Never despair for what you have missed. It is irretrievable. Instead, focus on creating new opportunities.
My Life Philosophy
My Life Philosophy
"Nil desperandum." | Seneca
About Me
About me
Sustainable Leadership | Best applied, expanded, and improved during more than 12 years of continuous working experience in senior team member positions that have required a high level of professional commitment and a high degree of personal integrity.
Vladimir Trajković
Banker. Programmer enthusiast. Hopes to become a pilot one day.
Hi there. Somehow you have managed to land on my webpage by typing my name in a web browser or by clicking a link that takes you here. It might be on a purpose or by an error. In both cases, you are invited to scroll down and find out who I am, what do I do, what do I believe in.
I hold a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American Heritage University of Southern California achieved via Euro College from my hometown, Kumanovo. Sounds confusing? It is not, I was just aiming to obtain a diploma from the States as I believe that such (foreign) recognition sometimes opens the gate to a labor market significantly easier than the same acknowledgment issued by the local authorities.
However, education is just the beginning. Experience follows. And continuing learning excels your knowledge and broaden your horizons. And I learn every day. Not just what is required by my professional occupation. I fancy science, math, programming. My childhood dream was to become a pilot, hence the “becoming a pilot one day” in the title of this section.
I enjoy working in the Finance Sector and being a banker is my primary occupation to which I identify with and continuously invest myself in for 16 years now. This career path has its ups and downs, but I love every second of it!
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My Resume
Resume
I have an extensive 20-year of working experience out of which 16 years of banking experience in financial markets, treasury affairs, retail banking, project management, business and product development, account management, process and procedure establishment, branch networking, market research and competition analyses, operations control.
Barracuda FX
12/2020 - OngoingProduct Consultant
Banking and Finance
12/2020 - Ongoing
- Support clients though the set up and configuring phases of the software implementation matching their operating models.
- Analyze, interpret and synthesize client requirements providing tactical and strategic solutions.
- Act as liaison between the clients and internal Barracuda teams
- Provide functional support for clients building interfaces
- Provide user and technical training
- Actively enhance product and implementation documentation ensuring the process scales
- Support clients in the execution of their testing methodology
- Participate in pre-sales demos/workshops
Sparkasse Bank
07/2017 - 12/2020Head of Trading Department
Banking and Finance
07/2017 - 12/2020
- Manage Trading Department based on a comprehensive knowledge of liquidity, currency, interest rate and market risks, a thorough understanding of macroeconomics and ALM
- Increased net trading result for 20% (YTD 2020 vs. 2019) and 57% (2019 vs. 2016)
- Increased Bank's FX market turnover for 28% (2019 vs. 2018) and 115% (2019 vs. 2016)
- Increased business turnover with Exchange Houses by 15% (2019 vs. 2018) and 258% (2019 vs. 2016)
- Increased FX market share for 200 bps (2019 vs. 2018) and for 400 bps (2019 vs. 2016)
ProCredit Bank
2004-2017Senior Treasury Advisor
Banking and Finance
11/2012 -07/2017
- Managed Bank’s consolidated funds optimally and profitably thus increased the Department’s revenue
- Developed liquidity projection models which ensured the implementation of local regulation, sufficient liquidity, and maximum return
- Led introduction of new Treasury Operations system which improved overall treasury efficiency
Head of Business & Product Development and Account Management
Banking and Finance
09/2007 -11/2012
- Introduced Teller Cash Recycler machines which increased overall Front Office efficiency
- Implemented Western Union services thus contributed to increased Bank's fee income
- Actively recruited new employees for the purpose of improving the quality of the Bank’s Front Officers service
Branch Office
Banking and Finance
05/2004 -09/2007
- Joined banking sector and started my career as the Employee of the year
Kellogg Brown & Root
1999-2003Billeting Coordinator
Government and Defense
08/1999 -01/2003
- Obtained military clearance and assisted in deployment and redeployment of over 80,000 US and international armed forces
My working day
My Day
"Carpe diem." | Horace
I always try to get the most of my working day. Carefully planning each day ahead, I try to be as much efficient as possible. Always striving to focus on the most important things first, I never forget to devote my attention to my colleagues, no matter how busy the day may be.
- Work
- Family time
- Coding & Planes
- Dreaming big
My ordinary day at work
Preparing my day
Doing the most important things first
Improving my work
Education
Education
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” | Mark Twain
American Heritage University of Souther California
" American Heritage University of Southern California (AHUSC) is an academic institution of higher learning that is dedicated to a diverse community of working professionals providing the highest quality education Our programs embed a foundation of critical thinking, communication, ethical, and technical application whereby transforming individuals as scholar-practitioners with a critical perspective and contemporary skills needed in providing value to our society and developing leaders. "
AHUC
Eastern European Regional Banking Academy
" I have graduated from the Eastern European Regional Banking Academy. The EERA’s one-year curriculum comprised of subjects in finance, economy, math, as well as numerous subjects from social sciences. The EERA included courses on various topics in banking, management, and communication skills. "
EERA
Schwarz and Partner
" I have obtained high leadership and managerial skills through the four modules of Professional Leadership seminar by Schwarz & Partner: Communication and Leadership Basics, Target Orientation and Staff Talks, Leadership Personality and Team Dynamics, and Empowerment through Conflict Management and Motivation. "
Schwarz & Partner
My Passions
Passions
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." | Albert Einstein
Trading
Programming
Planes & Flying
Trading
Charts, graphs, yield curves, news, analysis, and all the knowledge and insights they can get you.
A daily dose of Bloomberg Anywhere included.
Subscriptions to The Banker, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The Financial Times are required.
Buy low, sell high 😀
Programming
We live in a world of computers, networks, self-driving cars, and other forms of artificial intelligence. It is not as quite as Isaak Asimov has profoundly written in his novels, but we are quite there 🙂
So, (not)knowing to code in the 21st century is equivalent to (not)knowing to read in the 20th. Hence, learn to code!
Everyone should learn how to code. It teaches you to think. | {Steve Jobs}
Planes & Flying
We all have some childhood dreams. Ever wanted to become a doctor, lawyer, teacher? Well, I wanted to become a pilot, a fighter-jet pilot to be more precise. I have always had my fantasies flying Migs and Sukhoes (I was born and raised in SFRJ, hence the Russian fighter jets) but I have grown the same respect for F-16, F-22, F-35.
I have had the bad luck of getting the right age for becoming a pilot at the wrong time ( shortly after the collapsing of the same SFRJ), so I have never had a chance to feel the adrenalin rush from the g-forces smashing your body. I have had chances speaking to the real fighter-jet pilots (one of the best in the business, from the USAF) and they have just confirmed what I am missing.
So, the time has passed by, but the dream of becoming a pilot has never left me. It is orderly late for me to become a fighter-jet pilot, but pilot of a small plane?
I still have time for pursuing my dream 😉
Anything you wish to ask me?
Contacts
Contacts
You can find my contact details below.