George Lazarevic

Current

• Managing Director at Know Place

Education

• Golden Gate University
• Stanford University executive program
• National University

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

George Lazarevic’s Summary

George Lazarevic is visionary - a knowledgeable, creative problem-solver, get-things-done technology executive. His goal is to create significant value by partnering with leading technology and services professionals to create breakthrough web/software/technology solutions. Some people have gone so far as to call him “the Steve Jobs of the GTA”.

He has demonstrated a strong commitment to knowledge and to self improvement. He has a Doctorate in Business Administration (with dissertation mentors from Stanford University/Harvard University and MIT); studied at Golden Gate University; completed an Executive Program MBA at Stanford University; an MSCS, and has a lot of great lessons learned from top high-technology / knowledge-based companies in Europe (2 yrs.), Silicon Valley (14 yrs.) and in Canada (4 yrs.).

Key accomplishments:
- Major global services deliveries: Implemented a new method of payment (PayPal) which helped increased company revenues that year by 60% (E-Bay)
- Successful new product creation: Led from ideation to a commercialization which resulted in sale of the startup company for $60M (Onetouch/Hughes)
- Major project turnarounds: Led troubled projects to success including products in wireless, EMV, and in contactless payments processing (Moneris)
- Technology Strategy: Developed 3 year product plan for growth by utilizing new products (Moneris and Everlink)
- Replacement of legacy system with cutting edge technology: Led complete development cycle (i.e. design, hardware, software) of web system to support company's growth from $150M business to $1B annually (Logitech)

George’s drive, knowledge and experience can be a game-changer for:
a) leading employers in the consulting, technology or services sectors
b) breakthrough start-ups
c) anyone striving for the best global solutions

George Lazarevic’s Specialties:

- Agile, Scrum (Certified Scrum Master)
- Building functional and cross-functional high-performance teams
- Business Development
- Creating new products and services
- Functional and cross-functional High-performance team building
- Delivery of web / software / products to market
- Execution excellence
- M&A for small-mid size companies
- Problem-solve complex market and organizational challenges
- Product Management
- Project / Program Management
- Strategic Marketing