My work experiences
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Daniel Vaverka
MSc Decision Sciences student at London School of Economics
Experience
July 2012 – August 2012 (2 months) Moscow, Russian Federation
• Selected and prepared topics for discussion, lead English club meetings. Designed and delivered one day Moscow treasure hunt.
• Increased my ability to listen and lead conversations with Russian audience. Learned about opinions of Russians on current issues.
May 2012 – June 2012 (2 months) Suzhou Industrial Park, China
• Responsible for designing and implementing a new recruitment channel to source 100+ teachers a year for Chinese schools.
• Experienced working for a Chinese company, understanding the Chinese way of conducting business. Appreciated local customs.
Analyst
The Grameen Creative Lab
Partnership; 11-50 employees; Individual & Family Services industry
January 2012 – March 2012 (3 months) Manizales, Colombia
• Analysed challenges in all stages of local potato production value chain and designed a new Grameen social business for McCain.
• Summarized proposal in a PowerPoint for CEO of McCain Europe asking for $310,000 investment. McCain agreed to invest.
• Implemented processes for measurement of Social Return on Investment (SROI) for existing and new portfolio social businesses.
• Designed and delivered workshops on understanding key stakeholders, defining theory of change and business model generation.
• Gained exposure to Grameen’s approach to microfinance and social businesses seeking investments by GCL’s venture capital fund.
Daniel has 1 recommendation (1 manager) including:
- 1st Martin Loeffler, Program Lead Holistic Social Business Movement Colombia, The Grameen Creative Lab
Associate
Waste Ventures
Nonprofit; 1-10 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
October 2011 – December 2011 (3 months) New Delhi Area, India
• Conducted phone and on-site interviews of 11 waste management organizations to gather operational best case practises.
• Analysed the output and created operational and marketing blueprint for household waste collection in tier 2 and 3 Indian cities.
• Learned how to structure the model so that it can be disseminated as micro-franchises run by waste pickers with no education.
• Improved my understanding of needs and habits of poor people in emerging countries through on the ground engagement.
• Conducted Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis. Experienced working for US social enterprise start up based in India.
Daniel has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including:
- 1st Tiffany Talsma, Development Lead, Waste Ventures
President/CEO
AIESEC UK Ltd
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
July 2010 – July 2011 (1 year 1 month) London, United Kingdom
• Elected by peers to lead 600 volunteers across 24 university chapters and a full time team of 7 people in the London head office.
• Delivered 416 placements, 46% annual growth and highest result in 58 years of history. Focused on our vision and its execution.
• Designed and successfully drove a process of creating our first mid-term ambition, AIESEC UK 2015. Set up a new Advisory Group.
• Prepared and managed a budget of £600,000; prepared cashflow forecasts, approved expenses, oversaw invoice and debt tracking.
• Reported on a monthly basis to our Board of Directors and presented management accounts. Learned how to manage upwards.
• Gained practical experience of managing a small business. Experienced ultimate sense of responsibility for the whole charity.
Daniel has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including:
- 1st Hugo Pereira, President, AIESEC International
September 2009 – September 2009 (1 month)
• Sent to India by AIESEC UK for an externship to help AIESEC Delhi IIT with recruitment and employee training processes.
• Designed and implemented new employee retention and training schemes; utilised previous experiences from UK and Canada.
• Delivered trainings at Train the Trainers conference and at National Leadership Development Seminar in Mumbai to 50 and 450 delegates respectively.
• Started working immediately upon arrival as a part of Indian team; increased adaptability to a new cultural environment.
Summer Intern
Ernst & Young
Partnership; 10,001+ employees; Accounting industry
July 2009 – August 2009 (2 months)
Summer intern in the Risk department, Financial Services Advisory based at More London Place, London.
• Learned about the business models of various clients including BlackRock, Flagstone or Melli Bank.
• Developed set of skills important for professional services by independently interacting with clients or by designing spreadsheets.
President of AIESEC Warwick
AIESEC UK
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
April 2008 – May 2009 (1 year 2 months)
My main role as the president was to drive strategic growth and development of local committee and to ensure relevance of the organization in the short and long term. I was taking care of executing local strategies and I was leading the Executive Board team. Furthermore I was representing the Local Committee in external environment and at all official events.
July 2008 – August 2008 (2 months)
• Joined highly selective summer scheme for AIESEC UK top performers sponsored by HSBC
• Sent to Canada by AIESEC UK to help AIESEC Saskatoon; started working immediately upon arrival as a part of Canadian team
• Increased adaptability to new environment and work culture. Learned to cope with being sent abroad on short notice
• Lialisoned with local companies and attended networking events, became familiar with the Northern American business culture
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science
MSc Decision Sciences
2012 – 2013 (expected)
• Modules include Operational Research and Decision Sciences, Applied Statistics, Behavioural Economics, Creativity and Innovation
University of Warwick – Warwick Business School
BSc, Management
2007 – 2010
• Graduated with honours (upper 2:1); Selected modules included Analysis of Strategy A and B, Economics for Strategy, Finance 1,2
Activities and Societies: AIESEC Warwick, Warwick Strategy and Consulting Society, Warwick Business School Society, WarwickSnow (skiing club; racing for the 1st team)
Gymnazium Hejcin Olomouc – English Section
Secondary education – Maturita
2003 – 2007
I have passed my final exams with Distinction from following subjects:
Mathematics – grade A
Informatics and Computer Science – grade A
English – grade A
Literature and Czech Language – grade A
Activities and Societies: Class Prefect, active member of United Games of Nations Czech Republic
Recommendations For Daniel
Analyst
The Grameen Creative Lab
“Daniel and I worked together to design a proposal for a Grameen social business model for McCain in Caldas, Colombia. The work we did included the planning of all aspects of the business model from high level product design to definition of distribution channels to income and cost planning. Daniel was responsible for the whole project with approximately 20% of my time dedicated to the project.
During that time, Daniel worked very independently, diligently and fast in all aspects of the process from research to results design and documentation in a very well done Powerpoint. He was great at interacting with potential future business partners and was generally a great pleasure to work with. McCain as the customer was also very impressed with the presented results – negotiations are ongoing.
In general I can highly recommend working with Daniel and would love to have him on the team again once he is ready to start a longer-term career. Best of luck! Martin” April 6, 2012
1st Martin Loeffler, Program Lead Holistic Social Business Movement Colombia, The Grameen Creative Lab
managed Daniel at The Grameen Creative Lab
Associate
Waste Ventures
“Daniels two months at Waste Ventures were a great contribution to our team, bringing energy and an strong ability to execute from his previous leadership roles. He is not only an excellent strategist – defining the challenges and logically breaking down a methodic solutions, but also good manager material – easily able to give guidance and coach team-mates towards common goals.” January 26, 2012
1st Tiffany Talsma, Development Lead, Waste Ventures
worked directly with Daniel at Waste Ventures
President/CEO
AIESEC UK Ltd
“I had the opportunity to lead indirectly Daniel during my presidency at AIESEC International. Daniel was part of the privileged group of about 100 young individuals that lead their country chapters during one year.
Daniel’s leadership is one of a kind. The analytical thinking he puts in place makes him a very thoughtful leader of his decisions and the consequences that might have for different entities. That was key for the evolution of the UK chapter as a young, yet professional organisation.
Daniel faced many challenges with open heart and mind, and had a focus on providing positive experiences to the people that worked with him. Always honest and frontal with his thoughts, it helped me, my team and the global network of AIESEC moving in the best direction.
Daniel’s energy, will and passion for what he does makes him a very humble person, and still an achiever.
Hugo” January 23, 2012
1st Hugo Pereira, President, AIESEC International
managed Daniel indirectly at AIESEC UK Ltd
Additional Information
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- Interests:
- Leadership, team management, facilitating ice-breaking, team-building and energizing games.Innovation in emerging markets and the role of social enterprises in helping poor people.Keen backpacker – visited 40 countries; enjoy discovering new cultures and appreciating local customs.Avid skier (raced for Warwick’s first team), climber, mountaineer (summited Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, 5895m and Indra Hara Pass in Himalayas, 4350m above sea level), cyclist and volleyball player.
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