Simon Vrhovec Europass CV

Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Simon Vrhovec
Simon Vrhovec
Ulica Vena Pilona 14, 6000 Koper, Slovenia
+386 40 263 827
simvrh@gmail.com
htttp://simvrh.wordpress.com/
Skype simvrh
Sex Male | Date of birth 25/08/1983 | Nationality Slovenian
JOB APPLIED FOR
WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 – present
Teaching Assistant
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
▪ Teaching
▪ Project work
▪ Research
Business or sector IT
2015 – present
Collabolator
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
▪ Teaching
▪ Project work
▪ Research
Business or sector IT
2013 – present
President
Sports and Cultural Association Panta Rhei
▪ Management and leadership
Business or sector Sports and culture
2013 – present
Chief Instructor
Karate academy Amaterasu
▪ Teaching
Business or sector Karate
2014 – 2014
Teaching Assistant
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
▪ Teaching
▪ Project work
▪ Research
Business or sector IT
2010 – 2014
Junior Researcher
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
▪ Teaching
▪ Project work
▪ Research
Business or sector IT
2008 – 2010
Student Work
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
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Curriculum Vitae
Simon Vrhovec
▪ Project work
Business or sector IT
2008 – 2010
Guest Instructor
Karate club Kensei
▪ Teaching
Business or sector Karate
2003 – 2010
Assistant Instructor
Tokuhisa Takashi Karate Dojo
▪ Teaching
Business or sector Karate
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2003 – 2010
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer and Information Science
EQF level 7
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
2005 – 2008
4th degree black belt
Tokuhisa Takashi Karate Dojo
2007
1st, 2nd and 3rd degree black belt
JKA level 3
Japanese Karate Association
2002 – 2005
3rd degree black belt
Tokuhisa Takashi Karate Dojo
2000 – 2002
2nd degree black belt
Meikyo kan / ZTKS / ETKF / ITKF
1996 – 2000
1st degree black belt
Meikyo kan / ZTKS / ETKF / ITKF
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Slovenian
Other language(s)
English
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
C2
C2
C2
C2
C2
Certificate by University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
Italian
C2
B2
B2
B2
A2
B1
A2
A2
A1
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A1
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-
Self-assessment
Spanish
B2
B1
B2
Self-assessment
Croatian
B1
B1
A2
Self-assessment
Macedonian
A2
A2
Self-assessment
Japanese
A1
-
Self-assessment
Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
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Curriculum Vitae
Communication skills
Organisational / managerial skills
▪ Forged through my work experiences as teacher, researcher, project team member and team leader
▪ Organization of stakeholder communication in a large information systems renewal (project
Slovenian electro-distributors’ information system renewal)
▪ Leadership skills acquired as a teacher (groups up to 35 people per training session) and leader
(president of an association with 25 members)
▪ Managerial skills acquired as president of an association (organization of work)
▪ Organizational skills acquired as president of an association (organization of workshops and other
events)
▪ Project management (research area, co-authoring project management methodologies, leading
projects in an association)
Job-related skills
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Computer skills
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Other skills
Driving licence
Simon Vrhovec
HR analytics and planning (recently developed and IT department establishment plan)
Proficient knowledge of HR processes and competence frameworks (e.g., e-CF, EUCIP, EQF)
Information systems action plan development (co-authored several action plans in projects)
Enterprise architecture development (frequently developing in projects; teaching)
Technical architecture development (frequently developing in projects; teaching)
Requirements gathering (frequently interacting with users in projects)
Software testing (organized testing in project eVŠ)
Proficient knowledge of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods (recently applied in
project eDKES)
▪ Software product benchmarking and comparative analysis (e.g., project and portfolio management
tools, web and media stores)
▪ Knowledge of Slovenian electronic storage of documents legislation
▪ Website development
Microsoft Office (everyday use at home and work; teaching)
Linux Mint (everyday use at home and work)
VirtualBox (everyday use at home and work)
Mendeley (everyday use in research)
Archi (frequent use at work; teaching)
Orange (frequent use in projects and during studies)
DEXi (frequent use in projects and during studies)
SPSS (frequent use in research)
GIMP (frequent use at home)
Inkscape (frequent use at home)
DigiKam (frequent use at home)
Apache webserver (frequent use at home)
MySQL (frequent use at home)
▪ Piano, guitar, drums, berimbau
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Presentations
Simon Vrhovec
▪ Vrhovec, S. L. R., Hovelja T., Vavpotič, D., & Krisper, M. (2015). Diagnosing organizational risks in
software projects: Stakeholder resistance. International Journal of Project Management.
doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.03.007
▪ Vrhovec, S. L. R., Trkman, M., Kumer, A., Krisper, M., & Vavpotič, D. (2014). Outsourcing as an
Economic Development Tool in Transition Economies: Scattered Global Software Development.
Information Technology for Development. doi:10.1080/02681102.2013.874316
▪ Vrhovec, S., & Rupnik, R. (2011). Amodel for resistance management in IT projects and programs.
Electrotechnical review, 78(1-2), 73–78.
▪ Vrhovec, S., & Rupnik, R. (2011). Model obvladovanja odpora pri projektih in programih IT.
Elektrotehniški vestnik, 78(1-2), 73–78.
▪ Vrhovec, S., & Rupnik, R. (2011). Obvladovanje odpora pri projektih informacijskih tehnologij.
Uporabna informatika, 19(1), 24–37.
▪ Vrhovec, S. (2010). Obvladovanje odpora pri projektih IT. BAThesis. University of Ljubljana.
▪ Managing resistance to IT change in enterprises. Presentation at Vienna University of Economics
and Business. Vienna, Austria, 13 February 2013.
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Curriculum Vitae
Projects
Simon Vrhovec
▪ Action planning for implementation of IT strategy of Slovenian Railways for the period 2014 -2017
(University of Ljubljana, Slovenian Railways ; 2014 – 2014)
▫ Analysis of IT department personnel structure and organization.
▫ Review of IT department personnel knowledge and competencies.
▫ Development of personnel structure for implementation of strategic IT plan.
▫ Development of IT department establishment plan.
▪ eDKES – Dynamic expert system for competence development and related projects (University of
Ljubljana, Kopa; 2011 – 2014)
▫ Analysis of end user requirements.
▫ Specification of employee searching business process.
▫ Development of system architecture.
▫ Analysis of competence frameworks for IT field (e-CF, EUCIP).
▫ Specification of professional profiles.
▫ Development of competence tests.
▫ Design and development of competences map.
▫ Review of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods.
▫ Use of tools Archi, DEXi, and Orange.
▫ Use of enterprise architecture notation Archimate.
▪ KC CLASS – CLoud Assisted ServiceS (University of Ljubljana, XLAB, Andrej Marušič Institute;
2012 – 2012)
▫ Specification of service requirements for web and media store support.
▫ Development of high-level service architecture for web and media store support.
▫ Specification of generic interfaces and service requirements for web and media store support.
▫ Specification of key data structure transformations.
▪ eVŠ – Records and analytical information system for higher education in Slovenia (University of
Ljubljana, MVZT, RRC; 2011 – 2011)
▫ Development of technical and functional specifications.
▫ Planning of test organization.
▫ Development of test specifications.
▫ Development of test scenarios.
▫ Testing.
▪ IT project management methodology (University of Ljubljana, ZPIZ; 2011 – 2011)
▫ Co-authoring the IT project management methodology.
▪ Automation of business process “Public labour” (University of Ljubljana, ZRSZ, IBM Slovenia; 2010 –
2011)
▫ Development of enterprise architecture.
▫ Analysis of Slovenian electronic storage of documents legislation.
▫ Use of enterprise architecture notation Archimate and tool Archi.
▪ Slovenian electro-distributors’ information system renewal (University of Ljubljana, Informatika,
Elektro Ljubljana, Elektro Maribor, Elektro Celje, Elektro Gorenjska, Elektro Primorska; 2008 – 2010)
▫ Benchmarking the tools for project and portfolio management (PPM).
▫ Analysis of PPM tool integration with existing systems.
▫ Planning of stakeholder communication.
▫ Communicating the course of renewal.
▫ Co-authoring the renewal action plan.
▫ Establishing a web portal dedicated to the renewal.
▫ Analysis and assessment of renewal organizational risks.
▫ Specification of professional profiles and roles.
▫ Co-authoring the software development methodology.
▫ Design of project document templates.
▪ DACHS ’09 symposium website (University of Ljubljana, Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, Hagenberg
Campus, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Deggendorf Institute of Technology; 2009 – 2009)
▫ Development and editing of symposium website.
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Curriculum Vitae
Conferences
Honours and awards
Academic Activities
Teaching
Simon Vrhovec
▪ Hovelja, T., Breznik, L., Krisper, M., Ocepek, D., & Vrhovec, S. L. R. (2013). Predstavitev sodobnega,
dinamičnega, ekspertnega informacijskega sistema za razvoj cloveških virov. In N. Schlamberger
(Ed.), Informatika v javni upravi 2013 : publikacija s prispevki konference IJU 2013, 9.-10. december
2013, Kongresni center Brdo pri Kranju (pp. 1–4). Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia: Slovensko društvo
informatika.
▪ Vrhovec, S. L. R., Trkman, M., Krisper, M., & Hovelja, T. (2013). Ravnanje z organizacijskimi
težavami pri razvoju programske opreme v globalnih podjetjih. In A. S. Sitar, R. Rozman, J. Kovač, &
M. Rašković (Eds.), Organizacija in ravnateljevanje globalnih podjetij : usklajevanje v različnih
kulturah : zbornik referatov (pp. 127–139). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Društvo Slovenska akademija za
management, Ekonomska fakulteta & Fakulteta za organizacijske vede.
▪ Trkman, M., Vrhovec, S., Vavpotič, D., & Krisper, M. (2013). Defending the need for a new global
software approach: a literature review. In P. Biljanović (Ed.), MIPRO 2013 : Mipro proceedings (pp.
219–222). Rijeka, Croatia: Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology,
Electronics and Microelectronics.
▪ Vrhovec, S., Hovelja, T., & Krisper, M. (2011). Obvladovanje psiholoških in socioloških tveganj pri
vpeljavi novih tehnologij. In PIES 2011 : posvetovanje informatikov energetikov Slovenije : 4.
posvetovanje o informatiki v energetiki, 17. – 18. 11. 2011, Portorož (p. 104). Portorož, Slovenia.
▪ Vrhovec, S., & Krisper, M. (2011). Določanje prioritet projektom v portfelju IT z upoštevanjem odpora
pri uveljavljanju sprememb informacijskih sistemov. In R. Rozman, M. Mihelčič, B. Rusjan, J. Kovač,
A. Stare, & K. K. Mihelič (Eds.), Ravnanje s spremembami v podjetjih, zavodih in javni upravi :
zbornik referatov (pp. 35–44). Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia: Društvo Slovenska akademija za
management, Ekonomska fakulteta & Fakulteta za organizacijske vede.
▪ Slovenian Award for Sustainable Development (2011). Award received for the bachelor thesis
“Resistance management in IT projects” and two resulting articles.
▪ Trimo Award (2011). Award received for the bachelor thesis “Resistance management in IT projects”.
▪ International Journal of Project Management (ISSN 0263-7863), Reviewer.
▪ IEEE Eighth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (IEEE RCIS
2014), Proceedings Manager.
▪ 10th International Baltic Conference on Databases and Information Systems (Baltic DB & IS 2012),
Reviewer.
▪ Information Security Assurance in the Digital Age (MSc), Teaching Assistant.
▪ Special Topics in Cybersecurity (MSc), Teaching Assistant.
▪ IT Governance (MSc), Teaching Assistant.
▪ Security, Privacy and Trust in Mobile Systems, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Information Security: Management, Standards and Digital Identity, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Informatics in Criminal Justice and Security Studies, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Information Systems in Criminal Justice and Security, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Technical Security, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Information Assurance, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Introduction to Information Security, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Informatics Planning and Management, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Information Systems Development, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Electronic and Mobile Business, Teaching Assistant.
▪ Introduction to Information Systems, Teaching Assistant.
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