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IVO IVANOVSKI -MINISTER OF INFORMATION SOCIETY

M.A. Ivo Ivanovski , Minister of information society, was born in Bitola on January 10-th, 1978.
He has graduated from the Ohio State University in Columbus, USA, and got M.A. degree in hardware engineering field in 2003. So far has been IT Manager of the Plaskolite Company, one of the biggest private Plexiglas producers in the world. He started his career in 1997 as a technical specialist in computer equipment maintenance. Later, he was promoted to IT Manager position in the Sector for development and maintenance of computer technology, being in charge of budget creating, IT architecture, staff training and development, implementation of new hardware and software systems, maintenance of WPN infrastructure of four Plaskolite factories in the USA
Over the eleven-year stay in the USA, Ivo Ivanovski has been an active member of the Macedonian-American Friendship Association and a member of the Steering Committee of the Macedonian church Mother of God's Falling Asleep in Columbus.
Also, he is an advisor to the VMRO-DPMNE President on matters related to information technology and economy.
Speaks fluent English, Serbian and Croat and understands Spanish.
He was elected Minister in the Government on December 21 st, 2006.

NIKOLAI BECKERS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF MAKEDONSKI TELEKOM AD – SKOPJE

Nikolai Beckers is managing Makedonski Telekom AD – Skopje since September, 2007. Before taking up the position of Chief Executive Officer of Makedonski Telekom, he has been working for Deutsche Telekom for many years. He started his career in Deutsche Telekom in 1995 and until now, except in Germany, he has been on high managerial positions as a DT representative in Indonesia, Malaysia and France. The extensive career of Nikolai Beckers also includes his working experience in Deutsche Bank (Germany and Singapore).
Soon after his arrival in Macedonia, Beckers was elected President of the Macedonian-German Business Association and concurrently he is a Vice-President of the European Business Association – EBA. He is a member of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce with registered office in Paris, as well as a member of the prestigious French Institute for Higher National Defence Studies, appointed by the Prime Minister of France.

KAAN TERZIOGLU, VICE PRESIDENT, EMERGING MARKETS, EMERGING EAST, CISCO SYSTEMS

Пред да му се придружи на Cisco Systems во 1999 год., во текот на неговата долгогодишна менаџерско-консултантска кариера, Каан Терзиоглу работел во повеќе светски познати компании, на различни места во светот. Во Cisco Systems, својата кариера ја започнал како раководител на Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group, за подоцна да се приклучи кон Advanced Technology Sales тимот, потоа во Technical Marketing за Средниот Исток и Африка. Денес, Каан Терзиоглу е Потпретседател на компанијата Cisco Systems и одговорен за развојот на деловните операции во регионот на Источна Европа кој опфаќа 19 земји, а во кои спаѓа и Македонија како дел од Адриатик регијата.
Before joining Cisco in 1999, during his management-consulting career Kaan Terzioglu worked in different eminent companies in different parts of the world. Prior to his appointment as Vice-president of Central & Eastern Europe, Kaan, has led the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group in EMEA for Services Verticals and Emerging Markets when he first joined Cisco and later Advanced Technology Sales, and Technical Marketing for Europe Middle East & Africa. Today, he led the Central and Eastern Europe business and he is responsible for Cisco Business Operations in a high-growth potential Europe East region, which comprises the 19 non-EU countries including Macedonia as a part of the Adriatic region.

SLAVCO ANGELOVSKI, PEXIM DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER

Slavco Angelovski started his career in 1993, at the Macedonian Business Systems Company - IBM business partner, at the position of Customer Engineer in charge of the hardware, software and service of the IBM product portfolio. In 1999, he occupied the position of Head of the Systems Engineers Department.
In the course of his career he has gained professional skills and expertise in several areas.
He joined the Pexim team in 2001, being assigned to the position of a Service Center Manager (the first e-banking service in Macedonia), becoming a Sales Manager in 2003 and finally in 2006 he was appointed Deputy General Manager of the Pexim Group...