Pawel Stefanek
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Toptal member since May 9, 2022
Pawel is a technical leader passionate about building and leading cross-functional engineering teams. He developed a solid project management acumen over the 15 years of his professional career. He is proven to deliver multi-million-dollar solutions to governmental security organizations worldwide.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Business Requirements
- Client Relationship Management
- Cloud Migration
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Risk Management
- Technical Recruiting
Work Experience
Co-founder
LogicEra
- Established Logicera's operations in continental Europe.
- Managed the entire project's lifecycle, from lead generation to a successful migration from on-premise IT infrastructure to Azure cloud.
- Built a sales pipeline with a steady flow of qualified leads using digital marketing.
Head of Project Management Office | PMO
Trovicor
- Developed a PM Office within the company and led the team to improve project delivery.
- Planned and implemented a technical competence center move from Europe to APAC. The entire project was carried out on a very tight budget and schedule.
- Implemented Agile frameworks to drive the efficiency and predictability of delivery teams.
- Transformed the organization from industrial-era bureaucratic structures to more network-like organizations and experienced dramatic changes in efficiency, innovation, and quality of decision-making that migrations bring about.
Engagement Director
Trovicor
- Responsible for sales of multimillion-dollar security solutions to governmental security organizations in the MEA region.
- Spearheaded internal development of an analytics platform and sold the first project making it the highest valued deal in the company’s history.
- Managed customer relationships, including CxO level.
Project History
Technical Competence Move From Europe to APAC
Planned and implemented the move, a technical competence center from Europe to APAC. The entire project was carried out on a very tight budget and schedule.
The entire project was carried out on a very tight budget and schedule. It could only be compared to a high-risk surgery or a high-pressure operation, during which very little room for error existed.
External partners, among a few other factors, were fundamental to increasing the execution speed and lowering the overall risk.
PMO Establishment
Established a PM Office that led to significantly improved project performance and alignment with strategic objectives.
Education
MBA in Business Administration
University of Cape Town - Cape town
Master's Degree in Telecommunications
Poznan Technical University - Poznan, Poland
Certifications
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
Skills
Tools
Confluence, Jira, Miro, Zoom
Paradigms
Change Management, Agile Project Management, Agile, Management
Platforms
Azure, Linux
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Other
Project Management, Portfolio Management, Leadership, Project Management Office (PMO), Risk Management, Client Relationship Management, Teams, Remote Team Leadership, Communication, Process Improvement, Team Management, Time Management, Project Delivery, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Cross-functional Team Leadership, Project Planning, Vendors & Suppliers, Risk, Business Requirements, Technical Recruiting, Stakeholder Management, Process Flows, Stakeholder Mapping, Process Improvement Project Management, Agile Transformation, Program Management, Best Practices, PMO Development, Enterprise Project Management, Jira Administration, Sprint Ceremonies, Scrum Master, Cloud Migration, Microsoft Teams, Presales, Budgeting, Strategy, IT Security
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