Aleksandar Bilbilov Email & Phone Number

Croydon, Gb

Aleksandar has been a part of Mineco Group since 2008, a multinational privately held strategic investment company, with a core business of production and trade in non-ferrous metals and mining. He manages the operation of the strategic investment office of Mineko Group in Skopje, seeking investment opportunities and developing projects in Macedonia as well as following the development potential in the region. Representing the group’s overall investment interest in Macedonia he had served as a representative to the board of creditors and worked on acquisition assets of a company in receivership. He oversees all business development activities of Mineco Group in Macedonia and supervises all subcontractors’ work. Aleksandar serves as the Mineco Group spokesperson and is responsible for managing communication activities for raising awareness and conveying the vision and message of the Mineco Group in Macedonia.

Worked for Laurous Group, a WDC based company which provides lobbying, public relations and communication services to businesses. I was the local representative in Macedonia where we worked on local and regional accounts to achieve clients goals using our vast network of government and private sector contacts to benefit our clients and deliver the projected results.

Washington, Dc, Us

The purpose of MkConnects was to affect the development of a commercial nationwide broadband network in Macedonia thus creating competition to the incumbent operator which would lower the broadband connectivity and increase its availability.Aleksandar was involved in the development of the proposal which initially won the grant for the implementation of the project. The model which was created in collaboration with ICT and business leaders included an innovative approach which took advantage of all conditions in Macedonia to create a public private partnership with a local ISP and affect the commercial broadband market. He participated in the implementation of a procurement procedure sourcing 545 Internet accounts for customers across the territory of Macedonia which the ISP used as a footprint for the build out of its network coverage. This resulted in the introduction of competition in the ISP sector on a national level, incentivizing the creation of a wireless broadband network across the entire country making Macedonia the "First all Wireless Broadband Country" in the world.Over the course of the project Aleksandar supervised the build-out of the national broadband network, the delivery of services to all 545 customers ensuring compliance with the contract; and he coordinated the activities of the field technical support team who provided technical support to all customers.His work with the subcontractor resulted in the creation of Internet services and the increase of the ISP’s market share. These activities affected the increase of Internet users in Macedonia from 15% to 32% in just two years as well as the drop of commercial connectivity prices by 10x compared to the ones in 2004.He took part as a keynote speaker in numerous conferences promoting Macedonia’s success and the innovative approach used by MkConnects. Aleksandar received AED’s 2007 Technical and Management Team Leadership Award.

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

The main goal of EDC’s E-Schools project was to work on integration of technology in Secondary and Primary Education in Macedonia thus assisting the development reforms of the education system in Macedonia. The project aimed to create an ICT environment in every primary and secondary school effectively integrating +5,400 computers in the education system.As a Manager of the Technology Integration department, Aleksandar managed the largest project for deploying ICT’s in Macedonia. For this purpose he developed a deployment strategy and implemented a procurement procedure which resulted in sourcing out IT services from service providers while instilling collaboration among competitors in the ICT business. In four weeks 100 standardized computer networks were installed in all secondary schools and 2000 PC’s were deployed. The same strategy and tailored approach was used in the procurement process and installation of the remaining 360 primary school labs and additional 3,400 PC’s. This resulted in the creation of a suitable ICT infrastructure in all 460 schools in Macedonia, which provided all students access to new technology. He also worked on organizing multiple outreach events for high government officials to inaugurate the labs.As part of the workforce development program he worked on a numerous cross cutting activities bridging the needs of the economic sector with the outcomes of the activities in the schools. 3D@ESchools was such activity where computer labs were used to administer 3D animation courses to interested secondary students who were later hired by 3XFX special effects and animation company in Macedonia.Additionally he worked on conceptualizing a model for public - private partnerships and an application with the Global Development Alliance (GDA). This model won the GDA grant and was later implemented by USAID as the MkConnects project, which made Macedonia the first wireless country.

Portland, Or, Us

One of the main activities of Mercy Corps Macedonia was to assist entrepreneurs in developing their business ventures with seed funds. The goal was to reinitiate economic activities and increase employment in the rural areas while creating sustainable micro and small businesses which have a positive social impact on the community.Aleksandar provided consultancy to the Country Director for the creation of local economic development activities. He assisted Mercy Corps in the creation of 12 small sustainable businesses with substantial social impact on the community. He also worked on the creation of project proposals, he evaluated investment projects for rural business ventures, assisted in the creation of the Economic Recovery Working Group, advised individual businessmen in creating their business plans, and assisted Mercy Corps in their HR review and organization restructuring.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Macedonia (AmCham) was created to support the creation of a positive business climate in Macedonia promoting good business practices, to assist US and local business in their investment activities, to work on the creation of a business forum for competitiveness, as well to serve as the outspoken voice for businesses to the government and other constituencies.Aleksandar was hired to build the organization and work on its growth and development. He actively worked with the board of directors and grew the chamber to to 101 members within a year. He continued working later as the Membership services director developing membership activities and marketing AmCham to current and potential members, creating membership committees, organizing a plethora of membership networking functions. He was also the liaison to AmCham offices in the region, government of Republic of Macedonia, US Embassy, USAID, US Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Macedonian business community abroad.

Us

MBRC was a leading not-for-profit organization delivering consulting services to small and medium size enterprises in Macedonia in the fields of Marketing, Management, Trade, Finance and Accounting, and Production.Aleksandar started working with the MBRC as the executive assistant to the Chief of Party where he started to receive on the job training on effective management and business practices. He moved later in the newly formed trade and investment department where he worked on outreach and promotion of local products and services. He initiated a campaign for promotion of Macedonian products and services to the growing local and international demand. The strategy included the launch of the Buy Macedonian Products initiative and a series of local trade exhibitions displaying Macedonian products. Through this initiative the Trade Department of MBRC facilitated and executed more than 120 trade deals worth over $9 million over the course of one year. The government of Macedonia later adopted the initiative as the official campaign of the Ministry of Trade.During his work with the MBRC, Aleksandar also participated in the creation of the overall development strategy of the organization, the creation of the first ICT market study, the first guide for promoting Macedonian wines, the first investment guide for the Republic of Macedonia, the organization of events and conferences for high government representatives and business leaders from around the world, and other economic development activities. He also worked on the research on the creation of business interest organizations in Macedonia. During this work with the MBRC he extensively worked with members of the International Executive Service Corps (IESC) learning from the leading executives from the private sector.