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Fractionals United is the leading global community for Fractional Leaders.

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WomenTech Network

WomenTech Network strives to be the leading global organization for women in tech and allies by providing opportunities for professional growth, networking, and career advancement.

WomenTech Goals
- Help women in tech to grow professionally and identify career growth opportunities.
- Give recognition to the successes of women in tech and empower them to become leaders and role models in their field.
- Increase the number of women in tech and leadership positions within technology companies and create a more diverse and inclusive tech industry.
- Provide a network and safe space for women in tech to connect with each other and collaborate.
- Inspire community leaders who are passionate about making a difference to build local women in tech initiatives for underrepresented groups in tech.
- Stay a relevant and leading resource for women in tech globally.
- Have fun along the way!

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Business and Career Mentor

I help companies assess growth opportunities, develop customised strategies to maximise profits & expand market reach. With cross-industrial experience helping companies grow both organically & through acquisitions.

•Business growth and expansion strategy: Developing strategic roadmaps and action plans to scale up businesses, increase revenue, and achieve profitability goals. 
• New business development: Conceptualising new business ideas, conducting feasibility studies, securing funding and launching new ventures in targeted markets. 
• Acquisitions: Identifying, evaluating and negotiating potential M&A targets to expand a company's product range, customer base, and capabilities. 
• Decision support. Helping decision makers evaluate options objectively and make evidence-based choices by analysing complex information and identifying actionable insights. 
• Risk analysis. Identifying, assessing and mitigating risks within an organisation by rigorously analysing vulnerabilities, threats, exposures and controls using data, modelling and metrics.
• Strategic Marketing: Conducting research and establishing goals and objectives that will maximise the effectiveness and success of the overall marketing strategy.  
•Business process optimisation: Analysing and reengineering workflows, procedures and resource allocation to improve efficiency, reduce costs and free up personnel time.

I also work with Non-profit 
• Act as a spokesman for non-profit organisations & engaged in various capacities in socially responsible projects that directly influence the life quality of vulnerable groups of people & animals
• I conducted legislative & market research of the state of public & social sectors closely analysing hundreds of organisations & governmental initiatives, creating a vision of the sector's future development.

Business Consultant & Career Development Advisor 

Reported to the Managing Director, worked directly with Founders & Shareholders
Built a team of ~20, 200+ partners & contractors.
• Developed an integrated marketing strategy (medium, large & key clients) & repositioning into “Partner in transformation” by promoting business leaders & overseeing their professional brand & skills development ➡️ gross profit doubled & total share ⬆️ from 54% to 64% of the division’s gross profit.
• Negotiated marketing budget ⬆️ 5x & effectively managed (real cost 2.5-3x) through developing 200+ partners networks & implementing creative solutions.
• Co-developed 5y Business Growth Strategy Development
• Contributed to the turnaround of an unprofitable acquired company ➡️ its business recovery

Strategy Business Development & Operations Director

Digital Engineering

International digital engineering business set-up (UK):
• Co-developed a business strategy for outsourcing engineering services based on BIM (Building Information Modelling) technology & helped to deliver a financial plan: investment of €7MM with 20% net profit over 4 years payback period
• Secured funding for inorganic business development in the UK (point of entry) ➡️due to successful business-plan co-presentation & stakeholder engagement based on market analysis outlining market entry strategy, sales volume projections, legislation specifics, risk analysis 
• Efficiently led acquisition sourcing & recruitment of M&A consultants, managing negotiations with potential candidates (shortlisted 15/300).
• Performed financial analysis, market positioning & product portfolio evaluation, partner networks & customer bases
• Spearheaded an international team (in-house & using external expertise) in preparing a £5MM turnover company acquisition deal: negotiated an NBO, conducted Due Diligence, prepared an offer & a term sheet, SPA, an integration plan & communication strategy, as a result managed to cut costs by 10%

Strategic Business Expansion Director

Industrial Development Fund

Project: State information system of Industry (SISI or GISP) development
• Formed & managed partnerships with 20+ federal & regional state governmental bodies, think tanks, industrial organisations & professional agencies on all levels
• Co-created SISI development strategy responsible for data modelling & business intelligence ➡️ budgetary funds allocation (Order #2091).
• Orchestrated the work of partners, suppliers & contractors to develop & deliver the data model (600+ indicators) & ensure adherence to existing regulatory frameworks & formation of new policies.
• Managed a project team developing personalised analytical dashboards for different types of users & ensuring data collection (from state sources) to minimise data re-entry by companies

Head of Data and Analysis (project based)

Research and Development Institute for Communication Strategies

Client Project: global strategy-management tool development for a large industrial corporation)
• Ideated the concept, developed & successfully presented the business plan for the development of an ad-hoc analytical tool to help the Client in developing & managing its global strategy, 
	- using comprehensive analysis of external factors & market conditions (1700+ parameters, 7 groups of factors) 
	- covering over 200 countries, 60 industries by ISOC, historical data since 1998 & 20-years foresight presented monthly, quarterly & annually. Including proprietary development of techniques & algorithms. 
• Secured funding
• Formed a worldwide partner network & recruited key people to support the project’s needs ✔️ a quick launch
• Led a team of 6, developing customised analytical solutions outlining market strategies in Latin America & Asia ➡️ using our proprietary models provided economic, political, environmental & business insights allowing Senior Executives to make decisions.
• Partnered with the Client’s senior management & 3rd party agencies in developing Client's 5 years strategy.

Director of Strategic Development (strategic consulting)

FinEx Plus (Asset Management, Hedge Fund, Family Office)

Reported directly to both the President & Beneficiary 
• Organised the US division set-up
• Oversaw aircraft charter management

Operations Officer

Strategist | Integrated Marketing Leader | Mentor | B2B | Digital | M&A | Expansion | Multilingual | Transformation | IT | Tech | Strategic Consulting | Open to Relocation

As a Strategic Leader and Business Generalist I convert opportunities into strategic growth. With 15 years of cross-industry experience in companies of all sizes with revenue up to $18BN I 
👉 efficiently formulated & executed high-impact 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬
👉 improved 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 (released ~30% of personnel time, cost reductions & 2x revenue increases)
👉 launched new businesses from scratch globally
👉 secured funding ($17MM+)

International background & 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 experience ensure fast assimilation & allow me to see things from a strategic level, select the right tools & solve problems.

Companies will benefit from my analytical yet empathetic approach to 
👉 pinpointing growth areas
👉 improve operational efficiency
👉 building high-performing teams to tackle complex challenges with precision & vision
👉 sourcing & negotiating with partners, contractors & acquisition targets building relationships with ease

My mentorship & continuous learning drive progress. 
My academic background is in International Management & Psychology, MSC, MA, BA 

Particularly skilled in
- Strategic consulting and advisory
- International business setup
- Strategy development
- Operational efficiency improvement
- Change and Transformation
- Executive coaching
- Team development
- Strategic marketing
- Expansion incl. M&A
- Partnerships
- Negotiations & Strategic communications
- Investor relations
- Government relations

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