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Phil Bajsicki

  • Quick info:
    • Operations/ project manager: service fulfillment and back-end ops.
    • System administrator: Linux, bare metal, databases, ansible, bash, Perl, Lisp, backup management.
    • Database engineer: MySQL, Mariadb, large data parsing, reverse engineering.
    • Executive assistant: office administration, scheduling, meeting management.
    • Web developer: WordPress, GravCMS, DokuWiki.
  • Personality:
    • Blunt, to the point. I have no problem raising issues when there’s smoke.
    • I do best in technical environments, with clear black-on-white rules.
    • I’m rather averse to risk. I live by cost/ benefit equations.

Work Experience

Executive Assistant (The Engine Room, LLC, dba Sales Call Overhaul), April 2022 - April 2023

  • Assistance to the CEO:
    • Managed the overall task list, schedule, and calendar for the CEO,
    • Managed inbound communications (email, slack),
    • Prepared meeting briefs and notes for external meetings.
    • Coordinated and ran team meetings.
    • Prepared and delivered twice-weekly reports on the overall status of operations.
    • Regularly helped prepare payroll.
  • Operations:
    • Acted as project manager on 10+ projects, supporting a team of 5+.
    • Raised and solved internal issues as needed,
    • Maintained documentation
    • Introduced Critical Path project management.
    • Re-designed and re-built the PM system and process in ClickUp.
    • Coordinated operations across multiple departments.
  • Marketing
    • Wrote and reviewed ad copy on an as-needed basis.
  • Technologies used:
    • ClickUp
    • GoHighLevel
    • Google Suite/ Workspace
    • WordPress
    • Welo
    • Zoom (and otter.ai, fathom.video)
    • Make (formerly integromat)
    • Zapier

Customer Support Lead (Hermes IT Sp. z o. o.), May 2016 – Feb 2017

Hermes IT was an MSP for SMB clients.

  • Successfully deployed new IT systems:
    • Laptops, docking stations, multiple monitor set-ups for users.
    • Mass deployed pre-configured Windows 10 images on the laptops.
    • Office networking including network switches, Wi-Fi repeaters.
  • Monitored, patched and updated the systems remotelyon a weekly basis.
  • Managed vendor relationships as needed.

Video Game Tester (Testronic - Warsaw), 2011 – 2012

Performed video game testing:

  • Confirmed algorithms and game mechanics were intact.
  • Noted and reported gameplay issues.
  • Noted and reported visual bugs and glitches using Jira and screen capture hardware.
  • Spent countless hours calculating whether Bejeweled combos counted up to the correct score on a Nintendo DS.

Lead Database Engineer (GTT Sp. z o. o.), June 2008 – August 2009

  • Summary:
    • Designed, developed and maintained complex geodesic databases spanning most of Poland in multiple formats.
    • Reverse-engineered a proprietary map format.
    • Created a system for importing, transposing and converting between multiple coordinate systems.
  • The final product allowed for:
    • Free manipulation of data points.
    • Complex comparisons between datasets.
    • Importing and exporting from predefined formats, including the proprietary MikroMap (.mmp) format.
  • Results:
    • Automated the largest time-sink in the company.
    • Cut the time spent compiling maps from large data sets from days to minutes.
  • Technologies used:
    • MySQL
    • Perl
    • Bash
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • CSWDE
    • MikroMap
    • Microsoft Excel/ OpenOffice Calc

Certifications

  • TryHackMe, Jr Penetration Tester, THM-PUW3BAZ4EX
  • ITTT, TESOL Certification, ITTT00219981