Miodrag Kostic co-owner of 'Business Knowledge' Serbia

Short biography:

- From 2006 to date, co-owner and director of "Business Knowledge" business education and consulting services www.businessknowledge.biz

- From 2004 to date, co-owner and director of VEZA Inc. eBusiness consulting, IT marketing and PR agency in Belgrade www.veza.biz

- From 2001 to date, Original (US patent pending) on-line (internet-auction) visitor-traffic marketplace, Hawaii, USA www.clicksbroker.com

- From 2002 to 2003, marketing director of VeratNet Inc. (leading Serbian Internet Service Provider) - www.verat.net

- From 1998 to 2002, owner of eBusiness consulting, web-marketing agency “Web Consulting Honolulu”, USA www.web-consulting.com

- From 1998 to 2002, direct sales of ecommerce, payment processing services, for Cardservice International Hawaii, USA www.csi-hi.com

- From 1998 to 2001, partner and manager in ADCOM Inc., Internet Kiosk business in Honolulu, USA www.adcomkiosk.com

- From 1991 to 1998, co-owned and managed “The T-Gallery”, chain of upscale retail stores on prestigious locations at:

  - “T-Gallery”, 112 McDougall st., Greenwich Village, NY, www.teeshirtgallery.com
  - “T-Gallery”, “South Street Seaport, New York”, www.southstreetseaport.com
  - “T-Gallery”, “Aloha Tower Marketplace, Honolulu”, www.alohatower.com

- From 1990 to 1992, owned and managed "MK Export Inc." fully licensed export-import business in Staten Island, New York, USA

- From 1987 to 1991, owned and operated "MK Refrigeration" air-conditioning contracting business in Manhattan, New York

- From 1983 to 1986, professional mechanical engineer designer, for major international projects in “Arhitektura & Urbanizam” engineering company in Belgrade

Education:

• Feb 2006 - Innovation management consultants' development programme certificate (CENTRIM - Brighton University, UK)
• November 2002 – Post graduate specialist studies in ecommerce, on “FON Belgrade”, Faculty for business organization
• 1976 - 1982. Mechanical Engineering University in Belgrade - Graduated mechanical engineer (professional engineer certification)

Relevant references:

• Self-employed for more than 20 years - Owner of companies: MK Refrigiration New York, MK Export inc Staten Island, Tgallery Inc New York, Adcom Inc Honolulu, Web Consulting Honolulu, VEZA d.o.o. Beograd …
• Owner of “Web Consulting Honolulu” consulting agency: eBusiness and web marketing, on-line PR, consulting services to leading Hawaiian corporations like: Cardservice Hawaii, Maui Divers, Imagitel, Life Foundation, Maui Goose, CATII consulting …
• Guest lecturer and speaker at public events in USA: SBA (Small Business Administration), HTTA (Hawaii Technology Trade Association).
• Co-owner and director of VEZA Inc. consulting company, IT marketing and PR, eBusiness consulting and management services to leading companies in Serbia and the region: Zorka Pharma Sabac, Cokolada Beograd, JamaxM Cacak, Almex Pancevo, Apple Baby Cacak, Andrejevic Jewelry Beograd, NUNS Beograd, International Granites Arandjelovac, Pogodak Beograd, AMIS Telecom, F-Secure Beograd, Minel-Schreder Beograd, E-Learning Uzice, Edgios.com USA, Vibrant Drive Beograd …
• Co-owner and director of Business Knowledge, Business education and consulting services, in-house training and workshops, to leading companies in Serbia and the region: Galenika Beograd, Cistoca Novi Sad, NIS Naftagas Novi sad, Unifarm Beograd, Bitno Bor, Knjaz Milos Arandjelovac, Intermex Beograd, International Granites Aranjdjelovac, Office1Superstore Beograd, Partner Micro-credit Tuzla, Direct Media Beograd, Mantacore Beograd, SBB Beograd, A2B Express - Beograd, Mediator Trade Beograd, BSC Kragujevac, Crest Home - Novi sad, Montenegro Stars - Hotel Splendid, Holcim Srbija, Kapital Media, VIP mobile Srbija …
• Guest lecturer and speaker at major regional events-congresses: E-Trgovina eBusiness conference Palic, BizBuzz IT conference Nis, What World Wants? WWW Marketing! Beograd ...
• Published over 100 articles on e-business, on-line marketing and PR in Emagazin, COM magazin and Profit magazin

Awards:

• Finalist of the Fussion 2002 business plan competition for ClicksBroker business model in 2002
• First prize in web design category on the 5th international digital arts festival ArtTech in 2004

Memberships:

• Metropolitan Rotary Club of Honolulu, USA
• Independent Journalist Association of Serbia
• Management Consultants Association of Serbian

Personal blog: blog.miodragkostic.com

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