President
SD Investing Capital LLC
Total years of experience :30 years, 8 Months
SD INVESTING CAPITAL LLC (SDIC), DE USA; www.sdinvestingcapital.com
Maximized strategic financial and engineering consultancy from planning & designing capital projects, closing investments, senior project management, to developing structural investment and engineering projects. Implemented advanced Green technology solutions and methodologies in agriculture & fishery, waste2energy and construction industry. Brought mission-critical projects in on schedule and within budget, delivered growth, revenue & profitability and reduced operating costs.
• Designed over 20 capital strategic projects and teasers $500 M+, in industry sectors of construction, agriculture & fishery, waste2energy, recycling, inter-modal logistics, by implementing advanced technologies and methodologies.
• Reduced the initial project costs from 12-19%, decreased process technology costs for 17-25%, increased sales revenue by 19% and profits by 23%, reduced period of return of 30/50% and delivered the highest possible ROI - Return on Investments.
• Designed and evaluated Green-field $225 M & Brown-field projects $25 M; managed contractual documentation with regulations & policies and maintained excellent client relation.
• Drafted and evaluated finance & engineering techniques, cross-functional decisions achieving short-term & long-term objectives, for high-profile projects in the areas of emerging markets - South East Europe, Middle East, Africa.
• Remodeled processing & re-engineering operations, pertained advanced methods and technologies to business strategy operations, through capital & budgeting, process cycle & optimization and cost benefit analyses.
• Respectably connected with 75 top rated Investment Funds from Europe, USA, Middle East, China and Russia; experienced with Euro-funding grant procedures & programmes and PPP - Private Public Partnership.
• Managed design of 15 architectural & civil engineering projects and performed construction & finishing works to over 25 objects; reduced operating costs from 13-23%, increased company turnover 250% within the first 2 years.
• Managed and performed civil & construction works on 19 objects through public tendering, in period of 3 years, increased turnover 225% per year.
EASTEURO LINK Ltd. London, UK, Representative Office, Belgrade, Serbia, www.easteurolink.co.uk
Established representative office for Strategic Research & Event Industry and Ministerial conferences, new business development, built marketing, event & sales teams, become the Best International Company for Finance and Research Development in South-East Europe, within the first year.
• Evaluated 11 strategic research proposals for various industries and several agencies. Organized, managed 13 strategic ministerial conferences and events for specific industries in Western and Central South-East Europe: Energy & Renewable Energy; Real estate & Construction; Telecom; Finance; Pharmacy; Transportation; Defense.
• Increased the revenue by 300% within the first 6 months, opened 5 new target industries, reduced operating costs to 350%, opened 12 new markets.
RANG SPORT Ltd. UK, ITM GROUP / RANG, China, Serbia, www.itm.rs
Developed International Brand Name / Father of International Sportswear Brand RANG; P&L $28 M+ annually, combined strategic and tactical operational expertise with an entrepreneurial ability to identify opportunities, conceptualize solutions, and execute international business development, with proven track record in achieving respectable positive business results. Become the Best Brand in the 3rd operating year; the Best Manager of the year.
• Developed Divisions for Sport / Casual / Technical Collection; footwear, apparel, accessories; organized and managed designee, production, marketing, sales, logistics and financial teams, in several locations worldwide.
• Managed 4000+ employees worldwide; formed & managed 3 design studios; over 25 co-partners in production; 125 domestic partners in sales - 268 retails; 25 partners from abroad in sales - 65 retails.
• Developed and managed two RANG factories and five Joint Venture factories worldwide; initial investments $18 M.
• Designed and developed RANG TFT technology with an advanced approach of materials, quality, and performances; implemented CAD/CAM System operation technology.
• Reduced operating costs by 10-25% annually; improved the quality each year; increased the production to 25-30% annually; increased revenue to 35% annually; increased the business value from $0.5 M to $35 M within 8 years.
CLEAN PRINT NZ; Auckland, New Zealand
Business and product development, established new market product position and sales networking.
• Managed 40 employees; 5 teams; increased regional sales 55%, raised annual turnover 38%, within the first year.
• Distribution - Imported regulations and operations from Australia to New Zealand.
J&R CONSULTING ENGINEERS Pty., Pretoria, South Africa
Opened new trade relations between different markets and private & governmental entities.
• Exported iron ore from South Africa to Europe (Germany; Yugoslavia); 6 shipments per year, $245 M+.
• Exported cooper from Zambia to Europe (Germany; Yugoslavia); 4 shipments per year, $550 M+.
PhD in Business Administration | International Trading | Investing and Banking Trinity University, USA
MS in Business Administration Trinity University, USA
Specialization in International Trading & Banking
BSc in Geotechnical Engineering Faculty of Mining & Geology, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
