Vlad Darie, PhD., MBA

Experience

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  Overseas Group

  Mar 2004 - Nov 2006

  Assistant Logistics Manager

  (A distributor of imported as well as self produced goods)Rotated and exposed to various departments and settled in logisticsManaged company fleet of 350 carsScheduled and supervised the maintenance of the company fleetWorked with authorities and insurance agencies in cases of accidentsWorked with various car dealerships and body shops in case of malfunctions

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  ARDEX Group

  Jul 2005 - Aug 2005

  Intern

  (One of the most successful international companies in the construction chemicals industry)Worked in production facility with state of art technologies Assisted in the financial department comparing the differences between Austrian and Romanian work ethics

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  Audi AG

  Aug 2005 - Aug 2005

  Intern

  (One of the Worlds leading Automobile Manufacturers)Created and populated database for production projectExperienced top of the art manufacturing, testing and designing techniques as well as the newest improvements in mechanics at major production facility

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  AdVenture International Company

  Dec 2006 - Nov 2007

  Account Manager

  - Ran multiple advertising projects from various customers across multiple industries (Automotive, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Electronics, etc.).- Kept direct contact with clients and assessed their desires for new promotional campaigns.- Implemented projects e.g. arranging for production of materials, branding, shooting commercials and setting up events.- Coordinated the creation and deployment of major media promotional campaign for private pensions company.

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  Fine Business Consulting

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Intern

  (Consulting Firm concentrated on foreign Investors form the German speaking World)Assisted Project Managers on various projects including the privatization of Romania's Salt IndustryMapped out privatization process for the Romanian Salt Industry in order to create a lobbying chart of all decision and influence factorsWorked in direct contact with Clients and all levels of Government Officials; Created and populated database for production projectExperienced top of the art manufacturing, testing and designing techniques as well as the newest improvements in mechanics at major production facility Show less

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  Frank G. Zarb School of Business

  Nov 2009 - May 2010

  Events Chair - Zarb Corporate Social Responsibility Association - Hofstra University
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  Hewlett-Packard

  Dec 2010 - Jul 2011

  Contract Administrator SMB (Germany)

  - Monitored and managed contracts for clients in Germany regarding warranties. - Held constant contact with the sales force in Germany in order to provide customers with best support.- Managed team reports for the Germany team in Romania (SMB, Express and Partners).- Initialized and perfected internal project regarding Auto-Printing.- Generated team(SMB) and division(Germany) reports on workflow.

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  Fresenius Medical Care

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2013

  GM Assistant & Project Manager

  - Coordinated due diligence process for merger acquisition of another company.- Oversaw the end to end process of refurbishing newly acquired Dialysis Centers (Design, Procurement, Execution).

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  Ees Romania

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2015

  General Manager

  - Performed Energy Efficiency audits for medium and large size production plants and office buildings in order to identify potential saving opportunities.- Managed multiple teams of internal and external collaborators in order to implement complex technical cost saving solutions

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  The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2016

  Associate Professor

  - Held Operations Management Course at FABIZ, ASE Bucharest

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  Darie Vlad-George PFA

  Jul 2015 - Jan 2017

  Owner

  - Conducted Energy Efficiency Audits and Energy Saving Projects for Medium and Large Businesses across Romania.- Keynote Speaker at CEZ Forums

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  _VOIS

  Feb 2016 - now

  As Team Manager of the Cloud & Hosting Operations, i work closely with my team to deliver the best Cloud service solutions to customers from all over the world.Managing and coordinating Datacenter Admins, Incident, Design and Transition Managers, Change and Decommissioning Managers and Release and Vulnerability Managers provides a dynamic work environment where we, as a team, provide complete end to end services Cloud services and continuously tackle diverse and challenging situations, ranging from complex technical issues, spanning across multiple platforms and ecosystems (VMware, Microsoft, Linux/UNIX, CISCO, etc) used to drive our datacenters, to defining or reviewing processes and documentations (service designs, level agreements, RACI matrixes, etc) upon which the services we deliver are built. Show less - Improved customer handover process by introducing a handover document, streamlining the process, cutting down the time spent by all involved teams (1st Line, 2nd Line, Build, TPM, AM, Change, RM, IM). - Participated in, and lead the GEO Centre of Excellence management weekly meeting.- Pioneered the introduction of the RM process into the daily operations of the C&H 1st line.- Assisted in preparing GET presentation for 2017 session and held training session during 2017 GET Internship Program. - Coordinated non-process specific team activates such as ad hoc activities, team building/bounding activities and birthday celebrations.- Organized and led on site meetings and call conferences with stakeholders from various streams DE, UK, TSSI and MNC.- Participated in, and held interviews for potential new hires.- Standing in for TL during calls, meetings and daily operation tasks when he is away in training or planed time off.- Helped new hires and GET trainees integrate within team by explaining Vodafone corporate tools. - Organized and led bi-monthly team meetings as well as weekly meetings with different streams.- Introduced several Six Sigma projects into Think Box. - C&H 1st Line Operation team member, to hold a presentation at an All Hands meeting.- Proudly represented Vodafone Romania Technologies and C&H Team in National and International Sports Events. As a result, I received the honor of becoming a Vodafone Brand Ambassador. Show less

  • Team Manager Cloud Operations

    Nov 2017 - now

  • Release Manager

    Feb 2016 - Nov 2017