Sales Director at Atento d.o.o.
Croatia
Sales Director at Atento d.o.o.
Croatia
I have started my professional career as a research assistant working in Zagreb and Lausanne, Switzerland. Further professional development has been continued in Ericsson R&D in Zagreb on the project manager position, and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Representative office in Zagreb, Croatia, on the key account manager position. I currently work as a sales director in Atento d.o.o. I have participated in several European Union projects, and have authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications.
I have obtained PhD degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and computing in 2005 respectively, with the focus on telecommunication networks. My technical education has been extended by the MBA degree from the Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb in 2007.
Strategic technology and business planning, Communication Technology, Systemic modeling and planning, Project management, Business processes, Sales process, Knowledge management, Management of innovations
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
Industrial Relationship Officer
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years )
Seek out, identify, develop and close business opportunities with key service customer accounts in Croatia and Slovenia, collect and analyze all marketing information, promote the full range of Huawei solutions to customers in Croatia and Slovenia, identify key customer requirements and coordinate with Product Management and Engineering to ensure the smooth implementation of requirements with the Huawei product solutions, create co-operative business plans with customers and help to define new business models and support product features, create Sales Account plans which will identify, quantify, and recommend Sales action plans to address new business opportunities consistent with company strategy.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year )
Plan and execute a solution or product from idea to conclusion, and in cooperation with research team; the team is performing advanced research and implementation activities on a system and component level; Create, execute and control the project with scheduling the project tasks among project members.
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Coordinate laboratory activities in the international projects, identify opportunities and make new project proposals and funding requests; perform scientific work towards PhD.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
Conduct teaching activities; create and improve curriculum and educational process; supervise diploma students; perform scientific work towards MSc.
MBA , Management , 2005 — 2007
PhD , Telecommunications , 2004 — 2005
(2006) Best paper award (Mipro’06, Opatija, Croatia)
Over 30 scientific papers published
M.Sc.E.E. , Telecommunications , 2002 — 2004
(2002) Best paper award (ESM’02, Darmstadt, Germany)
B.Sc.E.E. , Electrical Engineering , 1997 — 2002
Overall GPA: 4.98 – top 1%
(2001) Principal’s Award (University of Zagreb)
(2000, 2001) Ericsson Award
(1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) "Josip Loncar" Best student award
Strategic technology and business planning, Communication Technology, Knowledge management