1.  PERSONAL SUMMARY 
 EDUCATION & FURTHER TRAININGS 
d skillsandthe abilitytoworkwithmanydifferenttypesof people.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Project management
Engineering management
People / Team management
Maintenance management /
TPM / Predictive maintenance
Problem solving / Root Cause
analysis / Lean Production
Spare Parts Management
Total Quality Management / Six
Sigma
Organizational Development
Performance management
Quality system management
Environment&Health Safety
Reporting / Presenting Skills
Negotiation skills
Teaching / Providing Trainings
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Slovak – mother tongue
Czech– active
English – active
Russian – intermediate
Dr.Ing. Igor Kršňák
Address: Kajakárska26, 921 01 Pieštany,SK
Mobile: +421902929205
E-mail: igorkrsnak@gmail.com
Nationality: Slovak
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Technical engineering senior manager with more than 12 years of
experience within engineering and manufacturing environment. With great
experience in multinational/global organization.
Strong experience in organizational development, building up new
engineering organization of international company in Slovakia, with clear
strategy,businessconcept,creatingvaluesbyprovidingprofessional services
to customers in production and maintenance areas.
Ownerof many cost saving andimprovingprojectsmainlyfocusingon
maintenance costsandworking capital (stock) reductions using tools of lean
management (six sigma, Kaizen, SMED). Managing strategic investment
projects from preparation phase to full blast production (turn key).
Supportingrole inimprovementprojects (safety,efficiency, product quality).
Processingcommunicationskillsandable toestablishsustainable and
profitable relation within internal/external customers/partners across the
diverse organization. Experience inpositionof operational managerandplant
manager /recent position/.
Dynamic,openminded,self motivatedandresultoriented, driven by
new ideas and their implementation into practice. Proactive and target
oriented person.
HR leaderawardedbyprofessionalcommunity(Slovakia HR Com) by HR Gold
HR personality of 2014.
1985 – 1990 Technical UniversityofKošice
Electrical andPowerEngineering,awardingIng.dergree
1991 - 1996 Post-graduate study,awardingscientificdegreeDr.
2003 HabilitationforAssoc.Prof.,fieldHighVoltage Engineering
2006 Assertivityandnegotiationskills –KNO,3 days,SVK
2006 GettingfamiliarwithBekaert ,1 week,Belgium
2007 Performance management,1week,Belgium
2009 - 2010 General ManagementProgramme,CEDEP,3x2 weeks,FR
2010 Finance fornon-financial people,KNO,3days,SVK
2011 LeadershipI,Leadingthe others,1week,Belgium
2012 LeadershipII,Leadinginglobal environment,1w,Belgium

2. Plant Manager
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VIII 2016 – present
SterisAST CZ s.r.o.
SterisAST SK s.r.o
60 employees
STERIS is the world's pre-eminentinfection prevention,decontamination,and surgical
and critical care company, with a long listof first-to-marketproducts and industry-leading
service innovations and thousands ofcustomers in more than 60 countries.
While the corporation was founded as Innovative Medical Technologies in 1985 and
renamed STERIS in 1987,our history dates back to 1894 with the founding of American
Sterilizer Company,a long-time,global leading innovator of sterilization products.
Today, through a series ofstrategic acquisitions and continual innovation ofnew products,
STERIS holds one of the broadest portfolios of products in the industry. It stands at the
forefront of efforts to prevent infection and contamination in healthcare and
pharmaceutical environments, and is broadening its reach with products to meet the
needs of defense and industrial markets.
- Operationallyresponsible fortwoplants –SterisAST CZ s.r.o.inVelkaBites,
Czechrepublic, andSterisASTSKs.r.o.in Michalovce,Slovakia
Preparingandresponsible forfull budgetandplant strategy (X+1, X+3)
- Responsible forfinancial performance ofthe plant (P&L, EBIT)
- Responsible forpeople andperformance management,settingand
evaluationof team/individual KPItargets,setting scorecards,setting
training& personal developmentplans
- Maintainingoptimumoperationbyassigningworkers,creatingandkeeping
production/sterilizationschedules andprocesses,takingpartinhiringand
trainingof new employees,collectingand lookingthroughdatato findplaces
of waste orplacesof improvement
- Keepinganeye onworkerand plantsafety,monitoringthe production
equipmenttomake sure thatitstays ingood workingorder,and responsible
for repairingorreplacingthe equipmentwhenneeded
- Drivingforqualityof full sterilizationprocesswithlive contactwith
customers
- Managing expansion/CAPEXprojectsinbothplants
- ReportingdirectlytoAreaManager Central Europe

3. Engineering Manager
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
X 2015 – VII 2016
SmithsMedical Czech
Republic a.s
250 employees
Smiths Medical provides innovative solutions and superior support to help
healthcare professionals and providers ensure safety, enhance patient
outcomes, and improve the total cost of care.
Leading global manufacturer of specialty medical devices that provides
innovative andlifesavingsolutionsfor world’s healthcare markets. Specializing
in Infusion Therapy, Vascular Access, Vital Care, and Specialty Products &
Services. Products could be found in hospital, emergency, home and specialty
care environmentsandare usedduringcritical andintensivecare,surgery,post-
operative care and for support in managing chronic illness.
- Supportingproductioninordertominimize anydowntime within the dayto
day runningof the plant.Identification the rootcausesof poorquality/scrap /
rework,targetand introduce projectstomake improvementsapplyingTQM
tools
- Ensuringthat processesare properlydocumentedandvalidatedtoworld
classstandards,and that theyare safe and effective.
- Responsibleforchange control anddocumentmanagementsystems.
Monitoringsystemperformance andrecommendationof improvements.
- Strive to continuouslyimprove the performance of teammembersby
agreeingclearandchallenginggoalswithsettimescales; ensureadherence to
performance review timescales
- Responsiblefortrainingsandteamdevelopment
- Playinganactive role innew product developmentstoensue thatthe design
for manufacture isfullyimplemented
- Schedulingandorganizing resource withinthe Engineeringdepartmentona
daily/weeklybasis.
- Reportingperformance acrossall of the above dutiestothe Operations
Directorand othersas appropriate.Identifywaysof improvingservicesand
performance
- Maintaininga highlevel of service tointernalandexternal customers
- Reportingdirectlytoplantmanager

4. Operation Manager
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VIII – IX 2015
Jobelsa Slovakia, s.r.o
400 employees
JobelsaGroupis a company specializedin designandmanufacturingof upholstery
and car interiors. In 2008, the company extended its strategy with the aim to
convertina global supplierforitsclients,soitstarteditsactivitiesindeliveries JIT
that consist in supply directly to OEMin sequence.
Jobelsagroupdisposesof purelyproductivefacilities(Benicasim,SpainandKošice,
Slovakia) as well as highly specialized plants such as the J.I.T. plant in Barcelona,
Spain.
- Reportingto Plant Manager of JobelsaSlovakia
- Memberof the plant managementteam
- Managing operations(200 people)
- full responsibilityforoperational processes,costs,qualityanddelivery
performance
- applyingleanprocessesintooperations=>value streammapping
(VSM),SMED, FMEA, 5S, leadingtomore flexibleandoptimal
productionandsafe workingenvironment
- regularcontact withcustomers,implementationthe voiceof customer
to operational processes,customeraudits
- teamdevelopment

5. Manager of Engineering Central Europe
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2004 – VI 2015
Bekaert Hlohovec, a.s.
1500 employees
Worldleadingproducerandsupplierof wire andcord,headquartered in Belgium,
more than 90 production plants all over the world. Bekaert operates at the
principle of „Total QualityManagement“. InSlovakiaoperatessince2000, building
of greenfield plant in Sládkovičovo, in 2003 acquired Drôtovňa plant Hlohovec.
- Reportingto Global Manager of BekaertEngineering
- Memberof the plant managementteam
- Managing team of 50 people,4 directline managers
- Preparingandresponsible forfull budgetandstrategy (X+1, X+3)
- Responsible forfinancial performance (P&L,EBIT)
- Responsible forpeople andperformance management,settingand
evaluationof team/individual KPI targets,settingscorecards,setting
training& personal developmentplans
- Responsible forQualitysystemISO 9001 (3D, 5D, 8D reports,root
cause analysisof non-conformities),responsibleforsafetyand
environment(ISO)
- Projectmanagement(investmentandimprovementprojects) =>full
responsibilityformanagingprojectslike transfersof productionsfrom
BelgiumtoSlovakia(includingbuildingof new productionhalls,
transfer& installationof technology,preparinginfrastructure,startup
of technologyall inline withvalidSlovaklegislation(permissions,
certifications) respectingalsosafetyaspects(FMEA)
- Assemblyand production ofnew machinesand processlines forsteel
wire industry,revampingof 2nd
hand machineryandupgradingtolatest
standards (safety,productivity)
- Spare Parts Management=> purchasinganddistributionof technical
spare parts (commercial anddrawingparts) tomaintenance areasin
Central EuropeanBekaertplants,respectingbestflowsandsourcesto
ensure optimal spare partsstocks
- Technical support to plant maintenance to reduce breakdown
maintenance implementing TPM& preventive andpredictive
maintenance methods(vibro-diagnostics,thermography,ultrasonic
detections,oil analysis),repairsof damagedbrokenmachine parts
- Supportin cost savingprojects for plantmaintenance withTCO
approach = Total Costof Ownersip=PRICE& QUALITY (Spare parts
consumption),thiscommonprojectwithPurchasing&Maintenance,
six sigmaapproach
- Ownerof workingcapital decrease (stockreduction) project –with
spare part & controlling&maintenance team
- Supportingmaintenance andprojectteambyElectrical andMechanical
Design

6. Research worker (1991 – 1995)
University teacher, Associate Professor (1995 – 2004)
Since 1991 - 2004
Technical University of
Košice
- Researchinarea of non-destructivediagnosticmethodsof high
voltage equipment(hvtransformers,generators)
- Publicationsof researchresultsinresearchnewspapers
- Presentingresults inscientificconferences
- Performingpredictivediagnosticmeasurementsforindustrial plants
- Consultancyservicestoindustrial sector
- Cooperationinpractical seminarsforstudents
Currently10thdsof studentsattendingthe universityin9faculties.More than700
professors,associate andassistantprofesorsworkhere,andthe same numberof
researchand administrative staff.
TUKE catersfor a wide range of educational needsnotonlyinthe East-Slovak
region,butthroughoutSlovakiaandCentral Europe,asinmany specializationsitis
the onlycentre of educationandresearchinthisarea. TUKE closelyco-operates
withotheruniversitiesandwithindustrialorganizationsthroughoutthe region
and the SlovakRepublic.
- Responsible forteachingsubjectsHighVoltage Engineering,Non-
destructive diagnosticsmethodsinhvengineering,Digital measuring
systemsinhvengineering,Overvoltage protectionsystems.
- Educationand supportto youngresearchworkers
- Practical educationtouniversitystudents
- Organizingandparticipationinconferencesandseminars