My curriculum vitae

About me in short

My name is Pavlo Prochan (according to passport in Ukrainian).

My date and place of birth:
I was born on 12 September 1987 in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (those days – Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR).

My contacts:
Mobile: +38 (099) 277-71-27
Email: paul.prochan@gmail.com
Webpage: www.paul-prochan.engineer
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.prochan/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlo-prochan/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulprochan/?igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg%3D%3D
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paulprochan8853/about

My education:
2004-2009 – I studied Metallurgy of Iron at the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine [https://nmetau.edu.ua/en];

April 2009 – I visited the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg and conducted research for my diploma thesis “Die Untersuchung der Gesätzmessigkeiten von der Bildung der nicht-metallischen Einschlussen bei der Verhüttung und sekundär Bearbeitung von Roheisen” [https://tu-freiberg.de/institut-fuer-eisen-und-stahltechnologie];

2022-2024 – I study History & Archaeology at the Zaporizhzhia National University [https://www.znu.edu.ua/eng/znu/university/departments/history].

My work experience:

2007-2008 – a Blast Furnaces Keeper, working at the integrated iron & steel plant “Zaporizhstal” www.zaporizhstal.com during summer holidays (when I was a student; ensuring that cast iron and slag were transferred from a blast furnace to special ladles);

2009-2010 – a Blast Furnaces Keeper, working at the integrated iron & steel plant “Zaporizhstal” www.zaporizhstal.com (after getting the diploma; ensuring that cast iron and slag were transferred from a blast furnace to special ladles);

2010-2020 – a Purchase Manager, at the integrated iron & steel plant “Zaporizhstal” www.zaporizhstal.com (purchasing spare parts for railway transport, hydraulic and pneumatic spare parts, radio components, spare parts for heavy machinery);

2020-2021 – a Purchase Manager, at the “Zaporizhzhia Foundry and Mechanical Plant” www.zlmz.com.ua (purchasing paints and varnishes, hardware products, pneumatic and hydraulic spare parts);

2021-2021 – a Purchase Manager, at the “Zaporozhogneupor” (“Zaporizhzhia Refractory Plant) https://zaporozhogneupor.com/ ;

2021-2022 – a Sales Manager, at the TPE “BONUSTRADE” LLC (Ukraine) www.bonustrade.company (developing and creating webpage of the company, selling graphite powders, clays and other raw materials);

2022-2023 – (a return) a Purchase Manager, at the “Zaporizhzhia Foundry and Mechanical Plant” www.zlmz.com.ua (purchasing paints and varnishes, hardware products, pneumatic and hydraulic spare parts);

2023-present time – a Purchase Manager, at the “Zaporizhzhia Transformers Plant” www.ztr.com.ua (purchasing spare parts for transformers manufacturing).

My languages:
English – C1;
German – B1;
Ukrainian – native;
Russian – native.

My hobbies:
– Motorcycles (including motorcycles with sidecars);
– Aquarist (a side project);
– German philosophy;
– English and German;
– Speaking with foreigners using social networking sites (Arabs, Turks, British, Chinese, Japanese, Americans, Africans, etc.);
– Philosophy and religions;
– History & Archaeology;
– Alan Watts;
– Downshifting;
– The Reality Transurfing;
– Books of Carlos Castaneda.

I am able to work during war circumstances and martial law.

I used to attend (for years) a Jewish community center in my city of Zaporizhzhia, but I am not Jew 🙂