Balázs Balogh

Define and execute enterprise-wide technology vision, aligning IT and broadcast infrastructure with corporate strategy and audience growth objectives. Direct Office IT and Broadcast Operations divisions, managing mission-critical platforms, networks, and application ecosystems supporting nationwide broadcast. Drive innovation through automation, cloud-native platforms, and advanced monitoring, enhancing system performance, scalability, and resilience. Delivered a 20% reduction in broadcast technology operating costs via strategic consolidation, vendor negotiations, and process optimization. Implemented a comprehensive IT and broadcast monitoring architecture, improving service uptime, reducing incident resolution times, and increasing executive-level operational visibility.

Led a 300+ headcount global engineering organization delivering infrastructure, application development, and maintenance services across diverse industries. Directed mainframe and distributed platform operations, including Java, .NET, Cobol, and PL/I services hosted on AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. Established Agile, Scrum, and DevOps frameworks to improve delivery speed, quality, and collaboration. Oversaw mission-critical services with zero major outages during tenure. Streamlined operations through automation and tooling integration, enhancing SLA compliance and reducing operational expenditure.

Strategic Leadership: Directed all facets of engineering within a DevOps-centric architecture, formulating and implementing robust engineering strategies that propel the company's technological vision. Innovation Driver: Spearheaded the integration of cutting-edge product features, ensuring alignment with evolving market demands. Team Development: Cultivated a high-performing engineering team, fostering collaboration, continuous learning, and professional growth. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Seamlessly collaborated with diverse engineering and development factions, optimizing synergies and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Stakeholder Relations: Fortified robust relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, underscoring a commitment to transparency, communication, and mutual success. Technical Mastery in Enterprise Settings: Orchestrated the design, deployment, and maintenance of expansive data center services and critical IT platforms, spanning Hybrid IT, Cloud (Azure, AWS), MS, Linux, VMware, and O365. Implemented and oversaw comprehensive network services, emphasizing security, reliability, and scalability. Delivered state-of-the-art communicational and management solutions tailored to diverse organizational needs. Championed the design and execution of high-availability database environments, ensuring optimal data integrity and accessibility. Instituted advanced monitoring systems, promoting proactive issue detection and resolution.

Strategic IT Leadership: Drove enterprise-level IT initiatives across diverse domains, from cloud integration to real estate and fleet management, ensuring holistic business support. Project & Service Oversight: Championed the full spectrum of project management, encompassing implementation, operation, and development of cloud solutions. Steered comprehensive service management, bolstering internal IT and infrastructure services. Operational Excellence: Assumed end-to-end responsibility for Cx/Ox planning and management, focusing on optimizing resources, streamlining operations, and fostering efficiency. Senior Management Collaboration: Crafted and presented critical dashboards and reports to CEO and board members, facilitating data-driven decision-making at the top echelons of the company. Team Leadership & Development: Oversaw "People Management" for key organizational leaders, nurturing talent, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Key Achievements: Orchestrated successful cloud migrations, exemplifying agility and future-readiness. Negotiated and reconciled pivotal logistics contracts, optimizing operational workflows. Realized significant operational efficiencies, slashing the total Cx budget by 30% and Ox by 15%.

Strategic IT Visionary: Spearheaded the inception and establishment of foundational enterprise-level process management, aligning IT strategies with broader organizational objectives. Cloud Migration Leadership: Conceived and orchestrated a comprehensive plan for the migration of internal applications to the cloud, encompassing Cx/Ox considerations and a detailed project roadmap. Application Analysis & Coordination: Delved deep into the intricacies of internal applications, leading their meticulous analysis, development planning, and ensuring synchronized development efforts. Team Development & Leadership: Entrusted with critical "People Management" responsibilities, fostering professional growth, and ensuring alignment of managerial roles within the IT department. Key Accomplishments: Successfully kickstarted the Cloud Migration Plan, underscoring the organization's commitment to adaptability and forward-thinking. Pioneered the implementation of robust internal process management, enhancing efficiency and operational excellence.

Strategic IT Governance: Oversaw a robust internal Office IT Support Unit, catering to an extensive base of 6500+ users, ensuring seamless service delivery and user satisfaction. Championed the direction of technology operations, constantly benchmarking them against key organizational objectives. Seamlessly translated business requirements into actionable tech strategies, ensuring every department was technologically equipped to meet its unique demands. Leadership & Policy Development: Innovated and institutionalized IT policies, laying the groundwork for systems that bolstered upper management's strategic vision. Orchestrated a harmonious inter-departmental rhythm by providing focused guidance to teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. Vendor & Stakeholder Relations: Fostered strategic partnerships with vendors, leveraging relationships to negotiate cost-efficient contracts, further optimizing the operational budget. Team Management & Security Oversight: Steered the IT team's growth by spearheading recruitment, facilitating ongoing training, and nurturing a performance-driven environment. Implemented best-in-class data security measures, ensuring robust network access and fail-safe backup systems, thereby safeguarding the company's digital assets. Stewarded the preservation of organizational assets while maintaining an unwavering commitment to information security and structural controls.

Strategic IT Leadership: Orchestrated integrated IT teams within a DevOps framework (130 professionals), driving seamless delivery across diverse projects, all tailored to buttress the intricate banking ecosystem. Innovation & Client-Centric Delivery: Steered delivery teams towards tech innovation and superior client satisfaction, ensuring impeccable adherence to software delivery best practices. Championed pivotal hardware and software migration projects, working closely with project managers to set and uphold the gold standard in project management practices. Operational Excellence: Delivered unmatched service delivery management across major accounts, fine-tuning processes for optimal time, cost, and performance metrics. Embarked on transformative projects, serving as the linchpin between Service Delivery, DPE, PE, and clients, ensuring seamless communication and expectation management. Steadfastly adhered to the company’s ethos, continually striving for process enhancements and maintaining robust inter-departmental synergies. Team Management & Collaboration: Galvanized the department to achieve organizational objectives, assessing performance, and catalyzing inter-department collaborations for peak productivity. Wore multiple hats, adeptly managing people-centric responsibilities and fostering an environment of growth for direct reports. Achievements: Spearheaded the partnership with IBM Nordic, elevating the professional competencies of core team members and boosting the stature of the organization's IBM center. Realized a commendable 30% reduction in operational costs within the maiden year.

Outline: Led the transition process/project, and oversaw operations related to provided service delivery, including AIX, Linux, VMware and Windows server operation. Key Responsibilities: • Constructed and rolled out new and modified IT services, created best practice detailed transition plans, utilized work breakdown structures to establish critical path, agreed upon millstones/deliverables, and resource plans according to transition strategy, initiated and developed continuous improvements, led rapid transition approaches, monitored risks and deviations in project planning and initiated countermeasures, also ensured successful transitions. • Led transition proposal efforts to respond to transition and other impacted areas for responses to customer request for proposals, ensured products and services were delivered within schedule, scope and budget and met the required level of quality, prepared executive reports and present to Senior IT Management, also led identification of risks, actions, and issues through proactive communication and collaboration with stakeholders and various teams. Key Achievements: • Promoted from Systems Administrator to Team Leader & Transition Manager. • Supported cost control measures for organization through transferring jobs from Germany to Hungary, significantly reducing the organization’s expenses.