Olga Yasovsky
I am

an R&D Group Manager.

a People Leader.

a UX Advocate.

a Team Player and Builder.

a Photographer.

a World Traveller.

About Me

Hello, Iā€™m a Olga, A highly committed and motivated
R&D group manager with experience in leading R&D teams from initial software design to production.
In the past years I provided technical leadership to cross-functional development teams while tackling technical and personal challenges to provide high quality software on time.
I'm a people person, a team player and always maintain a can do approach.

What I do best
R&D Group Leader

Passionate and results-driven R&D Group Manager with a holistic approach to software development.
Overseeing the full picture, I manage dynamic Scrum teams, orchestrating seamless collaboration among architects, product managers project managers and development teams.

Strategic Oversight

Adept at navigating the full spectrum of R&D, from initial conception to product production. I ensure that every step aligns with the overarching vision and goals.
Committed to delivering excellence, I take full responsibility for the quality and production-grade standard of our deliverable products.

SW Team Management

Managing 5-7 Scrum teams, I bring agile and SAFe methodologies to life, ensuring efficient and effective development cycles that prioritize customer needs.

UX/UI

I ā™„ UX. Creating the best user experience for the project is my passion, seeing the big picture and understanding the client needs is what drives me on my day to day work.

Innovative Value Addition

With a knack for out-of-the-box thinking, I drive innovation within teams, consistently seeking opportunities to add unique and valuable features to our products.

Communication

Strong sense of team work, great communication skills. Overall an outgoing "people person".

Fun Facts
7 Projects led
15 Awards Won
3 Volunteering Projects held
19 Countries Visited
100+ Books Read
100,000+ Lines of Code
3 children raised
1 space launch attended
Resume
My Experience
R&D Group Manager šŸš€
2021-Present

Passionate and results-driven R&D Group Manager with a holistic approach to software development.
Overseeing the full picture, I manage 5-7 dynamic Scrum teams at a time , orchestrating seamless collaboration among architects, product managers project managers and development teams.
Working on highly complex projects with large scale of end users and a high load of traffic. Delivering production grade software that is distributed and highly available.
Bringing Agile and SAFe methodologies to life, ensuring efficient and effective development cycles that prioritize customer needs.

SoftWare Team Lead šŸ§‘ā€šŸ’»
2016-2020

Leading multiple projects over the years. Leading 2-3 teams at a time (Avg of 6 people each), responsible for defining timelines and ensuring team meets delivery and quality goals.

Creating technology roadmaps, working tightly with Product and Architects teams on a design of the solution architecture.

Working with the highest standards, ensuring full CICD pipelines, UTs, E2E test, and high coverage of written code

Conduct 1:1 with team memebers and be responsible for their growth and career paths. Interview, hire and train new associates.

Used Languages/Technologies: Angular, NodeJS, Java, Springboot, HTML5, docker, Azure Cloud Services

Senior FullStack Developer šŸ’»
2011-2016

Part of an R&D team for AT&T's IoT services platform, a cloud-based platform for data driven application development.
Writing Server and Client side logic. Working with MicroServices, RESTFUL APIs, defining UX, holding demos in large expos like CES and in meetups. Developing several management web applications for deployment and maintenance of the delivered product.
Used Languages/Technologies: Angular, NodeJS, Ruby on Rails, HTML5
Part of an R&D team for AT&Ts 4G network development project, including large scale components like customer provisioning, billing etc. Used Languages/Technologies: Java, XmlBeans, WebServices

Amdocs - Java/J2EE Developer
2008-2012

Development of Commercial sites and browser based applications. Used Languages/Technologies: Java (Servlets, JSP, JNDI, JDBC), WebServices, XmlBeans, Hibernate, XML (xsd, wsdl), HTML, JavaScript, dojo, jQuery, CSS Software installation and support on offshore customer sites. Performing code review for other team-mates.

Technical support - eTeacher ltd
2004-2005

Part of a tech support team for an online desktop sharing application serving as a virtual classroom for online lessons. Identification and treatment of problems. Working with clients in Israel and abroad.

My Education
Bar-Ilan University
2002-2003 | 2005-2007

B.Sc. degree in Computer science and mathematics
Studies for a B.Sc. degree in Computer science and mathematics in Bar Ilan University (Atuda). Final Project (Bi-Semestrial): Computerization of the blood vessels department in Hadassah Ein-Karem Hospital, Jerusalem.

Army @ "Maf'at" Unit
2003-2005

Serving period was done in Maf'at unit as part of an IT team. Responsible for Software installations and SW/HW maintenance. Developing inner tools for management of tickets and inventory.

"Shevah-Mofet" Technical & Science school
2001

Matriculation certificate in the computers and science department (2001) Studies at the municipal high school for science "Shevah-Mofet", Tel-Aviv. Matriculation certificate in the computers and science department (15 units of study in computers and programming).

Personal Skills
  • Communication
  • Management/Soft skills
  • Leadership
  • English Language
Professional Skills
  • MicroServices
  • React
  • NodeJS
  • Java
  • Adobe Cloud
Portfolio
My Portfolio
Contacts
Get in Touch
Address

Mazkeret Batya, Israel.

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