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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 SupportProject Management (international projects)IT Operations ManagementVendors Management (local and foreign supplier)ITIL CertifiedTeam leading and coachingIT RecruitmentIT Risk ManagementDigital Transformation

Microsoft Windows network (Active Directory / Microsoft servers)

Microsoft 365 (Teams, Exchange, Sharepoint, OneDrive)

Microsoft SQL

Microsoft Exchange

Virtualization – Vmware

IS security standards & principles - Microsoft and Cisco certified

Datacenters transformation and migration

Cisco network infrastructure

PBX / Call center systems

Veeam Backup & Replication

Ticketing systems

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