Who is Vlad-Stefan Zahan

With a background in IT Technology and 2 successful years of study at Erhvervsakademiet Lillebælt (Odense, Denmark), I gained not only a diploma in this specific field, but also the

knowledge and the ambition to take my education further, following a BA

programme at the same institution, focusing on Product Development and Technology Integration.

​

8 years and 4 certifications later, covering each principle of the Software Development Life Cycle (SCRUM Product Owner, ISQTB, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP), I gained hands-on experience by applying these years of studies, delivering web, mobile and desktop projects to users all around the world. Whether there were educational, health, e-commerce, insurance, B2B, B2C or SaaS, hundreds of thousands of users benefited from the outcome of these projects.

 

Open-minded and creative, I like thinking out-of-the-box and finding new solutions to the given situation. Whether working in teams or individually, this aspect did not put a

stop on my search. The networking and programming skills have offered me a great understanding of the product architecture. Combined with the executional skills and the ability of understanding the business & generated value, I posses the right set of skills to walk you through a successful delivery of the projects. 

 

I've always been passionate to share gained knowledge and I do think I have something to bring to this world. All the years of experience working in big corporations such as IBM, or being part of growing companies (from start-up to corporation) helped me become the man I am right now.

​

In Project Management, technical skills and understanding the methodology is not everything. There's one more very important piece that you need to possess that can either make your project a success or a failure. That's soft skills. As a Project Manager you're working with people and setting the right team is something that no book will teach you, only experience will.

​

I was fortunate enough to learn these the hard way and I am sure that others can facilitate from this.