Results-driven IT Manager with 16 years of IT professional experience and 8 years in providing complex IT infrastructure services in financial institutions and production industry. On a daily basis focused on identifying areas for further development, leveraging the cutting-edge technologies and automation solutions. From a technical perspective including but not limiting to capacity management for the Data Centre services, cloud environments, servers and storage operations, virtualization (VMware), network and telecommunication, service desk, projects management and coordination. Experienced in driving and delivering strategical IT projects. Managerial skills: o Leading geographically dispersed teams (up to 40 people) o Managing and delivery of complex IT programs o Establishing IT teams in accordance with the organization global strategy - skills mapping, workforce planning and staffing o Building competence centers o Managing people through the whole employee lifecycle: recruiting, onboarding, setting and evaluating objectives, career development planning, performance review discussions, workload management, termination of employment contracts o Promoting continues improvement approach among the teams, leveraging cutting edge technologies and automation solutions o Vendors management – contracts coordination, establishing and managing relationships, agreeing on the scope of service and model of cooperation, ensuring that provided service is in line with the agreed SLA & KPI o Preparation and management of budgets for the IT departments o Business-oriented mindset