Vesna Mrdak, CIO

Vesna Mrdak

CIO

Daimler Middle East & Levant FZE

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, BA/Computer Engineering
Experience
28 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 3 Months

CIO at Daimler Middle East & Levant FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since November 2013

-Define the IT landscape
-Consult and support the key business partners on all IT related aspects
-Ensure alignment with global corporate technology framework
-Ensure IT Security and Data Protection Standards implementation
-Monitor and track the planning, building and rollout phases of IT Projects
-Plan, manage and control the IT Budget
-Personnel Management

Deputy CIO at Mercedes-Benz Srbija i Crna Gora
  • Serbia
  • October 2008 to October 2013

- Lead the management of the department’s resources in an efficient and effective manner.
- Plan, manage and control the IT Budget (Capex and Opex), ensure efficient usage of the budget
- Implement demand, incident and problem management (CISM)
- Define the IT master landscape
- Design the IT-Strategy in accordance with HQ strategy and aligned with the business units
- Monitor and track of IT Projects, support and consult in processes, IT applications, systems and services with business partners. Meeting deadlines and staying within budget (SAP/Cofico, ESS Symphony, IDIS, FMP)
- Consulting and supporting the key business partners on all IT questions
- Supervise and monitor the IT operation
- Support and ensure implementation of global infrastructure projects and new IT / CoC systems
- Control / negotiation on compliance and quality of delivery of the agreed SLA & OLA
- Supervise implementation of IT Security concepts, , ensure IT Security and Data Protection Standards
- Personnel management: provide coaching, mentoring and guidance to IT staff, task allocation

IT Coordinator at DaimlerChrysler Srbija i Crna Gora
  • Serbia
  • April 2002 to September 2008

- Ensuring the smooth running of all of applications
- Read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations
- Evaluation, analysis and documentation of requirements, translation into proper system requirement specifications
- 10 DMS (Dealer management system) installation and support
- Active roll in DMS workshops
- AS/400 Setup, integration with other systems
- CL programming, DDS modification, RPG II programs modification
- Application development: Local Intranet (PHP, ASP.NET), vehicle sales application (SQL, VB), Customs control and Chemicals reporting (MS Access), Workshop follow up (VBA, CL)

Project coordinator at Mercedes Benz Jugoslavija
  • Serbia
  • April 2001 to March 2002

- Support aftersales SW implementation project.
- Execution and control project with regard to time and quality.
- Creation of business requirement documents.
- Coordination between internal departments, sectors/divisions and external stakeholders.
- Collecting and reporting KPI values on regular basis.

Technician at Military Technical Institute
  • Serbia
  • January 1996 to March 2001

- Support for digital communication system
- Development and maintenance of application for follow-up of all communication devices
- Test the application.

Education

Master's degree, BA/Computer Engineering
  • at Graduate School of Business Studies Megatrend
  • June 2009
Diploma, Information Technology
  • at Belgrade Business School
  • April 2001

Specialties & Skills

Incident Management
Demand Management
IT Management
Business Analysis
IT Management
Disaster Recovery
Information Security
AS400 Administration
Project Management
Business Process Improvement
IT Operations Management
Demand Management
Incident Management
IT Strategy
IT Service Management

Languages

English
Expert
German
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

AS400 Administration and system installation (Training)
Training Institute:
SouConsult Germany - IT-Consulting and ERP-Software
Date Attended:
March 2001