💥Josef Mazák

💥Josef Mazák

Open to part-time opportunities in: Project Management | Business Analysis | Testing | Product Ownership | Business roles | IT roles

Budejovice, South Bohemia, Czechia
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• Project management (Prince2). Agile, Waterfall, Agifall
• SW development, Migrations, Deployments, Integration, Infrastructure, UX/UI
• Out-of-the-box thinking, product centered, customer focused, independent

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  • Temná stránka contractingu

    Byl jsem pozván na pohovor. Ten proběhl přímo s jednatelem relativně velké české společnosti, zabývající se datovými…

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Experience

  • Jihočeské divadlo

    Jihočeské divadlo

    11 months

    • Jihočeské divadlo Graphic

      Sound Engineer

      Jihočeské divadlo

      - Present 9 months

      Responsible for the setup, operation, and maintenance of audio systems for theatrical productions, including drama, musicals, opera, and ballet. Collaborated closely with directors, conductors, and performers to ensure optimal sound quality and atmosphere. Tasks included live mixing, microphone placement, sound effects playback, and supporting rehearsals and live performances. Contributed to the technical planning and smooth execution of performances on main and touring stages.

    • Jihočeské divadlo Graphic

      Lighting Engineer

      Jihočeské divadlo

      - Present 11 months

      Budejovice, South Bohemia, Czechia

      Lighting for musical, ballet, and opera performances.

  • Professional Freelancer

    Freelance

    - Present 11 years 10 months

    Agile Project Manager (business):
    - Novartis (CH) - Agile PM

    IT Project Manager:
    - Adecco Group (FR) – Integration PM
    - Foolproof Limited (UK) – UI / UX PM
    - Raiffeisen Bank a.s. (CZ) – Legal Merge with Equa Bank PM
    - DHL Information Services (Europe) s.r.o. (CZ/DE) – IT PM
    - Robert Bosch, s.r.o. (CZ) – SAP PM

    IT Test Manager:
    - ČSOB Pojišťovna, s.r.o. (CZ)
    - Raiffeisen Bank a.s. (CZ)

    Senior business analyst:
    - e.On (CZ)
    - NCR…

    Agile Project Manager (business):
    - Novartis (CH) - Agile PM

    IT Project Manager:
    - Adecco Group (FR) – Integration PM
    - Foolproof Limited (UK) – UI / UX PM
    - Raiffeisen Bank a.s. (CZ) – Legal Merge with Equa Bank PM
    - DHL Information Services (Europe) s.r.o. (CZ/DE) – IT PM
    - Robert Bosch, s.r.o. (CZ) – SAP PM

    IT Test Manager:
    - ČSOB Pojišťovna, s.r.o. (CZ)
    - Raiffeisen Bank a.s. (CZ)

    Senior business analyst:
    - e.On (CZ)
    - NCR (US)
    - Business Lease (CZ)

  • Novartis Graphic

    Agile Project Manager

    Novartis

    - Present 2 years

    Hlavní město Praha, Česko

    Managing Time and Attendance WorkForce Software deployments in Switzerland and Slovenia.

    Replacement of SAP HR Core solution. Workday, Alight, FieldGlass, Kaba & Kadris integrations.

    Workstreams managed: IT, UAT testing, work process & work instructions, change management & comms.

  • The Adecco Group Graphic

    Agile IT Project Manager

    The Adecco Group

    - 3 months

    Prague, Czechia

    Project management of Qualtrics user survey system to WorkForce integration.
    Managements of following phases:
    - Analysis (organizing and leading mapping session, hands on experience also - did some mapping by myself)
    - Development (Workforce, Qualtrics, Integration platform)
    - Testing (SIT, UIT)
    Project was successfully delivered and accepted.

  • Foolproof Graphic

    Agile UX / UI Project Manager

    Foolproof

    - 3 months

    Londýn, Anglie, Spojené království

    UX/UI Design Project Manager ve společnosti Foolproof, a Zensar company.

    Project management of UX/UI design delivery of a new customer-focused web portal for major car manufacturer client. Team management of 6 UX/UI designers from South Africa. Agile development of web design, their reviews organization with business stakeholders. New design strategy communication and approval. This project was canceled prematurely by Foolproof on C-3 level.

    Lessons learned:
    - Not every…

    UX/UI Design Project Manager ve společnosti Foolproof, a Zensar company.

    Project management of UX/UI design delivery of a new customer-focused web portal for major car manufacturer client. Team management of 6 UX/UI designers from South Africa. Agile development of web design, their reviews organization with business stakeholders. New design strategy communication and approval. This project was canceled prematurely by Foolproof on C-3 level.

    Lessons learned:
    - Not every project is suitable for agile methodology, like UX/UI design delivery when there is no commitment by a customer to provide feedback on time because tasks from one sprint can easily overflow to next one, preventing the timely delivery
    - Project must be flexible enough and prepared for cases that processes need some major improvements so there will be some space to set them right
    - Create and maintain trust relationship between designers and the ones who accept the designs
    - If you hire the best UX/UI agency in the world, my recommendation is to trust the judgement of their designers more, instead of trying to act like one
    - Acceptance criteria for UX/UI design must be clear also and not too depending on the current mood of individual business analysts providing review and feedback
    - If you hire multiple external agencies to manage the whole process on behalf of you (big names), make sure that they will cooperate together and not compete one with another if you want to succeed with your project

  • Equa bank a. s. Graphic

    Agile IT Project Manager

    Equa bank a. s.

    - 8 months

    Hlavní město Praha, Česko

    Project management of Raiffeisen bank and Equa bank merge.

  • ČSOB Pojišťovna Graphic

    QA Manager

    ČSOB Pojišťovna

    - 6 months

    Hlavní město Praha, Česko

    Test management of online unification project.

  • Business Lease Group s.r.o. Graphic

    Senior Business Analyst

    Business Lease Group s.r.o.

    - 9 months

    Prague, Czechia

    Backoffice replacement suite business analysis. Mission critical business specification application suite creation. EA, Confluence, ForeUI, Xmind

  • NCR Corporation Graphic

    Senior Business Analyst

    NCR Corporation

    - 1 year 7 months

    Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika

    Aloha POS and Aloha Mobile POS technological and UX upgrade for restaurants and hotels.

    Creating business requirements with testing in mind. Business scenarios written in Gherkin.

    Enterprise architect, Jira, Confluence. Agile methodology, groomings, etc.

  • E.ON Graphic

    Senior Business Analyst

    E.ON

    - 6 months

    Prague, Czechia

    - Creation of complete set of business requirements + UAT test scenarios (functional / NFR / platform related) on behalf of energy distribution organization business department.

    - Goal: Migration of the mobile application MPUD (Mobilní portál údržby) from Windows 10 to Android 7.1 used by 800 internal technicians on tablets.

    - Working closely with eMan and TKPgeo vendors of the solution.

    - Convincing business on the right hardware to be used using thorough comparison…

    - Creation of complete set of business requirements + UAT test scenarios (functional / NFR / platform related) on behalf of energy distribution organization business department.

    - Goal: Migration of the mobile application MPUD (Mobilní portál údržby) from Windows 10 to Android 7.1 used by 800 internal technicians on tablets.

    - Working closely with eMan and TKPgeo vendors of the solution.

    - Convincing business on the right hardware to be used using thorough comparison testing.

  • Raiffeisenbank a.s. Graphic

    IT Test Coordinator

    Raiffeisenbank a.s.

    - 6 months

    Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika

    Coordination of RFC tasks with testing effort > 100 MD. Many, many of them. Various banking challenges mainly driven by legislative changes.

  • DHL IT Services Graphic

    Global Scale Tester - Forwarding and Freight Solutions

    DHL IT Services

    - 1 year 6 months

    Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

    15 Testers
    Area: Logistics
    Proof of concept major logistic solution testing.
    Technology: HP ALM, HP QC, Selenium
    Application: CargoWise One
    Certification: CargoWise Certified Proffessional (CCP)

    http://www.dhl.com

  • Robert BOSCH spol. s r.o. Graphic

    SAP Process Expert (AUT)

    Robert BOSCH spol. s r.o.

    - 1 year

    District Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

    Area: Automotive
    SAP Process Expert (Authorization module). Access and identity management (AIM) on global level for 20+ factories all over the world. Part of Bosch Mobility Solution – Gasoline Systems team (GS/ICO).
    Output: Role management, user access management, global authorization concept maintenance, critical combination of authorizations (CCA) prevention in order the risk of know-how and funds leakage is minimized.

    http://bosch.com
    http://www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com/

  • Business Process Engineer

    VLTAVÍN leas, a.s.

    - 3 months

    Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

    Area: Finance
    Business Process Engineer. Responsible for auditing current business processes in company, their analysis and new optimized BP recommendation.
    Output: process diagrams, structured description of “as is” state, justification of proposed changes to current BP and foremost, new company directives.
    http://vltavinleas.cz/

  • DHL Information Services (Europe) s.r.o. Graphic

    Project Manager - Wintel Migrations

    DHL Information Services (Europe) s.r.o.

    - 1 year 5 months

    Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

    Area: Logistics
    Large Scale Project Manager. Managing legacy OS migrations to Windows Server 2012 and new HW, challenging our IT Services' business partners (DHL Express, DHL Supply Chain, DHL Global Forwarding, DHL IT Services) to step into in order to keep run costs low.

    Technology: Windows server 2003, 2012, MS-SQL Server 2012, Citrix

  • Bass player, producer

    h.USA

    - 2 years 3 months

    District Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

    http://husa.bandcamp.com/album/jen-apollo

  • Founder, Owner

    UTR8 s.r.o.

    - 3 years 8 months

    České Budějovice

    Founding, development and run of the portal www.otesanek.eu facilitating the delivery of meals from selected restaurants in České Budějovice. An idea was to connect my passion for excellent food with my experience from IT and logistics. Leading a team of 5 people (dispatchers, drivers). Arrange and maintain contracts with owners of 15+ hi profile restaurants + other subjects such as on line food delivery chains. Good relationships with best chefs mean also occasional access to best…

    Founding, development and run of the portal www.otesanek.eu facilitating the delivery of meals from selected restaurants in České Budějovice. An idea was to connect my passion for excellent food with my experience from IT and logistics. Leading a team of 5 people (dispatchers, drivers). Arrange and maintain contracts with owners of 15+ hi profile restaurants + other subjects such as on line food delivery chains. Good relationships with best chefs mean also occasional access to best delicatessens and sometimes even for free! ;)

    Successful sale of Otesánek to the hands of a new owner.

  • IT Systems, a.s. Graphic

    Application Development Project Manager

    IT Systems, a.s.

    - 1 year 7 months

    České Budějovice

    Project management of custom SW application development of approx. 1M EUR per year. Team leadership of 15 workers, project management during all following phases: work expenditure evaluation, price quotation creation, binding order acceptance, project foundation, analysis of problem, design creation, coding, testing, deployment, SW acceptance organization, post-implementation support.

    Customers:
    - Telefónica O2
    - Public administration (city offices, hospitals, various state…

    Project management of custom SW application development of approx. 1M EUR per year. Team leadership of 15 workers, project management during all following phases: work expenditure evaluation, price quotation creation, binding order acceptance, project foundation, analysis of problem, design creation, coding, testing, deployment, SW acceptance organization, post-implementation support.

    Customers:
    - Telefónica O2
    - Public administration (city offices, hospitals, various state offices).

    http://www.itsys.cz

  • DHL Information Services (Europe) s.r.o. Graphic

    Senior Application Support Analyst

    DHL Information Services (Europe) s.r.o.

    - 3 years 3 months

    Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

    3rd level application support of business critical IT systems (global level, 100+ countries, emerging markets area). Management of implementation projects, deployments of shipment control SW and HW solutions.
    Provide consultancy to country IT departments and regional management on IT issues, implementation plan creations and tight cooperation with business IT managers.

    http://www.dhl.com

  • Right4Staff Graphic

    Manual Worker

    Right4Staff

    - 9 months

    Londýn, Spojené království

    Factory Operative at Ryvita, Furniture Remover at White & Co., Furniture Delivery at Furnitureland, Waste Processing Technician, Cook at Burger King, Agricultural Worker.

    http://www.right4staff.co.uk

  • IT Dept. Manager

    Artypa Quatro spol. s r.o.

    - 1 year

    Holubov

    Responsible for IT department, analytical activities in locally developed ERP system AQUIS, organization of activities connected with IT system optimization, communication with departments in company and analysis of needs, developing and extending of existing information system. HW administration (Novel, Linux, W2k3 servers, 60+ PCs, printers, network..) Connecting of business departments in other locations with central IS (VPN).

    http://www.artypa.cz

  • e.sigma Systems GmbH Graphic

    Computer Based Training Programmer

    e.sigma Systems GmbH

    - 9 months

    České Budějovice, Česká republika

    • Scripting computer-based training applications for military customers (Luftwaffe), mainly air traffic control radar systems.
    • Provide consultancy and training to NATO officers on military base in Fliegerhorst Kaufbeuren in Germany upon behaviour of CBT being produced.
    • Tight cooperation with E-COM (SAAB) manufacturing military hardware simulators.

  • IS Programmer and Consultant

    Neos Computer

    - 1 year

    České Budějovice

    Development of “Calculations” and “Simulations” modules of information system Concorde XAL and consulting user changes with industry-based clients.

  • IS Implementation Assistant

    OD Prior

    - 10 months

    Okres České Budějovice, Česká republika

    Implementation support of new information system OBIS (UNIX/Oracle based), database backup, employee tech-support, creating and printing of barcodes.

    http://www.prior.cz

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Police forces coordinator, humanitarian volunteer

    SOS Konvoi

    - Present 10 years 1 month

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

    Big crowd management on Serbia-Croatian EU boarders (Bapska/Tovarnik) during busiest days and nights of refugee crisis in 2015 (10.000 people crossing through borders per each night). Helping people not to harm each other during the humanitarian disaster.

    I am not "sluníčkář" after all.

    https://www.facebook.com/pomocprouprchliky/

Languages

  • English

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