Managing Consultant DWH/BI/BigData/Analytics (freelance)

• Jan 2018 - Present

Working on the DWH/BI implementation projects and consulting assignments in the various banks, financial institutions, pharmacy, automotive and other notable businesses, in the Czech Republic and around the Europe. It is pleasure to be part of such an experienced, high-performance team, delivering excellent and exceptional solutions and results to the clients. Above that, friendly and open environment, cooperative people and no bureaucracy known from the large corporations … Sounds good? Join our team! Show less

Freelance IT Consultant & Manager

• May 2017 - Present

After many years of senior management roles responsible for huge parts of IT organizations, leading departments from 30 to 120 people, in the big international companies and financial institutions, sharing my experience, expertise, leadership, and advanced people management skills as a freelance contractor. Working on short term as well as long term contracts in the areas of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Master Data Management, Data Quality, Application Software Development, IT Architecture, IT Operations, IT Processes, IT Governance, Interim Management etc. Show less

Certified Coach (Psychological Coaching in various areas of life)

• May 2012 - Present

Product Development Manager (freelance contract)

• May 2017 - Oct 2017

Leading team of talented and hardworking professionals, focused on the enterprise software development (JAVA EE or PHP), solution delivery and customer support. Providing valuable products and services to the clients mainly in the banking and finance business areas on the Czech market. Main developed and supported products: BINF (provisioning of mandatory statutory assistance and information, execution management and automation), SDBox (effective and intuitive data boxes management - no data message would be lost or unsettled), KNBox (cadastre/land registry communication and real estate record monitoring), ISIRBox (collecting and processing of data from insolvency register to monitor client portfolios and related risks). Show less

Head of Business Alignment

• Sep 2015 - Apr 2017

Senior leader reporting directly to CIO and member of Board. Accountable for business-IT alignment in definition and execution of business strategy, for continuous improvement of IT spent, for productivity of IT, for IT processes and for transparent communication. Providing leadership, mentoring and coaching to the supported managers and team members to achieve their optimum performance levels and professional development. Main for areas of responsibility: Strategy Management, IT Architecture, Demand Management, Requirement Analysis, Business Relationship Management, Service Level Management, IT Controlling & Financial Management, IT Governance, IT Processes and IT Risk Management. Show less

Associate Director, Master Data Management

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Senior Manager - IT Service Delivery

• Aug 2012 - May 2015

Senior Manager of IT Service Delivery department - responsible for application processing, end user services, management of application and technical infrastructure, management of the data centers and IT business continuity processes. Proud leader of nearly 120 experienced and hard working IT professionals providing high quality services to ensure our business operations and growth.

IT Manager - Service Delivery / Application Processing

• Dec 2011 - Jul 2012

I was pleased to become a leader of IT Service Delivery, department of Application Processing. The team focuses on the high quality services in systems administration and application processing related to the financial services area, thus supporting company employees, as well as our clients in many important ways. Thanks guys for all the cooperation, support and help...

Data Governance Manager

• Mar 2011 - Oct 2012

Introducing Data Management, Data Governance and Data Quality principles and practices to the GE Money Bank. Establishing new Data Management strategy based on industry standard DAMA DMBOK – Data Management Body of Knowledge. Launching new information ownership model and policies. Establishing Operational Data Quality processes, measurements and data quality reporting platform.

IT Manager - Business Intelligence

• Jan 2004 - Mar 2011

Leadership and management of Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing development team. Strategy, architecture, methodology, quality, compliance, processes and best-practices definition and enforcement. Cooperation with internal customers on business specification preparation and clarification of business needs. Reviews and corrections of new increments and changes to ensure consistent overall solution architecture. Solution concepts proposals, methodical and strategic leadership. Active cooperation on various projects as an Oracle, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence principal consultant. Evaluation of individual employee performance and achievements, definition of personal development plans, mentoring and internal training. Negotiation with various vendors and parties. Show less

MIS / Data Warehouse Senior Consultant (independent contractor/freelancer)

• Apr 2002 - Dec 2003

Continuous improvement of complex Data Warehouse system for GE Money Bank and GE Money Auto. Analysis, design and development of a brand new Data Warehouse for GE Money Multiservis Czech and later customized implementation for GE Multiservis Slovakia. Production support, analysis and correction of production problems related to ETL processes, source code as well as the data. Analysis of user requirements, solution design, large-scale Oracle database and ETL processes optimization. Design and development of specialized Data Marts with a pre-calculated and consolidated data to support specific reporting, measurement and analysis tasks. Various consulting services related to Oracle technologies and Data Warehousing. Show less

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Senior Consultant

• Jan 2001 - Mar 2002

Analysis of user requirements, Data Warehouse solution proposals, construction of database models in CASE tools, design and development of ETL processes. Programming of ETL transformations and packages using SQL, PL/SQL and operating system scripts. SQL query and database model optimization. Expert support of end user reporting and data analysis activities. Technical support provided to the customer side IT operations staff running the production system environment. Major customers: SME Ostrava, GE Money Multiservis, GE Money Leasing, GE Money Bank, Oskar (Vodafone)… Show less

Oracle Technologies Consultant

• 1996 - Dec 2000

Analyst/Programmer

• 1993 - 1996