Passionate about digital technologies and multiculturally exposed, Jaroslaw is an experienced business consultant and program/project manager in large-scale IT undertakings for banking, telecommunications, media and public sectors. His prime professional domains are cloud computing, virtualization, big data, BI, data analytics, AI, digital transformations and integrations. He’s an expertin enterprise systems - CRM, ERP, multi-channel (incl. mobile apps) B/OSS suites, real-time financial information and trading platforms, risk evaluation & compliance for banking sector (Thomson- Reuters portfolio). He offers strong competences in IT infrastructure due diligence and strategic consultancy.

Jaroslaw graduated from Warsaw University of Technology in 1998 as a Master of Science in IT&Telecommunications. His professional career started at the technical department of the first mobile operator in Poland in 1997 and led through a number of corporate positions – Product Manager, Key Account Manager, Business Development Manager to name a few. He worked for the ICT industry leaders like Alcatel, Siemens, Orange and Thales Group. He strengthened his business aptitude with postgraduate studies at the Management Dept. of University of Warsaw (2002-2003) and at the Department of Economics (2010), where he gained his European Business Competence Licence.

He’s life in Switzerland started in year 2012, where he focused his career on project and program management. As a Project Manager based in Lausanne, he led several complex projects in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Denmark, Poland and Saudi Arabia. He speaks fluent English (lived four years in NYC, US), native Polish, Russian and has a good command of German, French and Spanish.

He’s favourite mountain place in Switzerland is cloudy SaaS-Fee 

In June 2020 Jaroslaw has successfully passed his certification exam for the Project Management Professional® and is very happy joining Swiss chapter of PMI.

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Kevin is a Swiss/English dual citizen who did the Swiss KV and holds a BSc in physiotherapy. He holds a PSM L1 certificate from scrum.org and is now working on the CAPM to gain deeper understanding and as a step toward a future PMP certification. Kevin has worked at Interactive Brokers since 2007 with a five-year hiatus between 2010-2015 for his studies. He started in clearing but since 2018 he is concentrating more on managing projects as part of the business development team for EMEA. In his current position Kevin works as a project manager focusing mainly on product enhancements, collaboration with European exchanges, and developing Interactive Brokers' European business.

In his free time Kevin enjoys outdoor sports, sailing, reading, photography, and programming in Python. He joined the Swiss Chapter with the desire to meet like-minded people, network, learn, and keep himself up to date with current developments in project management.

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Daniel was born in 1982 and now working as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Belimo Automation AG, Hinwil (ZH). He specializes in managing several global digitization projects in parallel.

Daniel joined the Swiss Chapter to foster awareness that project management is a critical success factor.

In his free time, Daniel enjoys mountain biking, skiing and paragliding.

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Hannes is a motivated Project Manager with more than 6 years of experience in leading projects in the real estate sector, especially office refurbishments and fit-outs. He holds a Masters Degree in Construction and Real Estate Management. During his studies he was awarded with multiple scholarships, allowing him to work on projects around the world. Recently, Hannes has achieved one of his long standing goals and became a certified PMP.

Hannes always strives for Quality and Excellence, delivering the best possible outcome to the client. He is solution oriented, goal driven, with focus on processes and compliance. Self-motivation and self-discipline are not new to him, also in private life he enjoys challenges and pushing the limits. Just last year, Hannes completed the Ironman in Zurich and finished among the top 25% overall.

Currently he is looking for a new beginning as freelancer or Project team lead.

Hannes joined the Swiss Chapter to connect with people with the same interests, and to exchange knowledge with others.

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Andrea has been working in management consulting and financial controlling for more than eight years. His main field of exposure are the banking and the insurance sector. In his last role as senior business manager he had the full responsibility of steering the financials, the processes and the financial reporting of the asset servicing business unit.

He has always been interested in the field of finance and accounting. He has earned the CFA designation in 2012 and is a Swiss Chartered Expert in Financial and Managerial Accounting and Reporting. He has also been engaged with digital transformation projects related to banking solutions. In 2020 he decided to pursue to PMP qualification to advance in the field of project management and to join the Swiss PMI Chapter.

Andrea is actively looking for a new challenge in project management or in financial controlling.

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Ivan is a senior executive with a proven track record in delivering large cross-functional programs within the highly regulated aviation industry.
He works as a senior director with SWISS International Air Lines and set up and leads the SWISS Future Intercont Experience Program. He provides leadership, coordination, and management for the new cross-divisional program organization consisting of multiple projects and sub-projects with around 200 members to implement the "New Premium" cabin interiors. The first phase of the program includes the introduction of Premium Economy seats on the Boeing 777-300ER and A340-300 fleets. Key challenges include integrating the timeline of the technical retrofit with the entry into service of the seat class – ensuring not only that all IT, revenue management, sales and marketing activities are completed and ready when the retrofit aircraft are delivered, but also that the flight & ground operations departments introduce the required processes to operate the aircraft in the new configuration. Media Release
In a previous line management role, he was responsible for setting up and leading a new department to harmonize pilot training standards across Lufthansa Group airlines.
As the program manager for the Boeing 777-300ER introduction, he set up, directed and aligned the program organization to ensure the on-time delivery and seamless integration of the Boeing 777-300ER into the SWISS fleet. SWISS B777 first aircraft manufacturing video
Ivan originally studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University in Darmstadt, which he supplemented with an Executive MBA from Ashridge in Berkhamsted, UK. This combination of a technical background with the general management knowledge has enabled him to bridge the communications gap between different stakeholders across multiple functions. He achieved his PMP certification in July 2020.
On a personal note, Ivan’s family originally comes from Hungary. They fled Hungary during the 1956 revolution. Ivan was born in Belgium, grew up in the United States and Colombia. He graduated high school went to university in Germany and has been living in Switzerland since 2013. He is fluent in English, German and Hungarian with a working knowledge of Spanish and basic French.
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Serge is a project manager with 12 years of experience in broadcast company.

He works as project manager at Radio Television Suisse and leads broadcast projects as building or updating studios to satisfy editorial needs. Leads IT project as developing transversal editorial systems to facilitate information exchanges between Newsrooms TV, Radio, Sport and Online members.

Serge holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Studies. Apart form PMP obtained in July 2020, he is a certified Business Analyst. His motivation to join the Swiss Chapter is to develop, exchange knowledge in project management and meet interesting people.

In his free time, Serge likes Obstacle Course Racing, biking and motorcycling.

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Vikram manages all services delivery of InfoKrafts A.G. for a global customer based in Switzerland.

A certified SAP professional, Vikram brings a demonstrated track record of leading several SAP and non-SAP service transitions, transformation programs and steady state engagements. He has worked with several global companies in manufacturing, life sciences and retail industries.

Vikram holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Anna University, India. Vikram is an amateur photographer, he enjoys watching movies, reading books, and playing cricket during his free time.

You can learn more about Vikram by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

After about 10 years of crafting complex solutions with Cap Gemini first throughout Europe and later in the US, Aude has been a PMO Lead as well as a Program Manager since 2008. She recently relocated back to the old continent to lead the PMO for the OCSIN at the Geneva state & canton.

Aude has been a continuing member of PMI in the US since 2006 when she obtained her PMP and in the last 12 years of the Southwest Ohio Chapter. In 2018, Aude obtained the PgMP. She also holds an SMC (Scrum Master Certification) from SCRUMstudy, a Certified Change Management Professional from the Association of Change Management Professionals, a Certified Change Practitioner from Prosci, and a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt from Fifth Third Bank.

In addition to PMO and Program Management, Aude is passionate about culture and change. She led multiple cultural change workshops for PMI and the ACMP. She has also taught a PgMP preparation 3-day class.

Outside of the professional realm, Aude is an avid practitioner and instructor of Tai Chi.

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Ajay Bandlamudi is a results-driven professional with more than 15+ years experience, proven man-manager with good attention to detail to ensure that the design and final outcomes are fit for purpose. Program, project and change management expertise at a Regional and Global level with extensive knowledge of current implementation methodology developing mid-level and detailed plans from blueprint through to go-live.

Well versed with the complete software development life cycle and software testing life cycle in various domains such as Banking, Investment, Life & Pensions, Insurance, Billing system, Telecom, Securities, Aviation Services, Procurement and IT. Specialist in Data migration (ETL), Upgrades and changes management programs & Projects.

Now working for Bank of England as Project Director, The Bank of England (BOE) is the central bank of the United Kingdom. And also CEO and founder of Victorian Money Limited in UK and Symfil Limited in Ireland both companies are Payment service providers serving B2B customers.

Ajay Bandlamudi motivation to join the Swiss chapter is to meet interesting people and exchange on the recent trends in project management. Joining the Swiss PMI Chapter came immediately for me because of passing the PMP exam back in July.

In addition to PMP Ajay is a certified PRINCE2® Practitioner & MSP® Practitioner (Certificate in Programme Management) now preparing for PgMP."

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