Members Introduction

Jaroslaw Szulc - December 202

Jaroslaw Szulc

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.


You can learn more about Jaroslaw by visiting his LinkedIn profile

Vikram Ravindran - November 2020

Vikram Ravindran

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.

Hannes Unterspann - November 2020

hannes unterspann

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.

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

Ajay Bandlamudi - October 2020

Ajay Bandlamudi

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."

You can learn more about Ajay by visiting his LinkedIn profile

 

Kate Szafranska - October 2020

Kate Szafranska

Kat is a project manager and a business consultant with +10 years of progressive experience in a deadline-driven pharmaceutical/ healthcare industry. In the last 10 years she was actively engaged in several project management and business consulting roles, while working with pharmaceutical corporations, NPOs and governmental institutions.

Currently, she works with clients as a business consultant in healthcare markets to identify opportunities and formulate a strategy that transform their businesses across people, process and technology. She is passionate about developing innovative project management initiatives and building strong professional relationships in a global healthcare ecosystem. She is actively looking to work with organization that values passion, integrity, creativity, innovation and boldness to challenge a status quo.


Kat holds an MBA degree in Healthcare management and MSc in Clinical Research. She became a certified PMP professional in January 2020 and believes in continuous improvement on a professional and personal level.

Kat enjoys exchanging PM ideas and is looking forward to meeting other inspirational and like-minded members of the PMI Switzerland chapter to exchange on the recent trends and promote best practices in project management.

In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, snowboarding, horse-riding, and giving back to a society by engaging herself in a variety of business networking and charity initiatives.

You can learn more about Kat by visiting her LinkedIn profile