Ricardo Bescos
Project Management Team Lead at KASKO- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certificat de Jeune Entrepreneur
Les Jeunes Entreprises ASBLApr, 2013- Sep, 2024
Experience
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KASKO
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United Kingdom
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Insurance
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Management Team Lead
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Sep 2019 - Present
• Co-Leading a team of five in charge of the company’s project delivery.• Managing the largest account (with >22k policies sold and >£2.1 of writtenpremium in 2019).• Oversaw capacity planning and project scoping duties.• Directly managing two project managers and overseeing their work.
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Senior Project Manager
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Sep 2018 - Sep 2019
• Managed the two largest accounts with a portfolio of 13 products (generating 43% of all recurring company revenue).• Focused on setting up best practices and defining the usage of new tools & features as the company reached over 30 people. This covered new functionalities, UX design, A/B testing & analytics.
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Junior Project Manager
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Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
• Joined as the 10th employee, delivering projects & managing accounts on Kasko’s SAAS platform for insurance companies, predominantly in German for the DACH region.• Projects focused on creating digital insurance products for a rapid market-launch - from ideation through to development & final delivery.• Key responsibilities consisted of generating a viable product vision, bridging technical & non-technical project components, managing all stakeholders, all while keeping to the tight deadlines.
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Entrepreneur First
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United Kingdom
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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400 - 500 Employee
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Fellowship Operations Assistant
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Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
Handling Operations & Partnership projects from start to finish as part of the Fellowship team. Projects incl. the Kick-Off Weekend at a budget of £30,000 in order to foster the creation of companies, requiring hands-on project management of diverse tasks such as planning - concept creation - logistics - people management.
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Talent Team Intern
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Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Helped with Project and Event Management, Marketing, and a focus on sourcing potential founders in the UK and Switzerland. Through working first hand with both proven entrepreneurs and newly built start-ups I've acquired a deeper understanding of the company-building process, deep tech world and its potential, as well as problem solving in small teams.
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Wallner GmbH
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Germany
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Construction
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Operations Assistant
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Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
Worked in the Architectural Project Planning Department, assessing and co-planning upcoming projects. Structured operational plans and bids for upcoming smaller projects of 100.000€ and below together with the studio’s commercial team.
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LJE ALUMNI
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Belgium
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Young Entrepreneur
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Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
Built a “mini-enterprise” with a team of 7 and made it profitable in less than a year. As Marketing Director created a weekly retail summary for our CEO and Accounting Manager, in order to optimise retail operations.
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Assistant Team Lead
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Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
Project managed the renovation of highly valuable decorative furniture, such as 5-star hotelchandeliers, liaising with demanding customers and staff to complete projects within the shortestpossible time period.
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Education
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2013 - 2017
University of Warwick
Bachelor’s Degree, History -
2015 - 2016
Monash University
Exchange, History -
2007 - 2013
European School Brussels
Double degree: Baccalauréat Européen | Abitur
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