ALEKSEI PEREZHOGIN
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER | ML/AI & CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DELIVERY
Valencia, Spain | Eligible to work in the EU | Open to relocation to Madrid and other European locations
@aperezzini | aperezzini@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/perezhogin
PROFILETechnical Project Manager with 10+ years of experience coordinating enterprise software, ML/AI and systems-integration initiatives in complex B2B environments. Skilled in establishing delivery processes, structuring ambiguous requirements, facilitating technical discussions and identifying scope, resource, data and integration risks. Led a four-year ML-based predictive analytics program from initial concept to production rollout across four subsidiaries. Also worked in a university-linked software startup founded by active academics, gaining practical familiarity with research-led product development, academic stakeholders and the working realities of an academic environment.
CORE EXPERTISEProcess management and continuous improvement | Multi-project coordination | ML/AI project facilitation | Requirements analysis and validation | Scope, dependency and risk management | SDLC: Waterfall, hybrid, Scrum and Kanban practices | Cross-functional communication | Academic and research-oriented stakeholder coordination | Change control and delivery planning | Enterprise integrations and data-quality risks
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEProject Manager — Digital Epoch
May 2025 — Present · Remote · IT, systems integration, consulting● Managed the full software delivery lifecycle — from discovery and scoping to release and post-launch support — delivering 12+ releases with a 94% on-time milestone rate and keeping budget variance within 5%
● Led a cross-functional team of 7 (developers, QA, business analyst, UX, DevOps) in Scrum with 2-week sprints; introduced structured backlog grooming and estimation, increasing average sprint velocity by 20% and cutting unplanned scope carry-over to under 10%
● Served as the single point of contact between business stakeholders, product owners and engineering: consolidated and prioritized requirements, managed change requests through a formal approval flow, and reported status to top management bi-weekly — reducing requirement-related rework by 25%
● Maintained a live risk register and dependency map, controlled budget and resource allocation, and tracked delivery via KPIs (burndown, defect leakage, lead time); reduced production defect leakage by 30% and shortened time-to-market by 18%.
Business Partner Consultant — CRPLAB / MYCESYS
February 2024 — December 2025 · EU · IT, software development● Analyzed market opportunities and planned go-to-market strategy for the product (mycesys.com)
● Provided strategic and operational consulting to optimize project and business processes
● Ensured coordination between the internal development team and external partners; developed partnerships
Project Manager —ARHITEX
November 2024 — April 2025 · Remote· IT consulting, oil & gas industry● Built and controlled project budgets; owned and prioritized the task backlog
● Tracked work schedules and task completion status through delivery
● Conducted project audits and prepared process improvement plans
● Built direct, effective communication with clients
Key Account Project Manager — Tibbo Systems (Aggregate Union LLC)
May 2019 — July 2024 · Russia/Remote · IT, systems integration, software development●
Led a product through the full delivery cycle — a web service built on machine learning for predictive analytics of industrial equipment (electric submersible pumps), from requirements gathering to release; result: a 30% reduction in unplanned equipment downtime for the client
● Delivered the project on schedule and initiated its rollout to subsidiary companies across the group
● Coordinated communication and synchronized priorities between the client team and the development team
● Took part in setting up and analyzing A/B tests of the product interface together with the development and design teams
● Managed project risk and subcontractors; controlled budget and timeline
● Reviewed project and technical documentation
EARLIER EXPERIENCE
CompuLink Group - Client Manager (2017-2018): closed contracts totaling approximately RUB 40m; coordinated contractor partners and clarified client requirements.
Business Computer Center (BCC) - Manager, Industrial & Infrastructure Projects (2013-2017): managed up to five concurrent data-center, low-voltage and IT-infrastructure projects with budgets up to RUB 60m.
STELLBERG - Sales Manager (2011-2013): managed commercial proposals, tenders and client accounts.
TOOLS & DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
Project and collaboration tools: Jira, Confluence, Notion, Redmine, ClickUp, Excel and Google Sheets.
Delivery methods: Waterfall, hybrid delivery, Scrum and Kanban practices; risk registers, SLA management, change control, requirements analysis and recurring project reviews.
Technical context: ML/AI project lifecycle, data availability and quality, Industrial IoT, cloud services, enterprise integrations, telemetry, monitoring, predictive maintenance and client-server architecture.
AI-assisted work: ChatGPT, Claude and Claude Code for research, documentation, presentations and rapid prototyping.
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS & LANGUAGES
Education: Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University - Theoretical Physics; Institute of Information Technologies - Systems Analysis and Management; Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239.
Selected certifications: Foundations of Project Management (Coursera); What is Data Science? (Coursera); Data Science Orientation (Credly).
Languages: Russian - native; English - professional working proficiency C1; Spanish - A1-A2.
