Didi Velkova
Leadership: Passionate Project Manager and Tech Lead guiding to success
Teamwork: Encourage creativity and excellent team performance
Client Management: Empower the client and great in communications
Technical: Senior Consultant, Developer, Business Analyst, Solutions Design and Architecture
Industry: IT, Digital Security, Finance, Telco, Insurance, GIS, Cargo and Terminal Operations, Payments, Credit Reports, Oil Retail, Online training
Professional Career Details
07/2008 – up to now Contracting via my own company DHV Consulting Ltd www.dhvconsulting.co.nz
1/2024-7/2025 Project Manager
Auckland Council- 19 month contract
Main Projects Business Systems FY25:
· Marinas Management System and Infrastructure Upgrade
· Developer Contribution Fees- Infrastructure, property and subdivision calculations
· Group Consolidation Financial Reporting- SSO and Application consolidation for Auckland Council, Auckland Transport, Watercare, Tataki Auckland, Eke Panuku;
Tech Lead of Products Lifecycle FY24, decommission, annual upgrades, Security Cloud Risk Assessment Vendor and stakeholder management, Release management, Financial Forecasting, Capacity planning, Team management
Technology: MS Windows, Azure, SaaS, API integration, SAP, GIS
11/2023-12/2023 Project Manager
UiRevolution - 1 month contract
· Projects for Fulton Hogan
Daily job manager, eTimesheet, Plant Prestart, MyVoice
Technology iOS, Web, Salesforce
8/2023-09/2023 Project Manager / BA
Master Builders Association (via Ones & Zeros Digital) 1 month
· Project: Redevelopment of the websites and integration: Preparing of RFP, Business Requirements Document, Initiate Design and technology workshop
04/2022-05/2023 Tech BA
Westpac (13 month contract)
BS11 compliance projects for WNZL LINC3 Balance Sheet Risk and Securitisation.
• Preparing of Separation Plan Playbook, Runsheert; Planning and coordinating workshops with stakeholders
• Create and develop documents related to RBNZ separation plan submission and Board approval
• Cyber Security requirements and Certification
• Documenting and communicating Project Check List, Risk Control Matrix, Business Continuity Plan; Effectively communicate your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management; Updating, implementing, and maintaining policies and procedures.
• Lead and drive deliverables to completion engaging with the relevant stakeholders
04/2021- 05/2022 Technical Lead / BA
SAS IT (13 months contract part time)
Clients: Restaurant Brands, IntelliHub, DTR, AA, Equifax
• Work with clients to understand the business requirements, review and document the current and target process, Web and Integration applications,
• Create Use Cases, Provide Estimation, Solution Design documents
• Identify business process improvement opportunities
• Facilitate workshops and meetings and provide technical expertise and recommendations
09/2020-02/2021 Project Manager – Digital Transformation
McKegg Entertainment (4 months part time estimation, with pending 6 month contract)
Project: School trips Management Portal – Digital. The portal will transform the manual process and paper forms for the school trips in New Zealand
• Manage the project from Start to End and stakeholders communication
• Create Project Plan, Resource plan, Statement Of Work including estimation of Backend, Frontend and Mobile apps and integration
• Cyber Security: Apply Face recognition, GPS tracking and QR scanning functionality for students on a trip
• Interview and hire contractors for development and QA; Manage the Demo development and delivery of wireframes
• Apply Agile / Scrum to daily work for efficient results
04/2020-11/2020 Tech Lead - Digital Transformation
Suncorp (6 + 1 months contract) www.suncorp.co.nz
Project: Commercial Insurance - Digital
• Estimate Backend and Frontend apps: Java, AngularJS, node.js, ReactJS, API, webservice, DB2, AWS, integration.
• Create and support Insurance and Finance applications for brokers, customers and internal admin and reporting. Enhance the current application with audit and security upgrade.
• Work with the architecture and management team to provide technical expertise and documentation
• Apply Agile / Scrum to daily work for efficient results : Standups, Functional and Elaboration sessions, Retrospectives, Showcases
05/2019-04/2020 Solutions Developer
Ports of Auckland (3 + 9 contract till April 2020) www.poal.co.nz
Project: Darwin – Automation of the Terminal Operation Systems
• Working closely with the architects and testers to develop, build and deploy multiple applications
• Update Software Architecture Documents (SAD) and Design documents for all applications
• Daily standups participation, Weekly sprints – session and build
09/2017-04/2019 Project Manager / Tech Lead
Customer Radar www.customerradar.com
Project: Feedback Web App and Admin Portal, Third Party API and self registration
• Manage and oversee the daily technical tasks with development team of 6 developers , 1 BA and 1 tester (internal & external),Provide, technical oversight, direction and control of the remote development team ensuring that design is correct and implemented to a high standard
• Cyber Security - Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing of the Webapps and APIs in AWS,
• Working with the business and third party vendors to deliver the roadmap of functionality
• Managing, deploying and maintaining the company applications, cloud servers and databases.
• Reporting with Tableau, R and Cognos
• Architecture and design of new components / features, Provide technical input to support to business decisions/software roadmap, Scoping and identifying features for the development
• Evaluate technology and applications that can contribute to the increased effectiveness and efficiency of the company; Investigate & implement analytics to extract business value from the platform and deliver these as standardized analytics to the business and its clients.
10/2016-07-2017 Project Manager- Software Automation
Victory IT (10 month contract Main client Spark NZ) http://www.victoryit.com.au
Project : Automation Solutions for Spark http://www.spark.co.nz/
• Managing a team of 9 developers, monthly releases
• Minimize the exposure and risk across multiple projects; Provide estimates, Resource Plan, task list and project scope, Automation plan; Report on the daily meetings with Spark Delivery Management; Lead daily standups with the team, Software Defect management
• Report Automation results to the release management ; Analysis and hands on scripting and coding
03/2014-06/2016 Project Manager - Digital
Veda Advantage – Auckland (6+6+9+9 month Contract) www.veda.co.nz
Projects : Credit Bureaus for Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia
• Create task list and project scope, estimates, Resource Plan, Analytics reports with SQL,Tableau and Cognos; software design documentation, including logic flowcharts, sequence diagrams and block diagrams.
• Cyber Security – Vulnerability Assessment of Java Script and J2EE Apps, Biometrics for the International Credit Bureaus
• Integration project using MQ Server and IBM Webserver and developing VB.NET interface applications
08/2013-05/2014 Senior Tech Lead
Vodafone – Auckland (10 month Contract) www.vodafone.co.nz
• Create task list and project scope, estimates, Development, Deployment and SOAPUI Testing
Design, Development and QA of applications integration, multi-layer Residential and Business Retail and Wholesale customer applications for phone and broadband connections
• Huawei TL1 commands for Data and Voice port services
• Test Plan and Test Cases and Support documentation
11/2010-06/2013 Senior Developer / Technical Solutions Analyst
TEIQ – Auckland (2.5 years Contract) www.teiq.com
• Vodafone MZ: Deliver telco services for provisioning customers to the fixed line and broadband network
• Web Applications for phone network management
• Design and support documentation
• Test cases and scripts for functional and integration testing
• University of Auckland NZ mobile application, programmes search, HR
• Design and development a mini CMS and Programme and Course search
• Development of mobile app to display the locations for the students timetable
• Manage the creation of the Staff directory for HR including:
• Role, Job Description, Person Profile, Publications, Salary, Performance review
• Gym membership mobile Android app
Project: Sugar CRM – client integration, onsite training and support
Project: Douglas Pharmaceuticals , ECN Group, AV Jennings - buildings, Assure Quality
Project: Ministry of Health
• Java apps and Tomcat support 24/7
Project: JR Duty Free – e-commerce, user registration, loyalty cards, promotions
06/2009-06/2010 Senior BA and Developer
Wright Express (FAL) – Auckland (3+3+6 months Contract)
Project: BP Australia and New Zealand fuel cards payment system
• Writing Jasper Reports for Monthly and Daily Customer and Merchant Management
• Java development of Fuel Card Payment and Transaction processing
• Implement JPOS payment Host Authorisation framework with AS2805 messages
• Delivery of Functional Design documents with the main functionality of a Desktop Application for Customer Service at BP
• Updating Reports design documentation with the latest customer requirements
• Technical Specifications for the Payment transactions server authorisation
• Communicate with BP Australia on daily bases to verify the business requirements
• Document the current payment system and recommendation for the target architecture
01/2009-03/2009 Project Manager
Custom Technology Systems– Auckland (2 months Contract) www.customtechnology.co.nz
Project: Software Management and Solution Design for NZ Police
• Audit the current Solutions Architecture, Network and system infrastructure
• Implement Agile Project Methodology and Process
• Implement Open Workbench Project Management
• Design a new remote access control for NZ Police and Department of Corrections
• Develop and Implement an inventory system
• Cyber Security – Vulnerability Assessment of the Visual Basic app, Implement Visitor Tracking Hand Scan System for NZ Police
12/2008-01/2009 Senior Development Manager / Web Developer
Talk Tactics– Auckland ( 5 weeks Contract) www.talktactics.com
· Provide a critical development, architecture and testing
· Delivering an Audit report of the Software Solution currently in place
· Provide estimation for new projects: gathering the requirements, development, testing (functional and automated - Ruby), documentation and resources
· Document the current system and recommendation for the target architecture; Implement Agile Software Methodology and process
07/2008-11/2008 Senior Development Manager /Senior Java Lead
Whitcoulls – Auckland (1+2+1 months Contract)
Project: Front end for E-Commerce solution: registering customers and online product sales
Create task list and project scope
Provide estimates, Resource Plan, Design and code of quality web application
Cyber Security – Vulnerability Assessment of SAP Web app with Struts and JavaScript
Provide Test Plan and review of the test scripts – Regression and functional testing
Document the current system and maintain the system changes
Manage the build and deployment of the application
Manage 3rd party relationship and upgrades
05/2006-06/2008 Solution Team lead / Senior Java Developer
Provenco – Auckland -Retail Automation www.provencocadmus.com
Projects: BPCL India project/ Developer for Malaysia and China Projects
· Design and code of quality Java applications for big international clients from oil industry in Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and India - Integration testing scripts and automated test tools
· End-to-end payment solutions for petrol station - from the pump to the bank: all the indoor and outdoor payments transactions with ISO8583 messages. Some of the hardware modules have been replaces with software simulators for development and testing purpose. There is integration with .NET reporting applications as well.
· Create weekly builds for testing; Managing weekly conference calls with the clients in India
· Create Sequence and class diagrams for the current and new applications; Write Technical Specification
02/2002-04/2006 Senior Applications Developer
(Baycorp)Veda Advantage – Auckland /Sydney www.veda.co.nz
· Leading, mentoring and training the developers with the latest technologies
· Assigning responsibilities and peer reviews
· Development of J2EE ,NET, JavaScript applications and proof of concept for New Zealand and Australia
· The major project is a Credit Bureau Web Application for Saudi Arabia.
· These are applications running in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Fiji, File Transfer Application, Intranet, Corporate Web Site, Registration Web Apps. Development and support of Microsoft .NET Online Applications for Microsoft Active Directory Maintenance.
· Baycorp was the first and only Certification Authority in New Zealand for all the Government agencies
· Cyber Security - Development and support of PKI Installer Application to encrypt/decrypt and sign email
01/2001-01/2002 Senior Consultant
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young – Auckland www.capgemini.com
· A Senior Consultant is responsible for their own work as a part of an engagement and is primarily contributing to engagement deliverables, involved in providing back up to Managers, Senior Managers, Principals and Partners. Important to the role is developing greater technical expertise and industry exposure. A Senior Consultant also has the responsibility to assist in the development of more junior staff.
· Draws conclusions from a mass of information
04/2000-01/2001 Software Developer
Custom Technology Systems, Auckland
· Analyzing, design and developing software projects based on custom technologies systems with regard to matter of mutual and relevant interestLeading the implementation of the software programming tasks and solutions
· Developing and implementation of applications
· Using Visual Basic 6.0 (SP3), MS Access, MS Visual C++ in Windows NT environment, RTU Controller with RS422 converter and PIO Cards. ActiveX Controls, Crystal Reports, Class Libraries, SQL, TCP/IP, Comm Controls, Client/Server applications for Windows NT.
· Prison System 2000 for Auckland - Maximum security prison Paremoremo- Dept of Corrections
· Gate control, camera control, intercom request, site control, alarms, guard routes, raid, takeover.Cyber Security – Access Control System for NZ Prison Paremoremo
03/1999– 03/2000 Software Developer
Ingenious Solutions, Auckland Access Control System
· Auckland Prison Paremoremo -West, Chartwell Squire- Shopping centre in Hamilton
· Development and implementation of software applications to control external devices.
· Cyber Security – Access Control System for NZ Prisons Waikeria, Kaitoke and Dunedin
04/1996 – 11/1998 Software programmer
City Council - Municipality of Bourgas, Bulgaria
Developing of applications, based on the needs of the all departments
URBAN–planning and Environmental Monitoring via Geographic Information System (GIS) in Eastern Europe from the INCO –Copernicus program, European Commission. The project won the 1998 yearly award for special achievements in GIS of GIS Invest Ltd., exclusive distributor of ESRI Inc. USA.
1993 – 1996 Software programmer
SICAMORE- a software house, Bourgas, Bulgaria
Software development of applications for the following departments: The pay's office, the accountant's office, the price formation, the wage formation, the storage reports
EDUCATION
1988 – 1993 Sofia University-Bulgaria - Master degree in computer science
Including high school teaching degree in Mathematics and Information technology