Executive CV

Viktors Jesilevskis

Scaling Engineering Organisations · Delivery Reliability · Operating Models

Riga, Latvia · Fully remote viktors@niceit.space linkedin.com/in/viktors-jesilevskis ↗

Executive technology leader with 20+ years of experience building scalable engineering organisations, operating models and delivery capabilities. Combines organisational design, platform strategy, people leadership and technical judgement to improve reliability, develop leadership depth and align technology investment with business priorities. Focused on senior in-house technology leadership roles.

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Selected leadership impact

100+

engineers in a distributed European organisation

15 teams

scaled product and engineering organisation

6 countries

distributed leadership across Europe

Stronger delivery

through planning, governance and quality discipline

Reliability

improved through ownership and operational resilience

Experience

ALSO Group

Feb 2022 — Aug 2026

Head of Platforms Development

  • Led a 100+ person Platforms Development organisation across six European countries, with responsibility for engineering delivery, organisational development and technology investment.
  • Scaled a multi-team product and engineering organisation, establishing Product Ownership, QA, Architecture and Delivery Lead practices.
  • Significantly improved delivery predictability through portfolio prioritisation, structured planning, quality gates, transparent measurement and decision governance.
  • Built leadership capacity and clear team autonomy through defined escalation practices and people development.
  • Significantly improved platform reliability by strengthening service ownership, engineering standards and operational resilience.
  • Represented Delivery & Architecture in senior platform governance, aligning technology, product and business stakeholders across a complex digital platform portfolio.

Accenture

Sep 2005 — Jan 2022

Microsoft Modern Workplace Service Lead · Microsoft Custom Development Capability Lead · Engagement Lead

  • Built a Microsoft Modern Workplace, Power Platform and automation shared service from 2 to 12 people, creating a catalogue-based delivery model for 6–7 clients.
  • Reduced client access to delivery capacity from months to weeks; typical initial engagements lasted several months and around 70% of sold work led to follow-on services.
  • Built Accenture Latvia’s Microsoft Custom Development capability from the ground up to more than 100 professionals, with approximately €4M annual P&L responsibility.
  • Built a leadership structure of 4 Delivery Leads, 10 Technical Leads and 5 Architects, supported by technical communities, engineering standards and architecture governance.
  • Led distributed enterprise programmes in healthcare, digital commerce, government case management and telecommunications.

Earlier career

.NET Developer, CTXM (2004) · Development Lead, HORTUS Digital (2000–2004) · Developer, SIA IPC (1997–2000)