1 November – hotel Marriott, 11:30 – 18:00
Event presenter – Gorast Cvetkovski
Agenda:
11.30-12.00 - Guests photo session
12:00-13:15 - 20 Years Infinite Solutions:
- Infinite Solutions team: Our path and what we are doing today
- Dragos Mateescu - Business Management Consultant & Coach: Transition from Fujitsu Services Macedonia to Infinite Solutions
- Rob Woodrow - Account Manager: Cooperation of HPE and Infinite on implementing large scale project
- Radu Ghelmes - Microsoft Dynamics D365 Program Manager: Working with Infinite team on migration and implementation of AX2012 and D365FO project in 15 countries
Coffee break: 15 min 13:15-13:30
13:30-14:45 - Microsoft BizzApp and AI: Business views
- Infinite Solutions team: Microsoft Dynamics D365FO Infinite Solutions Macedonian localization
- Harry Kambanis - Microsoft BizApps GTM Leader for the CEMA region: Impact of Generative AI in Business
- Nenad Slivic - Microsoft Senior Partner Development Manager BizApps: One Dynamics One Platform (ODOP)
- Urban Jovanovic - Microsoft Microsoft Solution Sales Lead: Using LowCode to automate business, without changing core IT systems
- Jovce Plastinoski - Microsoft Senior Consultant: Digitally transform your office with low code aps from Microsoft Power platform
- Ljupco Georgiev - GM at Microsoft Macedonia: Importance of continuous and on-time engagement of Top Management and Business Users in ERP implementations
Coffee break: 15 min 14:45-15:00
15.00-16.30 - Microsoft BizzApp and AI: IT Experts views
- Tommy Skaue - Senior FastTrack Solution Architect at Microsoft: Microsoft Fast track and One Dynamics One Platform (ODOP) Architecture
- André Arnaud de Calavon - Microsoft MVP: Introduction to Microsoft’s offering for Process Mining
- Dejan Pervulov - Microsoft Senior Partner Solutions Architect BizApps and Power Platform:
Dynamics AX2012 migration from on-prem to D365FO in Cloud – Critical considerations
- Gjorgi Mazdarov – UKIM Finki: AI domination and implementation in Microsoft tools
- Stratos Kourtzanidis - Microsoft Senior Azure Cloud & AI Consultant: Embrace the AI era with the Microsoft Cloud
Cocktail 90 min 16:30 – 18:00
Digital Transformation with Microsoft BizzApp and AI
Celebrating 20 Years Infinite Solutions
Speakers Bio
Name: Dragos Mateescu
Title: Business Management Consultant & Coach
Topic: Transition from Fujitsu Services Macedonia to Infinite Solutions
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Dragos is Business Development and Management Expert with 40+ years of experience working for more than 20 years in IT leading companies like ICL/ Fujitsu Services and Dell.
Nowadays he is still active offering services such as:
- business consultancy on specific domains – business management, sales, go to market models, business development, sales operations, partnerships;
- coaching for individuals and teams;
- workshops and applied training for teams and managers;
- on demand
Name: Rob Woodrow
Title: Account Manager
Topic: Cooperation of HPE and Infinite on implementing large scale project
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Rob has 25+ years of experience of leadership and management experience working in one of the worldwide largest IT companies like HPE and Cisco. He has a strong background in Account Management and Sales supported by experience in the technical industry. His experience includes international business specifically related to transactions between the U.S., European, and Middle Eastern countries. He also has more than twenty years of experience with U.S. government processes and regulations.
Name: Radu Ghelmes
Title: D365 Program Manager
Topic: Working with Infinite team on migration and implementation of AX2012 and D365FO project in 15 countries
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Radu has 20+ years of experience in IT, ERP, Retail and Consulting business. He worked for more than 10 years for LS Retail as Consulting manager and is mag for ERP and Retail IT Systems. Last years he is focused on Program Management, Project Management and Advisory Services for D365 F&O. Currently he is Program Manager for large implementation of D365FO Project in 15 Countries.
Name: Harry Kambanis
Title: Microsoft BizApps GTM Leader for the CEMA region
Topic: Impact of Generative AI in Business
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Harry Kambanis has 35+ years of experience of leadership and management experience working in few worldwide largest IT companies like Xerox, HP, Dell and in the last 10+ years in Microsoft on various management and leadership roles. He has been awarded few times with Microsoft Gold Club Award. During his assignment as Sales Director for Corporate Accounts CEE he was Leading and Developing sales teams to deliver transformational solutions impacting the results and success of our customers. Nowadays on his current position he is helping customers deliver
innovation, transform their businesses and achieve more. Leading regional teams delivering impactful innovation, through core business processes to customers across 101 countries.
Name: Nenad Slivic
Title: Microsoft Senior Partner Development Manager BizApps
Topic: One Dynamics One Platform (ODOP)
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Nenad is an experienced Technology Strategist with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Strong consulting professional with 25+ years’ experience in IT. Last 9 years he is working in Microsoft on various position including Cloud Solution Architect – Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. He is also Microsoft Certified trainer and has exceptional trainer skills. Extremely helpful to partners and customers leading both toward mutual goal.
Name: Urban Jovanovic
Title: Microsoft Solution Sales Lead Southeast Europe
Topic: Using LowCode to automate business, without changing core IT systems
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Urban is helping customers, partners, and internal communities, to successfully understand, design and implement digital transformation journey – using modern business applications and cloud as the technology platform for agile, resilient, innovative and customer obsessed organization. His goal is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. He is supporting strategic accounts, field teams and partners in Adriatic region, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey and Israel to realize value deploying and using Microsoft Power Platform.
Name: Ljupco Georgiev
Title: GM at Microsoft Macedonia
Topic: Importance of continuous and on-time engagement of Top Management and Business Users in ERP implementations
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Ljupco Georgiev has more than 25 years of work experience in the IT sector in North Macedonia and abroad. Currently employed as a GM at Microsoft Macedonia ( AE for CA for Slovenia). Senior executive with 20+ years experience in leading and managing local and international teams. Strong leadership qualities and ability and track record in leading, developing, mentoring, coaching, motivating and empowering a high performing team. Building and managing customer relationships. He is currently engaged on projects in Slovenia, as AE for CA.
Name: Jovce Plastinovski
Title: Microsoft Senior Consultant Services
Topic: Digitally transform your office with low code aps from Microsoft Power platform
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Jovche Plastinovski is a graduated electrical engineer with 28 years of work experience in the IT sector in North Macedonia, currently employed as a Senior Consultant at Microsoft Industry Solutions. His main experience is in the field of design and development of software solutions for the public and the private sector. He has worked in several international companies and organizations represented in Macedonia, thus gaining rich experience in the field of electronic government as a manager of several e-Government projects that resulted in application solutions
widely accepted by the end users. His engagement at Microsoft is currently focused on Microsoft 365 technology and Digital transformation. He is currently engaged on projects in North Macedonia and more widely in the EMEA region.
Name: Tommy Skaue
Title: Senior FastTrack Solution Architect at Microsoft
Topic: Microsoft Fast track and One Dynamics One Platform (ODOP) Architecture
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Tommy Skaue starts his IT carrier in the last century. Since then, in his 25 years carrier, he was working on many projects and last 5 years he works as Solution Architect in Microsoft. During his carrier he has lot of hands-on work: installing, configuring and optimizing Microsoft Dynamics AX/ D365FO installations, including a lot on server technologies on both application and hardware level. In the last 15 years he focused his skills on technology delivered on the Microsoft platform. Working with a huge ERP solution like Dynamics AX/ D365FO his interest and knowledge for business enterprise
solutions Microsoft Dynamics increased and now he is an expert on how a large number of business operations can be supported in one great platform.
Name: André Arnaud de Calavon
Title: Microsoft MVP
Topic: Introduction to Microsoft’s offering for Process Mining
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André Arnaud de Calavon is a Microsoft Dynamics geek with over 25 years of experience in the software industry. He started his career with Navision Financials, now known as Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Since the year 2001, he has been working with the Dynamics AX solution. Next to consulting and training skills, he also has a good understanding of development and other technical aspects. The last two years, has main focus has been on Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.
He worked for a few partners and one end-user in the past. As of May 2019, he works for To-Increase, where he has the role of solution architect. He likes complex challenges and troubleshooting. “If you can dream it, you can do it!”. In October 2013, André was awarded as Microsoft Dynamics AX MVP. This was extended consecutively, and he got his tenth MVP award last July on “Microsoft Business Applications”.
Name: Dejan Pervulov
Title: Microsoft Senior Partner Solutions Architect – BizApps and Power Platform
Topic: Dynamics AX2012 migration from on-prem to D365FO in Cloud – Critical considerations
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Dejan Pervulov is an IT expert with more than 20 years’ experience in various IT fields, starting as developer, though system admin, Tech consultant and now as Solution Architect. Working with partners and customers helping them with BizApps and Power Platform Solutions.
Name: Prof.Dr. Gjorgji Madjarov
Title: AI Expert and Professor at FCSE, UKIM
Topic: AI domination and implementation in Microsoft tools
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Gjorgji Madjarov is a Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, “St. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje. His active research interests are on designing advanced approaches for NLP, time-series analysis and forecasting, stream processing and AI Operations using an extensive set of state of the art algorithms. Building on 15 years of research, development and management experience, he now leads a highly skilled team of professionals, dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art AI solutions to the world. Currently, he is teaching multiple subjects in both Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence disciplines: Advanced Programming, Software
Engineering, Mining Big Data, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, and Decision Support Systems. Also, he works as a consultant on multiple projects across different industries for AI adaptation.
Name: Stratos Kourtzanidis
Position: Senior Azure Cloud & AI Consultant @ Microsoft
Title: Embrace the AI era with the Microsoft Cloud
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Stratos Kourtzanidis is a distinguished senior software engineer with expertise in .NET development and AI. As a technology expert and community leader, he has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award (2018-2020) and served as a Microsoft Certified Trainer for AI (2021-2022). Stratos holds multiple professional certifications and is a published author, showcasing his extensive knowledge. A true advocate for collaboration, Stratos is the founder and organizer of the Thessaloniki
.NET Meetup, a thriving community of developers. When he’s not immersed in the world of technology, he enjoys martial arts, playing guitar, and traveling.
