Nathan Akimov

Proficiently managing R&D projects, project office, and directed mobile and web development initiatives. Crafting a technical project vision and refining processes while cultivating high-performing teams.

PROJECT MANAGER, SELF-EMPLOYED, SINCE 2018

Managed software development projects and consulted B2B companies with up to 2K employees. Led the remote management of diverse R&D teams (up to 50 members), focusing on risk, scope, time and cost management, effectively guiding project roadmaps:

• E-commerce cloud solution for the leading heavy-truck car manufacturer (Germany): orchestrated the development of mobile B2B marketplace application for online purchases across 150+ dealerships in EU. 
• Statistics consulting company (Israel): managed web-applications development, ensuring compliance with FDA standards for electronic data capturing (clinical trials in 10 Israel and US hospitals with over 2K experimental patients). 
• Non-profit religious organization (Israel): launched mobile and web applications (up to 50K users), resulting in a digital library comprised 30K+ podcasts, classes, lectures, and educational programs.  
• Social network startup (Montenegro): improved organizational R&D processes based on Agile methodology, increased delivery cycle performance up to 20%, improved transparency and tasks priorities pipeline by implementing PM tools: Jira/Confluence, TestRail, CI/CD.

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER, CO-FOUNDER, STOPS.COM (ISRAEL), 2017-2022

Established and led the R&D team and technical solutions architecture for the mobile product with estimated MAU 2M users:

• Assembled the 10-member R&D team and orchestrated the end-to-end development workflow utilizing Jira/Confluence, TestRail, CI/CD tools. 
• Managed technical and architecture vision and strategy of B2C & B2B product development.
• Launched the MVP to 2K end-users collaborating with 5 travel operators in US, UK and Israel. 
• Implemented a cross-cloud scalable solution spanning AWS, Azure, DO, Google Cloud, capable of supporting up to 20K concurrent users.

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER, RAVTECH (USRAEL), 2016-2017

Managed mobile and web development projects as well as establishing long-term relationships with startups: 

• Launched B2B2C mobile application offering indoor navigation services e.g. airports and shopping malls (was acquired by Google Cloud in 2020). 
• Deployed mobile/web applications for a medical personal device, enabling online tracking of health indicators, integrated with doctors’ web applications, contributing to a comprehensive home hospitalization solution. 

PROGRAM MANAGER, RBC (RUSSIA), 2009-2016 

Established and led the Project Office (7 project managers and 100 developers), streamlined the R&D team, implemented resource and risk management systems, enhanced transparency in task prioritization:

• Led a portfolio of up to 25 concurrent projects spanning various domains: e-commerce, B2C mobile applications, business and entertainment media.
• Achieved a doubling in development speed, a remarkable 60% increase in internal customer satisfaction and reduced R&D staff retention by 50%.

MaSU (Russia), Bachelor of Science in Computers