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)