Dr. Vladimir Cizelj

Vladimir Cizelj was born on April 28, 1951 in Ptuj. He has been living in Belgrade since the age of five. Upon completed primary school, he finished secondary school of engineering "Nikola Tesla". After completing his studies at the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Belgrade, Department for Electronics, Telecommunication and Control Engineering, he acquired the title of Master of Business and Administration in 1977 at the Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania, the United States of America.

He first began working at the "Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences, where he worked at the Laboratory for Theoretical Physics. He formed a department for development of special devices and systems (which still to this day is called "Cizelj’s") and he manifested early his visionary qualities. His scientific contributions stood out in various significant and complex military projects.

In 1997 Cizelj founded in Belgrade the private company Vlatacom Ltd, as the representative of the Motorola company. He was given recognition for outstanding perfomance from the President of CEO, Motorola Inc; USA, 2002. Since 2002, the company significantly expanded its activities to the integration of systems based on information and communication technologies, as well as to the development of software and electronic devices.

Generally speaking, the success of Vlatacom is the result of Vladimir Cizelj’s vision and continuous investment in research and development. As the most important result of Vladimir Cizelj’s scientific work is the fact that Vlatacom received two important recognitions from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia:

- in 2011 it was accredited as the scientific research and development center and- on July 07, 2015 it was accredited as the first technological private research and development institute in

Nowdays, Vlatacom Institute conducts research and development and scientific work. In the course of future work and development of the Institute, Vladimir Cizelj determined that the highest priority is the development of human resources and their knowledge and skills.

Vladimir Cizelj made possible for the Institute to develop an intensive educational and scientific cooperation with other scientific and higher educational institutions in the field of international technology management such as, primarily, the European University in Belgrade. Mutual scientific projects are in progress with the University of Oxford, Florida Atlantic University, University of Brno, etc. Vlatacom will continue to intensify the scientific research activities, which is an essential prerequisite (Precondition) for successful business in the world market.

All what Vladimir Cizelj imagined in his visionary imagination he also applied in practice. His work in Serbia in the field of information and communication technologies in terms of international business management for the purpose of economic development is undeniable.

Vladimir Cizelj was awarded honorary doctorate by the European University, Belgrade.

Serbia that originated directly from the economy.