Mr. ROBERTO POSAVEC Economist, Medical Entrepreneur

SOCIETY FOR SPINE DISEASES SPINOTEKA President

VERTEBRIS INTERNATIONAL SPINE AND JOINT HOSPITAL Associate

AXIS SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR SPINAL SURGERY AND ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Associate

Contact info: Blok Vladimira Nazora 6 32100 Vinkovci Phone: +385 95 805 67 97 E-mail: [email protected]

June 2013

1 Born and living in Vinkovci, Croatia. Educated at the School of Economics in Vinkovci, where he took the degree in year 2006 with final work title „Internet marketing“. Same year he applied for Faculty of Economics in where he achieved title of Bachelor of Economics, course of study Business Informatics with thesis title „Electronic and mobile business in health tourism“. In year 2012 he applied for graduate study of Marketing at Faculty of Economics in Osijek.

Founder of several successful projects in field of medicine, medical tourism, economics, information and communications technology (ICT) and book author.

Under unfortunate circumstances he became spine researcher and enthusiast, patient adviser and advocate, patient rights fighter. In his work, he cooperates with world leading experts in field of orthopedic and neurological spine surgery. Special interests include minimally-invasive approach in treating of spinal diseases.

Currently serves as associate at Vertebris International Spine and Joint Hospital, associate at Axis Special Hospital for Spinal and Orthopedic Surgery, president at Society for Spine Diseases, and associate at Istrazivac, ltd. He is considered as one of the most successful medical tourism facilitators in Croatia, especially in field of spinal and orthopedic surgery.

2 CURRICULUM VITAE

Full name: Roberto Posavec Location: Vinkovci, Croatia Personal details Date of Birth: February 29 1987 Place of Birth: Vinkovci, Croatia Nationality: Croat

1994 – 2002 – Elementary School, Vinkovci

1996 – English language course, , Vinkovci

1996 - 1998 – English language course, private school Way-Out, Vinkovci

2000 – Informatics course, Croatian association of technological culture, Vinkovci

2002 – 2006 – School of economics Education and training Vinkovci, final work title „Internet marketing“

2006 – 2012 – J.J. Strossmayer University Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Bachelor of Economics, course of study -Business Informatics, thesis title „Electronic and mobile business in medical tourism“

2012 - J.J. Strossmayer University Osijek, Faculty of Economics, course of study - Marketing

3 2000 – Croatian Association of Technological Culture, Vukovarsko- srijemska county – maintaining web sites and computer network, giving lecturers and courses to new members and beginners

2003 - 2006 – Founder Siemenes Java Internet magazine

2006 - 2007 – Journalist/Writter at first Croatian GSM magazine Mobil

2006 – 2012 – Founder at GSM Java Internet magazine

2009 – 2012 – Secretary at Informatics Society Vinkovci

2009 – 2010 – Certified dealer for Rebel Work experience SIM card

2010 – Founder and president at Spinoteka, combined professional-patient society for spine diseases

2011 – Associate at Istrazivac ltd., for humanitarian demining and production of demining machines

2011 – Associate at Vertebris International Spine and Joint Hospital

2013 – Associate at Axis – Special Hospital for spinal and orthopedic surgery

4 English Reading: Excellent Foreign languages Writing: Excellent Speaking: Excellent

Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8) Microsoft Office Macromedia Dreamweaver WordPress CMS Internet Additional skills Internet marketing Social media Google AdWords WAN, LAN administration Health Tourism Expert Health Tourism Consultant

CARNet (Croatian Academic and Research Network) acknowledgement – idea for website which will improve Croatian internet space (gsm-java.hr)

CARNet (Croatian Academic and Research Network) acknowledgement – idea for website which will improve Croatian internet space (spinoteka.hr) Additional information and Cooperation with one of the world's most achievements innovative marketing companies - Vibrant Media Inc., San Francisco, USA

Cooperation with world leading spinal surgeons on „Spinoteka“ humanitarian and charity project

International scientific collaborator at III World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques

5  7th International Symposium and Equipment Exhibition "Humanitarian Demining 2010", Sibenik, Croatia  8th International Symposium and Equipment Exhibition "Humanitarian Demining 2011", Sibenik, Croatia  9th International Symposium and Equipment Exhibition "Humanitarian Demining 2012", Sibenik, Croatia  10th International Symposium and Equipment Exhibition "Humanitarian Demining 2012", Sibenik, Croatia  11th International Symposium and Equipment Exhibition "Humanitarian Congresses and meetings Demining 2013", Sibenik, Croatia  NATO EOD meeting, 2012, Trenčin, Slovakia  Full-endoscopic surgery of lumbar spine seminar 2012, Zemun, Serbia  Minimally-invasive Spine Interventions Symposium 2011, , Croatia  Croatian Society for Endoscopic Surgery 2012, , Croatia  Minimally-invasive spinal neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery 2013, Zagreb, Croatia

 More than 20 endosopic spinal procedures including but not limited to discectomy, foraminotomy, foraminoplasty, decompression, rhizotomy  More than 20 percutanoues laser spinal procedures for disc decompression Observed surgical procedures  More than 10 micro-endoscopic (METRx) spinal procedures including but not limited to discectomy, foraminotomy, decompression  ACDF surgery – anterior cervical discectomy with fusion  TLIF surgery – tranforaminal lumbar interbody fusion  Coflex spine surgery

6  Spinoteka – Society for Spine diseases Memberships  IASP - International Advocates for Spine Patients

 Posavec Roberto, Saftic Robert: Publications Electronic and mobile business in health tourism (book), Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012.

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