Володимир

Vladimir KOVSHUN
18 g, Lesya Kurbasa street, Kiev, Ukraine
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Professional Summary
Professional Top manager with over 20 years’ experience in the leading international and Ukrainian
companies and joint ventures and professional with over 27 years of experience in telecommunications
and IT. Deep understanding and experience in planning, construction, operation, maintenance and
management process both separate elements of telecommunications equipment and the whole
network; in implementation units, departments, company from scratch. Managing projects of varying
complexity. Participated at numerous telecommunications and IT events with case presentations and
workshops targeted both for technical and non-technical audience

Core Competences and Skills
General Management~Strategic Planning~Telecommunications~GSM~CDMA~UMTS~Wi-max~Internet~
Techno economical analytics~Communications~Audits~Project Management~Crisis management~
Budget Management~Start-up~Leadership/Management~Business Processes Improvement~SEO~PPC
~Team Management~Motivation and team leadership~Problem solving~Negotiation~
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Professional experience

Self-employed Consultant, Kyiv, Ukraine. Telecommunication, internet providers, 08.2010-now
strategic business website promotion, general and project management area
consulting
Luxeo. Kyiv, Ukraine. Full cycle digital-agency. Chief Business Development officer
2014-now
 Design, execute and implement strategy of the company
 Organizational Development
 Business Development
 People management
 Business Process Management
 Budget management
 Business consulting
 Project management
 Successfully developed and implemented strategy of the company: in half a
year the company entered OPEX zero
 According to 2017 CMSmagazine rating the company is in top 5 companies of
Kyiv http://www.ratingruneta.ru/seo/kiev/
 Successful project implementation.

NEC Ukraine. Telecommunication, ICT, security and new business models solutions
2013-2014
Business Development Consultant.

Ukrainian Higher Technology (FreshTel), Wi-max operator, Kyiv, Ukraine 02.2011-07.2013
Chief Technical officer. Deputy CEO.
 Managed the Technical department (70 employees), optimized the
organization structure (reduced 50% of staff without affecting services),
optimized technical unit business process and procedures
 Transferred operation, maintenance and emergency activity on sites to
Outsourcing company
 Developed company’s technical improvement concepts for 5 years
 Developed annual plan budget for technical development;
 Managed the network building: optimized Kiev coverage and built new
network (18 regions)
 Managed Quality assurance; managed technical part of tenders
 Negotiations with Investors, Founders, vendors and subcontractors
State Projects, Technical project manager:
 Ukrainian railway coverage
 Open window (internet for schools, Kiev and Kiev region)
 Video control of elections
 Formula 1 on water

Motorola Ukraine
Regional manager (Ukraine, Belorussia) of professional services 08.2010-2011
 Professional services (network optimization, managed service, data
compression, service quality optimization) selling and operation for the
customers
Project: Radio network optimization of MTS Ukraine

CJSC «Ukraine Telesystems», (CDMA (EVDO) mobile operator), Kyiv, Ukraine 11.2009-08.2010
Chief Technical officer
 Managed the Technical department (200 employees), reorganized the
organizational structure; managed budget for technical department
 Managed SWOP Huawei equipment to Nortel equipment for the whole
network
 Managed CDMA network building, extension and optimization; civil and
frequency legalization of the sites; network planning and development,
rollout plan (300 sites per year); network operation and maintenance
(Network Monitoring Centre, RAN elements, transmission systems, etc)
 Managed Quality assurance
 Developed company technical improvement concepts for 3 years including
technology strategy, economical analytics.

Start up of Operator. CJSC «Ukraine Telesystems»,(CDMA (EVDO) mobile 06.2006- 11.2009
operator), Kyiv, Ukraine
Deputy Chief Technical officer, Head of network planning and development
 Recruited technical staff, created effective teams, developed and
implemented KPI
 Defined, developed and approved start up project documentation for
Government legalization
 Implemented and Managed Network Planning and Development unit (50
employees) and Operation unit from scratch
 Planned and developed BSS, NSS, TS, IP-network; provided and supported
frequency legalization of sites, network project documentation, CDMA
Network project legalization, TS projects,
 Provided maintenance of marketing projects
 Budget management for Network Planning and Development unit
 Maintenance of tenders technical part for the selection of network
equipment vendors

UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communication), now MTS Ukraine, national mobile 03.2005 -03.2006
operator, GSM, 9 500 000 subscribers, Kyiv, Ukraine
Head of Operation Department , UMC Head Quarter
 Managed Operation Department (180 employees); (NSS, TS, BS, OSS, power
supply, IT operation); managed operation process of Territorial technical
subdivisions (7 territories, 1200 employees); optimized the organizational
structure of Territorial technical subdivisions
 Planned and managed budget of Operation Department (incl. CAPEX, OPEX,
training budget)
 Managed upgrade process of HW and SW
 Managed SWOP of network equipment
 Defined, developed and managed KPI of network elements and staff
 Organized repairing process of damaged equipment
 Provided practical support and consultations to the Territorial technical
subdivisions on improving of operational methods and security improving in
operation;
 Managed the cooperation process with other company’s departments
 (marketing, sales, finance, HR), vendors and subcontractors
 Managed the development and providing the statistic information for the Top
management
Projects, Project owner:
Implementation of network operation service centers within Ukraine (36
Mini-centers).
Operation outsourcing services: change and repairing of damaged equipment
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Qualification
 The full, effective and successful management (confirmed by results) of operation and financial-
economic activities of the company.
 Effective and successful management (confirmed by results) of the Technical Department,
operation and network planning departments.
 Management of technical part of Start-up “Organization of Telecommunications company” (the
construction of the network, real-time implementation, financing, the reconstruction of the
network, network optimization, and so on).
 Management of reorganization and optimization of the department, participation in
reorganization and optimization of the company, reengineering of business processes
(confirmed by results), techno economical analytics, crisis management.
 Management and control of activity of the company’s structural units. Organization of their
cooperation; development and realization of department strategy, participation in development
and realization of strategy and long term complete vision of the company (business
architecture) and business plan of the company; development and implementation of effective
organizational structure of the company and algorithms of cooperaion and communication of
company’s divisions.
 Providing high-quality network operation and services, performing functions of technical
operation (NSS, BSS, TS, FOCL, service platform); maintenance, planning, construction and
management of telecommunications equipment, network audit; quality management; SWOP of
network equipment; elaboration and realization of strategy of development and operation of a
technical network 2G, 3G, CDMA,WMAX; elaboration and implementation of plans for the
development and modernization of the network, rollout plan (the backbone network, last mile,
the international network, interconnections to Ukrainian operators and operators of other
countries); technological development and new services and service platforms implementation
in cooperation with Marketing and IT.
 Development, distribution and budget performance control, development of CAPEX and OPEX
optimization, providing the most effective and target spending of financial and material
resources and reducing their losses; budget/finance management (2 million dollars – 7 million
dollars per year).
 Cooperation with the Ministries, Departments, Government Regulatory authorities (in part of
design and civil legalization of network objects), with the Ukrainian State Centre of Radio
Frequencies (UCRF) (in part of frequency legalization) and with large corporate structures of
Ukraine and foreign countries.
 Organization, carrying out and participation in the tender, purchases, conclusion of contracts,
control of execution of treaty commitments; high level negotiation, international negotiation,
interaction with Investors, Founders. Realization of the State projects, participation in the
international projects.
 Human resource management up to 400 people: creation of the highly effective teams,
recruitment, training, motivation and personnel development; management of Regional units of
the company (7 RU, up to 40 people in each RU).
 Consulting experience; 27 years of experience in telecommunications, 13 years of management
experience, international companies and joint ventures experience.
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Professional Experience (Ukraine)
Self-employed Consultant 08.2010-now
Luxeo. Chief Business Development officer 2014-now
NEC Ukraine. Business Development Consultant. 2013
Ukrainian Higher Technology (FreshTel), Chief Technical officer. Deputy CEO. 02.2011-07.2013
Motorola Ukraine, Regional manager (Ukraine, Belorussia) of professional 08.2010-2011
CJSC «Ukraine Telesystems», Chief Technical officer 11.2009-08.2010
CJSC «Ukraine Telesystems», Deputy Chief Technical officer, Head of network 06.2006 -11.2009
planning and development
«UTEL», affiliate of «Ukrtelecom», Head of service platforms 03.2006 -06.2006
operation
UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communication) now MTS Ukraine, Head of Operation 03.2005 -03.2006
Department , UMC Head Quarter
UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communication) now MTS Ukraine, Head of NSS, IN, 04.2004 -03.2005
services unit. Operation department. UMC Head Quarter

UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communication) now MTS Ukraine, Head of Operation 05.2003 -04.2004
department. UMC Central Territory
UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communication) now MTS Ukraine, Head of NSS, IN and 04.2001–05.2003
services. UMC Central Territory
UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communication) now MTS Ukraine, Leading MSC engineer. 09.1996 -04.2001
UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communication) now MTS Ukraine, Leading MSC engineer. 11.1995 -09.1996
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Education and professional development
Odessa Popov telecommunication institute 1982 – 1988
Multichannel telecommunication engineer

Kiev radio electronics secondary technical school,
Radio engineer
Training courses (1996-2007): Management Development Program, Managing Personal Efficiency,
Difficult commercial negotiations. Hard negotiations, Crisis Management , Risk Management, Change
management, Budget management, Project Management. Fundamentals and concepts, SSS Intelligent
Network Administration, System Specialist TAC, SSS Functional Sequences, SSS D900 Database, SSS D900
Signaling, OAM Specialist for SSS (for the Siemens System D900), Signaling System #7, Advanced
Signaling System #7, Digital UNIX User, Digital Advanced UNIX User, OSF/1 System Administration, The
ISO Reference Model, Packet Switching Basics, System Overview Hicom PFC, System Operator Hicom
PFC, Trouble Shooting
Additional information
Awards
 The Presidium of the Assembly of business circles. The programme Leaders of XXI century.
Diploma, February, 2013
 State Service of Special Communications and Information Protaction of Ukraine. Diploma,
November, 2012
 State Committee of Telecommunication and information of Ukraine. Diploma, November,
2001
Knowledge of languages: Russian (native), Ukrainian (native), English (Upper-intermediate level)
Computer skills: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Total Commander, Microsoft project
Driver’s license «B», (January, 1991). Interests – theatre, swimming, tennis, literature, travelling