Steve Bakanov

About Steve Bakanov

Seasoned business technology executive with extensive experience in solving complex business, technological, and organizational problems. Delivering a unique blend of business acumen and technical knowledge resulting in organizational profitability and superior satisfaction.My expertise lies in the executive management of solution and service delivery, process development and IT performance management. I thrive in cultivating partnerships and building lasting relationships across diverse business sectors to achieve long-lasting revenue gains, steer strategic vision, and align and execute corporate technological business objectives.AREAS OF EXPERTISEGlobal Executive Team Leadership | Strategic Leadership | Influence | Cost Optimization | Technology Management | Strategic Alliances | Relationships Building | Modeling & Contingency Planning | Financial Management | Employee Development | Emerging Technologies | Reorganizations & Turnarounds | Mobile & Web Technologies | IT Governance | Innovation | Project Management Office (PMO)| Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Data & Analytics | Big Data | DevOps | Agile | SAFe | P&L | Cloud Solutions | M&A | SDLC Management | ERP System Implementations & Integrations | IoT | Cyber Security | Threat Modeling | Automation | Enterprise Architecture | API Management | Microservices | Containers | Risk Management Specialties: Leadership, Innovation, Critical thinking, Disruption, Software and Product development, Technology modernization, Cloud strategies and Transformation, DevOps, Security, Architecture, Automation, Ability to successfully present technical knowledge to non-technical audiences. A wide array of technical skills in the areas of : Application Innovation, Integration, API management, Architecture, Software development, Infrastructure automation, Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Orchestration, Cloud Migration, Transformation, Operations, Application Modernization, Cloud computing, Operations, DevOps, SRE, Agile, SAFE, Digital Transformation, Emerging technologyCore technologies : AWS web services, Azure, Power Platform, Low-Code, GCP, CHEF, SalesForce, MuleSoft, Puppet, ServiceNow, Microsoft SQL Server, Boomi, Microsoft.NET, Java, SAP, PowerBI, Amazon QuickSight, Python, Tableau, AzureML, NPL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLFlow Healthcare | Financial Services | Insurance | Medical Devices | Consulting

Experience

1. Global Technology, Strategy, and Applications Leader at Amazon Web Services (Aws)

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Jan 2022 — Present

   Leading cloud-based IT financial and business management services, helping CXOs to connect technology investments to business outcomes. Advising on, Architecting, Managing, and Delivering purpose-built suite of solutions using a multitude of AWS services to provide facts and insights about technology cost, value, and quality, resulting in faster, data-driven decisions. Helping CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, CTOs of the largest enterprises to realize big business outcomes using the AWS global cloud computing platform. Focused on architecting, developing, and managing solutions for Fortune 100 customers. Foster Think big ideas, helping Chief Executive Officers to envision how they can solve their business problems using cloud ecosystem to accelerate the adoption and optimization of the products and services.Specialties- Cloud Transformation- Cultivation of C-Level Relationships- Technology Modernization- Data and Analytics- Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (ML)- Application Migration and Modernization- Generative AI

Education

• Sevastopol State Technical University

  BS, Economics

• Sevastopol State Technical University

  MS+BS, Computer Science

• National University

  PhD, Business Administration

Skills

• Devops
• Business Intelligence
• Strategy
• Sap Hybris
• Infrastructure Automation (Infrastructure as Code, Compliance as Code)
• Strategic Planning
• Consulting
• C#
• .net
• Infrastructure
• Hybris
• Project Management
• Chef
• Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Sap
• Executive Management
• Databases
• Disaster Recovery
• Visual Basic
• Process Improvement
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Business Process
• Html
• Management Consulting
• Program Management
• Business Development
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Management
• Cloud Computing
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Itil
• Vendor Management
• Software Development
• Saas
• Enterprise Software