Tamás Szabó
Summary
Professional with 15+ years leadership experience. General management, product marketing, product development and management, business development background. Positive and open-minded person with excellent analytical skills. Technology enthusiast with deep technical and business understanding.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work history
Country Director Hungary
Szallas Group
Budapest, Hungary
02.2021 - Current
- Leading Szallas Group's Hungarian team, responsible for managing the group's flagship accommodation reservation platform szallas.hu and other Hungarian products (maiutazas.hu, szallasguru.hu, etc.) with a yearly revenue of 20 mln EUR.
- Established country-specific strategies by analysing market trends and socio-economic factors.
- Coordinated multi-disciplinary team, ensuring efficient operation of organisation's mission.
Commercial Director
Event Stuff
- Managed all commercial areas (Finance, Customer management, Marketing) of a company offering event equipment rental, event decoration and related services.
- Led digital transformation of the company
- Streamlined processes for improved workflow efficiency
Operating Director
Iron Corporation
- Operative management of Katinka Hosszú and Shane Tusup's company dealing with sponsorships, producing and selling merchandising products, the daily operations of a swimming club and swimming school
- Launched a new swimming school with hundreds of new kids; negotiated sponsorship agreements in the value of more hundred thousand euros.
Managing Director
BRIO Digital Kft.
- Built a small startup company with focus on developing mobile applications
- Developed a mobile app based on own idea and designing and a mobile parking application for Vodafone Hungary
Marketing and Product Development Director
GTS Hungary
- Led the product management, communication and presales activities at the Hungarian operation
- Created and executed product and communication strategy
- Co-ordinated HU product related activities across GTS countries
- Increased the sales of cloud-based services by three times in one year
Operating Director
djuice, Telenor Hungary
- Operational management of djuice in Hungary, the youth brand of Telenor Hungary
- Responsible for communication, distribution, tariffs, services, pricing and daily operation according to the top management-approved strategy
- Re-launched the brand, multiplied ToM awareness and acquired ten thousands of new subscribers in less than 1 year
Head of New Business and Content
Pannon GSM
- Evaluated and developed new business strategies to facilitate company growth
- Led a group of people developing and managing content services and managing 3rd party content provider partners
- Led international projects and strategic activities
- Yearly financial and marketing planning.
Head of New Business and Pricing
Pannon GSM
- Evaluated and developed new business strategies to facilitate company growth
- Supported the department in product and service pricing
- Participated in strategic, financial and marketing planning
- Led Telenor's international Mobile Broadband strategy project
Manager of Product and Content Development Office
Pannon GSM
- Led a group of people developing new services and products, developing and managing content services
- Participated in M&A and international projects
- Strategic planning.
Manager of Mobile Technologies Group
Pannon GSM
- Marketing product development and management
- Created propositions and pricing of mobile value added services
- Participated in international projects
- Participated in yearly financial planning
- Reporting and forecasting
- Delivered high-quality products to double mobile data service revenues
Product Manager
Pannon GSM
- Managed services for corporate clients, later ISP and mobile data services
- Launched Hungary's first mobile video service
- Participated in launching Pannon GSM's online customer care system.
Education
Management
CORE, Telenor Global Management Academy
Oslo, Budapest, Bangkok 1 2010/2010 - 1 2011/2011
Marketing MSc Diploma - Economics
Janus Pannonius University Faculty of Business and Economics
Pécs / Hungary 09/1994 - 06/1999
Business Informatics Specialization -
Eberhardt-Karls University, Faculty of Business and Economy
Tübingen, Germany 1 1997/1997 - /1997
Leöwey Klára High School, German Language Faculty
Pécs, Hungary 1 1990/1990 - 1 1994/1994
Skills
- Strategic and structured thinking
- Building and leading high-performance teams
- Excellent communication skills
- English and German language
- In-depth, professional IT knowledge
- Product development and management
- Marketing
- Project management
- New business development
- Strategic and business planning
- Negotiating
- Team and project management
- Coaching
Timeline
Country Director Hungary
Szallas Group
02.2021 - Current
Commercial Director
Event Stuff
Operating Director
Iron Corporation
Managing Director
BRIO Digital Kft.
Marketing and Product Development Director
GTS Hungary
Operating Director
djuice, Telenor Hungary
Head of New Business and Content
Pannon GSM
Head of New Business and Pricing
Pannon GSM
Manager of Product and Content Development Office
Pannon GSM
Manager of Mobile Technologies Group
Pannon GSM
Product Manager
Pannon GSM
Management
CORE, Telenor Global Management Academy
1 2010/2010 - 1 2011/2011
Marketing MSc Diploma - Economics
Janus Pannonius University Faculty of Business and Economics
09/1994 - 06/1999
Business Informatics Specialization -
Eberhardt-Karls University, Faculty of Business and Economy
1 1997/1997 - /1997
Leöwey Klára High School, German Language Faculty
1 1990/1990 - 1 1994/1994
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