Roman Sakharov

I'm an IT manager with 15+ years in software development, 8+ in Business Analysis competency, 7+ years in project and people management. And will be able to help with the topics related to software development management.

• Experienced Agilist, setting up and running various setups, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe-like setup, certified in agile facilitation and SAFe
• Global BA Competency Co-head at EPAM with more than 2,500 business analysts, built trust among professionals and developing competency by inspiring and servant leadership, enabling contributors to invest into competency growth.
• Customer focused, ensuring business goals are met utilizing best practices from Business Analysis and Product Management. Using constant feedback and transparency I help to build the right product.
• Experienced public speaker with more than 100+ speeches on conferences, communities, external and internal
• Community leader, experienced in setting-up and running 5+ communities
• Active member of the Ukrainian community of Business Analysts, speaker at local and international conferences, training leader and consultant.
• Cross-location bridge-builder engaging in initiatives across borders and helping to break silos for organization
• Experienced people manager, hiring/staffing/career development/retention/rotation, managing unit of ~200 professionals
• Co-founder of the consulting and training company E5, where he helps professionals, as well as Ukrainian and international companies to build processes of business analysis and effective product construction.
• Winner of the Ukrainian IT Awards 2014 in the Business Analysis category. Certified: Leading SAFe®, Certified SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager, Certified SAFe Scrum Master, Certified ISPMA Product Manager, ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation, Certified Scrum Master