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Some personal info: I was born in
Yugoslavia on the 28th of
June, 1970. I grew up in a quiet town called Novi Sad, which
features the oldest beach on Danube, the most
enjoyable fortress from Hapsburg monarchy, and three ruined
bridges. Novi Sad was a great place to grow up in. So
was Vojvodina - it is flat and agricultural, but beautiful,
friendly, slow and culturally confused in a charming way. I
was a Hungarian minority in this area, but it never
mattered. Yugoslavia was in general a good place to be, from
what I could see of those 17 years I've lived there, and
from what I've learned about life by living in other
places. But that's changed.
My family lives in Oslo, Norway. I
have lived there from 1988 to 1997, and then again from 2004 until now;
I studied and worked and skied and slowly became Norwegian.
Norway is beautiful and very kind; probably one of
the very few places on Earth where the majority of people
seriously believe in fairness and equality. It is also a
paradise on Earth in the summer, an absolute must see. As
for the winter: it is still beautiful, but you really have
to be fond of the snow to enjoy the many months of it.
Between 1997 and 2002 I was at Oxford
University, where I did a PhD. I also worked as a lecturer and a
tutor at the Department of Computer Science and at Oriel College and
some other places as well. My academic publications from this period
are here. I finished my PhD in
April 2001.
Oxford has an amazing
architecture and even more amazing set of people.
Lots of interesting traditions, dinners and gowns.
During my PhD, I spent several months as a
visiting researcher, working for Digital Corporations System Research Centre in
Palo Alto, doing development on algorithms and web software; working on a
research project at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing; and as a
professor, managing an academic programme at Dar al Hekma, the first private
female university in Saudi Arabia. Around this time, I have been awarded a Prize
Fellowship at Magdalen College at Oxford
Univeristy, a true aesthetic and academic paradise if there ever has been one.
It was a wonderful setting for intellectual work, with
inspiration around every corner (and there are many corners in old colleges
in Oxford).
In January 2003 I did a one year MBA program at the school Insead in France, and I spent this year
partly in Fontainebleau and partly in Singapore, between the two Insead campuses.
Insead was a highly rewarding and intense experience, much recommended.
I have been back in Norway since 2004, working as a Vice President
of Product Marketing in the software company Fast Search & Transfer.
Some of my publications from this period
are here.
Since April 2008 I have been working for Microsoft as a
Director of Business Management.
I also serve
on several company boards, including the Norwegian Lottery and
Statkraft. In the past
I have served, among others, on the board of directors for
Opera Software and ProfDoc public companies.
Andreas and I have two sons, Sander and Thomas.
Both were born on May 8, Sander in 2007 and Thomas in 2009.
The photo-links below are intended for my friends scattered
around the world. Most of them contain large images and may
take some time to download.
- February '97: visting Sonia and Peter in Italy
- April '97: traveling in Peru with Andreas' family
- Summer '99: working in California
at Compaq SRC
- Christmas '99: trek to Himalaya
- a weekend in
Scotland, June 2000
- Visiting Christie in
Ireland, July 2000
- Visiting grandmother in
Yugoslavia, August 2000
- Celebrating Andreas's MSc at the Isles of
Scilly, September 2000
- Our honeymoon in
Cuba, September 2000
- A historical week in
Yugoslavia, October 2000
- Photos from
Sinai, April 2001
- Photos from
Oxford, May/June 2001
- Photos from
Yugoslavia, July/August 2001
- Our trip around southern and eastern
Africa, August/September 2001
- Autumn photos of
friends and family, October/November 2001
- A
Swan knocking on our door, November 2001
- Early spring images from
Oxford, February 2002
- Photos from a diving week on
Maldives in February 2002
- Photos from my teaching job in
Saudi Arabia in April 2002
- Photos from our Divemaster Course in
Jordan in July 2002
- Friends in
Oxford and Norway during summer 2002
- Friends in
Oxford during autumn 2002
- Working and travelling in
China in November 2002
- Winter photos from
Insead P1 in Fontainebleau, France, in January 2003
- Spring photos from
Insead P2 in Fontainebleau, France, in March 2003
- Summer photos from
Sailing in Greece in June and July 2003
- Diving photos from a week on a
liveaboard Oriana in Sharm during August 2003
- Autumn photos from travels based from
Singapore, during Insead P5 in November 2003
- Travel photos from
Bali during the Christmas break of 2003
- Trekking photos from
Thailand, in Chiang Mai and Bangkok, in January 2004
- Winter and spring photos from
Norway, from Oslo, Trysil and Tvedestrand, in March/April 2004
- Early summer photos from
Norway and US, in May/June 2004
- Action photos from
Norway, from Besseggen and other, in July/August 2004
- Seaside images from
Montenegro, from Herceg Novi, Kotor, Savina and sailing in the beautiful Bay of Boka Kotorska, in August/September 2004
- Diving and sighseeing images from
Sudan and Egypt, in December 2004
- Working and hiking in
Puerto Rico, in January 2005
- Winter photos from
Norway, in February and March 2005
- Easter photos from
Oslo, April 2005
- Insead reunion at
Jo's wedding, in Yorkshire, May 2005
- Visiting Paul in
New York, May 2005
- Back home after grandmother's funeral in
Vojvodina , June 2005
- Summer breather in
Tvedestrand , July 2005
- Paul and Elissa's
Wedding , London July 2005
- A relaxing week in
Herceg Novi , Monte Negro August 2005
- Titti's
Crayfish party , Jar August 2005
- Nenad and Asja's
Norway visit, September 2005
- Deep Blue diving in
Galapagos, December 2005
- Weekend in
Paris with mother, February 2006
- Skiing in
Trysil, March 2006
- Visting
Susanne and family in Denmark, April 2006
- Reunion with friends from INSEAD in
Sicily in June 2006
- Summer vacation in
Tvedestrand in Norway July 2006
- Cycling along
Rallarvegen in Norway August 2006
- Walking in
Sweden in November 2006
- Driving in
Andalucia in Spain December 2006
- Home with
Sander in Oslo May 2007
- Summer in
Tvedestrand in July and August 2007
- A few short trips to
Dubrovnik in September 2007
- More summer in
Herceg Novi in September 2007
- Sander's baptism in Monastery
Celije in October 2007
- Beach life on Cook Islands and Fiji in the
South Pacific in November 2007
- Celebrating the New Year in
Trysil in Norway, January 2008
- Old photos from highschool
Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj in Yugoslavia, 1987-88
- Natasa's nun initiation ceremony in Monastery
Celije in Serbia, April 2008
- Twentieth high-school reunion in Novi Sad at
J.J.Zmaj in Serbia, July 2008
- Hot summer on the
South Coast in Norway, July 2008
- Visiting Susanna's family in
Denmark, October 2008
- Cold vacation in the
Canary Islands in Spain, December 2008
- Christmas holidays in
Oslo and Trysil in Norway, December 2008
- Work conference in
Las Vegas in US, February 2009
- Family and tons of snow in
Oslo, February 2009
- Old photos of
Backo Petrovo Selo, in Vojvodina from around 1920-1950
- Family and friends in
Serbia, April 2009
- Family and friends in
Norway, April 2009
- Old photos of
Becej, in Vojvodina from around 1900-1970
- Arrival of
Thomas, in Oslo in May 2009
- Playing photographer with
Sander, June 2009
- Summer at
home, June 2009
- Cottage joys in
Tvedestrand, August 2009
- Late summer in
Oslo, August 2009
- Silvija in
e24, September 2009
- Silvija on
TV, September 2009
- Early autumn in
Oslo, September 2009
- Visiting family and friends in
Serbia with two babies, September 2009
- INSEAD Alumni Norway
Harvest Party, October 2009
- Autumn colours in
Oslo, October 2009
- Late autumn in
Oslo, November 2009
- Thomas'
baptism, December 2009
- Visits by
Ivana and Nenagh, December 2009
- Family
Christmas, December 2009
- Visit by
Ivan and family, December 2009
- Playing in the
snow at -15 Celsius, December 2009
- Long vacation in
Thailand with two babies, January and February 2010
- Sander
pearls in Norwegian, 2010
- First week in cold Oslo for
Michelle, March 2010
- Sander and Thomas
photos from Fame, March 2010
- Early summer and birthdays in
Oslo, May 2010
- Profile
article in Dagens Næringsliv, July 2010
- Blueberries in
Hønefoss, July 2010
- Chilly summer in
Oslo, July 2010
- Summer photos from
Tvedestrand, July 2010
- Photos for Die Zeit
article, July 2010
- Summer photos from
Serbia, July 2010
- Our 10-year wedding anniversary in
Gålå, July 2010
- More summer in
Oslo, August 2010
Last updated August 2010.