Peter Ivanov is a Manager, Entrepreneur, Virtual Teams Expert, Keynote Speaker and Executive Coach. He has over 20 years of international experience.

Born in Bulgaria, he graduated Mathematics and joined a multinational company as Data Analyst. He quickly became IT Manager for Bulgaria and gradually worked his way up to IT Services Manager for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Peter recognized the growing importance of the teams in multiple locations and developed an innovative method to lead Virtual teams.The Teams led by Peter have been honored with multiple prestigious corporate awards, among which “Best of the Best” in 2007 and the Global “IT Connect Award” in 2012.

If you book Peter as a Speaker you will be amazed by the strength of character that enables him to achieve such remarkable results as Manager and Athlete. Peter brings a genuine passion for People and Teamwork – inspiring cohesive unity with both the Audiences he speaks to – and the Virtual Teams he leads. His speeches and master classes can be held in English, German, Bulgarian and Russian.

• In 2007, the Team let by Peter won  the “Best of the Best” award for outstanding Project management in establishing global Shared services.
• In 2012, his Team won the “Global IT Connect Award” for excellent Engagement in a global cross-functional environment.
• In 2013, Pete founded “Virtual Power Teams” and started a new career as Keynote speaker and Executive coach on New Leadership.

Peter’s method for managing Virtual Teams “The 10 Big Rocks” has been proven in the business, academical and non-profit environment and has delivered outstanding results. To top it all, Peter is a passionate athlete and Bulgarian Senior Champion in Javelin and Discus. He actively supports young Talents in the fields of Mathematics and Sports. As an expert in New Leadership, Peter supports managers to retain the gravity of their Team despite the geographical distance, age and cultural differences, and deliver Top business performance! He will show you how to build up and lead your own successful Virtual Teams with success!

Check Peter’s work as a professional trainer. Click here to view Peter’s trainer profile.

TOPICS:

virtual power teams:

• How to achieve effective communication despite the geographical distance
• How to motivate your team spread across multiple locations and establish a winning spirit
• How to align individual goals with the team’s objectives in order to achieve fantastic business results

the power of diversity:

• How to unite people despite age, gender, and cultural differences into a high performing team
• How to support and nurture different cultures in order to deliver projects quicker
• How to leverage your team’s Diversity to master the challenges of the future

new leadership:

• Are you ready to leverage the new ways of finding and inspiring your employees in the global working environment
• How to use the diversity of your team to conquer new markets
• How to unleash the Virtual Power and unite your team for top performance.

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• Visit his website: Peter Ivanov

AWARDS RECEIVED:

• Global IT Connect Award – 2012
• Best of the Best – 2007

testimonials:

• ” I would strongly recommend the Virtual Power Teams Workshop, as a breakthrough exercise for Teams with challenging targets and competitive market contexts. Very instrumental, straight forward and useful! “ Dmitry Zagnetin, Business Unit Manager – British American Tobacco

• ” The European IT Team of “Nemak” has been inspired by the presentation “Virtual Power Teams” and the following Team Coaching. We are implementing many of the insights in our daily work and making our virtual IT Team -Europe even stronger!” ”  Wolfgang Giesriegl – IT Manager – Europe Nemak
• ” Our Customers are primarily international companies with large Virtual Teams. Peter’s keynote Virtual Power Teams helped the ITCE Consultants to tune into Virtual Teams problematic and gave them lots of ideas and inspiration about the human power of the Virtual Teams.”  Nina Prodanova – Managing Partner ITCE

• “An amazing presentation from Peter Ivanov. Very informative and perfectly delivered, just as a great conference presentation should be” Rob Davidson – Managing Director at MICE Knowledge.

   

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