ANDRE DOVGAL (KOSSOROUKOV), M.SC.
SENIOR TECHNOLOGY LEADER

255 Newport Drive, Suite 128
Port Moody, BC, V3H 5H1 Canada
phone: 778-231-0937
e-mail: andredovgal @ shaw.ca
web site: andre.thedovgals.com
Managing Technology and Innovation for Competitive Advantage
A strategic, focused, and business oriented senior technology manager with 25+ years of successful career in information technologies. Accomplished in major organizational transformations, merges, and acquisitions; experienced in intricacies of organizational dynamics. Experienced in establishing productive relationships with partners and customers. Inspirational leader building top performance teams, eliminating silos, improving engineering and delivery processes using best practices.
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Excellent leadership skills; successfully develop partnerships with stakeholders both inside and outside organization. Build effective liaison between business customers and technical teams.
  • Technology guru and mentor with 25 years of experience in part-time teaching of computer science fundamentals and IT for M.Sc. and MBA students. Speaker on technology topics, technical editor and author of a number of books.
  • Significant R&D experience, 30+ publications in Russian, German and American scientific magazines and patents. Innovations in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), information integration. Master’s degree in mathematics and strong systems approach.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Visiphor Corporation
Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Sep 2005 - Present

Visiphor is a public company that went through a series of merges and acquisitions. It delivers information integration for large corporations and government organizations worldwide, focusing on the Law Enforcement and Justice sector. It is known for its data sharing solutions between dozens of agencies, retrieving data from distributed sources for thousands of officers.
Chief Architect and Director of Engineering
  • Bring a strategic technology vision to the company. Plan engineering effort to improve company products. Oversee architecture work for multi-million dollar projects, government customers at the State level, and other critical projects.
  • Manage the Engineering and Delivery Services Department (up to 45 employees and full-time contractors), reporting to the CEO. Improved productivity of engineering and delivery processes, applying formal frameworks, methodologies, and best practices in a challenging environment of merged company cultures.
  • Maintain relationships with Microsoft and other technology partners. Established local and offshore outsourcing, which resulted in 35% cost savings.
Most Home Corp.
Maple Ridge, BC, Canada.
Aug 2001 - Aug 2005

Most Home is a public company providing technological solutions for thousands of realtors in North America. Originally focusing on Web-based lead generation, it increased its value to the customer adding more products to its portfolio and performing strategic acquisitions.
Director of Software Development
  • Built technology strategy, providing guidance to the Executives and the Board of Directors.
  • Played major role in architecting Internet, intranet, and wireless products. Managed the engineering team, reporting to the VP of Technology and later to the CEO.
  • Substantially improved all areas of the life cycle for the company products, introducing formal processes and procedures to the company.
Lead Developer
  • Implemented an innovative approach to bringing real estate data from different MLSs to customers, which increased Web traffic to 10,000+ visitors a day and improved revenues.
POPcast Communications Corp.
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jan 2001 - Jun 2001

POPcast is a public company offering a complete solution for video communication.
Director of Software Engineering
  • Supervised and managed day-to-day activities of a team of 50+ direct reports located in both Vancouver, BC, Canada and Los Angeles, CA, USA. In 2000-2001 the team completed a $10M project for Intel Corporation.
I.T.Systems Inc.
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Aug 1997 - Dec 2000

I.T.Systems is a privately held corporation providing professional services and delivering technology solutions for organizations in retail, mutual funds, and other industries.
Principal Software Consultant and Managing Partner
  • Built from ground up and managed professional services teams. Supervised day-to-day operations of 12 employees and 30+ contractors. Maintained relationships with Microsoft and other technology providers.
  • Built and nurtured customer relationships, focusing on local financial institutions. Doubled revenues in the first year; initiated company’s growth and success.
  • Managed projects with the size up to $1.5M for Ethical Funds Inc.; Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd.; Pacific Coach Lines; HSBC Asset Management Canada Ltd.; Vancity Savings Credit Union, and others.
Different organizations
Russia, Austria, Canada.
1974 - 1997
Career from Software Developer to Vice President, Technology
  • Worked with computers and software since high school. Developed first computer program in 1974 for second-generation computers.
  • After graduating from the University in 1982, started a software development career in the areas of artificial intelligence and management control systems.
  • Worked for two leading Soviet research centers. Had several scientific achievements and patents; had publications in Russian, German and American scientific magazines; authored and co-authored several books on technology.
  • Later spent many years in designing, developing, and delivering solutions for financial organizations in Russia and Austria.
  • Managed software engineering teams since 1985 including distributed teams based in different countries. Successfully achieved the level of VP, Technology.
  • Immigrated to Canada in 1995. Worked as a software developer and a consultant.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1984 – Present. Numerous courses, seminars in information technologies. Recent Microsoft certifications: MCP, MCDBA, MCTS (SQL Server 2005), MCITP (Database Administrator, Database Developer). Completed training to achieve a certification of Microsoft Certified Architect, examination pending.
1994. Russian Stock Market. Moscow Central Stock Exchange Educational Center. Moscow, Russia. Certificate.
1993. US Money and Capital Markets. New York Institute of Finance. New York, NY, USA. Certificate.
1984 – 1985. Postgraduate (Ph.D.) Student (part-time). Institute for Scientific and Technical Information. Moscow, Russia. Major: Information Technologies, Relational Databases. Studied philosophy in the USSR Academy of Sciences Institute of Phylosophy as a pre-requisite. Diplomas.
1977 – 1982. Graduate (Master of Science) Student. Mechanical and Mathematical Faculty. Moscow State University. Moscow, Russia. Major: Mathematics. Minor: Computer Sciences. Master of Science Degree.
MEMBERSHIP
  • Chairman of Vancouver Architects Fellowship.
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Royal Canadian Institute of Technology.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
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