Max Boronovskis
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Public speaking, Sales |
| Location: | Perth |
| Groups: | Entrepreneur Students Worldwide |
| Interested in: | Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Curtin University of Technology, Lund University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Solar Shop Pty Ltd |
| Position: | Business Development Manager |
| Time period: | December 2010 - August 2011 |
| Description: | Managed projects to develop and provide solar power solutions to customers with combined purchasing power such as staff groups / neighbourhood purchasing cooperatives / school and their communities / builders, architects and developers / local governments and councils.
Business development strategy, forecasting, budgeting and expense management. Event scheduling, marketing plan and budgeting, public relations. Staff supervision and team management. Established protocols around new project creation, tracking and reporting. Reason for leaving: redundancy during downsizing of company. |
| Employer: | greendayToday Pty Ltd |
| Position: | Sales Representative |
| Time period: | May 2010 - November 2010 |
| Description: | greendayToday was a WA based start-up company selling and installing residential grid connected solar power systems.
In this customer facing sales role I visited households and used an education / information based approach to sell residential grid connected solar power. Successfully trialed broadening the product range to include LED lighting, and both power and water saving/monitoring devices. Opened commission based sales channels for other sustainable products, such as insulative roof paint and grey-water recycling systems. Reason for leaving: the company went into liquidation. |
| Employer: | Red Apple Apartments |
| Position: | Sales Representative |
| Time period: | February 2009 - July 2009 |
| Description: | Part time employment whilst studying abroad.
Business development role for a high growth online start-up company offering a web-booking function to serviced and self-contained short stay apartments. I was one of an outbound calls sales team of three. Established a market presence in London, the most competitive market in Europe. Successfully entered Red Apple Apartments to Seedcamp 2009, an entrepreneur and investor event for the most promising Nordic web start-ups, leading to interest from several venture capitalists. |
| Employer: | Bell Vista Fruit & Veg. Co. Pty Ltd |
| Position: | Operations Manager |
| Time period: | February 2008 - June 2008 |
| Description: | Bell Vista is one of WA’s premier fresh produce provedores. The company’s business model is built around supply chain strength and includes major contracts in the airline, retail, restaurant, and mining industries.
Operations and logistics management. Human resource management. Reason for leaving: acceptance to study abroad program. |
| Employer: | Marubeni Australia Ltd. |
| Position: | Business Development Team |
| Time period: | June 2004 - February 2008 |
| Description: | Marubeni is a Japanese general trading house with a turnover of 87b USD in 2009. With a global presence their core business is import and export trade in a wide range of product areas.
Managed supplier and customer relationships as agent for Bridgestone Engineered Products, selling to a portfolio of clients in mining, offshore oil and shipping industries. Tendering and sales contract negotiation for product supply to major infrastructure projects. Export & import sales coordination – mining equipment, forest products, food products. |
| Employer: | SCANAUS Agencies Tmi. |
| Position: | Entrepreneur |
| Time period: | July 2002 - March 2004 |
| Description: | Established own business importing and wholesaling consumer products and luxury food items.
Exhibited at three trade shows; Australian Ugg Boots, printed stubby coolers and Spanish cheeses. In a foreign environment I successfully built a network of support and advice for a business start-up. Market research, customer and sales development. Identified an emerging trend (Australian Ugg Boots as a fashion statement in the UK & USA) and was the first to capitalize on it wholesale within the Nordic market. I trademarked the name “drink-mate” in Europe for the Australian stubby cooler and established it as a corporate promotional product in Finland. Reason for leaving: relocation back to Australia. |
| Employer: | Marubeni Australia Ltd. |
| Position: | Marketing Representative |
| Time period: | December 2001 - May 2002 |
| Description: | Marketing and sales of Bridgestone Engineered Products into the Australian mining, shipping and offshore oil industries.
Liaison with customers, suppliers and service providers including mining companies, engineering companies, port authorities and offshore oil companies. Creation of tender and specification documents. Shipment and delivery co-ordination. Customer inventory management. Reason for leaving: joining my wife while she completed her studies in Finland. |
| Employer: | Milne Feeds Pty Ltd. |
| Position: | Export Marketing Support Officer |
| Time period: | August 2000 - November 2001 |
| Description: | Part of a trading team exporting grain, hay and animal feed to customers in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.
Export sales coordination and customer liaison. Planning and coordination of supply, production and shipping schedules. Export documentation. Inventory control. Report writing and cost reporting. Coordinating domestic and overseas business trips. Reason for leaving: redundancy during downsizing of company. |
| Employer: | Premium Grain Handlers, Fremantle, Australia |
| Position: | Manager’s Assistant |
| Time period: | October 1997 - June 1998 |
| Description: | Professional practice component of Bachelor degree. PGH is a rapidly growing grain export business.
Point of contact for customers, suppliers and service providers. Order processing and inventory monitoring. Payroll administration. Maintaining accounts receivable & payable. Reason for leaving: to complete my undergraduate degree. |
| Employer: | Cowara Contractors |
| Position: | Farm manager and mobile plant operator |
| Time period: | March 1995 - January 1996 |
| Description: | I also took regular vacation work with Cowara Contractors during my undergraduate degree. |
| Employer: | several farms throughout Australia |
| Position: | Farm labourer |
| Time period: | June 1993 - March 1995 |
| Employer: | Total Marine Services |
| Position: | Merchant Seaman |
| Time period: | December 1991 - May 1993 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Curtin University of Technology |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Lund University |
| Time period: | 2008 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Masters in Entrepreneurship |
| University: | Curtin University of Technology |
| Time period: | 1996 - 1999 |
| Degree: | Bachelor of Agribusiness Marketing |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | Member, Curtin Graduate School of Business Toastmasters’ Club.
Treasurer, Judo International Social Club. Younger Members Sub-committee, Western Australian Club. |
| Memberships: | Member, Sustainable Energy Association of Australia.
Member, Young Energy Professionals WA. Member, Association for Manufacturing Excellence. President, Muresk Students’ Association. |
| Awards: | WA Primary Industries Foundations for Leadership Award.
National Australia Bank Muresk Third Year Award for Excellence (based on academic achievement, community involvement and leadership qualities). Rotary Youth Leadership Award. National Australia Bank Muresk Second Year Award for Excellence. Old Collegians’ Enterprise Award for Entrepreneurial Activity. |
