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About Me

Wide project and consultancy experience in various sectors, in particular in the field of Human Resources (People development, Talent Management, Competency models), Organizational development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Project planning and management, Information systems, Knowledge management, Event management, Corporate ICT (E-governance).

Specialties:
Advance level accredited Human Synergistics (www.humansynergistics.com) consultant for Personal, Team and Organizational Development. Learning design, Corporate Social Responsibility, Organizational Culture, Project Management, Event Management, Knowledge Management, IT management

Work History

• Erste Bank Serbia
• HR Training and Development
• May 2007 to Present

• • Leading training and development efforts within the HR department, including budgeting and tracking;
  • Virtual Training & Assessment center development;
  • Leading or being engaged in several projects: Competency model development and implementation, Management Development Programs (assessment and development of individual development programs for managers), Organizational Culture Assessment and Development, Employer Branding, Employee Value Proposition, Employee Opinion Survey, Anti-stress program etc.
  • Engaged in various Corporate Social Responsibilities activities of the Bank;
  • Leading recruitment and selection process and all other HR aspects for Erste University’s flagship program: Group Junior Trainee Program (46 top-talents from 10 countries);
  • Leading purchase/implementation of Learning Management system, as well as all other IT systems within HR department;
  • Representing HR department at Training and Development meetings on Group-wide level.

• Microsoft Middle East and Africa
• Regional Community Affairs Coordinator
• March 2006 to April 2007

• • Engaging with national and international NGOs to create projects focusing on IT skills for underprivileged and employment in Middle East and Africa through public private partnerships;
  • Organized a regional Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) capacity building workshop to train CSR country managers; Education and training in terms of Community Affairs; Building a regional multi-cultural CSR team within Microsoft through promoting communication, knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Knowledge Management –built internal web-portal with communication tools, manuals, trainings; networked people in functional sub-teams to ensure excellence in efficiency and knowledge creation on regional level;
  • Participated in strategic meetings and reviews with senior management of the company dealing with CSR at a global level.
  • Leading the software donations program in the region and being the Power User (1 of 5) of the global Grants Management System.

• Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (www.skgo.org)
• IT Specialist
• Febuary 2004 to March 2006

• • Starting up and development of ICT Policy Committee, consisted of ICT experts from Serbian municipalities and other professional bodies – served as coordinator of the Working Group;
  • ICT advisory and operation support to development and implementation of programs and projects in the area of municipal support, development of the local administration, organizational development, education of the municipal officials and administration staff, development funds and e-Government, e-Education;
  • Development of internal information system to support new management structure, which included internal HR and decision making processes, project management, knowledge management, training center management etc;
  • Involved directly or indirectly in several projects and programmes (National strategy for Local Sustainable Development, National Strategy for an Information Society, Code of Ethics in Municipalities, National Strategy for Poverty Reduction etc.);

• AIESEC in Serbia and Montenegro (www.aiesec.org)AIESEC in Serbia and Montenegro (www.aiesec.org)
• Director of Programmes (responsible for Knowledge Management and Branding)
• September 2003 to June 2004

• • Development and implementation of Membership Education Cycle, based on non-linear education structure and offering clear career development paths to members;
  • Development and implementation of strategies for Knowledge Management of AIESEC in Serbia and Montenegro;
  • Foundation and establishment of the brand; positioning of AIESEC in Serbia and Montenegro, as well as product development and branding of its various projects and programmes (i.e. Career Days, Exchange Programme);
  • Preparing a feasibility study for implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility Learning Network in Serbia and Montenegro

• AIESEC International Congress 2003 (www.ic2003.org)
• Vice President for Communications
• August 2002 to September 2003

• International Congress was attended by more than 600 delegates (including external guests and partners) from 85 countries. The Congress Committee was consisted of a President, 4 Vice Presidents, 6 Team Leaders and 30 teamsters.

  Main responsibilities of a VP Communication were:
  • Internal Communication: communication strategy inside of AIESEC network (20.000 members in 85 countries); internal business and decision making processes;
  • External Communication: external communication strategy, with focus on ensuring proper media exposure of the conference and following events we`ve built around the conference theme (Global Village, CSR Symposium, Panel discussion on various themes related to youth, Partners fair etc.); development of marketing and advertising materials (from stationery to billboards and TV ads, for 2 parallel campaigns –conference and Global Village);
  • Information Systems: web-site, databases, building and administration of a local network of 50 computers.

• Government of Republic of Serbia – Agency for Public Administration Development
• IT Manager
• Febuary 2002 to Febuary 2003

• • Administration of server, local area network and computers, Win2000 Active directories, User administration and similar;
  • Troubleshooting – detecting and repairing of damages on the network and network system, as well as on local computers
  • Education of employees or the Agency (computer related).

Education

• Faculty for trade and banking, Belgrade, Serbia
• 1999 -