Vlada Shmatchenko

A resourceful accomplished achiever with proven track record of success in Transformation leadership.

Expert in Business and Strategy Development, Digital Payments, Digital Ecosystem, crafting & execution of business strategies and roadmaps.

Scrum Master and Certified Agile Leader backed by 20+ years record of high-impact achievement, with proven success for driving change, innovation and growth.

Earned reputation of a change-maker and a change-leader, entrusted to drive the era of transformation and digitization, consulting and leading established and start-up enterprises, delivering best in class customer-centric products and solutions.

Recognized as a pioneer who has constantly been at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies.

• Led multiple executions of Digital transformation strategies for large and medium size businesses;
• Managed 100+ large scope project implementations (Waterfall/Agile),
• Pioneered unique Mobile Digital payment ecosystem co-partnering with the largest Telecom;
• Crafted and managed execution of world-class Digital roadmaps, customer experiences and digital strategies;
• Recognized as a regional leader of “Digital Payment Ecosystem” strategy,
• Mobilized multiple international digital payment Fintechs;
• Conceptualized, launched & successfully operated several large bank businesses (fully-fledged profitable Card Center, Merchant Acquiring Business -POS/PG, Mobile Payments among others)
• Established and operated one of the largest outdoor advertising company

• Passionate about revolutionizing banking and financial industry landscape towards digital and customer-centricity. Strong understanding of financial market technology trends and new advancements globally.
• Enthusiastic transformation expert - obsessed with transforming businesses and enterprises to a next-gen digital workplace. Proven experience leading in large scale operation/transformation consulting projects, managing Senior relationships within top listed enterprises, formulating innovative and action-oriented business solutions and strategies.
• Known for “making it happen” – successfully lead and implemented large complex projects and initiatives with multiple cross-functional stakeholders and multi-vendor relationship management. 10+ years of proven success in project management, experience and understanding of project management methodology (Agile/Waterfall) in designing, building and implementation of superior customer experience with strong understanding of API architecture and capabilities.
• Guru in collaboration – successfully built on engagement of multiple teams through challenging and complex executions, solid record of achievement in building sustainable business partnerships through collaboration, integrity, and focus to quickly establish an understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Business and Technology savvy – strong believer in synergy of both, able to articulate straightforward and impactful solutions to seems to be puzzling problems. Experienced in developing and interpreting cross-functional specifications for use by system developers, experienced in data and process modelling techniques for creating technical specifications in design and development of software.
• P&L cognizant – ensuring commercially viable decisions are made in a path to “customer centricity”. Professional acumen in building feasibility analysis, business cases, deep understanding of financial modeling, statistical analysis, analytic methodologies and data science concepts. Highly experienced in envisioning and constructing practical strategic presentations, pitches, product documents, user stories, end to end solutions.
• Committed to a team working environment at all times enabling open-minded discussions and promoting growth of expertise of all engaged.

Residency and authorization to work in Australia, Spain, Oman, Ukraine