Karen Bdoyan
Electronic Engineering graduate from Yerevan State University, currently pursuing MBA at New York Institute of Technology, and working as Head of IT Development at The Real Estate Group of New York.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Industries: | Entertainment, Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Real Estate |
| Skills: | AJAX, Engineering, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages and Platforms, PHP, SQL, Web Development |
| Location: | New York City |
| Groups: | IT/Software Development Outsourcing/Offshoring |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Starting a company |
| Schools: | New York Institute of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | The Real Estate Group of New York, Manhattan, New York, www.tregny.com |
| Position: | Head of IT Development |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | I’m managing software development processes in dynamically growing real-estate company (6 people reporting). In order to meet deadlines with highest quality my responsibilities also include:
• Project planning, task estimation, task assignment and progress control, • Developing of software architecture and functional documentation, • Performing code & design reviews as well as development as needed, • Ensuring quality assurance throughout process development, refinement and enforcement, • We are using centralized task/bug tracking and SVN version control systems, with three-level deployment architecture (dev./pre-live/live) as well as XP project management approach to achieve better development quality. |
| Employer: | Lycos Europe, Yerevan, Armenia, www.lycos-europe.com |
| Position: | Head of department, Portal and E-Mail Teams |
| Time period: | December 2003 - November 2007 |
| Description: | • Managed and coordinated 2 sub-groups with 15 software engineers
• Supervised all software development processes • Controlled resources according to project plans, and ensure quality of production • Acted as a liaison with the head office – Gütersloh, Germany |
| Employer: | Prime Technology LLC, Yerevan, Armenia, www.it-prime.com |
| Position: | Chief Executive Officer, Founder |
| Time period: | December 2000 - November 2004 |
| Description: | • Responsible for company activity
• Managed company’s material resources and intangible assets • Responsible for all software projects • Organized initial negotiations with clients for new deals |
| Employer: | Armenian Development Bank, Yerevan, Armenia, www.armdb.com |
| Position: | Chief Programmer, network administrator, master of intranet and internet technologies of dealing center |
| Time period: | December 2000 - November 2003 |
| Description: | • Computers’ network administration, about 60 workstations and 6 servers (Windows NT/2000)
• Made and implemented intranet programs like: News Reader, Quiz Test, Portfolio Maker • Created and supported website of the Bank |
| Employer: | Armenian National Army, Department of Information Technologies |
| Position: | Network administrator, database administrator, software developer |
| Time period: | December 1998 - November 2001 |
| Description: | • Computer network and database administration
• Software development for army staff |
EDUCATION
| University: | New York Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2009 |
| Degree: | MBA |
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