Ivan Petković

Experience

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  One2play

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Promotional event organizer and team leader- country-wide medium size team (20+) management and coordination- promotional events organization as head of "Organized Play" marketing department- 1000+ events organized and managed Supporting promotional activities (marketing)

  • Organized Play Manager

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Organized Play Assistant

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008
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  Freelance

  Feb 2006 - now

  International Certified Event Organiser

  - Senior role in organizing promotional events in Europe and SE Asia with more than 4000 participants- Managing educational projects for new organizers- Mentoring and coaching younger colleagues worldwide

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  Carta Magica

  Jan 2010 - Mar 2012

  Organized Play Manager

  - Head of Organised Play marketing unit- Organising promotional events throughout the country while leading a team of 10 event organisers

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  Hrvatski Telekom

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2014

  - Responsible for business innovations (from conception and market analysis to implementation steering) of technology projects (e.g. introduction of FTTH)- Startup recruiting and incubation with Deutsche Telekom’s incubator hub:raum Managing and coordinating technical data centre HW & SW projects with international partners (Ericsson, Huawei, DT)

  • Group Strategy and Business Innovation

    Mar 2013 - Oct 2014

  • IPTV Specialist

    Oct 2010 - Mar 2013
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  N/a

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2019

  Conference Speaker

  - Participating in various conferences and lectures as a speaker- Topics: Nonverbal communication in business, Three act leadership, The future of Telco- Conferences and lectures: Regional conference Croatia 2012, HT Idea pitch workshop, GP Vienna conference 2013, Regional conference Bulgaria 2013, GP Vienna conference 2014, Regional conference Greece 2015, Regional conference Serbia 2015, Regional conference Germany 2015...

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  XING

  Oct 2014 - now

  - Responsible for scaled Agile collaboration practices with a focus on governance and steering- Leading a team, people management and implementing best practices in scaled product development- Projects: Portfolio & Program Management, Culture Change, Product Development Lean Metrics, Investment Profile, Engineering Hiring at Scale - Responsible for the Agile operation of the department together with product and engineering directors- Hiring, managing and developing Agile Coaches and Technical Project Managers with budgetary responsibility- Projects: Near-shoring Engineering, Role Definition for Agile Coach & Technical Program Manager - People manager and mentoring of junior agile coaches- Implementing OKRs company-wide- Managing conflicts among various parts of the organisation- Building and developing (remote) software teams in Hamburg and Porto - Implementing Agile methodologies and tailoring them to meet the specific needs of each team- Conducting Agile training sessions and workshops to up-skill teams- Mentoring and coaching individual team members - Growing partnerships in order to increase the XING member base- Relaunch and strategic development of lebenslauf.com product- Prioritising features based on user feedback and metrics- Integrating an acquired (M&A) product and building a software development team for it

  • Team Lead Technical Program Management

    Sept 2020 - now

  • Team Lead Agile Project Management

    Oct 2018 - Sept 2020

  • Senior Agile Project Manager

    Mar 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Agile Project Manager

    Oct 2015 - Mar 2017

  • Technical Business Development Manager

    Oct 2014 - Oct 2015
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  Ipcoaching.eu

  Aug 2019 - now

  Agile Leadership Coach and Consultant

  - Helping organisations and individuals to introduce and tailor best Agile practices- Working with engineering managers from all hierarchy levels on topics like people development, organisational setup, introducing Agile, cross-functional leadership and personal development- Conducting leadership trainings and organising (remote) conferences in Europe, the USA and SE Asia