About me

With years of experience as a Product Owner, I have honed my skills in translating customer needs into actionable requirements, driving product development, and ensuring customer satisfaction. I have also witnessed the evolution and transformation of processes firsthand by actively participating in the transformation from waterfall to agile methodologies and due to which I understand the challenges and opportunities that arise during such transitions. Occasionally, I step into the shoes of a Scrum Master as well, seamlessly adapting to the agile ethos of flexibility and collaboration.🤝🏻

Embracing the mantra of "work smarter, not harder", I have discovered that my tendency to seek smarter approaches often leads to the most innovative solutions. I have spent years refining processes and workflows to save time and boost efficiency for businesses.🚀

Outside of work, I'm a music enthusiast, spending my free time composing melodies and dreaming of giving concerts where I can share VIP tickets with my close ones.🎷

Certifications

Professional Scrum Product Owner™ I

Professional Scrum Master™ I

ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level

Coursera Django Specialization

English B2 Language Certification

German B2 Language Certification

Experiences

Professional

  • Product Owner

    Jaguar Land Rover

    Responsible for delivering automation tools through agile software development that supported the automation of testing processes and saved time for test preparation and execution by reducing the manual efforts needed for them. I am also an acting Scrum Master.


    Main responsibilites:
    • Managing and refining the product vision, roadmap and strategy
    • Prioritizing and refining the product backlog, keep it as single source of requirements
    • Release and showcase features of internal tools for customers frequently
    • Propose and spread new workflows and frameworks, both for customers and fellow POs
    • Acting Scrum Master: hold and optimise agile ceremonies, remove upcoming impediments
    Skills: Agile SAFe Scrum Kanban Backlog management Priority management Product vision Product roadmap Product strategy Dependency management Risk management Stakeholder management Product delivery management
    Tools: Jira Confluence MS Office MS Power Automate Git Django VS Code PyCharm Lucid Xray PostgreSQL Docker Python HTML CSS Javascript jQuery JSON REST API

    2022 Apr - present

  • Product Owner

    Jaguar Land Rover

    Responsible for creating an automation framework within our department which included full stack development of internal web-based tools. Also actively participated in the agile transformation by setting up stakeholder communication, agile ceremonies, scrum board and product backlog.


    Main responsibilites:
    • Defining and managing the product vision, roadmap and strategy
    • Creating and managing the product backlog, keep it as single source of requirements
    • Release and showcase features of internal tools for customers frequently
    • Propose and spread new workflows and frameworks, both for customers and fellow POs
    • Acting Scrum Master: apply agile methodologies, hold agile ceremonies, remove upcoming impediments
    Skills: Agile SAFe Scrum Kanban Backlog management Priority management Product vision Product roadmap Product strategy Dependency management Risk management Stakeholder management Product delivery management Python HTML CSS Javascript jQuery JSON REST API UX/UI design
    Tools: Jira Confluence MS Office Git Django VS Code PyCharm Lucid Xray PostgreSQL Docker

    2021 Jul - 2022 Apr

  • SW Developer

    Jaguar Land Rover

    Full stack development of in-house web-based tools using Django framework for different ADAS/AD simulation environments which can be used by simulation and test definition engineers. Done research activities on several fields of autonomous driving simulation.


    Main responsibilites:
    • Full stack development of web-based tools using Python in Django framework
    • Development and maintanance of several modules in the MATLAB-Simulink system
    • Research and development activities on several fields of autonomous driving simulation
    Skills: Python HTML CSS Javascript jQuery JSON SQL AJAX UX/UI design
    Tools: Jira Confluence MS Office Git Django PyCharm PostgreSQL Docker IPG Carmaker MATLAB Simulink Unreal Engine

    2019 Jun - 2021 Jul

  • Technical Manager

    BME Formula Racing Team

    Responsible for coming up with new technical processes that made the team's operation more effective and finding the bottlenecks of our already existing processes and optimizing them. In addition to this, I ensured that our deliveries met the specified deadlines.


    Main responsibilites:
    • Gather feedbacks from the team, then develop and improve technical processes and their platforms
    • Setting up the time schedule, keeping the deadlines, prepare solutions to delays
    • Making the trade-off between time, costs and extra technical performance
    • Determination and implementation of the design method (V-model) into the team's life
    • Participating in international racing events as a member of the race crew
    Skills: Waterfall V-model Backlog management Priority management Product vision Product roadmap Product strategy Dependency management Risk management Stakeholder management Product delivery management
    Tools: MS Office PTC Creo Smartsheet IPG Carmaker

    2018 Sep - 2019 Feb

  • Chief Engineer

    BME Formula Racing Team

    Responsible for ensuring that every component of the car has the best possible design and they also have a proper interface between each other. Beside this, I was also in charge of finishing with the cars on time.


    Main responsibilites:
    • Ensure that every component of the car has the best possible design (supervising all of the solutions)
    • Ensure that all interfaces between the components are resolved
    • Setting up the time schedule, keeping the deadlines, prepare solutions to delays
    • Determination and implementation of the design method (V-model) into the team's life
    • Participating in international racing events as a member of the race crew
    • (+1) Designed, manufactured and assembled a steering actuator as my thesis
    Skills: Waterfall V-model Backlog management Priority management Product vision Product roadmap Product strategy Dependency management Risk management Stakeholder management Product delivery management
    Tools: MS Office PTC Creo Smartsheet IPG Carmaker MATLAB Simulink

    2017 Sep - 2018 Sep

  • Group Leader

    BME Formula Racing Team

    Leading the Vehicle Dynamics Control group that had the purpose to optimize the forces transferred to the ground by developing functionalities in MATLAB-Simulink such as power limiter, slip control and torque vectoring.


    Main responsibilites:
    • Developing a software that is defining the force needs due to desired trajectory in MATLAB/Simulink
    • Participating on and leading tests (unit, integration, system and on-track tests)
    • Participating in international racing events as a member of the race crew
    Skills: Waterfall V-model Backlog management Priority management Product vision Product roadmap Product strategy Dependency management Risk management Product delivery management
    Tools: MS Office Smartsheet IPG Carmaker MATLAB Simulink

    2016 Sep - 2017 Sep

  • SW Developer

    BME Formula Racing Team

    As a member of the Vehicle Dynamics Group, I was responsible to develop functionalities in MATLAB-Simulink such as power limiter, slip control and torque vectoring to optimize the forces transferred to the ground.


    Main responsibilites:
    • Development and maintanance of several modules in the MATLAB-Simulink system
    • Research and development activities on the basics of vehicle dynamics
    Skills: Agile SAFe Scrum Kanban Backlog management Priority management Product vision Product roadmap Product strategy Dependency management Risk management Stakeholder management
    Tools: Jira Confluence MS Office MS Power Automate Git Django VS Code PyCharm Lucid Xray PostgreSQL Docker

    2015 Nov - 2016 Sep

Educational

  • University degree

    Budapest University of Technology

    My thesis was about designing a steering actuator for our driverless electric race car at BME Formula Racing Team. I went through the stages of the V-model: made the concept, designed it, manufactured it and assembled it into the car which we could try out on a racing event.

    2014 Sep - 2018 Jun

  • A year abroad

    Vienna, Austria

    In the 3rd year of high school, I have spent 1 year studying in De La Salle Gymnasium, Vienna. The main goal was to learn the German language and once I come back home, pass the German B2 language exam which I successfully achieved.

    2012 Sep - 2013 Jun

  • High school graduation

    Bolyai Janos School

    I have spent 12 years studying in Bolyai Janos School as it is both an elementary and a high school. In the last 2 years, I had to choose my faculties which happened to be maths and physics due to the fact that my goal was to admit to the Technical University of Budapest and to become an engineer.

    2002 Sep - 2014 Jun

Skills

Methodologies and frameworks

Methodologies and frameworks

Agile
SAFe
Scrum
Kanban
V-model
Waterfall

Management and ownership

Management and ownership

Backlog management
Priority management
Product vision
Product roadmap
Product strategy
Dependency management
Risk management
Stakeholder management

Tools and software

Tools and software

Jira
MS Office
Git
VS Code
Lucid
PostgreSQL
IPG Carmaker
PTC Creo
Confluence
MS Power Automate
Django
PyCharm
Xray
Docker
Unreal Engine
Smartsheet

Programming

Programming

Python
CSS
jQuery
Gherkin
SQL
HTML
Javascript
REST API
JSON
AJAX

Processes

Processes

Test automation
SW testing
Tool maintainance
Req definition
UX/UI design
System design
Manufacturing
Full stack web dev
SW integration
Web app dev
Product dev
Architecture
Mechanical design
SIL simulation

Support skills

Support skills

Coaching and mentoring
Presentation
Workflow optimization
Guideline creation
Workshop and training organization
Knowledge transfer
3 amigos meeting
Peer review
Pair programming
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