BSc Economics & Business Administration · Aarhus University · 2026

Jakub
Manďák.

Partner manager. Data work. Building things from scratch.

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01 — Now

What I'm working on

Currently managing partner relationships across Europe at LEGO Education and building proactive retention systems at FDC Servers — while finishing my degree in Economics & Business Administration at Aarhus BSS.

The LEGO Group · LEGO Education
EU Partner Manager
Feb 2025 – Present · Billund, On-site
  • Contact for 18–19 distribution partners across 12+ European countries — KAM collaboration, data submissions and day-to-day partner communication
  • Built end-to-end partner automation in Power Automate, Power BI, Power Apps and SharePoint — 8 flows eliminating manual outreach across the network
  • Represented LEGO Education at BETT London, engaging with Ministry of Education stakeholders
FDC Servers
Service Quality Manager
Nov 2025 – Present · Remote
  • Promoted from Technical Support into a client-facing quality role focused on proactive retention
  • Identify at-risk and high-value accounts through churn data and dashboard analysis, reaching out personally to maintain relationships
  • Own the proactive outreach strategy for silent and at-risk clients — relationship management that directly impacts revenue retention
02 — Research

Academic work

BSc Thesis · Aarhus University · 2025
Constructing an Optimal Investment Portfolio:
A Mean-Variance Optimization Approach
Tested whether constrained mean-variance optimization produces superior risk-adjusted returns relative to a naïve equal-weight benchmark and the S&P 500 Total Return Index — across a 20-year sample and four distinct economic sub-periods including the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19.
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1.22 MVO Sharpe
0.76 S&P 500
–21% Max Drawdown
03 — Experience

Background

Feb 2025 – Present
EU Partner Manager
The LEGO Group · LEGO Education
Partner Relationship Management · Power BI · Power Automate · Power Apps · SharePoint
Nov 2025 – Present
Service Quality Manager
FDC Servers
Service Quality · Customer Retention · Churn Analysis
May – Nov 2025
Technical Support Engineer
FDC Servers
Dedicated servers, VPS & colocation — WHMCS · EasyDCIM · Zabbix · PRTG · Equinix
Sep 2023 – Present
Student Ambassador
Aarhus BSS · Aarhus University
04 — Profile

Education & credentials

Degree
BSc Economics & Business Administration
Institution
Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University
Period
Sep 2023 – Jun 2026
Exchange
St. Charles Community School, USA · 2020–2021
Certificate
Cambridge C1 First — Grade B
Czech
Native or bilingual proficiency
English
Full professional proficiency
Spanish
Professional working proficiency
Interests
Finance, investment analysis, data work, partner & client management