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Gleb Opanasyuk
Finance Leader
Gdansk, Poland
Summary
13 Years of experience in technology sector in corporate, venture fund and start up environments.
Outstanding track record as Individual Contributor and Manager in both technical finance and strategic business influencing roles.
Healthy combination of strategic thinking and getting things done attitude.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Finance Manager
Intel Corporation, Engineering Group, Gdansk, Poland/Santa Clara, US
04.2018 - Current
- Led team of 6 finance and business operations professionals across 4 GEO's owning annual and multi-year financial planning & strategy for select divisions of Engineering Group (~4K HC, ~$600m spending)
- Partnered with VP of Engineering as trusted counsel on both financial and general business issues
- Set goals, priorities and KPI's for team; monitored execution, identified and resolved gaps and issues
- Consistently delivered accurate forecasting, high quality close, and investment prioritization
- Developed valuation framework for IP portfolio and used it to re-allocate $50m R&D investment to higher ROI projects
- Led all finance aspects for new business venture from whiteboard to product shipments; product line has multi-billion dollar potential and is in development phase of second generation now
- Delivered $100m COGS saving by driving feature and manufacturing optimizations.
Finance Manager
Intel Corporation, Engineering Group, Gdansk, Poland/Santa Clara, US
01.2016 - 03.2018
- Partnering with Engineering and Strategic Planning to identify, recommend and implement strategic changes to improve economics of products in development and planning stages
- Delivered >$1B CapEx saving by proposing a major change in manufacturing strategy for one of products
- Delivered $50m COGS and $10m operating expense saving by proposing major strategy turn-around for 2 components
- Built business plan for speech recognition chip and influenced pricing and manufacturing decisions to maintain $100m eNPV at launch with Amazon.
Team Lead - Revenue Finance
Intel Corporation, Sales & Marketing Group, Swindon, UK
10.2013 - 12.2015
- Owned $5b revenue portfolio (team of 4, >15 divisions; billings, pricing & partnership programs; revenue close & audits)
- Partnered with EMEA IoT Sales GM managing all aspects of revenue (LT goals & strategic actions to weekly path to target execution)
- Integrated $300m acquisition, delivered 20% annual sales growth in M2M segment by realizing cross-sell business synergies.
Senior Finance Analyst
Intel Corporation, EMEA R&D, Gdansk, Poland / Eindhoven, Netherlands
03.2012 - 09.2013
- Led controls & operating expense optimization for Intel R&D operations in EMEA (50+ sites, >3K HC, >$500m spending)
- Achieved $10m operating expense saving with 2 engineering locations consolidated and pipeline built for further $50m saving
- Built Data Center Total Cost of Ownership model and helped sales rep to win $3m deal.
Finance Analyst
Intel Corporation, Software Group, Nizhny Novgorod / Moscow, Russia
01.2010 - 02.2012
- Owned Financial Planning & Analyses and modeling for R&D teams in Russia (3 sites, >100HC, >$15m spending)
- Achieved $5m annual operating expense saving by driving major contract negotiation - was recognized by Intel Chief Information Officer.
Work History
Expert in Residence
Alfabeat
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Alfabeat is an early stage Venture Capital fund focusing on SaaS startups from CEE region
- Investment appraisal and follow-on due diligence on select prospective investments
- Working with portfolio companies contributing financial and business strategy expertise.
Part Time CFO/COO
Intiaro
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Intiaro is a seed stage SaaS startup aspired to build revolutionary 3D visualization solution for interior design industry
- Owned all financial aspects: FP&A, reporting, tax filings, transfer pricing, financial infrastructure
- Owned key operational activities: company OKRs, investor relations, ESOP implementation, 409A/CapTable, Office, Legal, Insurances
- Scaled the team from solo player to 4 people with key processes built from scratch
Education
Master of Science - Finance
NRU - Higher School of Economics
Nizhny Novgorod 09.2006 - 05.2012
ACCA -
EY Academy of Business
Warsaw 01.2017 - 12.2020
Skills
Investment Appraisal & Due Diligence
Strategy & Performance Analyses
FP&A, Revenue & Cost Optimization
Building functional teams
Interests
Timeline
Senior Finance Manager
Intel Corporation, Engineering Group, Gdansk, Poland/Santa Clara, US
04.2018 - Current
ACCA -
EY Academy of Business
01.2017 - 12.2020
Finance Manager
Intel Corporation, Engineering Group, Gdansk, Poland/Santa Clara, US
01.2016 - 03.2018
Team Lead - Revenue Finance
Intel Corporation, Sales & Marketing Group, Swindon, UK
10.2013 - 12.2015
Senior Finance Analyst
Intel Corporation, EMEA R&D, Gdansk, Poland / Eindhoven, Netherlands
03.2012 - 09.2013
Finance Analyst
Intel Corporation, Software Group, Nizhny Novgorod / Moscow, Russia
01.2010 - 02.2012
Master of Science - Finance
NRU - Higher School of Economics
09.2006 - 05.2012