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Ondřej Zdrubecký

Ondřej Zdrubecký

IT Manager

Summary

  • I am an IT manager with strong business customer oriented and technical background. Fluent in English, experience with international IT projects management and provider management as well as hands-on experience with solution design and realization.
  • Managed and led a team of IT professionals responsible for identifying, design, evaluating and delivering business IT solutions.
  • Managed external providers regarding the business SW development and operations.
  • Committed to providing high-quality customer service and ensuring the security of sensitive data.
  • Maintained IT infrastructure that allowed for scalability and flexibility.
  • Developed and managed the IT budget and negotiated vendor contracts to maximize cost savings.
  • Advised senior management on the most effective and cost-efficient IT solutions.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews of IT staff and created individual development plans.
  • Mentored current and newly hired IT professionals in technical and managerial skills.
  • Adept at troubleshooting complex technical issues and providing technical support for IT colleagues and users.
  • Ensured compliance with all applicable state regulations related to data security and privacy.
  • Developed and implemented a successful disaster recovery plan that minimized operational downtime.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
4
4
Languages

Work History

IT Manager

OVB
02.2021 - 01.2024
  • Responsible for delivering business IT solutions
  • Responsibility for IT projects delivery and management (planning, resource allocation, risk management, quality and budget control), agile & waterfall
  • Managing and reporting on allocation of IT budget, cost cutting in order to improve profitability
  • Ensured IT risk assessment
  • Responsible for internal and external SW development (proprietary SW for financial advisors – portal and CRM system)
  • Managing IT providers & monitor contractual agreements for all IT vendors
  • Complete colleagues exchange in IT department (IT crisis manager)
  • Responsible for training of IT colleagues
  • Responsible for daily IT operations
  • Responsible for incident management
  • Responsible for IT helpdesk (for advisors and employees)
  • Improved incident management / helpdesk support
  • Troubleshooting complex problems and escalations
  • Responsible for the IT security (evaluating IT and security risks)
  • Compliance with safety standards
  • Responsible for internal and external IT audits
  • Responsible for the change management
  • Responsible for data exchange with 40 financial partners
  • Cooperation with holding with creating strategic IT targets
  • The right to comment on new company projects or changes in processes and to influence changes
  • Cooperation on the creation of a corporate strategy
  • Responsible for the creation of internal regulations and methodologies related to the IT agenda
  • Responsibility for training employees in the field of IT security
  • Regular meetings with IT customers, department heads and business partners regarding requirements and projects
  • Presentations of the actual status of IT projects and changes
  • IT asset management


Selected projects:

  • Digital transformation
  • Extraction of data from scans of various documents
  • “From paper to paperless” - canceled paper sending basic information to business network
  • Successful completed of the technology transformation project
  • Migration servers to cloud
  • Servers consolidation
  • Consolidation of Microsoft SQL servers (significant savings on licenses)
  • Migration to Microsoft 365 cloud
  • Migration of other mail cloud services to holding data center
  • Complete exchange of all firewalls in the Czech Republic
  • Completed of the web portal security project
  • Completed of the core business system upgrade
  • SAP Business One implemented
  • Applications consolidations (transformation thick clients to web applications)
  • Built new web portal with business tools and reports
  • Design, implementation and operation of the new change management process
  • Responsibility for maintain more then 100 applications and SW tools
  • Implemented ticketing system
  • Software code review of CRM system and audit of external IT provider
  • Created a business continuity plan

EMEA IT Provider Manager

OLYMPUS
04.2019 - 10.2020
  • Responsible for daily IT operations, virtualized environment (vmware) and network infrastructure (Cisco) across CEE region
  • Managed external vendor relations within Operations Department
  • Ensured risk assessment and troubleshooted and escalated all vendor problems
  • Identified internal improvement areas, participate to formulate workflow processes, methods and policies for applying vendors
  • Involved in internal and external audits
  • Prepare processes for as well as manage analysis, selection and transition
  • Support to explore expansion across new business lines
  • Monitor contractual agreements for all IT vendors
  • Managing and reporting on allocation of IT budget, cost cutting in order to improve profitability.


Selected projects:

  • IT Services transformation - transfer of ECE IT services to external EMEA IT provider. Transferred services: Network infrastructure, Helpdesk, Cross functional services.
  • Upgrade ECE IPT/Callcenter systems - upgrade to new technology in order to continue running up to date and supported solution incl. preparation for future integration
  • Tender for mobile services - tender for supply of mobile operator services. All 3 operators on the Czech market were demanded.

CEE IT Service Delivery & Operations Manager

OLYMPUS
04.2015 - 03.2019
  • Ensured daily run of IT operations
  • Leadership of internal team and external staff
  • Cooperation on technical architecture and IS security standards & principles
  • Responsible for virtualized environment and network infrastructure and IT security in CEE region
  • Responsible for Microsoft Navision ERP system


Selected projects:

  • Data Center Transformation - transfer of Adriatic servers to Prague's datacenter, virtualization and data migration
  • Microsoft Navision system upgrade
  • SUN storage upgrade

IT Specialist

OLYMPUS
10.2000 - 03.2015
  • Environment virtualization, network infrastructure building and administration, cooperation on security architecture
  • Administration of Microsoft Windows network (MS Active Directory, MS Exchange servers, MS Windows Servers 2000/2003/2008/2012, MS ISA Servers 2000/2004)


Selected Projects:

  • Design and realization of new Active directory and MS Exchange infrastructure in Czech republic
  • Design and realization of new VPN infrastructure in the Czech republic
  • Cooperation on building EMEA callcenter in Prague
  • Migration local Active directory to EMEA Active directory
  • Migration local MS Exchange server to EMEA IBM Lotus Domino
  • Upgrade 400 clients from MS Win XP to Win 7.

System Engineer

RADIOKONTAKT OPERATOR
02.1998 - 09.2000
  • Responsible for paging public switch system + PBX
  • Responsible for callcenter
  • Responsible for the network of the paging transmitters in the Czech republic
  • Development of new SW features.

Service Technician

H & J COMPUTERS
10.1997 - 02.1998
  • Tested HW components on the different SW platforms (personal specialization: network components - hubs, switches, print servers, LAN cards)
  • Fixed problems with HW components (execution of reclamations with foreign suppliers)
  • Provided the information about the products + hotline (installation/configuration)
  • Administration the PCs on LAN.

LAN Administrator

DRUSPED-LAGERMAX
04.1995 - 09.1997
  • Administrated two LANs (4 servers/90 workstations)
  • Administrated the PBX (á 100 phones)
  • Implemented the new software
  • Implemented new processes for key customers
  • Support and training users

Control systems Programmer

COLSYS AUTOMATIC (Supplier Of PLC Siemens Control Systems)
07.1994 - 03.1995
  • Created analysis, design of the projects, programmed in assembler and in S5 programming language
  • Realized implementation and ensured service.

Education

Devices of The Heavy-current Engineering

SPS Kladno
Kladno, Czech Republic
05.1993

Skills

Business Supportundefined

Certification

ITIL Foundation certificate in IT Service management (2017, Gopas)

Courses

  • Management Academy in IT - Team management and development, Coaching techniques, Time management (2015, Wiseman)
  • Microsoft ERP Navision training (2017, Axiom Provis)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 update knowledge for MCSA certification (2014, Gopas)
  • VMware vSphere 5: Install, Configure, Manage (2011, Arrow)
  • VMware Operations Management (2011, Arrow)
  • Microsoft Exchange 2003 – installation and configuration (2005, Gopas)
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 - complete addition of knowledge Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003 (2005, Gopas)
  • Cisco routers - Internetworking and configuration (2004, Alef0)
  • Cisco switches - Expanded configuration (2004, Alef0)
  • Configuration Cisco PIX/ASA Firewall (2008, Alef0)
  • Microsoft ISA 2004 – installation and configuration (2004, Gopas)
  • Lotus Notes 6 – system administration (2003, RenSoft)
  • Lotus Notes 5 for users (2003, RenSoft)
  • Microsoft 2000 – Network security design (2002, Gopas)
  • Microsoft 2000 – Network services infrastructure design (2002, Gopas)
  • Microsoft 2000 - Active directory infrastructure design (2002, Gopas)
  • Updating support skills from MS Windows NT 4.0 to MS Windows 2000 (2001, S-Comp Centre)
  • Microsoft Active directory, network, security for Windows 2000/2003/2008 (2012, Gopas)
  • Microsoft ISA server 2000/2004 (2013, Gopas)
  • Microsoft Exchange server 2000/2003/2007 (2014, Gopas)
  • Deploying and Managing MS ISA Server 2000 (2001, S-Comp Centre)
  • Implementing and Administering Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server (2001, S-Comp Centre)
  • Upgrade from Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to 2000 (2001, S-Comp Centre)
  • MS Word 2010/2007 - advanced techniques (2013, Gopas)
  • MS Excel 2010/2007 - advanced methods and functions (2013, Gopas)
  • MS Powerpoint 2010/2007 (2013, Gopas)

Additional Information

Driving licence A,B

Timeline

IT Manager

OVB
02.2021 - 01.2024

EMEA IT Provider Manager

OLYMPUS
04.2019 - 10.2020

CEE IT Service Delivery & Operations Manager

OLYMPUS
04.2015 - 03.2019

IT Specialist

OLYMPUS
10.2000 - 03.2015

System Engineer

RADIOKONTAKT OPERATOR
02.1998 - 09.2000

Service Technician

H & J COMPUTERS
10.1997 - 02.1998

LAN Administrator

DRUSPED-LAGERMAX
04.1995 - 09.1997

Control systems Programmer

COLSYS AUTOMATIC (Supplier Of PLC Siemens Control Systems)
07.1994 - 03.1995

Devices of The Heavy-current Engineering

SPS Kladno
Ondřej ZdrubeckýIT Manager