Interim CEO

Darya is available for transitional/change management, interim CEO and Director positions. Below are several engagements completed. Contact for more information.

Key Skills for Interim Positions: leadership, remote and matrix team management, budgeting and forecasting, digitization and digitalization, sales and operation transformation, e-commerce management, go-to-market strategy development and implementation, creative strategy, strategic Planning, Leadership Development, Market Research, Product Development, Marketing Campaigns, Risk Mitigation, Change Management, Board Collaboration, Facilities Expansion, Efficient Hiring and Team Development (onsite and remote), Customer Engagement, Lean SixSigma and efficient project management.

Geography experience Worldwide.

Languages (fluent) English | German | Russian | Ukrainian | French

Interests & Achievements Pilates professional trainer and retreat organizer, owner of author Pilates program for triathletes and office workers, artist & fashion designer in crocheting, blogger, kid’s literature and sports, psychology and sales. Startup Awards, publications in Irish Tech News,  Silicon Valley, Best Young Entrepreneur Winner, Small Irish Business Association Magazine, Triathlon magazine, TV shows (business oriented), publications on export portals and export online resources as expert in international trade, advisor at number of governmental organizations in regards to international trade, intercultural business and export. Mentioned in Irish Times.   Featured in Inc.com

Several Executive Benchmarks/Accomplishments

  • Created 102% compounded growth within 9 months’ time for Educational program CIM
  • Increase of 49% for OEM Sales in DACH closing deals 500K+ to 2mln in SMB sector
  • Profit growth for 2 start-ups up to 2mln UAH for acquisition purpose in Ukraine
  • Profit growth for NeuVenture Global of 120% YoY, aggressive multi country strategy
  • Workflow and technology efficiencies in start-up environment
2008, Celenia SW a/s

Role: Senior Project Coordinator

Location: Denmark, Ukraine

Industry: IT, ERP systems integration and addons

Markets: EMEA

Project: Restructure customer support and services department

Duration: 7 months

Results: increased efficiency of customer support by 120%, operational restructuring for level 1 and level 2 support based on request complexity

2013, Multinational IT, Customer Confidential

Role: Head of Recovery Operations

Location: Ireland

Industry: IT software and services, cross brand multiple SW and SaaS solutions

Markets: EMEA and MENA

Project: restructure of renewals department, backlog management, sales operations re-design

Duration: 1 year

Results: awarded VP recognition for outstanding performance of operations recovery, backlog management and smooth operations transition change management

2008, Customer Confidential

Role: Senior Project Manager

Location: Ukraine

Industry: Education

Markets: Ukraine

Project: Set up sales operations for selling professional certifications on Ukrainian market

Duration:1 year

Results: set up sales department of 3 people, sales growth up to 105%, re-structure of previous sales and operations for efficient KPIs delivery

2014, Multinational, Customer Confidential

Role: Head of Digital Transformation

Location: EMEA

Industry: IT software

Markets: EMEA

Project: digital transformation change for sales operations and customer interaction

Duration: 10 months

Results: analysis of current status of sales operation, design of digital transformation strategy and implementation framework; supervision of project implementation; matrix organization management during project implementation

2010, Multinational IT, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim Operations Change Director

Location: Ireland

Industry: IT hardware and services, OEM

Markets: EMEA and CIS

Project: sales structure, operations scale up, department internal communication and efficiency

Duration: 1 year

Results: region-based sales and BDM structure, internal systems communications set up, improved efficiency of work delivery up to 40% compared to previous period

2014, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim VP of Business Development CIS

Location: Germany

Industry: Security and Video Systems

Markets: CIS

Project: business development strategy and implementation for CIS region

Duration: 2 months

Results: developed strategy for entering CIS market, supervised initial strategy implementation, first 3 constructs signed; negotiations on behalf of the customer

2011, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim Sales Growth Director

Location: Ireland, Russia

Industry: SaaS, unified call center solution

Markets: EMEA, Americas

Project: distribution B2B network setup, SW integrators engagement and partner network growth

Duration: 2 years

Results: presence growth in EMEA 150% compared to zero result, Americas growth 67% compared to initial market presence; ROI 320%

2015, Customer Confidential

Role: Head of EMEA BDM, Interim

Location: Russia

Industry: Energy, industrial parts

Markets: DACH

Project: strategy development and consulting for DACH

Duration: 3 months

Results: developed strategy with implementation tactics for business development and sales on DACH region; deep market research

2013, Multinational IT, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim M&A Integration Manager

Location: Ireland

Industry: IT SaaS, BYOD Security systems

Markets: EMEA

Project: integration of recent acquisition into company structure (sales, operations)

Duration: 1,5 years

Results: operations and sales integration, set up and initial management, scale up and alignment of the work based on KPIs execution; systems integration and processes coordination; alliances and partnership operations management

2016, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim Digital Operations BDM

Location: Russia

Industry: Emerging Technologies, Virtual Reality, Gaming, SaaS

Markets: Americas, MENA

Project: strategy and implementation process set up for remote/digital sales operations and business development

Duration: 3 months

Results: ready go-to-market strategy, full process description on operations and sales side tactics

2016, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim Director of Sales

Location: Ireland

Industry: FMCG, beer

Markets: Germany, Italy

Project: BDM strategy in Germany and Italy

Duration: 4 months

Results: strategy on GTM and lead generation, indirect distribution set up, negotiations on behalf of the client; operations handover

2016, KK Sazhinsky

Role: Interim VP Sales Operations EMEA

Location: Russia

Industry: FMCG, retail, food

Markets: EMEA with main focus on DACH

Project: build indirect distribution strategy and digital lead generation

Results: indirect export strategy, brand awareness campaign strategy, market research, digitization of lead generation processes for inside sales team

2017, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim VP of Digital Transformation

Location: Kazakhstan

Industry: Pharmaceutical

Markets: CIS, EMEA

Project: digital sales and operation transformation from traditional business model to digitized enterprise

Duration: 1 year

Results: strategy and implementation plan set up, tactics handover to senior management team, KPIs and strategic GTM, digital channels and framework.

2017, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim Digital Transformation Lead

Location: Ukraine and USA

Industry: IT outsourcing

Markets: Americas

Project: digital transformation strategy initiation, implementation plan set up

Duration: 3 months

Results: data analysis, strategy development, KPIs and digitization of operational structure; implementation plan development and handover

2016, Customer Confidential

Role: Interim Sales Director

Location: Russia

Industry: Emerging technologies hardware (AR)

Markets: global

Project: set up and supervise GTM strategy

Duration: 6 months

Results: current strategy analysis and change management, integration of digital GTM BDM, sales trainings design and deliver, initial strategy implementation supervision and handover to senior management team

2017, 3R

Role: Interim CEO and VP BDM CIS

Location: Japan

Industry: optics, software

Markets: CIS

Project: plan, build and supervise market entrance in CIS

Duration: 4 months

Results: strategy developed, delivered and supervised; additionally minor digital transformations implemented for sales department and BDM for CIS hired