Nadja Pejanovic Email & Phone Number

Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia

• Led development of a centralised commercial solution for high throughput genomic and health data analysis at the million participant scale• Gathered and prioritised product and customer requirements• Worked closely with engineering, sales, program management and support teams to ensure that the product supports the company’s overall strategy and goals and that customer satisfaction goals are met

Belgrade, Serbia

• Led Delivery Management Department• Initiated and led transition of Delivery Management team and defined Delivery Manager role within client and public program engagement SOPs• Implemented SDLC SOPs and training materials for Seven Bridges employees• Implemented centralised system for project prioritisation and resource planning for over 200 projects and up to 150 employees to ensure transparency and alignment to company strategic goals• Implemented initial resource tracking system• Proactively challenged and developed organisational processes to achieve cost effectiveness and time saving

Belgrade, Serbia

• Overseen and coordinated all activities within the Project Management team (up to 10 bioinformatics and technical project managers), with the focus on client, public and national programs' software development and bioinformatics projects• Led professional and personal development of Project Management team members• Actively participated in hiring of new project management team members • Created, implemented and continuously improved project management policies, operating procedures, and document templates• Performed proactive stakeholder management and contributed to change management• Multitasked on high complex, high risk projects • Performed risk analysis and its impact on likelihood of project success

Belgrade, Serbia

• Established project manager role for client bioinformatics projects• Led and motivated project teams, defining and prioritising work, removing blockers and ensuring that the team has a clear understanding of project scope, goals and objectives on client projects• Identified and suggested the optimal path for project delivery to meet time, budget and quality expectations• Proactively worked on continuously improving operational policies, processes and methodologies• Coached and provided guidance to the project team members on development processes.

Belgrade, Serbia

• Hired through the EC project ”Strengthening the Research Potential of IMGGE through Reinforcement of Biomedical Science of Rare Diseases in Serbia – en route for innovation” (FP7‐REGPOT‐CT‐2013‐ 316088‐SERBORDISinn)• Worked on a project with a goal of implementing novel approaches for improvement of basic and applied biomedical science of rare diseases, which involves consulting with researchers to analyse problems, recommending technology‐based solutions and determining specific research strategies • Teaching at the PhD course “Personalised medicine”

Lisbon, Portugal

• Awarded a post‐doc fellowship from the Fundação para a ciência e a tecnologia, Portugal to examine the protective role of tumor suppressive drugs anthracyclines against severe sepsis

Oeiras, Portugal & New York, Ny

• Awarded a PhD fellowship from the Fundação para a ciência e a tecnologia, Portugal to manage a research project, design experiments and analyze data, which resulted in identification of novel mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of an inflammatory response• Actively participated in research discussions as well as in writing and editing project proposals, reports and scientific manuscripts• Presented work at international meetings• Phd Supervisors: Dr Miguel Soares and Dr Josef Anrather

Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal

Production and purification of the Tat-Heme Oxigenase-1 protein and its application in experimental model of sepsisSupervisors: Dr Miguel Soares and Dr Moises Marinho

Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Stable genetic transformation of tomato plastids and expression of a foreign protein in fruit Supervisors: Dr Helaine Carrer and Dr Irving Berger

Phd, Molecular Biology

Thesis title: Identification of mechanisms controlling the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) p65/RelA.

Bsc, Molecular Biology And Physiology, 9.18 In 10

BSc Theses title: Production and purification of Tat-Heme Oxygenase-1: A chimeric protein with potential therapeutic applications.