Michael Ulicny
Chief of Staff & Operations & Governance @ eBay
INSEAD, 2026
Zürich, Švajčiarsko
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My motivation is to contribute to a positive change in Slovakia through ... challenging a high-potential individual/company to aspire and achieve beyond what they think they are capable of. During this mentoring, I suggest contributing in following mentoring areas: > Professionalize Start-ups to successfully achieve Scale > Advance Corporate Career to reach closer to own Potential > Lead a Fulfilled Life to balance meaningful Career vs joyfull Family vs adventures Personal aspirations
Viac o mne
With 20 years of professional experience, my profile uniquely blends essential general management credentials as I’ve delivered meaningful impact across strategy, operations, and biz development in technology, ecommerce, SaaS and elsewhere. I have a diverse international experience and hold an MBA from INSEAD.FUNCTIONS: General Management incl. Strategy, Operations, Business Development, LeadershipINDUSTRIES: Technology, Internet, eCommerce, Retail, Payments, Advertising, Consulting, Social NetworkROLES: Executive, Leadership, Management, C-level, CEO, COO, CMO, VP, Director, Chief of staff, Board of directorsTOPICS:
- Organic incl. Leadership, Strategy, Operations, Business development- Inorganic incl. Acquisition, Investment, Partnership, Venture Capital- Sales, Innovation, Go to market, Organization, Implementation, Digital, Startup, Entrepreneurship, Circular economy, Product experience, Transformation, Change management- Project management, Program management, Portfolio management, Process optimization- Business acumen, Insights, Customer centricity, Market Research, Competition, AI, Artificial Inteligence- Collaboration, Stakeholder management, Communication, Public speaking- Coaching, Mentoring, Training, Incentive- Growth, Profitability, Impact, Value
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Pracovné skúsenosti
Chief of Staff & Operations & Governance @ eBay
Switzerland
Managed governance for board and executive meetings to substantiate corporate tax position. Led and executed CoS and Ops work to enable cross-functional initiatives' implementation, stakeholders' management, staff' productivity/development/engagement, planning/reporting execution, AI enablement. [CoS+Ops in Strategy Organization that included Corp. Strategy, M&A Strategy, Venture Capital, Partnerships].
Business Mentor @ Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies
Mentoring and consulting scale-up on topics incl. expansion acceleration, diversification of financing, product-market fit, strategic partnerships.
Corporate Strategy & M&A Strategy @ eBay
Switzerland
Delivered principal strategy projects (end-2-end) for senior executives to strengthen organic market position, develop new partnerships, acquire synergistic targets, and inform decisions via insights.
Business Operations @ LinkedIn
Co-created, aligned and facilitated implementation of GTM strategies. Advised EMEA’s sales leaders that helped deliver double digit sales growth.
Revenue/Sales Operations @ LinkedIn
Ran operations for the sales organization (global clients) incl. planning, forecasting, budgeting, headcount planning, book of business creation, quota setting, insights and analyses.
Consulting Project @ Google
Paris Area, France
Project for Google (Paris office) as part of INSEAD MBA program. Designed strategies to drive monetization on mobile experiences
Management Consulting @ McKinsey & Company
Delivered consulting projects across functions and industries in Europe, Middle East, and USA. Responsibilities included management consulting, stakeholder management, problem-solving, analytics/insights, market and company diagnostics, recommendations setting, implementation planning, change mgmt.
Vice President @ Toastmasters International
Co-led public speaking club in Slovakia to become best performing from 14k clubs globally. Mentored 4 members on professional and life choices.
Public Speaking & Leadership @ Toastmasters International
Actively practiced public speaking and leadership skills. Awarded Gold Speaker and Gold Leader awards.
People and Organizational Leadership @ Southwestern Advantage
Led, recruited, trained and mentored five teams of 10-15 salespeople and managers during their sales assignments in California, Oregon, Ohio and Utah to maximize individual’s and teams’ sales performance Ran organizational operations, created team vision, and managed performance of salespeople Ranked among top 5% of team leaders (of 600); awarded President’s Club & Top Manager Awards
Business Development & Sales @ Southwestern Advantage
Ran a B2C business, selling educational products directly to customers, generating $1million in direct retail value, serving 6,000 retail customers and making 16,000 personal sales calls (parallel to university) Identified performance improvement levers, managed key stakeholder relationships, led trade promotions Ranked among top 3% of salespeople (of 3,000); awarded Top Dealer, Growth, and Financial Awards