SUMMARY

IT leader with **+ years of experience in selling and delivering cutting-edge solutions for Industry-leading enterprises; skilled at identifying business growth opportunities; spearheading strategic processes, and guiding vision and direction of high-profile initiatives that boost profitability while meeting corporate needs; Noted for maximizing Return on Investment (ROI) through debt control of multimillion-dollar budgets, global teams, and state-of-the-art technologies. Accomplished business expert with superior problem solving, interpersonal, and negotiation skills; quickly forge relationships with strategic partners based on trust, credibility, and sound judgment.

Key Leadership Strengths

• International IT Business Development, Multi-layered Project Management

• Risk Mitigation & Change Management, Short & Long -range Strategic Planning

• Budget Management & Cost Control Vendor Relationship Management

• Execution and Organizational Development, Cross-Functional Team Building

• Consultative Sales, Strong technical background

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (SUMMARY)

Company Period Function

INFOSYS 2019-2020 Senior Technology Architect Manager TERG / TERGPAL Connect 2015- Entrepreneur and Consultant DEUTSCHE BANK / HCL 2018 Technical Project Manager and Architect IBM 2006-2015 Business Development Leader - CEE

Technical Executive (CTO) - SEE

Regional Architect and Consulting Leader

RESTART 2004-2006 CTO and board member

COMBIS 2003-2004 Senior Software Engineer Specialist and Pre-Sales INFODOM 2002-2003 Technology Consultant

PARTNER BANKA 2001-2002 IT Specialist

TIMBERLINE INTERACTIVE 2000-2001 Software Developer and Security Specialist EDUCATION

MBA, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick - WBS, UK (2015) Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Zagreb – FER, Croatia (2007) Master of Computer Science / Diploma Engineer, University of Zagreb – FER, Croatia (2003) CERTIFICATES

• EJB Connectivity Architecture

• IBM Certified Sales Professional

• IBM Client Consulting

• IBM Senior Certified Architect – Integration discipline

• IBM Certified SOA Associate

• IBM Rational Consultant - RUP v2003

• IBM WebSphere Application Server Certified Administrator

• IBM WebSphere MQ Certified Specialist

• IBM Accredited IT Architect

• IBM Accredited Project Manager

• The Open Group Distinguished Architect

Available at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/68vm6aee7659zlz/AAD_ahz08t0myiXmVSYFxzvja?dl=0 Vlad imir Ergovic

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INFOSYS, Senior Technology Architect Manager (05/2019-10/2020) I was asked by Infosys to join German team with Strategic consulting, Architecture and team primarily for Adidas account. Beside Adidas, job includes activities on other accounts such as VW and SABRE. Mixture of pre-sales, Architectural Blueprints, short term projects (mostly PoCs) and some people management. Selected contributions:

• Solution Architecture: Adidas (Germany) – auction system, e-commerce (AWS based including implementation, integrations), SAP, Salesforce and MuleSoft based integrations, data mining, VW DWH (Germany) - PoC based on Oracle, SABRE (Poland) – technology migration (technical team leader)

• Strategy and Enterprise Architecture: Adidas (Germany), VW (Germany) TERG / TERGPAL Connect, CEO and Consultant (10/2015-current) Taking care of all aspects of doing business. From sales to execution and accounting. Selected projects:

• Solution Architecture: European Commission (Belgium) – DG SANTE including GxP (GLP for food and feed), Medtronic (Switzerland) – Remote Patient Monitoring, integration with medical devices, backend systems and e-health portal (incl. e-commerce), Mule based integration

• Strategy and Enterprise Architecture and GxP consulting: MediGroup (Serbia), Ministry of Justice

(Croatia), TMC (SEE)

• Cloud migration project lead (AWS) and external CIO: TMC (SEE) – www.aviokarte.hr (e- commerce)

• Technology implementation projects: Croatia Airlines (Java, Linux, WebSphere Portal, IBM Cloud)

- Electronic Flight Bag, PCI DSS, SOO, portal implementation. M SAN implementation (BSS/OSS/e- commerce based on Odin Automation for Microsoft CSP) – cloud based e-commerce solutions, MS Azure and Office 365 consulting

• Linux platform architecture and administration: Croatia Airlines (RHEL, Tomcat, Apache server, IBM Cloud), Python scripting

DEUTSCHE BANK / HCL, Contractor - Technical Project Manager and Lead Architect (2018) Strategy & development division

In April 2018 I started to work as contractor in Frankfurt for project that lasted till mid-December. Core duty was to be stand-in for the Vice President of Strategy and development. Application migration from mainframe to cloud environment (OpenShift). Solution Architecture and management of different teams (US, India, Belgium, Germany) for migration of two applications (taxes and EZB batches – second one being ETL on DB2 DWH and migration to Oracle DWH) from mainframe to cloud environment by strictly enforcing DevOps stack of Deutsche Bank. Conversion of code from COBOL, assembler, DB2 and JCL on z/OS to JavaEE and C# based micro services architecture and Oracle in cloud environment.

Selected Contributions:

• Creation and execution of DevOps and Cloud Strategy for Deutsche Bank

• Solution Architecture creation and documentation together with PM duties

• Management of different teams in different time zones (US, India, Belgium, Germany)

• Development (hands-on) of core parts in C# and Java (Spring Boot), debugging and testing IBM, Business Development and Executive Architect Leader for Central & Eastern Europe (2015) IBM General Business (all business units)

Member of the CEE Leadership team. Focused on Business Development in Financial Services and Public Sector. In charge for Education and Social Security services (focusing on EU programs). Sales and delivery lead for selected CEE customers. Managed a team of over 20 internationally deployed resources. Vladimir Ergovic

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Selected Contributions:

• Creation and execution of IBM Strategy for CEE in Public Sector

• Business Development of new products and initiatives that interlock with EU imperatives

• Sales and delivery of Tax Collections and Fraud and Abuse Management Systems for Ministries of Finance in Croatia, Czech Republic, Moldova, Poland and Romania, based on SAP and Panorama. IBM, Technical Executive (CTO) for South-East Europe (2013-2015) Enterprise Business Unit Leadership, IBM General Business (all business units) Responsible for the initial qualification, involving new and emerging business opportunities. Worked with IBM sales, technical services and marketing teams as well as customer/prospect executives to quickly determine if an opportunity should be developed or project executed. Responsible for creating and building relationships that result in additional revenue within the geography (SEE). The leader of large multifunctional teams for the most complex, leading-edge, high-risk opportunities and projects. Planned and performed negotiations with all levels of customer/prospect management, including senior executive management. Providing direction to clients in order to design and deploy solutions based on IBM technologies, thereby increasing customer business value. Provided and supervised pre-sales & post-sales support and services. Management of international resources (over 200 people). Selected Contributions:

• Creation and execution of IBM Strategy for CEE and SEE

• Project lead and consultant for regional transformation projects (Healthcare, Telco, Public, Banking)

• Leading and coordinating all IBM business units (services, software, hardware) in SEE

• Closure and implementation of the $12 million USD program for Telenor in Serbia (MDM, SOA, BPM, BSS/OSS)

• Performed IT revision and developed Enterprise Architecture for Ministry of Interior (Croatia) and Ministry of Healthcare (Czech Republic) with special focus on GxP

• BPM and Document management implementation (FileNet) – Zagrebacka Banka IBM, CEEMAS/CEEMEA/CEE Architect Leader Software Group (2006-2013) Spearhead business strategy and technical direction for IBM Software Group (SWG) in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA). Provided Ministerial / C-level consulting and strategic leadership for telecommunications, banking, and public sectors throughout the 98-country region; lead business and technical convergence strategies for multinational companies, government organizations, and private enterprises. Ensured delivery of strong support across all lines of activity as CEEMEA Executive Architect; served as Principal Consultant / Subject Matter Expert for complex projects, and directed IBM’s Telco, Banking and Public industry solutions, holding accountability for all CEE IBM industry projects over $500k+. Selected Contributions:

• Built up Industry IT Architect and Program Management communities across the region, providing leadership to inspire individuals accrediting/certifying in their professions for Industries

• Held pivotal role in guiding future business and technical direction for Qatar Telecom International

(Group level IT consolidation), Mobitel (Slovenia), Telenor (Serbia)

• Technical and Project Lead in following BSS/OSS transformations based on TM Forum standards

(eTOM, TAM, SID): Mobitel (Slovenia), Telenor (Serbia), Vodafone (Romania), MTN (South Africa), KPN (Netherlands), SAP modules integration for MoF and SAP for Healthcare (providers and payers)

• Technical and Project Lead in following CSDP/SDP implementations: Mobitel (Slovenia), Orange and TPSA (Poland), Vimplecom (Russia), Mobinil (Egypt), Du (UAE), Iskratel (Slovenia). Remote patient monitoring for Turk Telecom (Turkey) and Etisalat (UAE). Integration of laboratory systems, medical devices, CT, RIS (DICOM) and HIS (HL7) for Clinical centre in Brcko District (Bosnia & Herzegovina), SAP integration of Cerner in UAE

Vladimir Ergovic

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• Developed ICT Strategies, action plans and helped budgeting for governments of Egypt (Ministry of State for Administrative Development), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Brcko City and District), Turkey

(Authority of Istanbul), South Africa (MoH and South African IT Agency) – HL7 and DICOM integrations, Croatia (E&U company), Slovenia (University Medical Centre Ljubljana). Developed acquisition strategy for Sferia Group (Poland), T-HT (Croatia). Developed IT landscape and designed infrastructure of PKO BP (Poland), Croatian Tax Office, Erste Bank (Croatia) and Zagrebacka Banka (Croatia)

RESTART, Croatia COO and board member (2004-2006)

Established highly successful product lines focused on financial sector services and government institutions. Delivered innovative technologies that provided customers with competitive market advantage; developed and implemented short-range / long-range plans based on corporate goals and growth objectives; oversaw daily operations across all business lines, including sales, customer service, delivery services and research and development and internal communications.

Selected Contributions:

• Recruited and trained staff; organized sales department; created policies and procedures to establish well organized and efficient organization

• Managed relationships with major buying groups including: Dalcom Telecom New York, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Banka Kovanica, HZJZ, Croatian Customs, City of Sisak and Croatia Airlines; negotiated contracts, coordinated consulting services.

• Facilitated supply of fully integrated B2B, B2C, and ERP solutions for the client base

• Developed new product lines (CRM, DWH & BI and call centre solutions) targeting banking sector COMBIS, Croatia Senior Software Engineer Specialist and Pre-Sales (2003-2004) Led and supervised group of architects and engineers. Delivered innovative technologies that provided customers with competitive market advantage. Worked as a pre-sale’s leader for selected accounts. Selected Contributions:

• Led implementation of multichannel IP-based contact centre (CISCO IPCC) and Operational CRM for Zagrebacka Banka and Croatian Customs from Combis side

• Implementation of Laboratory Information System for the Republic of Croatia, integrating remote laboratories

• Coordinated consulting services and developed overall solutions for Croatian Customs (portal- based solution), City of Zagreb (Document management system) and Croatia Airlines (SITA Integration for Miles and More frequent traveller program). Consulted on implementations of Front Office System and Collection System in Zagrebacka Banka, SAP for Healthcare

• Bid management and presales activities related to new engagements INFODOM, Croatia Technology Consultant (2002-2003) Led and a supervised group of consultants and engineers. Delivered innovative technologies that provided customers with competitive market advantage. Public sector focused. Selected Contributions:

• Implementation of case management system for Ministry of Interior (JEE based)

• Managed relationships with prospective buying groups

• Coached engineers on IBM and Oracle technologies (portal, database, monitoring)

• Integration of technologies (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP) PARTNER BANKA, Croatia IT Specialist (2001-2002)

Performing day to day tasks across IT systems to support business demands; documented and delivered pilot projects for Internet banking and automated reporting. Administrated and maintained HP-UX, AIX and Windows servers running Core Banking System and Informix database. Vladimir Ergovic

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TIMBERLINE INTERACTIVE, Vermont – United States of America Software Developer and Security Specialist (2000-2001)

Development and implementation of change management, configuration and security subsystems for a supply chain management (SCM) solution on Microsoft platform and e-commerce (J2EE). Professional Associations

• Business Institute - Vice President

• HL7 Croatia - member

• TM Forum - contributing member

Languages

• Croatian (native)

• English (fluent)

• Italian (fair)

• German (intermediate – B1)

• Russian (basic)

Technology stack

Solutions: BPM, ESB, SOA, Identity Management, Master Data Management, BSS/OSS, Service Delivery Platform, BI/DWH, Data Mining, Big Data, NoSQL

Technologies (vendors): IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Open Source, Cloud (AWS, Azure, OpenShift), VMware, SAP

Programming languages: Java/JEE, Python, PERL, PHP, .NET (C#, VB), C, C ++, PL/SQL, Scripting (OSes) Publications

Areas: Biomechanics, Biomedical Electronics, Computer Science, Economics, Telecommunications Available at: http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=297906&lang=EN

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