Katarina Kosmina
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Vladimir Trkulja
I have recruited Katarina for a position of program manager in Startit and have directly managed her. The decision to bring her to Startit team was made based on her excellent communicational and analytical skills, which proved to be a highly valuable combination during the implementation of many Startit programs and projects, reaching over 20.000 people in 2018. She has a deep understanding of business-related data, including data collection and management, which enabled more data-driven decisions to be made. It has also greatly helped with reporting, which made a lot of donors and partners happy. Finally, Katarina is a natural problem solver, requiring little to none management in order to come to viable solutions. I recommend her without reservation to any company/organization which needs strong and independent problem-solver with the ability to work directly with people and create meaningful reports based on data.
Vladimir Trkulja
I have recruited Katarina for a position of program manager in Startit and have directly managed her. The decision to bring her to Startit team was made based on her excellent communicational and analytical skills, which proved to be a highly valuable combination during the implementation of many Startit programs and projects, reaching over 20.000 people in 2018. She has a deep understanding of business-related data, including data collection and management, which enabled more data-driven decisions to be made. It has also greatly helped with reporting, which made a lot of donors and partners happy. Finally, Katarina is a natural problem solver, requiring little to none management in order to come to viable solutions. I recommend her without reservation to any company/organization which needs strong and independent problem-solver with the ability to work directly with people and create meaningful reports based on data.
Vladimir Trkulja
I have recruited Katarina for a position of program manager in Startit and have directly managed her. The decision to bring her to Startit team was made based on her excellent communicational and analytical skills, which proved to be a highly valuable combination during the implementation of many Startit programs and projects, reaching over 20.000 people in 2018. She has a deep understanding of business-related data, including data collection and management, which enabled more data-driven decisions to be made. It has also greatly helped with reporting, which made a lot of donors and partners happy. Finally, Katarina is a natural problem solver, requiring little to none management in order to come to viable solutions. I recommend her without reservation to any company/organization which needs strong and independent problem-solver with the ability to work directly with people and create meaningful reports based on data.
Vladimir Trkulja
I have recruited Katarina for a position of program manager in Startit and have directly managed her. The decision to bring her to Startit team was made based on her excellent communicational and analytical skills, which proved to be a highly valuable combination during the implementation of many Startit programs and projects, reaching over 20.000 people in 2018. She has a deep understanding of business-related data, including data collection and management, which enabled more data-driven decisions to be made. It has also greatly helped with reporting, which made a lot of donors and partners happy. Finally, Katarina is a natural problem solver, requiring little to none management in order to come to viable solutions. I recommend her without reservation to any company/organization which needs strong and independent problem-solver with the ability to work directly with people and create meaningful reports based on data.
Experience
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Concentrical
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Product and Solutions
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Apr 2023 - Present
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Group Product Manager
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Nov 2022 - Apr 2023
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Senior Product Manager
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Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
-- Managing product development in education and fintech-- Managing a remote development team with USA clients -- Mobile/Web agile development-- Maintaining client reporting
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UNDP Serbia
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Serbia
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International Affairs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Coordinator - Competitiveness & Digital Governance
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Mar 2019 - Feb 2022
-- Coordinating IT retraining programs across Serbia, including for persons with disabilities-- Working on specific open data initiatives involving the development of new applications based on open data, community development, citizen science, etc.-- Coordinating different digital transformation projects, products & initiatives-- Staff Committee Chair
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Consultant - ICT Education and Open Data
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Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
-- Coordinating IT retraining programs across Serbia-- Developing and implementing open data community building programs
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SEE ICT
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Serbia
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Manager
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Nov 2017 - Oct 2018
-- Coordinating educational IT programs (workshops, meetups, courses, etc.) in 8 Startit Centers across Serbia. -- Managing different projects and using data analysis and visualization for reporting. -- Organizing hackathons, meetups, datathons and other tech events in different fields, from data science to VR. -- Ensuring the inclusivity of our programs - access to individuals from smaller towns, programs for all age and education groups, incorporating gender mainstreaming, etc. -- Building an open data community in Serbia. Show less
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Centar za evropske politike - CEP
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Serbia
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Think Tanks
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1 - 100 Employee
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Policy Researcher
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Sep 2015 - Nov 2017
-- Researcher on several projects concerning gender equality in public administration reform, open government, open data, policy advocacy, and civil society cooperation. -- Quantitative (survey analysis) and qualitative (coding and analyzing interviews and focus groups) research -- Data visualization - in charge of designing and editing visualization of research results -- Research and analysis of refugee law, asylum policies and political discourse in the EU and Serbia -- Open Government Partnership researcher through the Independent Monitoring Mechanism Show less
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UNDP
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United States
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International Affairs
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700 & Above Employee
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Open Data Consultant
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Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
-- Assessing open data development for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and FYR Macedonia for the Open Data Barometer of the World Wide Web Foundation: -- Conducting desk research on the readiness, implementation and impact of open data in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; -- Identifying and interviewing relevant stakeholders dealing with open data in the three designated countries; -- Participating in the final review and quality assurance process, providing answers and justifications; -- Consolidating research into short reports about the progress and developments of open data in the designated countries. Show less
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Vera & Donald Blinken Open Society Archives
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Budapest, Hungary
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Documentary Filmmaker
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Feb 2016 - Jul 2016
-- Scripting, shooting, directing, and editing a feature-length documentary, "Room without A View: Inside the Processing of former Yugoslav Television Broadcasts" -- Aiding the organization of a conference devoted to the post-WWII Yugoslavia archives - "Prime Time Nationalism: The Role of Television Broadcast/Archives in the Aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars" -- Scripting, shooting, directing, and editing a feature-length documentary, "Room without A View: Inside the Processing of former Yugoslav Television Broadcasts" -- Aiding the organization of a conference devoted to the post-WWII Yugoslavia archives - "Prime Time Nationalism: The Role of Television Broadcast/Archives in the Aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars"
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Assistant Archivist
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Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
-- Devising a research plan and communication strategy, and researching existing archival catalogs -- Cataloging video cassettes and other audio-visual archival data regarding human rights issues and the breakup of Yugoslavia -- Developing and editing a promotional video for the post-WII Yugoslavia archive project -- Creating and conducting presentations regarding project development -- Devising a research plan and communication strategy, and researching existing archival catalogs -- Cataloging video cassettes and other audio-visual archival data regarding human rights issues and the breakup of Yugoslavia -- Developing and editing a promotional video for the post-WII Yugoslavia archive project -- Creating and conducting presentations regarding project development
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Education
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2010 - 2014
Northwestern University
Bachelor's Degree, Radio/Television/Film and International Studies -
2014 - 2015
Central European University
Master's Degree, International Relations -
2013 - 2013
Sciences Po
exchange program, International Relations and Affairs -
2008 - 2010
United World College Mostar
International Baccaleureate
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