems & Technology Integration Manager

I was responsible for the development and implementation of the OSS/BSS systems in the countries where SC CEE is present.
Activities:
- Managing a dynamic, driven development team building a web based OSS/CRM system; providing leadership, mentoring and daily guidance to the team.
- applying modern management methodologies primarily SCRUM.
- Managing the ongoing hiring process to expand the team.
- Managing the implementation of the OSS/CRM system in other countries.
- Planning and designing the deployment strategy for the systems that will be implemented as the company’s needs, complexity, product portfoilo and size increase.

Air Bites Poland - Country Manager

I was responsible for managing the whole scope of technical operations of Air Bites Poland. In this role I did sucessfully build the technical team, established and enforced the basic operational procedures, hired and coached my successor, managed the construction of infrastructure, development and implementation of core IT systems and day-to-day technical operations.

Air Bites is a start-up WISP/ISP offering affordable broadband Internet access in Poland’s major cities. It's a wholy owned subsidiary of Swisscom CEE.

Freelance consultant/PM

I did consulting work related to various IT projects, also audits of IT systems and management practices. I work either as a private consultant or in cooperation with 4pi, www.4pi.pl.

Notable projects from that period:
- Feasibility study for a statewide registry system for the Ministry of the Economy prepared for applying for EU structural funds.
- IT strategy and system architecture for National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Resources.
- Preparation of key concepts, architectural design and costs estimates for a statewide registry system for the Ministry of the Economy.
- Assessment of a cellular operator's data transmission offer for business customers with usage trends analysis and a recommendation for products development in 2005.
- Analysis and preparation for the implementation of a BI solution at PKP PLK (part of Polish railways).
- Analysis of software packages used by the government job & unemployed benefit centers for the Ministry of Economy.

T-Mobile Era - Project Coordinator

I was a project manager in the group responsible for identifying new business opportunities and creating custom designed IT/telecom solutions for key customers as well as introducing new services based on operator's data transmission capabilities. During that time I managed – among others - the first project of creating a custom data transmission network for a key customer and two projects to introduce new services.

Unisys - Consultant

I worked first in the E-business group then in the mobile solutions group. I was responsible for design and technical sales support (presenting to clients) of e-commerce solutions. I also came up with the idea and co-prepared a proposal of creating an Electronic Commerce Center - a project of creating new business by combining e-business transactions exchange with financial and logistics support for SME companies.

4pi Analyst - Consultant/analyst

My work included systems analysis and modelling - but also business processes analysis. As part of a team I worked in various projects for company's clients including Bank Rozwoju Exportu and Ministry of Health. Just prior to leaving the company I was working as a consultant-advisor to the General Manager of IT at the Ministry of Health.

Edusoft - Trainer

Trained Unix system administrators.

Independent consultant/sysadm

I designed and installed Linux based solutions, mainly Internet severs etc.

Software - Editor in Chief

As the first editor of the "LinuxPlus", first Polish Linux publication, I was responsible for all the issues new publication faces from the editorial side - gaining authors, establishing standards and guidelines, designing layout and preparing CDs that accompanied the magazine.

Warsaw University, Dept. of Maths and CS - Systems administrator

Those were early days of Internet in Poland and I was responsible for some (not all of course) Internet servers at the Math & CS dept. of the Warsaw University. I set up one of the first news servers in Poland, I was also running an IRC server and other services apart from keeping staff’s workstations and servers running. It was so long ago that I don’t remember exact employment dates.

IPPT PAN - Computer support

This was my first job. Also first contact with the Unix systems and computer networks.

College Level -

Links

• My blog - http://www.andybrandt.net/
• My LinkedIn Profile - http://pl.linkedin.com/in/andybrandt/

Languages

• Polish - Fluent
• Spanish - Working knowlege
• Russian - Working knowlege
• English - Fluent

Interests

Reading, travel, sailing, music, hiking.

Memberships

Scrum Alliance, Project Management Institute, Scrum.org

Awards

Certified Scrum Practitioner
Certified Scrum Master (since 2007)
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Professional Scrum Master II
Professional Scrum Master Trainer
PMP (since 2005)