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Досвід роботи

Executive director

з 11.2022 по нині (1 рік 5 місяців)
Power of Support, Київ (Неприбуткові, благодійні та громадські організації)

We bring Victory over the enemy closer. Operational activity management, fundraising, marketing, project management.

Independent Consultant

з 10.2021 по 11.2021 (1 місяць)
USAID EDGE, Київ (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

Preparation, support and assisting the FAM Trip of 14 Ukrainian tour operators to Moldova.

U-LEAD Independent Consultant

з 10.2021 по нині (2 роки 6 місяців)
GOPA Worldwide Consultants, Київ (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

Senior Ukrainian Short-term Expertise - Local Projects of Regional Significance in Tourism and Recreation. I provided consulting services to Ukrainian municipalities for the development of tourism and hospitality projects. The consulting assignment was part of the project’s Local Projects of Regional Significance Initiative that aimed to support municipalities in developing full-fledged project concepts that are ready for funding by international and nation financing institutions.

While there were plans to extend the assignment with me to a second cycle of projects, these plans were suspended following the military invasion of Russia in Ukraine and a re-orientation of the entire project.

Achievements: 17 projects of 70 communities of Ukraine in the field of tourism and hospitality have been developed. 7 of them were selected. Accompanied projects in preparation for investment.

Tourism Sector Lead

з 04.2020 по 10.2021 (1 рік 6 місяців)
USAID ERA, Київ (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

Duties:
• Launch of the Sea of Azov tourism sector component.
• Advise and assist local stakeholders.
• Provide support to the market studies and other T&H industry research.
• Facilitate business-to-business meetings.
• Provide support for the establishment of a destination marketing organization.
• Organize and facilitate various project events.
• Work with consultants.
• Monitoring and reporting.
• Organization and support of tenders and grant programs.

Achievements:
1. Trainings on the creation of tourist products, cultural and historical heritage in tourism and cluster management of tourist destinations were conducted. It covers more than 500 entrepreneurs, government officials and educational institutions, artists, public figures working in the field of tourism.
2. A powerful advertising campaign for the region's tourist opportunities has been launched. The video Explore Azov and the tourist brand # colorful Azov were created. Azov Tourism Portal
3. A grant program has been launched for entrepreneurs, local authorities and public associations working in the field of tourism in Mariupol (Donetsk Oblast), Berdyansk and Melitopol Raions (Zaporizhia Oblast). On August 6, 2021, a similar grant program for Henichesk and Kakhovka Raions of Kherson Oblast was completed.
4. The Road Map of Tourism Development of the Azov Region 2021-2030 has been created. 200 pages, which contain an analysis of the current situation, development strategy and macro destination management system.
5. Azov DMO (Destination Management Organization) and Azov Supervisory Board were created. Azov Tourist Information Centers network development.
6. Extension of tourist season activities: development of SPA & Health resorts; increasing of MICE facilities; development of new festival, ethnic and cultural tourism products.
7. Creation of the Melitopol Cherry Museum Concept and Mariupol Tourism Infrastructure Investment Strategy.
8. Organization and holding of events, forums, competitions, meetings, etc.

Local expert and Project co-ordinator

з 06.2019 по 11.2019 (5 місяців)
Hotel & Destination Consulting, Zagreb (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

Ukrainian team coordinator for the EBRD project “A Roadmap for Competitive Development of Ukrainian Travel & Tourism Industry”.

1. Work with top experts in the field of tourism: deputies, members of the government, heads of leading public organizations and business owners.
2. Collection of statistical and informational data.
3. Elaboration of recommendations for the EBRD on the implementation of a tourism development program in Ukraine.
4. Coordination and logistics for events and meetings.

Chairman

з 07.2018 по нині (5 років 9 місяців)
Tourism and Hospitality Association of West Cherkaschyna, Умань (Non-profit and charitable organizations)

Tourist cluster "West Cherkaschyna" works on the territory of 9 regions (rayons) of Cherkaska Oblast. Main tasks: creation of a common tourist product, investments attraction to the region, unification of the main stakeholders of the region.

President

з 11.2017 по 02.2019 (1 рік 3 місяці)
Charitable Fund "Uman Tomorrow", Киев (Неприбуткові, благодійні та громадські організації)

The purpose of the fund is to facilitate the creation of an eco-system, comfortable for residents and guests of Uman.

Creation from scratch, management, project management, coordination of activities. Territory marketing.

Business development manager

з 08.2016 по 01.2017 (5 місяців)
Caviar.co.il, Netanya (Роздрібна торгівля)

IT solutions, optimization of delivery service, marketing research, business planning, new projects development

CEO

з 08.2016 по 06.2017 (10 місяців)
Charitable Fund "Help for You", Netanya, Israel (Неприбуткові, благодійні та громадські організації)

My duties: Development, management and fundraising.

Today Ukraine, as well as Israel suffers from terrorism on its territory. The antiterrorist operation in the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts and Crimea annexation led to the fact that Ukraine has more than 1 million refugees from these regions and almost 10 thousand Ukrainian army soldiers wounded in combat. The refugees and wounded soldiers are among the most disadvantaged sections of the population who need a permanent material and moral aid.

We, citizens of Israel, who were born in Ukraine, have vast experience for providing both humanitarian and financial aid from around the world, and in December 2015 created the Fund «Help for You." We care about the tragedy in Ukraine. We provide and will provide assistance to those who suffered at the war, which imposed outside - adults and children who left their homes and soldiers who were wounded to protect their motherland.

THE MAIN TASKS OF THE FUND ARE:

Improving the living conditions of disabled children and orphans
Professional support for people with mental limitations
Support and protection of single mothers, the elderly and disabled
Improving the quality of life of migrants from the Crimea, and from the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts
Improving the quality of life and rehabilitation of Ukrainian soldiers who were wounded in the area of ATO
Help for repatriation and adaptation in Israel

Front Desk Manager & Development Consultant

з 01.2016 по 08.2016 (7 місяців)
MGallery David Tower Hotel by Sofitel, Netanya, Israel (Готельно-ресторанний бізнес)

!Starting from scratch!
Management and coordination of the reception desk and bell boys staff: check-in/check-out operations, reception desk working, shifts, work with PMS Opera and TARS.
Organizational and administartive consulting for the Reception management.

Business Development Senior Officer

з 06.2015 по 01.2016 (7 місяців)
Vistory Tours, Netanya, Israel (Туризм)

Victory Tours is a multi functional tour operator. I am working for the development of online booking and English speaking segment of customers.

DEO

з 05.2014 по 12.2014 (7 місяців)
Bakefeel Bakery, Kyiv (Готельно-ресторанний бізнес)

Duties: creation and development of the web-site, organization of delivery service, marketing, promotion, business model, strategy planning, staff teaching

Web-site/online store www.bakefeel.com.ua was created, delivery service has started, business model and marketing plan were elaborated.

CEO

з 01.2013 по 05.2014 (1 рік 4 місяці)
Online booking system uConcierge / Program "All-Ukraine.travel", Київ (IT)

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
- Financial regulation and pricing
- Development of product strategy and user-flow
- Marketing research
- Business planning
- Business schemes elaboration
- Development of standards for categorization of travel products, including standards for hotels, transportation companies, restaurants, resort and recreation
- 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
- Copyrighting
- Creation of the "Tourist Lab" training center
- Coordination of the IT products security (SSL, PCI DSS)

Starting the uConcierge.net online travel platform and Portal "All Kyiv" on June, 2013, starting preparation of portals of Dnipropetrovsk, Ternopil, Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Crimea.
My business plan approved by the investors and the project is funded.

CEO (freelance)

з 08.2012 по 07.2022 (9 років 11 місяців)
Travel & Hospitality Business Consulting, Київ (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

Travel & Hospitality sphere:
• 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

Achievements: I worked for/in successful projects & start-ups including:

HOSPITALITY:
1. Creation of the first hostels in Ukraine
2. Global consulting for more than 100 accommodations and chains in Ukraine and Israel.

E-TOURISM: Expedia.com, HostelWorld.com, HostelsClub.com, Toursnlodging.com, uConcierge.net, Hotels24.ua.

TRAVEL COMPANIES consulting for 40+ businesses in Ukraine, Israel, Romania, Georgia, and Moldova.

RESTAURANTS consulting for 20+ restaurants and cafes in Ukraine and Israel.

DESTINATION MANAGEMENT:
1. West Cherkasy Oblast (2017-19)
2. National Project "Tourism Clusters 300+" (2018-21)
3. Sea of Azov Region including Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts (2020-21)
4. 17 projects of the small community municipalities across Ukraine (2021-22)

Country Representative

з 04.2010 по 09.2011 (1 рік 5 місяців)
SINO PAYMENTS - Hong Kong, China, Київ (IT)

Duties: Promotion of the company's products in Ukraine, negotiations with Ukrainian banks for implementation of the company's products

Founder

з 10.2008 по нині (15 років 6 місяців)
Online booking system Toursnlodging.com, Kyiv (IT)

- Create a project "from scratch"
- General management of the system
- Coordinating the IT team
- Development of contracts and basic documentation
- Creating a product strategy
- Market Research
- Training of staff

The system has successfully been operating for five years.

President

з 10.2004 по 01.2015 (10 років 3 місяці)
NGO Ukrainian Youth Tourist Association (UYTA), Київ (Неприбуткові, благодійні та громадські організації)

Duties: General management, financial activity control, development of new activity directions
Result: UYTA professionals have worked out and implemented the following projects: "Youth, Recreational, & Ecological Tourism of Ukraine - Unity and European Integration", "Social & Ecological Tourism of Ukraine - European Quality without Bounders and Obstacles", "Students Tourist Lab", "Tourist Online Shops Protection", "Ukrainian Functionaries Crush Youth Tourism" etc. In the period of 2004-2010 UYTA was working out recommendations in respect to the changes introduction to the legislation system: proposal on youth hostels classification and standardization, working out National Eco-lodges Network in cooperation with National Ecological Academy; revision of the Draft of Ukraine "About Amendments Introduction to the Law of Ukraine "About Tourism". In particular it was suggested to include into the list of travel industry notions "virtual tourist agent / tourist operator".
UYTA has conducted a number of actions for students and young people. Due to UYTA support the following projects were started: Youth Tourist Portal www.youthtour.org.ua that allows online booking of youth hostels in Ukraine and all over the world; Network of euro hotels "Youth Tourism and Hostels of Ukraine®"; International youth and ecological tours around Ukraine on the regular basis; Educational and Experimental Center "Students Tourist Lab"; Youth Tourist Magazine "Hostel Style". UYTA operations are supported by the Ukrainian authorities: Supreme Council and Cabinet of Ministers.
Due to UYTA operations for the first time in Ukrainian tourism online booking of tours around Ukraine takes place since 15.01.08. In 2005-2010 UYTA partners served over 160,000 tourists (locals and foreigners) due to UYTA support of youth tourism development.

Director

з 02.2002 по 07.2012 (10 років 5 місяців)
Company “SunCity Travel, LLC”, Київ (Туризм)

Duties: General management, financial activity control, development of new directions of activity
Result: Company is a founder of the trade mark "Youth Tourism & Hostels of Ukraine®" and online travel shop Hostels-Ukraine.com. In 2004 the company was nominated for a rank "the Best tour operator of internal tourism" in competition of "Stars of the Ukrainian tourism" (5th place). The company offers youth scheduled tours across Ukraine, unites under the trade mark 27 youth hostels, and has representations in 8 cities of Ukraine. The company is the official representative of the worldwide youth online booking system HostelsClub.
Company is a partner of the worldwide online booking systems:
- HostelWorld and HostelBookers (since 2005)
- HostelsClub (since 2006)
- IWB (since 2007)
- Expedia/Venere (since 2010)

Mission Co-ordinator

з 04.2001 по 12.2001 (8 місяців)
American Distribution Committee JOINT, Київ (Неприбуткові, благодійні та громадські організації)

Duties: Organization of reception of delegations of sponsors and controllers from abroad. Preparing for programs and itineraries for delegations, logistics, control over realization of reception of delegations

Director

з 02.1998 по 04.2001 (3 роки 2 місяці)
AFINA Travel Company, Київ (Туризм)

Duties: General management, the financial activity control, development of new directions of activity of the company, development of charter programs
Result: Company was a General Representative in Ukraine of tour operators "Nova Era Tours" (Cyprus) and "IRIS Tours" (Australia), as well a participant of joint Russian-Ukrainian-French project "Mini Hotel" (1999). In 2000 I create the concept of development of youth hotels (hostels) in Ukraine.

Co Managing Partner

з 05.1997 по 10.1999 (2 роки 5 місяців)
Nova Era Tours, Larnaca, Cyprus (Туризм)

Organization of charter flights from Ukraine to Cyprus, General Representative in Ukraine, working in Cyprus for the all inclusive services.

Deputy General Director

з 06.1995 по 02.1998 (2 роки 8 місяців)
FLIMM Travel Company, Київ (Туризм)

Duties: Development of new travel directions, the control and coordination of advertising activity, negotiating with foreign partners, accreditation in embassies
Result: I have developed and prepared for realization tour packages to Brazil, South Africa, Czech Republic, Israel, France, Malta and Cyprus.

Deputy Director for Innovation Activity

з 06.1993 по 06.1995 (2 роки)
SLID & Co Ltd., Київ (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

Duties: Development and promotion of innovative projects, coordination of the business offers creation
Result: Development of following projects: manufacturing of fructose from waste of sugar manufacture, the organization of development of granite deposits in Zhytomyr and Vinnitsya provinces. I was engaged in creation of the concept of free economic zones - Inter Ports in Ukraine' development, headed group of investments researching for Gostomel airport (Antonov's Aviation Plant), took part and headed delegations in negotiations with foreign investors in Switzerland, Moscow, Kyiv, Lviv.

Deputy Director

з 04.1992 по 05.1993 (1 рік 1 місяць)
VAAD Information Center, Київ (Неприбуткові, благодійні та громадські організації)

Duties: General management of activity of the Centre, creation of programs for seminars and conferences, creation of the Centre's representations of to Ukraine.

Technical Assistant

з 09.1990 по 04.1992 (1 рік 7 місяців)
ALTERNATIVE Private Enterprise, Київ (Видавництво, поліграфія)

Duties: Control over process of design and exploration works preparation, technical and technological control over process of the books edition.

Освіта

Kyiv Institute of River Transport of the Odessa Sea Academy

Faculty of Economics, Specialization: Transport Management, Kyiv
Вища, з 1991 по 1997 (5 років 8 місяців)

Додаткова освіта та сертифікати

EUJS & WUJS Leadership Trainings

1991-1993

Enterpreneurship in Israel

2014, 4 monthes

Forex/Binary Options/Sales/Retention/Telemarketing

2015, 3 monthes

•TARS •PMS Opera •Luxury Hospitality course

2016, 1 monthes

Знання і навички

Знання мов

• Англійська — просунутий
• Російська — вільно
• Українська — вільно
• Іврит — середній
• Польська — початковий
• Німецька — початковий

Рекомендації

• Manuel Haag

  Manuel Haag

  Senior Project Manager, GOPA Worldwide Consultants

  Контактні дані приховані

• Sergii Nerpii

  Sergii Nerpii

  Representative in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, USAID EDGE

  Контактні дані приховані

• Tetyana Tymoshenko

  Tetyana Tymoshenko

  Team Leader, U-LEAD with Europe

  Контактні дані приховані

Додаткова інформація

Personal Skills:
Responsible, initiative and hard-working person, good decision making, administrative, management, communicational and interpersonal skills. I am ready to start a project from zero, because have good experience since 1993.

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. Also I am a co-author of the program for development of the youth tourist infrastructure of Ukraine for Euro 2012. In 2019 I became the European Commission Expert, EBRD International Adviser and Member of the Parliamentary Public Council. In 2020-21 I was a USAID ERA Tourism Sector Lead.

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, Rada
Radio: Svoboda, Nashe, Nova