Experienced, well connected IT Executive
Romania
- Current
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- Vice President Consulting & EXP at Gartner
- President at CIO Council
- Past
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- CIO at Rompetrol
- IT Director at Rompetrol
- IT Manager at Rompetrol Vega Refinery
- Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
- Service Director at MicroNET Computers
- Service Engineer at MicroNET Computers
- Software Engineer at Intel '91
- Education
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- ASE Bucuresti & HEC Montréal & uOttawa
- Universitatea 'Politehnica' din Bucuresti
- Universitatea 'Politehnica' din Bucuresti
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Felix Enescu’s Summary
I am sure that Romania will become a regional hub for IT.
One of the ways to increase awareness about Romania and it's offerings it's by personal networking. And I want to do my share. Already Romania it's high on the list of potential global IT suppliers, but more can be made.
And IT clients come from all industries :-). I am quite well connected in Romania and I am able to put you in contact with a lot of people (if you are interested in making business or working in Romania).
I do not sell anything, except Romania as global IT supplier. :-)
I am committed to help Romania to expand regionally. It's my personal quest :-)
================= Key Skills =================
Very good Romanian IT market knowledge with connections in all industries
14 years of IT management, IT operations and consulting experience with regional petroleum group, Big 4 firm and IT services company. Romanian-Canadian MBA (marketing specialization) with particular expertise in:
• Change management. Restructured and integrated four IT organizations: Petros, IAIFO, Vega and Petromidia refineries
• Deliver cost effective IT services. Organized Rompetrol IT like a (semi) captive delivery center and keep costs at 50% of industry average
• Building, leading and motivating teams of up to 120 productive employees
• Strategic planning and development for Information Systems in a corporation growing from turnover of 100M USD to 1B USD in two years
Felix Enescu’s Specialties:
Change management, ISCo, delivery center, Shared Services, Chargeback, Activity Based Costing, ABC, outsourcing, organizational development, people management, mergers & acquisitions, spin-offs, business process improvement, business strategy, ITSM, ITIL
Felix Enescu’s Experience
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Vice President Consulting & EXP
Gartner
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year)
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President
CIO Council
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)
There are many IT industry associations. All of them represent the interests of IT vendors. CIO Council is the only industry association representing the interests of corporate IT clients.
The main objective of CIO Council is to promote and protect interests of IT&C corporate clients.
CIO Council will:
• Promote the creation of mature and competitive IT&C market in Romania.
• Provide a beneficial network of peers;
• Sponsor interesting discussion of IT&C topics in areas that we profess expertise;
• Address the challenges that we face professionally, including the creation and use of IT&C to achieve our companies' business objectives, the development of technically capable staff, and the promotion of IT&C as a resource in Romania. -
CIO
Rompetrol
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
June 2003 — May 2007 (4 years)
The Rompetrol Group is a regional petroleum company with presence in 14 countries and 2006 revenues of US$5.65 billion
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Report to VP Shared Services, lead a team of 120 with 7 direct reports, annual budget of $12M+ group wide
Set information systems strategy and direction. Responsible for the provision of all IT services: 20+ companies, 14 countries, 3000+ IT users
• Run IT like a separate entity, with own P&L. Sell services based on contracts at market price
• Implemented ABC costing for IT services
• Implemented ITIL
• Created Project Management Office
• Maintained a low staff turnover using people management best practices and low cost methods
• Improved IT cash position by selling services outside the Rompetrol Group
• Reduced costs by 15% by negotiating global contracts with major providers
• Merged and reorganized IT and Business Restructuring departments
• Lead team for Oracle E-Business Suite implementation (4 companies) -
IT Director
Rompetrol
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
September 2000 — May 2003 (2 years 9 months)
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Reported to VP Shared Services, led a team of 56 with 6 direct reports, annual budget of $3M+ group wide
Set information technology strategy and direction. Responsible for the provision of all IT services: 10+ companies, 5 major sites, 30+ servers, 1000+ workstations, Oracle E-Business Suite
• Successfully operate and develop IT with headcount less than half of industry average
• Consolidated IT departments as a shared service over group companies
• Consolidated IT polices, IS standards and procedures, IT Training
• Implemented change management system for IT
• Improved helpdesk system by implementing single point of contact and request tracking system
• Lead technical team for Oracle E-Business Suite implementation (5 companies) and Oracle Financial Analyzer implementation
• Lead team in performing major upgrade and migration (from Windows to AIX) of Oracle E Business Suite. This was the first successful upgrade in Romania -
IT Manager
Rompetrol Vega Refinery
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
March 2000 — August 2000 (6 months)
Vega is a 500k t/yr. refinery focused on specialty products: solvents, recovery of metals, ceresin, bitumen, pharmaceutical salves, catalysts for cars, LPG, & intermediate blend stocks.
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Reported to General Manager and managed 5 direct reports, six months budget of $250K+
Restructure and integrate IT function. Responsible for the provision of all IT services - 4 servers, 250+ workstations, NT/2000 network integrated with Rompetrol Group WAN
• Organize IT department by creating job descriptions, implementing evaluation system and setting individual objectives
• Develop and implement IT policy, IS standards and procedures
• Start IT training program for 200+ trainees with two full time trainers and dedicated training room
• Plan and implement BackOffice 4.5 for integrated e-mail and Internet access
• Plan and implement VPN with Bucharest Headquarters
• Develop and implement change management system for legacy applications -
Senior Consultant
Ernst & Young
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — February 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Ernst & Young is one of the world's leading professional services organizations with presence in 140 countries and 2005 revenues of US$16.9 billion.
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Responsible for the provision of all IT services – 2 servers, 100+ workstations, NT network
• Performed Y2K audits (including National Bank of Romania)
• Act as a technical advisor for various client engagements
• Reduced IT related downtime for users by 50% while cutting overall IT maintenance time by 70%
• Reduced IT related costs and improved vendor services through market research and direct negotiation
• Organized three weeks training for 45 trainee
• Perform regular audits to verify IT policies compliance and determine true business needs for future capacity planning -
Service Director
MicroNET Computers
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years)
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Managed 4 direct reports
• Participate in company growth from 2 clients on 3 sites to 10+ clients on 20+ sites
• Designed, implemented and maintained a TCP/IP network with 4 sites connected over leased lines and CATV, VPN, 3 UNIX servers, 4 firewalls, 4 routers, 200+ PCs and terminals
• Designed and supervised installation of mixed voice/data networks (UTP Cat 5, Fiber-Optic backbone) for 350+ computers
• Developed a fully automated data-bridge between a legacy medical system (running on PDP-11 and MicroVAX) and PC
• Developed a Linux based sniffer and other tools related to network security (scanning scripts, log analyzers) for Linux, DEC OSF and SCO UNIX
• Developed (using Visual Basic) an electronic cash register supervising program for a Point Of Sale type application
• Developed (using Visual Basic) a telephone exchange monitoring program -
Service Engineer
MicroNET Computers
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
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• Installed, configured and managed UNIX, CISCO and DEC WAN routers, switches, hubs and modems
• Managed customers’ networks: Microsoft, Novell NetWare and UNIX networks
• Designed, implemented and maintained alarm systems (20+ zones, remote reporting and control)
• Developed (using Access) an in-house inventory and service activity management system -
Software Engineer
Intel '91
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Felix Enescu’s Education
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ASE Bucuresti & HEC Montréal & uOttawa
MBA, Marketing, 2004 — 2006
Summa cum laude diploma awarded by HEC Montréal and University of Ottawa - School of Management.
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Universitatea 'Politehnica' din Bucuresti
Advanced Studies, Robots and flexible manufacturing systems, 1995 — 1996
• First prize and gold medal at “Salonul International Creativitate-Inovare”, Bucharest 5-10 June 1995, for the paper "µCIM - A new approach in small scale CIM"
• "µCIM - An implementation Model for Distributed Shop-Floor Control", ROSE ’95 Proceedings -
Universitatea 'Politehnica' din Bucuresti
MSc, Automatic Control and Industrial Informatics, 1990 — 1995
• "User Interface for educational CIM system based on Linux", ROSE ’94 Proceedings
Additional Information
Felix Enescu’s Websites:
Felix Enescu’s Interests:
Geert Hofstede, Edward Twitchell Hall, cultural differences, international marketing, science-fiction
Felix Enescu’s Groups:
ISACA, CIO Council (www.ciocouncil.ro)
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CIO Council member -
eLiberatica - The Benefits of Open and Free Technologies member -
CIO Exchange member
Felix Enescu’s Honors:
• IDG Excellence Prize, Section “IT Heroes”, RoCS 2004
• "Can you build a plane while flying it? Ways to align IT to business", keynote presentation, IQPC conference, London, 02/2007
• "ITIL: fashion or real possibility for IT services improvement?" , Computerworld Romania, 05/2006
• "Buying Storage - The Questions Your Vendors Don't Want You to Ask", Storage Roadshow 2006, IDC event, Romania, 05/2006
• "Change before you have to", ICT in the Utilities and Energy Sectors CEE 2005, IDC event, Romania, 12/2005
• "I am to poor to buy cheap things", Computerworld Romania, 10/2005
• "Decalogue for IT Acquisitions", Computerworld Romania, 07/2005
• "IT sustain growth for Rompetrol", Market Watch IT&C, 06/2005
• "The role of CIO", Computerworld Romania, 10/2004
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