Senior Project Manager

• Jan 2019 - Present

Currently managing multiple projects at Atlas's biopharma customer MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) in the areas of Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and Visualization. Currently managing multiple projects at Atlas's biopharma customer MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) in the areas of Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and Visualization.

Senior Project Manager

• Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

Managed a Teradata platform migration and upgrade at Axians redtoo's biopharma customer MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme). The project scope included: - Installation and setup of the new infrastructure in the company data center in the US - Qualification of the infrastructure in accordance to the company policies and external regulations - Regression testing and migration of over 100 downstream applications - Decommissioning of the previous platform - Management of the 3rd party suppliers involved - Responsibility for a budget of over 5M USD

Lecturer

• Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

Lectured a 2 week Project Management course for international students at the European Summer School. Lectured a 2 week Project Management course for international students at the European Summer School.

Transition and Transformation Program Manager

• Jun 2014 - Oct 2016

- Managed the IBM Transition and Transformation Program supporting the Norsk Hydro ASA and Orkla ASA joint venture - Led a program organization spread across 8 countries - Responsible for overall budget of 1.5M USD This program included the migration of 89 sites across Europe, Americas and Asia onto a common IT infrastructure, plus the global deployment of innovative services in the Mobility (Fiberlink's MaaS360) and Security areas (QRadar SIEM). - Managed the IBM Transition and Transformation Program supporting the Norsk Hydro ASA and Orkla ASA joint venture - Led a program organization spread across 8 countries - Responsible for overall budget of 1.5M USD This program included the migration of 89 sites across Europe, Americas and Asia onto a common IT infrastructure, plus the global deployment of innovative services in the Mobility (Fiberlink's MaaS360) and Security areas (QRadar SIEM).

Manager, Project Management and Business Analysis

• Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

- Managed a team of 5 people (Business Analysts and Project Managers)- Oversaw the portfolio of projects in the Systems Development department- Managed business systems and software development projects and programs- Led the definition and implementation of Project Management, Business Analysis and Change Management best practicesThe majority of projects involved software development and system change across the Commercial, Service Delivery and Customer Support areas of Interoute. The systems in scope were all the CRM, NMS and Inventory systems in the company (i.e. Siebel, SMARTS/IONICS, SCOM and Cramer)

Principal Project Manager

• Apr 2012 - Sep 2012

- Provided full life-cycle project management for both standalone software development projects and within larger programs- Liaised with stakeholders- Identified, documented and maintained Business Cases- Built and maintained effective cross-functional project teams- Facilitated the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables- Worked with Business Analysts, Solution Architects and systems development teams- Contributed to the refinement of project, analysis and change management processes and practice

Project Manager

• Jun 2010 - Mar 2012

- Delivered global infrastructure projects for IBM customers with budget up to 1.5M Eur - Managed multiple virtual teams across the globe - Liaised with customers at CIO level Typical projects included: - Application migrations (i.e. Oracle eBusiness suite, M3/Movex, SAP) - Site migrations from customer internal IT services to IBM - Platform migrations - Transition and Transformation for new customers (including set up of the delivery organization and datacenter infrastructure) Specific areas of responsibility: - Budgeting and forecasting - Project Portfolio management - Risk management - Process improvement initiatives - Stakeholder management

Sabbatical

• Sep 2009 - May 2010

I took a period of Sabbatical leave to travel around the world and to . conduct business planning and research for a number of startups. I took a period of Sabbatical leave to travel around the world and to . conduct business planning and research for a number of startups.

Product Manager

• Dec 2007 - Aug 2009

Despite its name, my role as Product Manager was not typical.In DHL the Product Manager role corresponded more to that of an IT Manager fully responsible for services delivered to a specific part of the DHL business. In my case I was responsible for the Freight business including full P&L responsibility (6.5M EUR per year).Because DHL business units are free to purchase IT services from our competitors, my main objectives were to maintain a close relationship with customers (in cooperation with the Account Managers), increase market share and revenue, while fine tuning the development and support processes to insure the delivery of high quality IT services and keeping costs under control.- Responsible for the portfolio of services offered to the European Freight business units.- Managed the development and evolution of the Freight IT products. - Managed the relationship with the customers and exploited new opportunities to increase the market share.- Led a matrix organization of 6 project managers, 8 developers, 4 business analysts and one product expert in addition to teams of developers from multiple different suppliers near-shore and off-shore.Major achievements:- Freight sub-domain's revenue increased from 5m Eur to 6,5m Eur in 2008.- Development teams and delivery capacity expanded to match the demand while maintaining the quality of the services delivered.- Project teams remained focused and productive during a prolonged period of uncertainty due to major organizational changes.

Domain Manager

• Mar 2007 - Nov 2007

- Responsible for the service support and delivery of a set of business critical services.- Directly managed a team of 10 professionals and experts to provide 2nd level support, technical acceptance testing, release to production and actuation of the service improvement programs.- Single point of contact for the customers for all the matters related to the service delivery.Major achievements:- Increased the stability and reliability of the services and the customer satisfaction trough a number of technical improvements and optimization of the support processes.- Two major releases of the Shipment service deployed to 26 countries without negative impact on the production environment .- Received a very special achievement award for outstanding performance.- Service levels and team productivity maintained during a major organizational change (split between supply and demand organizations).

Team Leader

• May 2006 - Feb 2007

Performed activities very similar to the activities performed as a domain manger with the difference that the team led in this position and the number of services managed was smaller.Major achievements:- Contributed to the improvement of the incident management process in the Prague data-center achieved by close cooperation with the service desk and operations.- Received a very special achievement award for outstanding performance.

Technical Leader

• Oct 2005 - Apr 2006

- Main expert and reference point for technical queries related to the Shipment service with a strong knowledge of the Express business processes supported by the service.- Provided consultancy and expertise for all the projects related to the Shipment service.- Performed analysis and resolution of particularly complex problems affecting the service availability and performance.

Support and Deployment Analyst

• Mar 2004 - Oct 2005

- Performed 2nd level support and deployment activities for a number of services delivered to the DHL Express business units.- Maintained daily contact with the end users for the resolution of incidents and problems.Major achievements:- Received a very special achievement award for outstanding performance.

Communication Specialist

• Dec 2003 - Mar 2004

Conducted marketing surveys and sales of products for clients in the telecommunications industry. Conducted marketing surveys and sales of products for clients in the telecommunications industry.

Project Manager

• Feb 2002 - Sep 2003

- Involved in all the projects regarding technological applications, with particular regard for computer networks. - Cooperated with partner companies and coordinated the resources from these companies. - Performed technical pre-sales activities. - Involved in all the projects regarding technological applications, with particular regard for computer networks. - Cooperated with partner companies and coordinated the resources from these companies. - Performed technical pre-sales activities.

Hardware technician

• Nov 2001 - Jan 2002