Product Manager

The candidate has 23 years of commercial experience as a knowledgeable and skilled manager. He deals with software management as well as installation, while he is also actively involved in testing. He has the most experience in the area of payment terminals, where he was responsible, e.g., for the transition to chip cards, his own exchange or a new terminal. His teams mostly consist of 4-5 developers, but he has also worked on a corporate project, where he was in charge of several 5-6 member teams. He has very good communication skills, thanks to which he can ensure consistency between the work of the developer and the idea of the customer or user. He has a good level of written and spoken English and is able to speak in a foreign team.

05/2019 - Current: Owner, self-employed, Electrician. Work at various locations, including building construction in Germany. Manage a small group of electricians and cooperate with site management office.

09/2017 - 10/2018: Project Manager at a startup company focused on software development, certification, and implementation of a new payment terminal for the Slovak market. Responsible for creating the development and certification environment, as well as the operative environment. Managed an international project involving Slovakia, Turkey, Hungary, and Italy, working closely with VISA and MasterCard organizations.

02/2017 - 06/2017: Project Manager at a company focused on IT services.

10/2015 - 10/2016: Prepared a project for the extension of a basic station for a mobile operator in Slovakia, but unfortunately, the project did not start. Also delivered some smaller projects.

Sales Manager / Project Manager at a company focused on software development. Managed an ongoing project for a queueing system for the Ministry of the Interior and delivered the initial part of a queueing system project for Slovak Post. Prepared proposals for banking technologies in Cash Management and managed the delivery of a significant order of Bank note counters.

05/2008 - 01/2015: Project Manager / Sales Representative at a company focused on IT infrastructure. Supported the Rimatrix 5 product group on an international level in Middle and Eastern Europe. Provided technical support for the preparation of complex Rimatrix5 solutions, actively sold products, prepared solution proposals, and provided customer support. Managed the construction of a video data center for TV Markíza and participated in the project management of the construction of a data center for SPP Slovakia. Also involved in the delivery of intensive cooling for Web portal Azet.sk and the design, selling, and implementation of a data center for Matej Bel University. Proposed, sold, and managed the Datahouse Bratislava project, which was certified by Uptime Institute on TIER III level.

11/2005 - 04/2008: Project Manager at a company focused on banking technologies. Implemented a project for the installation of EFT-POS, designed the communication infrastructure, negotiated with customers and subcontractors, performed economical calculations for feasibility, and checked inputs for invoicing.

03/2000 - 09/2005: Customer Services Manager / ATM, EFT POS at a company focused on banking technologies. Managed the service department, provided support for customers and external technicians for ATM and Point Of Sale Terminal, actively participated in software development for terminals and Terminal Management System, conducted SW testing, wrote manuals, and trained service technicians.

11/1995 - 12/1999: Customer Engineer / Project Manager at IBM. Managed big LAN installations for clients such as the US Embassy, SR prime minister office, a chemical plant in Novaky, and Nuclear power-station in Jaslovske Bohunice. Provided business support for cabling systems and participated in proposal teams. Prepared contracts.

01/1990 - 10/1995: Held various positions in Novitech Group, including Manager of the service department, Technical Support Specialist, and Technical Director. Worked with personal computers and managed projects.