Ece Sezgin Kestek - November 2022

Ece Sezgin Kestek

Ece is originally from Izmir, Turkey. She has an industrial engineering education. Ece started her career in the automotive industry as a quality engineer. After 7 years and lots of experience with OEMs( Audi, Porsche, Ford, Renault), with a large number of customers, VDA and IATF audits, she changed her position to the kitchen of the industry, to project management. She and her family moved to Bern, Switzerland in March'22, since then she has been amazed by beautiful Switzerland. Ece is currently responsible for change management in automotive industry as project manager, helping collaboration of a global team from US to India, Europe to China to adapt to the changes which is inevitable nowadays.

Ece is a member of PMI since 2021, simultaneously a PMP which provides her a widened view. She joined to Swiss chapter to meet other project managers to share knowledge and get to know new people.

In her free time Ece likes to jogging, learning new language, wrestling with her 3 years old boy.

You can learn more about Ece by visiting her LinkedIn profile

 

Andrea Ziegler - November 2022

Andrea Ziegler

Andrea has more than 20 years of experience in international project management, mainly in international projects and in various industries such as medical devices or pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, services, event and construction.
In 2000, she founded her first company in Switzerland to support clients with international SAP implementations. Since then, she has gained extensive expertise in various roles, whether with her own startup, for implementation partners or for software vendors. She is currently the CEO of a company that has developed its own therapeutic medical device and supports clients in the regulatory environment with their IT strategies and projects.

With her eMBA degree in New Business Development, completed in 2021, she is deepening her knowledge of strategic management and developing new business ideas or expanding existing business areas.

Most recently, she supported the Regulatory Affairs team of a German medical device manufacturer for over three years in digitizing to prepare for MDR and building a new data model for registration activities, as well as by leading several Regulatory Affairs tenders to implement strategic tools to support daily global registration and sales activities and ensure product compliance in a highly regulated and competitive environment.

Besides family and friends, she loves the Swiss mountains and spends a lot of time hiking, climbing or skiing and sailing on the nearby Greifensee.

To prove that her project management skills are up to date, she completed the PMP diploma in August 2022 and joined the Swiss PMI chapter to network, share her expertise with colleagues and find new project and job opportunities.

You can learn more about Andrea by visiting her LinkedIn profile.

Miroslava Sedlarova - November 2022

Miroslava Sedlarova

Miroslava joined the Swiss chapter for networking and sharing of experience.
In her free time, she enjoys fitness, spending time with friends and family, tennis, hiking, photography and life.

You can learn more about Miroslava by visiting her LinkedIn profile

Andrew Price - October 2022

Andrew Price

Andrew is an aviation professional with more than 30 years of professional work experience in engineering, airlines, industry representation and IT. Andrew moved to Switzerland in 2005 to work with the International Air Transport Association and recently joined SITA, based in Geneva. He is also the customer experience advisor to the new airport, Solidarity Transport Hub, in Warsaw.

Andrew lives in Nyon with his wife and two children. Before Switzerland, Andrew was based in the UK and Netherlands.

From an education point of view, Andrew has a B.Eng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, a post-graduate diploma in Information Systems Engineering, and an MBA. He is currently taking a master's in Cyber Security. Andrew is a member of the British Computing Society (BCS) as part of his continued professional development in IT. Additionally, he hopes to complete the PMP certification in the next few weeks. He recently completed the live online training and is now hitting the books hard in the little spare time available to study.

Andrew has joined the chapter to learn more about the project management specialists in Switzerland and network with other professionals in the field. He hopes to meet people at face-to-face meetings and learn about your experiences.

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

Ahmed Shukry - October 2022

Ahmed Shukry

Ahmed is a Technical Project Manager working at UBS in the CDIO, Chief Operating Office in Zürich. With Egyptian roots Ahmed was born & raised in the State of Kuwait and currently based in Switzerland. Ahmed would describe his profile as PMI-term T-shaped, built around Business Process Management & Project Management.

Ahmed holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kuwait in Business Administration & Marketing, a master’s degree in international business from KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux, France & a master’s degree in Information Systems & Business Process Management from the University of Liechtenstein.

His previous projects were mainly in Technology: Virtual Workplaces deployment, Infrastructure & software development, Regulatory Risk Reporting IT infrastructure & currently working on the CDIO Business Process Management & improvement.

During his preparation for PMP certification, Ahmed came to realize the power of the PMI community in the development and support of fellow PMP’s and immediately applied for the Swiss chapter. He would be looking forward to taking part in the various events organized by the chapter.

You can learn more about Ahmed by visiting his LinkedIn profile