Alexander Botev

IT Project Manager / Product Owner • Client/stakeholder management – liaison between clients and internal teams, translations of business needs to product plans, and communications with functional teams. • Leading end-to-end project delivery – planning, execution, monitoring, reporting. • Strategy - collaboration with clients to define goals, objectives, and roadmaps. • Change management – conducting analyses, best practices, implementation planning, identification of risks, mitigation strategy, and continuous innovation practices • Monitoring – tracking progress and KPIs, reporting to clients or senior management Marketing manager • Communication strategy – business growth, optimal resources utilisation. • Managing corporate website and e-commerce development in various CMS platforms • Hands-on with CRO, SEO, e-mail campaigns, content audits and UX evaluations. • Analytics and data insights. • Aligning priorities and strategic institutional goals

• Leading a team of 14 professionals • Auditing performance and identifying opportunities for improvement in digital projects and business operations • Overseeing the successful implementation and project deliveries • Managing budgets and schedules • Conducting trade negotiations • Enhancing internal operations and financial performance • Tripling the revenue of the department within the time being • Speaking at conferences to share insights on digital strategy

Part-time invigilator of the National Bank of Slovakia and The Association of Financial Agents and Advisors (AFISP) at financial market examinations

Private consulting business (NDA involvement) Activity A • Helped a TIER1 automotive supplier decrease scraps from their production • Identification of operational issues and recommending solutions • Financial analyses • Presenting findings to the C-level executives Activity B • Supporting the start-up with businesses developing • Renting premises, hiring people, developing products, sales consultations, customer service improvements, vendor relations and negotiations Activity C • Financial management of an EU-funded national-wide project related to education • Co-creator of the (successful) project grant application, responsible for budgeting and scheduling • Daily operations overseeing • Organising work of contractors and stakeholder management

Working in a leading role for a not-for-profit consulting organisation supporting regional businesses and education through partnerships with the local municipality and entrepreneurs. • Guided and helped 300+ starting & existing entrepreneurs • 150+ business plans, funding & marketing activities • 30+ workshops lectured in management and marketing Interesting non-profit projects: • Creator of the online psychology-based advice system for students on their job preferences • Idea creator, online system for informal education for students and their teachers • Project manager, sharing best practices in local Agritourism • Leading consultant of Program of Economic and Social Development in my home town • Creator of the first online store of Slovak Hand-Crafted Goods

Full-time job in the initial team in the call centre of 2nd largest Slovakian bank. Testing and pilot operations of systems and processes. Marketing and claims enforcement. Retail investments consultant.