Andriy Umryk

Andriy Umryk is the current CTO at Socialpoint. Andriy has 4 years and 6 months of experience with the company in various positions including CTO and VP Technology. Prior to Socialpoint, Umryk worked at Bigpoint GmbH for 4 years and 9 months as Technical Director Games and Tech Lead. In these positions, they were responsible for technology startegy, R&D of upcoming technologies and platforms, Regular monitoring and analyzes available competitors technology approaches and overall development trends, Overseeing and consulting on commending technology prototypes, Quality and expertise, Regular technical evaluation of internal products, Technical due diligence of 3rd party studios and projects, Set transparent and efficient reporting/escalation process for technical issues, Establish and maintain department standards and processes, Manage interfaces between game teams and other departments(CTO, Live games mgmt, etc), Development process, Organize project tech teams and oversee processes to increase team's efficiency and calability, Together with product producer, development lead identify roles and responsibilities for engineers, Monitor official project's technical documentation and stages deliverables in regards to company wide development process, Provide additional input to other disciplines/stakeholders on the reasonability of goals and impact to the overall project timeline, Technical recruitment and staffing, Manage recruitment queues, Technical screening for senior, expert and lead developers, Develop and maintain assessment documentation, Monitor technical recruitment quality, Specify and maintain up to date job descriptions, Monitor technical staff situation in game teams, Professional personal development, Organize the active exchange of knowledge and solutions across development teams, Inform developers about various internal professional opportunities. Create new opportunities, Assure technical training and guidance for engineering staff including the promotion of best-practices and standards, Organize and oversee tech leads with annual technical reviews of the developers.

Andriy Umryk has a master of science from the National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute'. Andriy also has a Machine Learning: Implementation in Business from the MIT Sloan School of Management and an Executive Education from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

The team that Andriy Umryk works with includes Sofia Gilyazova, Alexandre Macmillan, Dima Pinchuk, Pasqual Batalla, Stephen Routledge, and Norberto Degara.