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Managing the IT Operations in Cluj as well as the Cyber Security team that was part of the global Cyber Program.  Responsible for a team of 3 Team leads and 30+ individual contribuitors from several areas including IT Services, Operations, OffSec, SOC, PMs, Networking (Firewalls and Cloud Security).

Head of IT Fujikura Romania, managing the IT Operations for Production facilities (Cluj and Dej) and R&D Site (Sibiu) and responsible for the team providing IT Services and Help Desk Support in Eastern Europe (Romania, Hungary and Ukraine).Interim IT Manager for Ukraine.

Head of IT Sandoz Romania, managing the IT Operations for TechOps Site (manufacturing) in Targu Mures , ComOps (Sales) Site in Bucharest and responsible for the team providing Infrastructure and Service Desk Support for Novartis Pharma Services Romania and Alcon Romania. Major accountabilities included • Alignment of IT investments and effective management of IT resources (people, financial and services)• Initiate and support local and global projects and their successful delivery• Contributing to the IT Strategy and ensure its alignment between local and global IT strategy• Management and direction of the IT team responsible for providing ongoingtechnical and application support to the business units spread across 4 sites in Romania (3 internal and 5 externals)• Responsible for Business Continuity Management, creating and implementing IT disaster recovery plan.• Developed and delivered support in accordance with the SLAs based on business requirements, working closely with business partners in order to understand both short and long-term business goals and strategy• Ensure proper implementation of global standards, policies and systems• Compliance and Security according to GxP standards

Trusted with all aspect of managing the ICT organization and initiatives in Romania includes ensuring, developing and controlling the company’s IT and communication system. Leading the assigned personnel within the site IT line management and providing the required IT solutions for the business partners regarding the defined business application strategy and project targets- ICT strategy, inventorying, aligning, prioritization and planning ICT needs (business driven) and ICT ambitions (ICT driven), in line with the Opco Strategy and Business Group ICT Strategy- Business Information Management, to implement and manage according to Business Group standards and ICT strategy the organization model, the information portfolio, control processes regarding budget, contracts and SLA management- Project Management, to steer the execution of projects- Change Management, to initiate, develop, communicate and steer the execution of change management initiatives, in line with best practices- Budget Control- Risk Management

Head of IT for Cluj site, with single point of contact responsibility towards both the Factory Management teams and global IT team’s, responsible for the successful delivery of operations and project implementations for a complex manufacturing IT environment.- Accountable for setting up and managing a combined 16 person internal and external IT support team to guarantee 24*7 factory systems availability. The role of Team Leader involves full leadership in recruiting, managing and coaching both internal and external employees in their day-to-day operations and during project work. - Member of the Factory Leadership team, responsible for providing strong, business facing IT leadership and developing an effective IT strategy aligned with the Factory’s Manufacturing KPI targets. This required both technical and commercial understanding of Nokia’s manufacturing and logistic processes, and developing local site SLA agreements.- Facilitating IT decision making on optimal sourcing contracts, with respect to IT service operations including assessment of supplier capabilities.- Strong influencing skills, cross functional collaboration and knowledge sharing to enable effective change and improvement within IT and the wider business.- Service transition activities e.g. in Infrastructure and Application Management - Responsibility for operational security and continuity, risk & compliance management. Promoting standardization across infrastructure, and ensuring the critical backup procedures are audited and carried out correctly.- Taking accountability / ownership of incident and problems during use phase.- National and international business travel to other Nokia factory sites to ensure effective feedback and understanding of the business needs. While at the same time ensuring global best practices incorporated into Cluj’s IT Processes.

This role entailed maintaining Cluj Factory’s key manufacturing. • Management and contribute to global projects, creation of specifications• Create test plans and test new software components before they can be integrated into production systems.• On-site installation of application updates of Nokia’s productions software,and T2 level on-call support 24h/7 work• Development and implementation of new IT Architecture for Cluj site.• Preparation of training materials and conducting trainings and contact with internal and external customers / suppliers. Including training staff in otherFactory sites.• Participating in process and tool development.

Managing a team of specialists to ensure the development and implementation of business infrastructure solutions and services.- Coaching and supporting employees development based on the short term and longterm competence requirements.- ITSM/Ticketing Knowledge (Incident, Problem, Change,Access, KnowledgeManagement)- Disaster Recovery IT Site Manager - in charge with DRP- In charge with all IT people in site, including partners.Total 16 persons in IT department (ApplicationSupport, OSS, Networking, Servers, Printing, Production support)- Production Manager for all Local Applications (Production, Reporting, Monitoring, Quality and Office)- Coordination of Production Breaks and Maintenance Breaks.- Ensure SLAs, OTD and KPIs are in target

in charge with Oracle DB Administration and MES implementation/administration

The role involved administrating IT Infrastructure/ DB Admin for the companies DB