Mark Plesko

Founder, strategist and driving force of the startup that has become the world leader in large physics control systems, with a yearly revenue around 30 million EUR. Among Cosylab's 200 customers are the world's largest national laboratories and international projects, such as CERN, the international fusion project ITER, SLAC at Stanford and KEK in Japan. The company and its subsidiaries, joint-ventures and spin-offs employ over 300 researchers and developers of software and electronics. I have used and proven my team spirit, communication, sales and negotiation skills on many occasion, in particular in international and multicultural environments. Having run the company without external means or finances, returning good profits every year from its inception, I have shown my capabilities as a leader and entrepreneur.

The Jozef Stefan Institute is the largest research organisation in Slovenia, accounting for about 1/3 of the total public research budget of Slovenia.

The Jozef Stefan Institute is the largest research organisation in Slovenia, accounting for about 1/3 of the total public research budget of Slovenia.

Strateški svet FRI je imenoval dekan FRI in deluje kot posvetovalno telo dekana. Neodvisen zunanji pogled in strokovno utemeljeni predlogi so zelo pomembni za doseganje vizije fakultete, ki želi biti med vodilnimi na svojem področju v srednji in jugovzhodni Evropi ter prispevati k razvoju okolja, v katerem deluje.

Association for Technical Culture of Slovenia

Programski svet Fakultete za matematiko in fiziko (PS FMF) ie posvetovalno telo Senata FMF v zadevah vsebine študijskih programov, ki se izvajajo na fakulteti. PS FMF ie sestavljen iz osmih članov, predstavnikov pedagoške, znanstvene in gospodarske sfere povezane s področjem študijskih programov FMF, ter predstavnikov študentov. PS FMF skrbi za preverjanje vsebine študijskih programov FMF, predvsem njihove usklajenosti in aktualnosti.

The Slovenian Academy of Engineering (IAS) was initiated with the aim to provide a platform for the policy and formation of development prospects for the production industries, scientific and technological research activities, as well as of high-quality engineering studies in Slovenia. It is a member of the Euro-CASE, The European Council of Academies of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering, which brings together national engineering academies from 23 European countries. The National Assembly adopted, acting on the proposal of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, the Act No. 127/2006, which declares the Academy as an autonomous public entity, with all the corresponding rights, responsibilities and liabilities. The Presidency Board consists of the President and two Vice-Presidents. The members of the Presidency Board are elected for 3 years.

A Joint Venture between Letrika d.d. and Cosylab d.d. that designs, develops and markets micro-inverters for photovoltaics. I have shared the position of managing director with a representative from Letrika until we have found a suitable managing director. Now I am member of the supervisory council.

A similar position to chairman of the board. Probably just a pain in the neck of the CEO :-)

As representative of the minority shareholders Cosylab and Euromisure. Responsible also for sales&marketing

magna cum laude

BSc., MSc. and PhD.

High energy (or nuclear) physics. The experimental work was performed at the German national institute DESY, Hamburg.