Curriculum Vitae MSc. (Oec.), MBA Nina Antičić Summary Nina Antičić is an instructor, consultant and researcher. Her narrow field of expertise is technology transfer and marketing innovations; incubation and acceleration of start-ups and spin-offs, consumer behaviour and organizational learning in the market of innovations. She has extensive hands-on experience in managing science - industry cooperation. She is a full time Faculty on Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia where she teaches marketing courses (global marketing, consumer behavior, professional selling, principles of marketing). Her previous positions were a director of Centre for Technology Transfer of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of Zagreb University and a five years term adviser to director general and of the Shipbuilding institute of Croatia (Brodarski institute) where she managed contractual partnerships (contractual research, joint development agreements, licensing, etc.). She has collaborated on a World Bank project of restructuring the science and technology system in Croatia (STP 1), consulted several IPA projects in South-East Europe region (SMEPASS 2, ICEP), worked on USAID projects (founded Klaster male brodogradnje – a national cluster of boatbuilding industry) and Kingdom of Norway funded projects (established a bilateral research cooperation maritime technologies). She is European Commission’s Horizon 2020 project evaluator and EU research & innovation policies and funding programs expert. Commercial Court in Zagreb appointed her a Certified Expert Court Expert and Evaluator. Eeducational title: Lecturer in the scientific field of Social Sciences, area of Economics Personal details and contact Born: 10 July 1975., Zadar, Croatia Nationality and residence: Croatian; Zagreb / Croatia GSM: +385 91 9433-400 Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-anticic-9b145020?trk=hp-identity-name Twitter: @nanticic Zoom Personal meeting ID: https://rit.zoom.us/j/2611994966 Education Ph. D. Economics – in progress. Expected completion: Q1 2021 University of Split, Faculty of Economics Dissertation: Influence of value delivery system on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty: A mediating role of absorptive capacity Studies and research in consumer behaviour, research and technology organizations, value delivery system, market values, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, expectations, benefits and sacrifices. organizational learning, absorptive capacity, desorptive capacity, commercialization. Mentor: prof. dr. sc. Mirela Mihić International reviewer 1: prof. Antonis C Simintiras, School of Management, Swansea University, UK International reviewer 2: prof. Marko Grünhagen, School of Business, Eastern Illinois University, USA M. Sc., MBA Economics – 2008 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business International Postgraduate Study Business Administration - MBA M.Sc. thesis: Research of market position of research and technology organizations in the Republic of Croatia Studies and research in strategic marketing, research and technology organizations, segmentation, targeting, market position and positioning strategies, key competences, customer analysis, competitor analysis, 5 forces analysis, 7P analysis, analysis of financial statements, PESTLE analysis, SWOT / TOWS analysis, portfolio management and matrix models. Mentor: prof. dr. sc. Tihomir Vranešević B. Sc. Economics – 1999 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business Macroeconomics and Economic Development B.Sc. thesis: Privatization in the Republic of Croatia Studies of privatization strategies and models, ownership structure and its transformation, privatization, investment funds. Mentor: prof. dr. sc. Mato Crkvenac Training 2018 (GRANT) Workshop on Investment Readiness of Innovation Projects Training provider: European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of Zagreb University, Centre for Technology Transfer and the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO). Zagreb, 4-5 July 2018. 2017 (GRANT) Workshop on Role of Science/ Technology Parks and Incubators in Innovation Ecosystems - Promoting Technology Transfer and Innovation Training provider: European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with the International Association of Science and Technology Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP); The Thessaloniki Technology Park; The i4G Incubators and AREA Science Park. Thessaloniki, Greece, 23-24 May 2017. 2017 (GRANT) Workshop on Investment Vehicles and Financial Instruments supporting Technology Transfer and Innovation - Focus on Danube Region and Western Balkan countries Training provider: European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with European Investment Bank, World Bank, European Investment Fund and the EU Delegation in Serbia. Belgrade, Serbia, 1-2 March 2017. 2016 (GRANT) European Macro-Regional Innovation Week Certificate in state-of-the-art knowledge of different aspects of innovation practices, including for smart specialization strategies, science park design, promotion of technology transfer and management of intellectual property rights. Training provider: European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, Trieste AREA Science Park, in collaboration with the International Association of Science Park and Areas of Innovation and World Intellectual Property Organization. Trieste, Italy, 26-30 September 2016. 2015 Horizon 2020 SME instrument & EUREKA / Eurostars project application for R&D performing SMEs webinar Trainings provider: HAMAG – BICRO, Prilaz Gjure Deželića 7, Zagreb 2013 Financing for clusters of competence – EU funds, PCM Training provider: Plavi partner d.o.o., Radnička 39, Zagreb / Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Croatia 05 / 2007 (GRANT) Participant Training Program “Boat building, Netherlands and United Kingdom” Training provider: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and World Learning 2006 Challenges of marketing in the XXI. century Training provider: prof. Phillip Kotler / Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSEM) & MATE publishing 2005 Business development Training provider: Fraunhofer Technology Development Group (TEG), Nobelstr. 12, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany 2004 Corporate governance for R & D institutions management staff Training provider: Faculty of Economics, Trg J. F. Kennedya 6, Zagreb / World Bank & Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia 2003 Marketing research Training provider: Meteoric Group llc., 1521 S.W. LeJeune Road, P.O. box 14-1156, Coral Gables, Florida, 33134, USA Employment history 02/2020 – ongoing Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia Full-time faculty (Adjunct Instructor 09/2018 – 01/2020) Department: International Business Teaching Global Marketing (6 ECTS), Consumer Behaviour (6 ECTS), Principles of Marketing (6 ECTS) and Professional Selling (6 ECTS) courses. Type of program: Undergraduate professional program Duration of program: 4 years /8 semesters Scientific Area: Social Science Scientific Field: Economics Mentoring students’ entrepreneurial innovation projects. 02/2018 – 02/2020 Centre for Technology Transfer Ltd of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of Zagreb University Director Developing and implementing technology transfer strategy of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture Zagreb. Enhancing Faculty’s cooperation with the industry via identifying market driven innovation and marketable research results. Defining, developing and pursuing strategy for assuring R&D insights from projects in R&D’s work plan are transferred to the Faculty and industry, to deliver the Faculty’s strategic objectives. Developing life-long learning programs for entrepreneurs to improve their innovation potential and build up their innovation capacity. Accountable for making decisions on investing in intellectual property assets (patents) and ensures commercial rationale for use protection is understood. Leading complex commercial negotiations for both collaborative research and licensing of the results of research. Establishing business models, as appropriate, for managing exploitation of results. Bringing revenue to the Faculty as a result of these contracts. R&D relies on this revenue to underpin a proportion of R&Ds activity and hence work plan. Managing collaborative relationships and partnerships, particularly with a mind to ensuring that intellectual property treatment reflects R&D’s transfer ambition for the research. Working with Project Leads to undertake specific transfer activity as appropriate to the project. This includes: participating in productions that use the technology, assisting in building case for adoption of technology with colleagues across the Faculty or meeting with companies external to the Faculty who may adopt the technology Managing incubation and acceleration processes of start-up and spin-off companies originated in connection with the Faculty, Managing students’ incubator and overseeing mentoring of students’ innovative entrepreneurial projects (research and business dimension); fund-raising. Communicating complex concepts and influences diverse groups of stakeholders (sometimes with divergent views) across and outside the Faculty to create an environment that is receptive to transfer and enables the transfer of specific technologies Managing KPIs and processes to measure impact and return of investment