Curriculum Vitae

Vladimír Zaujec

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Phone: +421 918 628 380
E-mail address: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
PROFILE:

Experienced project manager with strong IT and business start-up background, self-motivated and proven to deliver in uncertain or challenging circumstances. Proactive problem solver able to apply innovative and creative approach to problems, instinctively driving towards improvement. pro-business and customer orientated, performs effectively even outside of position boundaries.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

Strong analytical skills Creative thinker and problem solver
Good team player Pro-business and customer oriented
Excellent communication skills Natural can-do attitude

CAREER HISTORY:

2010 – present Migration Project Manager
Hewlett-Packard Slovakia s.r.o.

Leader of mission critical migration projects under tools retirement program. As a pilot EMEA project manager was in charge of effective migration process design for the region.

Responsibilities:
Responsible for start-up phase of workflow migration program within EMEA region
Accountable for strategic on-time migration delivery of assigned accounts
Managing virtual project teams (up to 15 people) distributed over 5 countries

Achievements:
Delivered migration vehicle as a key element to execute the program within the region.
Designed and continuously improved migration process - teams were able to leverage earned knowledge, perform more efficiently and measure progress transparently on per project basis.
Drove migration projects of unforeseen scope for two region’s most complex and several smaller accounts, majority delivered ahead of time.
Trained and supported six new migration project managers to speed up overall migration progress. All of the above prevented 1 M USD monthly contractual penalization for late program delivery.

2008 – 2010 Service Portal Tools Implementation Lead / Project Manager
Hewlett-Packard Slovakia s.r.o.

Leader of multiple transformation projects for external customers from their current state to the defined operating model. Proactive owner of two global tools for EMEA production engineering.

Responsibilities:
Responsible/accountable for delivery of transformed accounts
Managing virtual project teams distributed over EMEA region
Deployment of production engineering tools in compliance with service level requirements and in line with global delivery standards

Achievements:
On time delivered several customer facing projects, participated in transformation of the largest EMEA customer.
Piloted deployment of interactive chat tool within the region and its integration with work flow to meet contractual obligation of crucial EMEA transformation project.
Achieved development of global incident management notification tool new functionality. Modification resulted in improved customer service and new revenue stream for presales activities.
Green belt six sigma project – automation of manual notifications for change management process. The improvement currently saves 100k USD annually with potential to be used globally.

2006 – 2008 Managing director / Founder
www.World2People.com

The core idea of the commercial project was in design, outsourced crafting and retail sale of unique high-end gift items composed of raw materials collected at various exotic geographical locations worldwide.

Responsibilities:
Business plan and business model development
Pilot product line development coordination (with Czech manufacturer), packaging development coordination and optimization (with both Slovak and Chinese suppliers)
Legal background and protection (product design patent)
Sales training (performed in USA), negotiations with partners and retail stores
Project web site co-design and development/SEO

2005 – 2007 Project manager / Co-owner
www.OutdoorZone.Sk

Founder of the first outdoor e-shop in Slovakia launched in September 2005.

Responsibilities:
Business plan and business model co-development
Development of a rock climbing competition web site sponsored by OutdoorZone.Sk
Business performance monitoring, strategic partnership alliances, database maintenance

2003 – 2005 Internship trainee / English language student
Swissôtel Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Rotated through marketing, accounting and F&B departments at Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts.

Responsibilities:
Data analysis, advertising materials co-design, day-to-day billing processing, customer service

2002 – 2003 System administrator (part time)
Coreco - travel agency, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Responsibilities:
Windows systems administration
Summer 2002 Various positions, Work and Travel USA program participant, MT, USA

EDUCATION:

1999 – 2003 University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak republic
Faculty of Economic Informatics, Department of Applied Informatics
Master’s degree (Ing.): IT applications in Economics

1994 - 1998 Gymnazium, Parovska St., Nitra, Slovak republic
Specialization: mathematics

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Lean Sigma Green Belt Hewlett Packard Slovakia s.r.o., 2011
Project Management Professional (PMP) – Project Management Institute, Prometric Testing Centre, Wien, Austria, 2009
IT Infrastructure Library – Foundation, v3 (ITIL) – GOPAS, Bratislava, Slovakia , 2008
TOEFL – Thomson Prometric Testing Center, Chicago, IL, USA in 2005
English Language State Exam – specialization: economics; Slovak Agricultural University, Faculty of economics and management, Nitra in 2000
“Best student business plan of Slovakia” - the project based on idea protected by international patent law (branch of car producing industry) in cooperation with The Chalmers University of Technology won the competition in the year 2000.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Languages: PHP, HTML/CSS, C, SQL (intermediate level)
Operating systems: Windows XP / Vista/ 7 (expert), Linux SUSE / Ubuntu (user)
Concept modeling: UML, mind mapping
Relation database management tools: MySQL, MS Access (intermediate level)
Graphic editors : Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
Other: Internet user (HttpWatch, traffic analysis, SEO), MS Office, MS Project, MindManager (expert)
System administration: installation and configuration, issue troubleshooting

LANGUAGES:

English (fluent), Spanish (advanced), German (passive), Slovak (native), Czech (semi-native)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERESTS:

Member of Best Practice User Group Slovakia – engaged in PRINCE2 methodology Slovak localization
Self-study for six sigma black belt certification
Member of PopSci.com and InnoCentive.com - interested in progressive technologies and ecology


Bratislava, December 9h 2011