Oleksiy Sheshyn

Ukraine Country Manager

Professional Highlights

Over 13 years of experience in marketing, business development, planning, scheduling, estimating, cost engineering, contracts and program management. Worked on EBRD programs for SIP-PMU, US Government programs in Iraq and insurance programs in Lithuania and U.S.

Familiar with IMF, World Bank, EBRD and Bank polices and tendering.

Fluent reading and verbal knowledge: Russian, Ukrainian, and English.

Extensive background in Project Management software including: Primavera version 3.1 and 6.0, Mc2 Estimating, MS Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

Key Technical Skills

Construction Management
Construction Scheduling
Construction Estimating
Project Management
Cost Controls
Contract Management

Education

M.S., Economics - Finance and Management, Ukrainian Institute of Foreign Affairs, Kiev, Ukraine, 1996
B.S., Economics, Economics - Finance and Management, Ukrainian Institute of Foreign Affairs, Kiev, Ukraine, 1995

Certifications / Affiliations

The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE Number 30402)
Certified Cost Consultant, valid through March 2010, Certificate No

Project Experience

May 2008 to Present	IMTC-MEI Project Management, Ukraine and Slovakia Project Controls Manager supporting Business Development of the Company - establishing a strong presence in Eastern Europe including proposals, contracts, planning, project controls staff training and negotiations for programs.
Jan 2008 to May 2008	IMTC-MEI • Lead Project Controls Engineer supporting project management and inclusive of making estimates and preparation of the tender proposals for the potential projects; • Development and review of the Project Controls Procedures; • Business Development of the Company - establishing a strong presence in Eastern Europe.
Aug 2007 to Jan 2008	IMTC-MEI Project Management, Mazeikiu Nafta Lithuania • Lead Project Controls Engineer supporting Maintain current project schedule status, participate in project related meetings as required; • Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, including progress percent calculation for the assigned activities; • Prepare project schedules and monitor project performance; • Review and analysis of the subcontractor's performance metrics.
Jan 2007 to Apr 2007	Eco-Energy Project Management, Slavuytch Ukraine • Planner and Scheduler assigned to development of procedures for obtaining input information for the schedule; • Establishment of requirements for the Contractors reporting; • Defining a basic logic for the schedule network model and entering the input information; • Development of the project's WBS, OBS and EPS for company.
Oct 2005 to Sep 2006	KBR/Halliburton Project Management, Basra Iraq • Planner and Lead Planner working to prepare resource loaded project schedules and monitor project performance; • Maintain current project schedule status and correct budget, participate in project related meetings as required; • Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, including progress percent calculation for the assigned Task Orders; • Prepare Analysis of Significant Variances from the plan and forecast impacts, and Schedule Performance Index justification, and recommend management corrective actions to mitigate risk, and manage cost and schedule performance; • Support EVMS system (certified by DCMA) through monitoring schedule performance of the assigned task orders and providing the appropriate feedback to the EVMS database and cost accounts management; • Summarized reporting to higher management for the decision-making process; • Fulfill responsibilities of the Lead Scheduler (during his vacation), specifically organizing work of the schedulers group and maintaining interface with the Client's Consultant.
Nov 2004 to Oct 2005	Technology Management Consulting Business Management, Slavuytch Ukraine Area Manager Assistant supporting monitoring of all follow-up actions and action items as required by Area Manager such as development and monitoring of budget or financial information. Duties also included: • comparing past costs with future costs, auditing invoices and verifying labor reports; • scheduling and analysis of project and client schedules and contractors proposal Analysis and Change Management.
May 2001 to Nov 2004	Technology Management Consulting Business Management, Slavuytch Ukraine • Translator written translation of correspondence and other project-related documents (to/from English, Russian and Ukrainian). • Interpretation during the meeting: representatives of the Client, Consultant and outside organization, Contractors, Bidders etc. • Translation of Project Controls University program and assist in project controls training presentations.
Feb 1998 to May 2001	Technocenter Consortium Business Management, Kiev and Slavuytch Ukraine • Review of incoming communications, work orders, and service requests for subject matter content and their routing to the appropriate managers' attention. • Preparation of information for studies or reports, such as schedules, organization planning, charts, graphs, and workload forecasts and Review of deliverables of assigned staff and quality monitoring to ensure that all document to conform to established standards and procedures.
Dec 1996 to Feb 1998	Technocenter Foreign Affairs , Kiev Ukraine Head of the Foreign Affairs Department working on establishing contacts with international partners to start up project in Ukraine. Also to prepare the tender documentation - Scheduling and Planning and cost support for the program.