Vadim Yefremov

Biography

PETER - SERVICE LLC Managing Director EMEA, Interim Assignment, Sop hia Antipolis, France, July 2007 to present time Managing short - to mid - term projects, which include d irect ing operations in Europe, Middle East & Africa for an IT/Customer Care and Billing Company with yearly turnover of Euro 150 mln, carrying P&L respon sibilities, oversee ing finances, administration, human resources, sales, and marketing areas. Opened a number of offices in Europe, lead company's efforts in acceleration of market share increase, as well as in building its international presence. NOVATEL UKRAINE, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and Magyar Telecom President and CEO , Kiev, Ukraine , 2005 to 2007 Assume d f ull range of management, financial and operational r esponsibilities for starting - up and developing an alternative Telecom Operator in Ukraine, including registration of the company, receiving necessary operating licenses, setting - up the office, hiring staff, establishing financial reporting system and audit, overseeing the building - up of an overlay network, negotiating settle ments, inter - connect charges and co - location places , communicating with Legislative Bodies and the Ministry of Telecommunications, acquiring and developing customer base within retail and wholesale market segments , leading M&A activities . SOMERA COM MUNICATIONS Inc. Managing Director, International, Amsterdam, the Netherlands , 2002 to 2005 Oversaw Sales, Marketing and Operational activities for international divisions of Somera. Le d quarterly growth in international Sales of 30 to 40%. Revenues of Somera’s international organizations increased 150% yearly to US $ 40 mln. in 2004 . Manage d development of new organizational structure, processes, strategy, directions and sales tools to better address customers’ needs in EMEA and Asia. Supervise d a team of 32 in ternational sales, sales support and customer services managers. Manage d budgeting, forecasting and headcou nts for the international organizations. TRADER.COM INTERNATIONAL Director Internet Europe, Sophia Antipolis, France, 2000 to 200 2 Overall responsibilities for building and developing Internet operations in Europe. Oversaw US $ 80 mln. budget and supervis ed distributed organization of 150 employees. Led the funnel and managed Offer/Country reviews with Countries and Program Managers. Managed transfer of the content f rom the off - to the on - line business. Oversaw M&A activities and opening new offices in the regions. Coordinated launching, marketing and developing Internet Vertic als in the countries

Research Interest

Managerial Accounting