
Edmund Pérez Omella
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since September 3, 2020
Edmond is a certified project manager who is detail-oriented and very structured. He's worked for large enterprises like Nestle, Roche, and HP. Edmond has had the opportunity to manage projects working with different cultures from the USA, several European countries, the Philippines, and India. Edmond's experience at the C-level in a 70-person software consultancy company gives him a great understanding of how every project impacts the big picture.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- 3D Printing
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Innovation Labs
- Managed Services
- Medtech
- Microsoft Azure
- Process Definition
- SLA Management
Work Experience
Chief Operating Officer
Apiumhub
- Took P&L accountability and focused on operation cost reduction, achieving 100% OKRs.
- Worked on resources and client diversification, reducing budget costs from 50% for one client to less than 30% for all.
- Carried out interviews for project and account management profiles.
- Negotiated rates with clients, increasing the selling price by 13%.
- Defined and implemented an internal organizational structure.
- Served as a board member, focusing on the long-term plan, OKR definition, and execution.
IT Project Manager | Product Owner
Apiumhub (Nestlé & Mango)
- Worked on three projects with two customers, achieving 100% milestones.
- Focused on stakeholder management—top management and C-level.
- Promoted and coached scrum adoption among different teams.
- Defined US, DoR, and DoD and led all Scrum ceremonies.
- Integrated teams from India, the US, Switzerland, France, and Spain.
IT Project Manager | Product Owner
Fluendo
- Conducted workshops with end customers and defined the roadmap strategy.
- Created and controlled P&L, consistently achieving margin OKRs.
- Moved from one to seven certification centers and from zero to two distribution centers.
IT Project Manager | IT Service Delivery Manager
ERNI (Roche & Comlab)
- Managed four projects with two customers, achieving 100% milestones.
- Led the ISO 13845 audit and passed it successfully.
- Achieved over 30% margin profit in all different projects.
- Defined US, DoR, and DoD, leading all Scrum ceremonies (one team under SAFe).
- Worked on innovative offshore projects in Switzerland, Germany, and the Philippines.
Project Manager
Hewlett Packard (ERNI)
- Managed a project worth over $9 million with 26 resources working 24/7.
- Negotiated with suppliers and achieved significant cost reduction.
- Delivered 400 to 1,400 parts weekly, reducing lead shipment time from 28 to seven days.
- Resized and rearranged roles within the team to increase performance.
- Implemented OEE within the team and achieved a regular 75%.
Scrum Master
Roche (ERNI)
- Integrated internal and external teams to work as a whole, leading a 22-person Scrumban team.
- Increased resolution of 15 bugs/month up to 22 bugs/month with the same resources, raising the monthly invoicing by 146%.
- Transformed into one of the reference teams within the product and became an important asset for IPMs' (international project managers) future decisions.
QA Manager
Roche (ERNI)
- Acted as a QA manager, scrum master, and delivery manager proxy.
- Decreased 20% test cases while increasing 50% coverage in all our test plans.
- Increased from 15 to 25 bugs delivered per month (on quarter average).
- Reduced the minimum number of hotfixes delivered to single customers.
- Led an initiative to ensure that all QA team members passed the ISTQB certification exam, creating healthy competition among team members.
Project History
Central Identity Management
Achieved 100% milestones with a 38% margin when our objective was 30%. Led the agile transformation from Scrum to SAFe without impacting the delivery. Integrated a multidisciplinary team spread in three locations: Manila, Rotkreuz, and Barcelona.
3D Benchmarking Team
Increased the number of delivered parts from 400/week to 1,400/week. Decreased the number of lead shipping days from 28 to 8. Saved more than 25% of costs without impact on the delivery in a $9 million project with 20+ resources in two locations.
• Enable sales: In the last stage of the sale process, customers send us their tricky parts to test our technology.
• Marketing: Printing the most accurate parts, providing the best L&F parts with the maximum mechanical properties, and exposing them around the world.
• Backup printing: Whenever a customer's printer is down, we print their parts until the technical team resolves their issues.
• Investigation: Providing parts to the internal team to test our own technology.
Comlab Transformation
Migrated an old-fashioned app to a new tool, adding new requirements and functionalities. Transformed a team that used to work on the Waterfall model to become an effective Agile team. Reached 100% milestones, accomplishing all defined SLAs.
Roche Infinity Product Care
Increased from 15 bugs/month to 22 bugs/month with the same resources, raising the monthly invoicing to 146%. Became one of the reference teams within the product as an important asset for the IPM's (international project manager) future decisions.
Education
Master's Degree in Project Management
EAE Business School - Barcelona, Spain
Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Certifications
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
ISTQB
ISTQB
Skills
Tools
Slack, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Trello, Atlassian, Confluence, Office 365, Zoom, Jira, Asana, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Microsoft Project, Microsoft Power BI
Paradigms
Agile, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Agile Leadership, Implementation Project Management, Agile Product Management, Kanban, Testing, Software Testing, Waterfall Delivery, Agile UX
Platforms
SharePoint, Azure
Industry Expertise
Health, Healthcare, Health & Wellness
Other
Project Management, Product Management, Process Definition, Soft Skill Training, Scrum Master, Manual QA, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Empathy, Google Drive, Process Documentation, Product Owner, Health IT, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Management Systems, Project Planning, Project Reporting, Project Closure, Project Tracking, Project Delivery, Project Lifecycle, Stakeholder Management, Communication, IT Project Management, Project Management & Delivery, Smartsheet, Program Management, Risk Management, Digital Project Management, Project Management Professional (PMP), Consulting, Roadmaps, Agile Coaching, Agile Transformation, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cross-functional Team Leadership, Workshops, Process Improvement, Software Development, Acceptance Criteria, Business Requirements, Business Analysis, Planning, Project Discovery, Communications Management, Best Practices, Process Optimization, Web Applications, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Training, Process Mapping, Business Services, Management Consulting, Service Delivery Project Management, PMI, Project Scoping, Scope of Work (SOW), Business Processes, QA Testing, QA Test Plan Management, Medtech, 3D Printing, Innovation Labs, SLA Management, Service-level Agreements (SLAs), Software QA, Scrum Product Owner, Microsoft Azure, Documentation, Document Management, Managed Services, Service Delivery Management (SDM), Discovery Workshops, ISO 13485, IT Projects, Jira Administrator, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Cross-cultural Communication, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), App UX, Mobile UX, Web UX, App UI, Mobile UI, Medical Devices, Project Management Office (PMO), Waterfall Methodology, Business to Business (B2B), Deployment, Operations, Warehouse Management, Startups, Business Planning, Business Consulting, Business Process Improvement (BPI), Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM), Enterprise SaaS, Operational Efficiency Improvement, Jira Administration, Business Analytics, Benchmarking, Notion, Quality Assurance (QA), Microsoft 365, UIKit, Medical Software, Google Apps, Holded
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