Michael Buchak is a marketing executive from Kyiv, Ukraine. He has over 15 years of experience in marketing roles, currently serving as Head of Section for Strategic Marketing and Business Development Manager at Bogdan Corporation. Previously, he held marketing positions at Pilsner Ukraine and Bogdan Corporation, and was a marketing specialist and manager of the Tender Committee at Furshet. He received university degrees in marketing and commercial activities and is fluent in English.

1. Head of section (marketing / business
development / FEA)
Michael Buchak
Personal info
City of residence: Kyiv
District of residence: Pechersky
Contact phone: +38 (093) 6909069 (mobile)
E-mail: m2001b@yandex.ua
Other contact data: ICQ 164424708
Education: Higher (university degree)
Foreign languages: English (fluent)
Date of birth: August 3rd
, 1978
Work experience
Period: December 2009 – till present
Position: Head of Section for Strategic Marketing (commercial vehicles
business), Business Development manager.
Company: Bogdan Corporation (Kyiv)
Duties and achievements: Duties: Searching for foreign business partners, negotiating with
foreign business partners, development of corporate strategy,
analytics, market forecasts, preparing and participation in
meetings, translation and interpretation, arrangement of
business trips around Ukraine, administration of
“Cherkasytechnomash” corporate website.
Achievements: Positive feedback from top-management of
Bogdan Corporation, approved corporate development strategy,
signing of new contracts and agreements with foreign partners,
significant promotion of “Cherkasytechnomash” corporate
website in search engines, establishment of new business
contacts with foreign partners.
Period: June 2009 – December 2009
Position: Marketing manager
Company: “Pilsner Ukraine” SE (Kyiv)
Duties and achievements: Duties: editing and updating of corporate website, SEO and
promotion of the website, development and printing of visual
ads, shop equipment management, negotiations with advertising
agencies and mass-media.
Achievements: significant improvement of design and contents
of the corporate website, growth of average daily traffic by 4.5
times, publishing of articles and press-releases.
Period: March 2008 – March 2009
Position: Marketing specialist (Dept. for strategic marketing), deputy head
of section for bus market analysis.

2. Company: Bogdan Corporation (Kyiv)
Duties and achievements: Duties: Development of corporate strategy, analytic work,
preparing and holding meetings with top-management of the
Corporation, oral and written translations, cooperation with
foreign partners, negotiating.
Achievements: Positive feedback from the top-management of
the Corporation concerning quality of reports and translations,
accepted corporate strategy.
Period: July 2005 – March 2008
Position: Marketing specialist, manager of Tender Committee
Company: “Furshet”, CJSC (Kyiv)
Duties and achievements: Duties: Development of analytic reports, planning of new shops
(layout planning, merchandising), internal procurement, search
and selection of suppliers, negotiating, holding of tenders.
Achievements: Positive feedback from the top-management
concerning the quality of reports, development and
implementation of simple and limpid system for control of
purchases, optimization of corporate expenses, increase of
company’s income through additional fees from suppliers,
ordering of relations between retail network and its suppliers.
Education
Educational establishment: Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics (Kyiv)
Graduation date: February 2003
Faculty: Economics, Management and Law
Speciality: Marketing
Educational establishment: Ukrainian-German Business College (Cherkassy)
Graduation date: May 1997
Faculty: Commercial activities
Speciality: Commercial activities (honored diploma)
Additional education
Name of course: Optimization of corporate activities with MS Outlook
Educational establishment: "InforManager" training agency, Kyiv
Duration: 3 days
Graduation date: April 2004
Name of course: Methods of active sales
Educational establishment: "InforManager" training agency, Kyiv
Duration: 3 days
Graduation date: March 2004
Foreign languages and PC skills
Languages and PC skills: Fluent English, MS Windows, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop,
Macromedia DreamWeaver 2004 MX, WebCEO, PagePromoter,
Lotus Notes & Designer, SPSS, CRM-software (SalesLogix, Win
Peak CRM) and other software.
Miscellaneous
References and feedback: Mikhail Sokol (Head of the Dept. for Strategic Marketing &

3. Business Development, Bogdan Corporation)
Yelena Rudnitskaya (Head of Tender Committee, “Furshet”
CJSC)
Natalia Karpova (Head of HR Department, “Furshet” CJSC)
Additional info: Fluent English, advanced PC user (Windows, MSOffice, Lotus
Notes & Designer, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Photoshop,
SPSS, CRM-software (SalesLogix, Win Peak CRM).
Responsible, decent and fair, communicative, able to work both
in team and alone. In further I am going to pass exams for "B"-
category driving license, to study at least one more foreign
language and to receive a second degree.
Hobbies: Singing, cinema, music, literature, active leisure, sports (martial
arts, volleyball, chess).