Lenka Zajacova
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English Full professional proficiency
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German Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Slovak Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Certified SAFe® 5 Program Consultant
Scaled Agile, Inc.Feb, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Project Management Professional
Project Management InstituteNov, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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ESET
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Slovakia
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President of Corporate Project Management
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Jun 2023 - Present
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Head of Corporate PMO
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Aug 2021 - May 2023
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Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia
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Slovakia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Service Hub Owner
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Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
Leading agile program called 'Business Capability Operations' with app. 280 colleagues based on Scaled agile framework (Shared Service) for Monitoring solutions, Lean Business Operations and continuous quality improvement initiatives, driving collaboration on quality and stability topics across Deutsche Telekom IT
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Deputy Head Of Department
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Jun 2019 - Oct 2020
Deputy head of department, covering 8 teams of application operations, SAP basis, project management, application development and internal IT services. Driving additional projects related to diversity & inclusion, reorganization and agile way of working (introduction of agile centre of excellence in SK)
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Head of Team Project Management team at Telekom IT
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Mar 2017 - May 2019
Head of team of project management unit Driving growth of the unit by 100% over a year Shaping and driving development activities for project managers Supporting local community with key topics
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Chairman & Member Board Of Directors
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2015 - Nov 2020
Slovak Institute of Project Management Slovak Institute of Project Management
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Deutsche Telekom
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Germany
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Project manager IT@Motion
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May 2017 - Jul 2019
07/18 - 06/19 Leading change program for International cross-country cooperation with aim to ensure handover of business responsibilities to international subsidiaries of Telekom IT Lead of international Agile Academy Telekom IT 05/17 - 07/18 Facilitating change program for Operations with 7 streams Driving improvements with core team of almost 30 enthusiasts from Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia and Poland for new age of IT and with larger group of over 100 colleagues across… Show more 07/18 - 06/19 Leading change program for International cross-country cooperation with aim to ensure handover of business responsibilities to international subsidiaries of Telekom IT Lead of international Agile Academy Telekom IT 05/17 - 07/18 Facilitating change program for Operations with 7 streams Driving improvements with core team of almost 30 enthusiasts from Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia and Poland for new age of IT and with larger group of over 100 colleagues across multiple levels of company Using new methods to challenge and improve collaboration Show less 07/18 - 06/19 Leading change program for International cross-country cooperation with aim to ensure handover of business responsibilities to international subsidiaries of Telekom IT Lead of international Agile Academy Telekom IT 05/17 - 07/18 Facilitating change program for Operations with 7 streams Driving improvements with core team of almost 30 enthusiasts from Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia and Poland for new age of IT and with larger group of over 100 colleagues across… Show more 07/18 - 06/19 Leading change program for International cross-country cooperation with aim to ensure handover of business responsibilities to international subsidiaries of Telekom IT Lead of international Agile Academy Telekom IT 05/17 - 07/18 Facilitating change program for Operations with 7 streams Driving improvements with core team of almost 30 enthusiasts from Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia and Poland for new age of IT and with larger group of over 100 colleagues across multiple levels of company Using new methods to challenge and improve collaboration Show less
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T-Systems International
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Germany
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Global PM Community Communication Lead & Coordinator | Project Management Office
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Nov 2015 - Jun 2017
Areas of responsibility: coordination of global project management community at T-Systems International & member Project Deal and Performance management, team Standards, Process and Tools (global Project management office at T-Systems) Responsibility: - marketing communication, including steering calls, newsletters, online communication - event marketing - development of strategic qualification measures for project management community - SPOC for all project management units… Show more Areas of responsibility: coordination of global project management community at T-Systems International & member Project Deal and Performance management, team Standards, Process and Tools (global Project management office at T-Systems) Responsibility: - marketing communication, including steering calls, newsletters, online communication - event marketing - development of strategic qualification measures for project management community - SPOC for all project management units of the community - coaching activities - driving the sharing spirit Show less Areas of responsibility: coordination of global project management community at T-Systems International & member Project Deal and Performance management, team Standards, Process and Tools (global Project management office at T-Systems) Responsibility: - marketing communication, including steering calls, newsletters, online communication - event marketing - development of strategic qualification measures for project management community - SPOC for all project management units… Show more Areas of responsibility: coordination of global project management community at T-Systems International & member Project Deal and Performance management, team Standards, Process and Tools (global Project management office at T-Systems) Responsibility: - marketing communication, including steering calls, newsletters, online communication - event marketing - development of strategic qualification measures for project management community - SPOC for all project management units of the community - coaching activities - driving the sharing spirit Show less
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Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia
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Slovakia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Team | Project management | PM Competence centre & certified T-Systems internal PM trainer
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Dec 2014 - Oct 2015
Areas of responsibility: - as Head of team: Functional direct management of 14 team members (project managers) - as PM Competence centre: PM community development, training & event management, support in project management standard implementation Achievements: development, launching and implementation of new training program for T-Systems Slovakia PM Community (over 90% satisfaction rate after one year of implementation); organization of T-Systems Slovakia Project management community… Show more Areas of responsibility: - as Head of team: Functional direct management of 14 team members (project managers) - as PM Competence centre: PM community development, training & event management, support in project management standard implementation Achievements: development, launching and implementation of new training program for T-Systems Slovakia PM Community (over 90% satisfaction rate after one year of implementation); organization of T-Systems Slovakia Project management community conferences (3 years) and further PM community events; launching implementation of global advanced training project management program in Slovakia
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Project Management Office | Co-founder and Strategic Project Management | PR & marketing
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Jul 2013 - Oct 2015
Project Management Office | Co-founder Co-established the PMO within T-Systems Slovakia (TSSK). Involved in initiation and execution phases of introducing the PMO. Directly responsible for outlining all required processes in PM governance and defining organizational structure. Responsible for implementation of key changes in PM governance and PM community development set-up in TSSK. Involvement in definition of career paths and training model for project managers in TSSK. Focus on… Show more Project Management Office | Co-founder Co-established the PMO within T-Systems Slovakia (TSSK). Involved in initiation and execution phases of introducing the PMO. Directly responsible for outlining all required processes in PM governance and defining organizational structure. Responsible for implementation of key changes in PM governance and PM community development set-up in TSSK. Involvement in definition of career paths and training model for project managers in TSSK. Focus on Quality: Responsible for Area of Quality management – PM peer (reviewer of quality standards and implementation of TSI project management methodology) for all types of projects, providing lectures on quality management in TSI. Cooperation with global TSI PMO in project management methodology definition and implementation; aligning projects with TSI standards Strategic Project Management | PR & marketing As experienced marketing manager, responsible for promotion of Strategic Project Management department. Organized several project management events (1st PM Community Conference at TSSK, Strategic Project Management Open Doors Day, Round tables with Senior PMs) as well as lectures (e.g. PM tool EPM course). Regular author of articles in company’s magazine ‘TSSK News’, updating team site, blog, PM community sites
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HP Service Availability Management | Project Manager
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Dec 2013 - Dec 2014
HP Service Availability Management | Project Manager As Project Manager, supporting Program manager in steering project team consisting of project managers, solution architects, system management engineering and operations from cross global delivery departments within T-Systems Intenational (TSI), including local business units in all TSI global subsidiaries. Involved in full project lifecycle. Project scope: One of top 3 TSI internal global projects. Design and development of company… Show more HP Service Availability Management | Project Manager As Project Manager, supporting Program manager in steering project team consisting of project managers, solution architects, system management engineering and operations from cross global delivery departments within T-Systems Intenational (TSI), including local business units in all TSI global subsidiaries. Involved in full project lifecycle. Project scope: One of top 3 TSI internal global projects. Design and development of company global system management standards based on HP toolset including full replacement of Tivoli (IBM) solution with scope of rollout of 60 000 systems (project budget: 10,4 mio Eur; core project team: 20 people) Achievements: facilitating development of new monitoring and discovery standards for TSI based on HP solution, coordination of building-up new global infrastructure to support the solution, ensuring global stakeholder management, participated in development of feasible rollout strategy with no impact on customers Areas of responsibilities: above all, Time management, Cost management, Change management, Quality management, Risk management, Communication management Stakeholder and communication management: Moderated System management section at global TSI conference ATTIC focusing on automation and innovations in ICT and TSI in March 2014 where speech was given regarding trainings and management of change of the project
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EPCOS Transformation | Project and Key Migrations Coordinator
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Aug 2013 - Dec 2013
As Project and Key migration coordinator, managed successful project key migrations as well as provided support to lead project manager in areas of cost, quality and time management. Transformation: at first looked like a standard migration from classical standalone server solution to Dynamic Services, turned out to be a complex project providing new solution that TSI has never implemented before (project budget: 1,8 mio Eur; core project team: 12 people) Project Management History… Show more As Project and Key migration coordinator, managed successful project key migrations as well as provided support to lead project manager in areas of cost, quality and time management. Transformation: at first looked like a standard migration from classical standalone server solution to Dynamic Services, turned out to be a complex project providing new solution that TSI has never implemented before (project budget: 1,8 mio Eur; core project team: 12 people) Project Management History - continued Achievements: Facilitating tight and professional cooperation within the TSI where project team involved people from Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Malaysia and Singapore, resulting in successful pioneering migration; close cooperation with Service Manager Personal involvement: showed a great deal of expertise, knowledge and experience proving to be decisive during the most critical steps, outstanding dedication and involvement especially during the key productive environment migration (management of 48 hour migration with direct reporting to TSI top management). It has been recognized not only by the TSI management but more importantly, in the end, by the globally operating customer
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KOŠICE – Turizmus
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Kosice, Slovakia
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Marketing, PR and event manager
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Aug 2010 - Jun 2013
Destination marketing manager responsible for promotion including PR of the city of Košice as a travel destination which involved among others management of exhibitions and presentations, online & email marketing, preparation of publications and presentation materials, copywriting, development of travel products, sales promotion, media relations, management of small projects. Event management: organization of top city tourism events, e.g. Kosice Gurman Fest (Food festival), Kosice Wine… Show more Destination marketing manager responsible for promotion including PR of the city of Košice as a travel destination which involved among others management of exhibitions and presentations, online & email marketing, preparation of publications and presentation materials, copywriting, development of travel products, sales promotion, media relations, management of small projects. Event management: organization of top city tourism events, e.g. Kosice Gurman Fest (Food festival), Kosice Wine Festival, hosting World Ice hockey Championship 2011 (organization of welcome activities, press trips and tourist info points including coordination of team of 40 volunteers) Achievements: set-up of first city destination management organization (DMO) into functional local tourist board with functional destination marketing and wide networking. Development of top city products and putting Kosice onto tourism map as European Capital of Culture 2013. Initiation and successful implementation of all key destination marketing and PR activities. Leadership: challenging management of key players in the DMO which has almost 40 members, successful management of expectations and requests Cooperation: with government, national and international tourist boards which resulted in change in legislature (Law on Support of Tourism) Show less Destination marketing manager responsible for promotion including PR of the city of Košice as a travel destination which involved among others management of exhibitions and presentations, online & email marketing, preparation of publications and presentation materials, copywriting, development of travel products, sales promotion, media relations, management of small projects. Event management: organization of top city tourism events, e.g. Kosice Gurman Fest (Food festival), Kosice Wine… Show more Destination marketing manager responsible for promotion including PR of the city of Košice as a travel destination which involved among others management of exhibitions and presentations, online & email marketing, preparation of publications and presentation materials, copywriting, development of travel products, sales promotion, media relations, management of small projects. Event management: organization of top city tourism events, e.g. Kosice Gurman Fest (Food festival), Kosice Wine Festival, hosting World Ice hockey Championship 2011 (organization of welcome activities, press trips and tourist info points including coordination of team of 40 volunteers) Achievements: set-up of first city destination management organization (DMO) into functional local tourist board with functional destination marketing and wide networking. Development of top city products and putting Kosice onto tourism map as European Capital of Culture 2013. Initiation and successful implementation of all key destination marketing and PR activities. Leadership: challenging management of key players in the DMO which has almost 40 members, successful management of expectations and requests Cooperation: with government, national and international tourist boards which resulted in change in legislature (Law on Support of Tourism) Show less
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Casa Invest, s.r.o. and Kabana, s.r.o.
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Kosice, Slovakia
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Project Manager
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Mar 2007 - Apr 2009
Parallel project management of 2 real estate projects based on PMI methodology Role: project manager covering also marketing management topics • Vysny Lorincik / Residential housing project (preparation of facilities - water, sewage, electricity, gas, roads, internet connection, green areas for 165 houses, area of 180 thousand sq m; project budget: 7 mio Eur; project team: 20 people) • Puskinova 3 / Reconstruction of an office building for the tenant / IT company - development centre… Show more Parallel project management of 2 real estate projects based on PMI methodology Role: project manager covering also marketing management topics • Vysny Lorincik / Residential housing project (preparation of facilities - water, sewage, electricity, gas, roads, internet connection, green areas for 165 houses, area of 180 thousand sq m; project budget: 7 mio Eur; project team: 20 people) • Puskinova 3 / Reconstruction of an office building for the tenant / IT company - development centre (complete reconstruction of a listed national monument 4-storey building, former school of 5000 sqm into A class premises; project budget: 3,5 mio Eur; project team: 20 people) Areas of responsibilities: initiation of the projects, planning, team development, communication management and resource management, managing the relationships with investors, bureaus, local authorities, suppliers and customers (all project stakeholders), cost management (financial reports, tracking costs and economic agenda), procurement, quality, claim and risk management, closing of project (handover to customers/tenants), managing advertising campaign including online marketing, publications and presentations of the projects Initiaton of the project Downtown / New business centre in Kosice - including change of city urban plan (project budget: 30 mio Eur; project team: 15 people) New business opportunities: Preparation of presentations and coordination for further real estate investments Show less Parallel project management of 2 real estate projects based on PMI methodology Role: project manager covering also marketing management topics • Vysny Lorincik / Residential housing project (preparation of facilities - water, sewage, electricity, gas, roads, internet connection, green areas for 165 houses, area of 180 thousand sq m; project budget: 7 mio Eur; project team: 20 people) • Puskinova 3 / Reconstruction of an office building for the tenant / IT company - development centre… Show more Parallel project management of 2 real estate projects based on PMI methodology Role: project manager covering also marketing management topics • Vysny Lorincik / Residential housing project (preparation of facilities - water, sewage, electricity, gas, roads, internet connection, green areas for 165 houses, area of 180 thousand sq m; project budget: 7 mio Eur; project team: 20 people) • Puskinova 3 / Reconstruction of an office building for the tenant / IT company - development centre (complete reconstruction of a listed national monument 4-storey building, former school of 5000 sqm into A class premises; project budget: 3,5 mio Eur; project team: 20 people) Areas of responsibilities: initiation of the projects, planning, team development, communication management and resource management, managing the relationships with investors, bureaus, local authorities, suppliers and customers (all project stakeholders), cost management (financial reports, tracking costs and economic agenda), procurement, quality, claim and risk management, closing of project (handover to customers/tenants), managing advertising campaign including online marketing, publications and presentations of the projects Initiaton of the project Downtown / New business centre in Kosice - including change of city urban plan (project budget: 30 mio Eur; project team: 15 people) New business opportunities: Preparation of presentations and coordination for further real estate investments Show less
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JUDr. Dana Husťaková - Law office
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Kosice, Slovakia
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Law office consultant for bankruptcy law and management of voluntary auctions
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2006 - 2007
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Akademia vzdelavania (Academy of Education)
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Kosice, Slovakia
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English Language Lector
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2006 - 2007
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Eurotel Praha, currently Telefonica O2 CZ
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Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic
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Marketing assistant
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2004 - 2005
administration of the marketing fund and marketing campaigns, management of relationships and close cooperation with partners and clients administration of the marketing fund and marketing campaigns, management of relationships and close cooperation with partners and clients
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LIA Language School
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Bandung Area, West Java, Indonesia
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Educational trainee
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Feb 2004 - Jun 2004
educational traineeship including presentation of Slovakia and teaching English language educational traineeship including presentation of Slovakia and teaching English language
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Education
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University of Economics, Prague
Engineer's Degree, Faculty of International Relations -
University of Prešov in Prešov, Faculty of Management
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Exchange program by Ministry of Education Czech republic, Economia del Derecho