Product Owner / Project Manager / Business Analyst
Mar 2011 – Present · Montenegro
Independent work across business analysis, product ownership and software delivery for clients in aviation, healthcare, e-commerce and other operational domains. Worked directly with founders, business owners and operational stakeholders to understand business needs, analyze existing processes, identify problems and opportunities, and define requirements for new systems and improvements. Produced process maps, workflows, functional specifications, business rules, acceptance criteria, SOPs and interactive UX prototypes. Carried products from discovery and initial definition through implementation and rollout, working closely with designers, developers and QA. Coordinated stakeholder decisions, clarified scope and priorities, identified dependencies and implementation risks, and worked through technical questions involving APIs, system integrations, data flows and testing. Projects included a helicopter operations platform covering dispatch, scheduling, crew assignments, flight reporting and invoicing; business-process analysis and requirements for a Zoho CRM migration; and healthcare software. Also worked on products involving AI/ML in document verification and medical imaging, and built a small local RAG prototype for aviation operations.
CrmUxFunctional SpecificationsBusiness AnalysisSchedulingAccounts ReceivableRAGAPIsTestingQAProduct OwnershipAI/ML
Business Analyst / Project Manager / UX Lead
Jun 2012 – Mar 2023 · United States
Long-term recurring collaboration with a US software development agency, working on custom software projects for its clients. Typically took over day-to-day responsibility for the client relationship and software delivery after the commercial handoff. Worked directly with stakeholders to understand requirements and priorities, coordinated with development teams, clarified functional and technical questions, managed changes and dependencies, and followed implementation through testing and rollout. Combined project management with hands-on business analysis, requirements definition, process modelling and UX design. Projects included a comprehensive EMR and practice-management system for a physical therapy clinic chain, integrating clinical documentation with scheduling, referrals, insurance claims, billing and financial operations; and a complex B2B/B2C e-commerce platform, from its initial development through subsequent production improvements.
Software DevelopmentUX DesignTestingTeam DevelopmentSchedulingCollaborationResponsibilityBusiness AnalysisClaimsProject ManagementDocumentation
Business Analyst
Feb 2009 – Dec 2011 · Russia
Joined as a technical writer but moved into business analysis almost immediately, starting with functional specifications and requirements definition. Worked on a customer-facing music service, defining functional requirements, user flows and UX. Later worked on an internal system supporting the company's video service, covering content licensing agreements, title availability and restrictions, usage reporting and payments to rights holders. Analyzed business processes and rules, defined system behavior and documented functional requirements for implementation.
Functional SpecificationsUxUser FlowsBusiness AnalysisPayments
Technical Writer / Team Lead
Nov 2004 – Jan 2009 · Russia
Produced user and administrator documentation for enterprise software products, developing a detailed understanding of complex system functionality, configuration and behavior to explain it clearly and accurately to technical and non-technical audiences. Promoted to Senior Technical Writer within a year and subsequently to Team Lead, taking on team leadership responsibilities while continuing hands-on technical documentation work.
Technical DocumentationTeam LeadershipDocumentation