Improver

Gabi Edreay

R&D Director

Israel

Highly experienced professional R&D Director.
Passion for designing, developing, integrating & delivering state-of-the-art solutions, information systems, products, and services. Dynamic and innovative with proven experience in all application lifecycle management (ALM).
Fast self-learner of new areas of expertise, eager to implement new fields to achieve improvements with good return of investment (ROI).
Director of best practices implementation and center of excellence (COE). Mentoring others, delegating technological & methodological know-how.
Vast experience in recruiting, building and leading multi-location (local & remote) R&D/IT groups in multiple technology domains. Lead cross-functional teams, their professional development, personal progression, and wellbeing.
Experience in managing multiple projects/programs overcoming integration's impediments throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Extensive Agile experience (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
Experienced in establishing and managing annual operating plans (AOP) to meet organizational strategy, budget, and teams' growth/recruitment. Owns the quality level of product, service delivery & customers' success, meeting organizational and business targets.

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Experience:

• Software Engineering Manager (Amdocs)
• R&D Senior TL & BI Manager (Malam)
• R&D Infra Group Leader (PLAYWISE)
• Solution & Development Manager (Amdocs)
• R&D Team Leader (Bio-Rad Laboratories)
• R&D Manager (MyCheck)
• Software Engineering Manager (Amdocs)

Skills:

• C#
• JIRA
• Java
• Management
• Databases
• .NET Framework
• TCP/IP
• Entity Framework
• Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)
• Enterprise Architecture
• Visual Studio
• Scrum
• Design Patterns
• SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Team Leadership
• Salesforce.com
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• SAP ERP
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Object Oriented Design
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• SQL
• Software Design
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Big Data
• Software Development
• DevOps
• .NET
• JSON
• git
• Web Development
• JavaScript
• Team Foundation Server (TFS)
• SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Cross-functional Team Leadership
• Business Intelligence Tools
• C++
• OOP
• System Architecture
• Python (Programming Language)
• Leadership
• WCF
• Software Project Management
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• ASP.NET
• Business Intelligence
• Agile Methodologies
• Bitbucket
• Web Services