Додаткова інформація
Особисті якості, хобі, захоплення, навички: Languages Knowledge:
Russian - Mother language, Ukrainian - fluent at the Advanced level, English - fluent at the Advanced level.
Computer Skills
Software: MS Word, Excel, PhP, HTML, Corel Draw, Adobe PhotoShop. Task & project management: Asana, Scrum. Expert PC user's skill. Expert online booking engines Venere.com, Hostelworld.com, Hostelsclub.com property opertator's skill.
Professional Skills
- Teaching for tourism & e-commerce - expert, 5 years experience
- Consulting & business planning - expert, 19 years experience
- Start up project management - expert, 20 years experience
- Travel & hospitality expertize & development - expert, 22 years experience
Personal Skills:
Responsible, initiative and hard-working person, good decision making, administrative, management, communicational and interpersonal skills.
The most important achievements in a life and career:
I am a President of NGO Ukrainian Youth Tourist Association. I was an adviser of Vice-Prime-Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko till August, 2006. My initiatives in a youth tourism sphere are supporting by Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine), President of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, number of ministries, etc. Also I am a founder of trade mark “Youth Tourism & Hostels of Ukraine®”, Youth travel magazine “Hostel Style”, author of programs of the Free Economical Zones Inter Ports (1994) and youth hostels network (2000) creation in Ukraine. Since 2009 I am working for elaboration of the National Eco-lodges network in Ukraine.
Publications about me / interviews with me:
Newspapers: Kyiv Post, Kyiv Weekly, Fakty, Vechirni Visti, Kommentarii, Kommersant, Zerkalo Nedeli, Vlast’ Deneg, Kontrakty, 2000, Turisticheskie Novosti, Ukrainian Tourism, Delo
TV channels: ICTV, Inter, TV 1, STB, Novyi, NTN, UT 1, UBC, City, 1+1, 24TV
Radio: Svoboda, Nashe, Nova
August 2012 / Present
CEO (freelance) at Travel & Hospitality Business Consulting, Kyiv, Ukraine
-Building a Business
-Business development, improving business
-Development and promotion of projects
-IT solutions and E-commerce
-Optimize the cost of the promotional campaigns
-Attracting investment
-Market research
-Legal services
-Business Planning
-Recruitment
-Project management
Result: I worked for/in some successful projects including:
- Hospitality: Kirov Holiday Center (Yalta, Crimea), Hotel Edem (Sudak, Crimea), OK Odessa Hotel (Odessa), Budget hotel (Kamyanets-Podilskyi), Chabanka Hotel (Odes'ka Oblast), South Coast Resort Complex & Camping (Odes'ka Oblast);
- Online Booking: Toursnlodging.com, uConcierge.net, Hotels24.ua;
- Restaurants: Bakefeel (Kyiv) - organization of delivery service and E-commerce
January 2013 / May 2014
From startup till today. Global travel online servcie in Ukraine. Online booking of hotels, hostels, tours, restaurants, transfers, events, tickets, souvenirs, medical services etc. The portal "All-Ukraine.travel" and Kiev Tourist Card are projects by my management.
- Coordination of the IT group activities
- Development of product strategy
- Marketing research
- Business planning
- Business schemes elaboration
- Negotiations, contracting and coordination of service providers (vendors)
- Elaboration of contracts and base documentation
- Elaboration of information tourist portals of cities and regions of Ukraine
- Trainings for new employees
Starting the uConcierge system and Portal "All Kyiv" on June, 2013, starting preparation of portals of Dnipropetrovsk, Ternopil, Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Crimea.
Business plan approved by the investors and the project is funded.
October 2004 / Present
President at the Ukrainian Youth Tourist Association (UYTA), Kyiv, Ukraine
Company Description: All-Ukrainian NGO, which works in field of youth & students’ initiatives support for general, youth, and ecological tourism, promotion Ukraine as a tourism destination, development of youth hostels and eco-lodges network in Ukraine
October 2008 / August 2012
General Manager at Online booking system Toursnlodging.com, Kyiv, Ukraine
Company Description: Multifunctional online booking system for travel services in Ukraine. Offers online booking for tour packages, accommodation, health tourism, MICE, transfers.
January 2002 / July 2012
Director at Company “SunCity Travel, LLC”, Kyiv, Ukraine
Company Description: Multipurpose incoming tour operator, marketing hotels chain
April 2001 / December 2001
Mission Co-ordinator at American Distribution Committee JOINT, Kyiv, Ukraine
Company Description: The welfare fund, engaged trusteeship of the elderly, sponsoring of non-profitable projects and the organizations
February 1998 / April 2001
Director at AFINA Travel Company, Kyiv, Ukraine
Company Description: Multipurpose outgoing tour operator
June 1995 / February 1998
Deputy General Director at FLIMM Travel Company, Kyiv, UkSeptember 1991 / May 1997
Kyiv Institute of River Transport of the Odessa Sea Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
Faculty of Economics, Specialization: Transport Management
Honors Degree
September 1980 / May 1990
Secondary School #33, Kyiv, Ukraine
The Silver Medal CertificateEUJS & WUJS Leadership Training seminars - 1991-1993