Violeta
Bulc is the founder and general manager of Vibacom d.o.o.. Her
primary focus is on a long term sustainable growth of organizations (companies,
NGOs, local communities) and creation of innovative management tools to
ensure a value added creation on a long run.
She has many years of extensive experience, gained at home and abroad in
the field of management, leadership, project management, innovation. She
is locally accepted as opinion maker for telecommunications and
innovative business models. Many successful projects are living prove of
her originality, visionary approach and business success. She is an
excellent harbinger of change with great people skills and a sense for
the time and place in which the company is situated.
After a successful career at DHL Systems Inc. in Burlingame, California,
she moved to a director position of Carrier and International Operations
in Telekom Slovenije, d.d., the leading supplier of communication
services in Slovenia. She continued as a co-founder and executive vice-president
of Telemach, an alternative carrier based on cable technologies in
Slovenia.
As a director of Vibacom, she found a business challenge in the
development of a methodology for sustainable organic growth based on
business relationships and positive team energy. For this purpose she
developed the MABS methodology (Methodology for Acceleration of Business
Systems), which has after two years of elaborate improvements reaped
prolific business successes. She also developed a system for top
management training, which enables the management to follow the newest
findings and work methods in the field of management, new technologies
and knowledge. Her latest achievement is E3HRM® (developed in
cooperation with 2 business partners) which is a methodology for
strategic HRM systems with a stress on people and their talents,
knowledge and behavior. Another interesting project, a diagnostic tool
for the business relationship model, is just about to be finished. She
is an author of a monthly business newsletter Aktualno 1.0 with over
2000 subscribers.
As the author of the “MABS® methodology” she received a golden award
for the business innovation which was given out by The Chamber of
Commerce and Industry of Slovenia in September 2003. A year after she
received a silver award for the business innovation as the so-author
of a new module of the MABS methodology entitled "Segmentation
methodology for business ecosystem players". She also received a
bronze award for the business innovation for the “E3HRM®”, project,
a methodology for successful development of HRM systems. For the same
project she also received a diploma at the national level. In 2006 she
received together with her partners again a silver award for a
“Business Model for Evolution of Business Systems” which is primarily
used as a platform for a long term sustainable growth.
She is also a recipient of the two FENIKS Awards in the field of
management consulting for the Project of the year 2004 (‘’BTC
Logistic center 2004’’) and the project of the year for 2006 for
the development story of Steklarna Hrastnik Opal 2005-08”. The awards
was given out by the Association of Management Consulting at the Chamber
of Commerce of Slovenia.
Most recognizable projects in the last few years (on-going relationships):
BTC d.d., the largest shopping area in Europe (development story for the
logistics and the shopping city – “BTC City”), Vinakoper, the most
professional Slovenian vine maker (development story), Steklarna
Hrastnik, the leading European glass production company, Adria Mobil,
the leading European caravan and motor homes maker, the Development
center of Litija (long term project for systematic development of social
capital of the local community through the business means), and others.
Among her latest achievements are: firstly, the establishment of the MPI
business partnership (Power of Business Innovation) in cooperation with
2 partner companies (Mediade and TV PIKA) which primary focus is a
promotion of innovation culture and Slovenian way of doing business, and
secondly, the establishment of an Institute for Business Growth and
Creativity in cooperation with 3 experts (Andrej Bertoncel PhD, Ladeja
Godina Košir and Darko Kovač) , which primary focus is creation of
management tools for sustainable growth based on innovative models.
European Commission has named her a member of the group of business
people that advices on the e-Europe Action and Strategic Plans for 2012
and 2020.
She is a member of the Advisory Board for the “Innovation Journalism
Program” at Stanford University, a member of the Management Board of the
Association for Management Consulting in Slovenia, a member of
management Board of Slovenian Entrepreneurs Association, a member of the
Advisory board for the Development of Local Communities at JAPTI,
Slovenia Public Agency for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments, a
member of the Slovene Science Foundation, and a member of different
conference committees.
She also cooperates with a specialist council of Bridges.org, an
international non-profit organization for bridging the informational
divides lead by Esther Dyson.
She is active as a publicist in different Slovenian media as the author
of professional articles and expert opinion maker, professional
publication within EU research groups and as a co-author of professional
books on learning and management. She runs 3 blogs:
- on innovation:
www.vibacom.si/violeta (English)
- on sustainable business growth:
www.vibacom.si/ritmiposlovneevolucije (Slovenian)
- on innovation journalism:
www.viabcom.si/stanfordpostanfordu (English)
In 2006 she has published her first book “Ritmi poslovne evolucije”
focusing on tools and development stages of business systems with an
emphasis on business as a self being.
Education:
- University of Ljubljana, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
- MSc - Golden Gate University; San Francisco California
- PMBA - IEDC Bled, School of Management; Bled, Slovenia
- Han Eal Martial Art Academy, black belt in Tae Kwan Do & Hap Kido, San
Francisco, California.
For all the business references please see the company web page
www.vibacom.si .