CV of Stevan Ognenovski, M.Sc., author of the Web site of Tale Ognenovski, Musical Genius, Clarinetist and Composer

Stevan Ognenovski, M.Sc., was born in the village of Brusnik near Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia on September 9,1948.

EDUCATION

Stevan Ognenovski
received his Bachelor of Science degree in electronics engineering (Graduate Engineer, Dipl.-Ing. degree in electronics engineering) in 1974 and a Master of Science degree in computer science in 1991, both from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (now Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing), University of Zagreb, Croatia.
"University Zagreb” Zagreb, Croatia, Post-graduate studies on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (now Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing), March 7, 1991.
Degree: Master of Science in Computer Science. Diploma No.:Ab/80-27. EL 3350/91

Thesis: “Software programs for measurement of the network traffic in the local area network”. Mentor: Prof.dr. sc. Leo Budin (Member of CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS).

Information about Master’s Science Thesis of Stevan Ognenovski can be found at Web site: http://www.mzos.hr/svibor/2/06/278/rad_e.htm#rad9

of MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - SVIBOR - Collecting Data on Projects in Croatia.


"University ZagrebZagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (now Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing), April 26, 1974

Degree: Bachelor of Science degree in electronics engineering (Graduate Engineer, Dipl.-Ing. degree in electronics engineering). Diploma No.: 3158-1974

Thesis: “Converter of Voltage to Frequency”. Mentor: Prof. emer. dr. sc. Ante Santic.

(Prof. emer. dr. sc. Ante Santic was awarded
2003 EMBS Career Achievement Award presented by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Stevan Ognenovski has 32 years of experience in telecommunications and computer science: from research and development to operation of switching systems, computer systems, computer networks, GSM billing system, IP network and public payphones.

He began his career with “Pretprijatie za PTT soobrakaj – Skopje” (now”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD), Department of Research and Development on April 7, 1975.
  He transferred to the “OOZT za TT vrski Megjugradska Skopje”, separate legal entity and part of “Pretprijatie za PTT soobrakaj – Skopje” (now ”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD) on October 31, 1975,   On June 1, 1976, he successfully defended his Thesis entitled: “Technical Solution and Project Analysis for transfer the equipment of Ericsson transit telephone exchange ARM 201/2 from Skopje to Veles for installation new transit telephone exchange ARM 201/2” and successfully passed 14 specialized exams and received PTT Makedonija Certificate No.: 20218/1 that he may officially practice in telecommunications.   Between April, 1976 and November 1977, he was part of a team (the team includes experts from ITT from Belgium), engaged in the testing and started to work, computer directed transit telephone exchange Metaconta 10C, manufactured by the ITT Bell Telephone Mfg Co. Antwerp, Belgium (now Alcatel Antwerp). On August 4, 1976 he was promoted to Assistant Manager of transit telephone exchange Metaconta 10C, the first computer directed telephone exchange installed in “Pretprijatie za PTT soobrakaj – Skopje” (now AD Makedonski Telekomunikacii).
On January 13, 1978 he became Assistant Manager of the Electronics Telephony Department.
He successfully completed a course of "Transit telephone exchange Metaconta 10C" in training center of "ISKRA" in Kranj and Bled, Slovenia, from September 11, 1978 until March 8, 1979.   

DO ISKRA DELTA, Ljubljana, Slovenia

On July 27, 1980, he transferred to SOZD ELEKTROTEHNA DO DELTA, Ljubljana, Slovenia, following 8 years with DO ISKRA DELTA, Ljubljana, Slovenia (From September 1, 1983 to November 30, 1989) and DO DELTA SERVIS Ljubljana, Slovenia (From December 1, 1989 to June 16, 1991) as Engineer and Engineer Specialist for computer systems.

He is author of two innovations in computer systems published in the publication entitled "Collection of innovations in ISKRA DELTA 1985", Ljubljana, Slovenia on December 19, 1985.
  He successfully completed a course of "EY-2282E VAX/VMS System Management" in training center of American company Digital Equipment Corporation (now Hewlett Packard) in Evry, Paris, France, from November 9 until November 15, 1986.
He successfully completed a course of "EY 4700E LS - DIGITAL ADVANCED NETWORKS" in training center of American company Digital Equipment Corporation (now Hewlett Packard) in Munich Germany, from March 9 until March 20, 1987. He received the ISKRA DELTA Recognition for 5 years work in the computer industry on May 25, 1986.
 

”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD

On June 17, 1991, he transferred to Department  of Research and Development at ”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD, and his assignment was as Assistant for Informatics and New PTT Services. 
He was member of the Working Group  responsible for upgrade VAX/VMS and ALPHA AXP computer systems in computer center at ”Makedonski Telekomunikacii”, since 1991.
He was promoted to Independent Assistant for Switching and Informatics on March 1, 1993  and to Principal Engineer on August 1, 1995.

He was main designer of computer network at "PTT Makedonija"(now ”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD) since 1994, when 10 Mbps Thin Ethernet Local Area Network LAN  and 2 Mbps PDH and SDH links between local area networks in 6 telephone exchanges in Skopje  have been installed. Equipment includes: Converter GMT-H/V.35-15P from Pan Dacom, Germany, Siemens Digital Multiplexer DSMX2/34 and Dec Routers 90T1.

Later this project of 2 Mbps  SDH links was applied in extended Local - Wide Area Network between local area networks in main towns in Macedonia. Similar concept was applied for connection of IP Backbone of “Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD in 2001. 


MOBIMAK A.D-Skopje now T-Mobile

During the planning and implementation of mobile telephony system, GSM at  “PTT Makedonija” (MOBIMAK A.D-Skopje, now T-Mobile), from 1995  to October, 1996,  Mr. Ognenovski was a consultant of the Working Group responsible for specifying the equipment and services for mobile telephony system, GSM in Republic of Macedonia and Project Manager of the Project for defining technical characteristic of Computer Billing System of GSM Mobil Telephony of  “PTT Makedonija” and for implementation of BSCS (Business Support and Control System) in GSM of “PTT Makedonija” (MOBIMAK A.D-Skopje, now T-Mobile)

He is co-author of the elaborate entitled "Suggested prices for services in GSM Mobile Telephony", created on April 19, 1996.  

He participated in all meetings between ERICSSON , CAP PROGRAMATOR and PTT Makedonija (now ”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD) representatives and managed all issues regarding the Computer Billing System BSCS (Business Support and Control System) of GSM Mobile Telephony  from April 22, 1996 to October 2, 1996.
 
Together with other members of the Working Group responsible for GSM Billing System, he visited Detecon, Bonn and GSM Computer Centre of DeTeMobil (now T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom subsidiary), Munster, Germany, on February 11-15, 1996.

He has successfully participated in the “Business Support and Control System (BSCS)” course organized by  CAP PROGRAMATOR” on June, 1996 in Skopje.

BSCS is the one of the world’s most proven end to end customer care and billing solution for wireless networks.

He successfully completed a courses: “Digital UNIX Utilities and Commands” and  "Digital UNIX System Administration  EY-L571E-SG.E001" in training center of EuroComputer Systems, (representative of American company Digital Equipment Corporation – now Hewlett-Packard) in Skopje (May 24, 1996 until June 1, 1996 and June  17-21, 1996), and course  "SQL*Plus DB7A Database Administrator Part I" in training center of American company ORACLE in Skopje, from July 13 until July 22, 1996 (Certificate No.:  3/96).

He was member of the Working Group for the control of invest and technical documentation of the “Project for implementation of the GSM Mobil Telephony in Republic of Macedonia”. He was member of the Working Group for controlling the quality of the “Telephone exchange of GSM”. 


Internet
Center
(now MTnet)  of AD Makedonski Telekomunikacii
He has successfully participated in specifying and ordering equipment for the first noncommercial Internet Center at Makedonski Telekomunikacii, (now MTnet which commercial Internet service began on 7-th of December 1995) on February 21, 1995. The Internet equipment from Eicon Technology from Dublin, Ireland includes: Eicon Card HIS/PC 1MB, OSI PC Gateway for UNIX (SCO Version) and IP Router for UNIX (SCO Version).
 

”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD (now Makedonski Telekom AD)

He has successfully participated in the “INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS SECURITY SEMINAR/WORKSHOP” from the “International Association for Computer Systems Security” from October 20 until October 24, 1996 in Ohrid.

He was member of the Working Group (Decision no. 9489, November 11, 1997 and Decision no. 5231, March 3, 1999) responsible for creating technical solution for upgrading LAN (Local Area Network) and WAN (Wide Area Network).
He is author of project requirement for new telex exchange Datex P (February 2002). He is co-author of Development plan for Y2002, Y2003,Y2004, Y2005 and 3-year conceptual development plans for the period of Y2003-2005,Y2004-2006 and Y2005-2007 for Public Payphones.  He is co-author of Project requirements for extension of telephone exchanges ALCATEL E10 in Bitola, Struga, Kavadarci, Strumica and Podares (May, 2003) and for cabling of Local Area Network (LAN) at Bitola, Gostivar, Gevgelija, Kavadarci, Kicevo, Kicevo - stopanski dvor, Kocani, Kumanovo,  Ohrid, Prilep, Strumica, Veles and Skopje (Direkcija, Cair, Gorce Petrov, Karpos, Kisela Voda, Montiranje i servisiranje, Centar and Transporten Centar)  (June, 2000). He was main designer of first Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN), 1993 and Wide Area Network (WAN), 1994. He is author and co-author of many elaborates, technical solutions and project requirements in Computer Systems, Local and Wide Area Network in "Makedonski Telekomunikacii" AD.  He was member of the Project Team for Voice over IP Gateway.
He was member of the delegation of the PTT “Makedonija” (now “Makedonski Telekomunikacii”) for professional visits to the “
National Center of Scientific and Technological Information (COSTI),  Tel-Aviv, Israel from April 21 until April 28, 1994. 
He was member of the delegations of AD “Makedonski Telekomunikacii” for professional visits to the CeBit in Hannover, Germany in 1994, 1995, 1999 and 2000.
He has successfully participated in the courses:
  1. “PRINCE2 Project Management Method” from the “G.A.W. Associates Limited” (April 9 - 11, 2002)
  2. Microsoft Share Point Portal Server (November 23-24, 2004)
  3. Creating of Internal Procedures (March 30, 2006)
  4. Metro Ethernet Equipment (June 19-20, 2006)
On March 25, 2002  he became Senior Expert for Research and Development II of Research and Development Area at “Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD. On January 17, 2005, he was promoted to Specialist for Development of Technical Products in the Service Platform Development Department, Technical Development and Implementation Directorate, Service Area of Macedonian Telecom. 

He is author and co-author of many Conceptual Development Plans, Project requirements, Elaborates, Technical Solutions and Analysis.

Awards: 
  1. Award for innovation from Iskra Delta, Ljubljana, Slovenia (November 28, 1986)
  2. Recognition for successfully  participation in the National Competition of the “Society of mathematicians and physicians of Macedonia” in physic of the scholars of the secondary schools in Republic of Macedonia on May 8, 1966 in Skopje. 
  3. Third Prize at the National Competition of the “Society of mathematicians and physicians of Macedonia” in physic (Area of Electricity and Magnetism) of the scholars of the secondary schools in Republic of Macedonia on May 14, 1967 in Skopje. 
Author
He is Author and Owner of the Web site http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk
  hosted by Mtnet of ”Makedonski Telekomunikacii” AD. (Since September 1998) and Web site http://geocities.datacellar.net/steveogn/  hosted by Yahoo.
He is Author of the book entitled: "Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer".
  Publishing house is Matica Makedonska. The book is published in both Macedonian and English, on December, 2000. ISBN  9989-48-312-4 ; 406 pages (format A4).
The Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Macedonia makes the publishing of this book possible by their financial support.

His father Tale Ognenovski was awarded on October 11, 2003 at Macedonian Parliament as the Winner of 11 Oktomvri Award, the highest and the most prestigious national award in Republic of Macedonia

Tale Ognenovski performed as virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe soloist in Folk Dances in the world-famous Carnegie Hall, New York a symbol of artistic excellence, on January 27, 1956. (with Macedonian Ensemble “Tanec”).

Family life

He married Margarita Andreeva (now Margarita Ognenovska) in 1977. They had two sons Nikola and Kliment,
Wife of Stevan Ognenovski Margarita help him to support the great music career of his father Tale Ognenovski. Margarita Ognenovska received his Bachelor of Science degree in economy (Graduate Economist) in 1978 from the Faculty of Economics , University of "Sv. Kiril i Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. She works at Komercijalna Banka A.D. Skopje since 1978.
 

Komercijalna Banka A.D. Skopje received rewards:  “The  best bank in  Macedonia  for  2006”  from  the  prominent  magazine  ”Finance  Central  Europe” and reward:  “Bank of  the  Year  2006”  from  the  renown New  York  Magazine  “Global  Finance”.

Marketing Communications
He manage all correspondence for his father Tale Ognenovski with  The Orchard   company from New York, USA who supply music to over 100 digital stores around the world, including iTunes, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, Sony Connect and many others.

Two CD albums of Tale Ognenovski can be downloaded from iTunes US

Tale Ognenovski / Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=4691673

Tale Ognenovski / MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=192549491
 

He wrote articles for his father published at:
AllAboutJazz.com (http://www.allaboutjazz.com) and  mi2n (http://www.mi2n.com) Music Industry News Network.

Preferred places for holidays: Ohrid  and  Pelister  in  Republic  of  Macedonia  and  Palma de Mallorca  and  Tenerife  in Spain.
tenerife

Margarita
  and  Stevan  Ognenovski,  Tenerife,  Spain,  May,  2007.

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