I am a Technical Manager/Senior Project Manager with over 15 years of IT project management experience. I build strong collaboration between business and development and effectively manage teams, enabling me to achieve goals ahead of schedule. I specialize in building Agile, Release, DevOps, and Support processes across Fintech, Back Office, iGaming, and Betting domains. I create incident and risk management systems, and develop metrics dashboards to monitor performance. I have a proven track record of reducing incident response times, diminishing production issues, and fostering cross-functional collaboration between DevOps, security, and operations teams.

Roman Panko

I am a Technical Manager/Senior Project Manager with over 15 years of IT project management experience. I build strong collaboration between business and development and effectively manage teams, enabling me to achieve goals ahead of schedule. I specialize in building Agile, Release, DevOps, and Support processes across Fintech, Back Office, iGaming, and Betting domains. I create incident and risk management systems, and develop metrics dashboards to monitor performance. I have a proven track record of reducing incident response times, diminishing production issues, and fostering cross-functional collaboration between DevOps, security, and operations teams.

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I am a Technical Manager/Senior Project Manager with over 15 years of IT project management experience. I build strong collaboration between business and development and effectively manage teams, enabling me to achieve goals ahead of schedule.

I specialize in building Agile, Release, DevOps, and Support processes across Fintech, Back Office, iGaming, and Betting domains. I create incident and risk management systems, and develop metrics dashboards to monitor performance. I have a proven track record of reducing incident response times, diminishing production issues, and fostering cross-functional collaboration between DevOps, security, and operations teams.

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Language

Russian
Fluent
English
Intermediate

Work Experience

Senior Technical Manager at 01.tech
October 1, 2024 - November 25, 2025
Coordination and management of projects related to infrastructure development and support (DevOps). Leading 10 teams totaling up to 150 people. Organizing work of engineering teams with Tech Leads. Implemented incident/risk/support management processes. Provided reports to VP/CTO/CIO. Standardized the DevOps workflow across product teams, eliminating the research phase and reducing task completion time by 50%. Built dashboards for metrics (Cycle Time, Lead Time, Velocity, WIP). Implemented health checks as part of risk management, reducing incidents in production. Established cross-functional collaboration between DevOps, security, support and maintenance to accelerate delivery.
Senior Technical Manager at INNOTECH
August 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Coordinate and manage DevOps-oriented projects; managed a tech team up to 20 people; built Agile, Release, DevOps processes; tracked deadlines; ensured cross-department collaboration (security, support, maintenance) to deliver Web/Mobile/back-office solutions; established dashboards for departmental metrics and enhanced risk management.
Project Manager at INPASSOFT, ALIOT (Holding ITG)
March 1, 2015 - March 1, 2015
Managed service development processes in a technical team of up to 20 people. Built Agile processes and monitored project deadlines. Delivered 10 products for client platforms (Web, Mobile) and the bank's internal back-office systems. Expanded the team from 5 to 20, split into product and automation areas, enabling faster delivery. Served as Scrum Master/Tech Lead, created a PD, and established cross-functional interaction with security, support, and maintenance to bring products into production 50% faster.
Senior Project Manager at Sber Bank
August 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021
Implemented service and marketing projects; developed the RTD M - Real-Time Decision Manager in a real-time decision-making system. Managed 3 teams from 10 to 30 people. Built Agile, Release, and DevOps processes; monitored project deadlines; technical project management.
Project Administrator at ARTI
December 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011
Managed a support team of 30-50 people. Developed project documentation; planning and reporting to management. Implemented the product across 5 states and 10 commercial companies; conducted site audits at production sites.
Senior Technical Manager at INNOTECH (Holding T1)
August 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024
Implementation of innovative customs products for participants in foreign economic activity. Management of service development processes in a technical team of up to 20 people. Building Agile processes. Monitoring the implementation of project deadlines. Technical management of projects. Together with the team, developed 10 products for client platforms (Web, Mobile and back-office). Increased the team from 5 to 20 people and divided it into two areas 'product' and 'automation', enabling sixfold more frequent product updates. Assigned a Scrum Master and Tech Lead, created a PDP, and helped integrate into the team in a new role. Built cross-functional interaction between security, support, and maintenance departments, reducing time to production by 50%.
Senior Project Manager at Sberbank
July 1, 2015 - August 31, 2021
Implementation of service and marketing projects, development of the RTDM - RealTime Decision Manager direction in the bank based on a real-time decision-making system. Management of 3 teams from 10 to 30 people. Building Agile, Release, DevOps processes. Monitoring project deadlines. Technical project management. Implemented a SAS engine to organize the work of RTDM, enabling an effective client notification system from scratch. Built a release policy from scratch, increasing the speed of service and marketing projects from 1 month to 3 days. Implemented Agile to systematize the team’s work, improving performance metrics, quality, and team dynamics. Created DevOps processes from scratch to quickly launch products into production. Facilitated collaboration between the bank's departments and security to create a product database.
Project Manager at INPAS SOFT, ALIOT (Holding ITG)
February 1, 2012 - March 31, 2015
Interaction with payment systems Visa and MasterCard on issues of certification of electronic chips. Management of a tech team of up to 7 people. Development of design documentation. Planning of team work. Preparation and organization of international audits at production site. International business trips to Visa and MasterCard offices.
Project Administrator at ARTI
September 1, 2010 - December 31, 2011
Management of a support team of 30 to 50 people. Development of project documentation. Planning of team work. Reporting to management. Implemented the product in 5 states and 10 commercial companies.

Education

Diploma in Mathematics and Systems Programming at Institute of Applied Mathematics, Informatics and Management
September 1, 2004 - September 1, 2009
Diploma in Mathematics and Systems Programming at Institute of Applied Mathematics, Informatics and Management
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2017

Qualifications

Team Leaders 2.0
January 1, 2024 - November 25, 2025
Team Leaders 1.0
January 1, 2023 - November 25, 2025
Team Delivery Manager
January 1, 2023 - November 25, 2025
Scrum Master
January 1, 2022 - November 25, 2025
Agile: Processes and Tools
January 1, 2018 - November 25, 2025
CCNA
January 1, 2008 - November 25, 2025
Team Leaders 2.0
January 1, 2024 - February 18, 2026
Team Leaders 1.0
January 1, 2023 - February 18, 2026
Stream Delivery Manager
January 1, 2023 - February 18, 2026
Scrum Master
January 1, 2022 - February 18, 2026
Agile: Processes and Tools
January 1, 2018 - February 18, 2026
Intelligent Business English Program - Pre-Intermediate
January 1, 2015 - February 18, 2026
Basics of Teaching Linux and Open Source
January 1, 2008 - February 18, 2026
CCNA Exploration
January 1, 2008 - February 18, 2026
English Summer Institute Program
January 1, 2007 - February 18, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Gaming, Media & Entertainment