Ready to join our team in Ljubljana?
We are tirelessly working to bring new talents into our team and expand our presence both across the region and internationally. This time, we are taking you to Ljubljana, where our small but ambitious team of people with broad experience and growth mindset got together in 2020 to become a part of the HTEC journey and open a world of new opportunities that would accelerate our growth globally. With more than 3000 companies, Slovenia ICT sector presents numerous opportunities for building partnerships and making investments — it is a home to a number of well-established IT companies with R&D capability and established services. Behind its picture-perfect looks, Ljubljana has a huge capacity and great ambitions to become a European tech hub. And HTEC Group is excited to have recognized this tremendous opportunity and become a part of Ljubljana tech world. Niko Slavnic, Chief Marketing Officer at HTEC Group, one of the first members of Ljubljana HTEC growing team, explains how he crossed his path with HTEC Group: “I met the future founders of HTEC in 2007, helping them with their initiative to establish the Serbian Business Angels Network. I was helping with legislation and developing the startup investment scene in Serbia, as I’ve done in other countries in the region. At the time, HTEC Group was only beginning to take shape and we were more focused on the general ecosystem and investments in startups — evaluation, due diligence, defining the elements of the growth of startups. Fast forward a decade or so from then, we have HTEC on a very different level to how it was in the early days.” Niko had stayed in touch with HTEC’s founders and was impressed with the company’s growth over the years. However, he admits that his involvement with the company was far removed from his recent plans and aspirations. “…When I was first approached by HTEC leadership, the main topic we discussed was merely helping out with marketing. Once I was presented with their vision of the company’s future growth, the challenge was too enticing to pass up. I am very excited about the opportunity to work together with HTEC Group to build a unicorn at an exceptional speed.”
Niko touches on the company’s unique approach, rapid growth, and ambitions to accelerate the future:
“We have a plan to grow the company ten times in the next five years, and I am here to help build everything that is necessary to achieve that goal. When we first started discussing these plans, there were 300 people at HTEC. Now there’s already 1000, but if we wish to jump to 6,000 in three to five years, there are many things we need to establish in between.“To learn more about Niko Slavnic, his career path and how he helps HTEC drive growth, read HTEC Features: Niko Slavnic. To hear more about the early beginnings and the rapid growth of the HTEC Group company in the time of crisis, join Niko Slavnic at Slovenska Marketinska Konferenca on 5th of October, 9:00 – 10:00 am. Find out more here. Register here.
What is Ljubljana like?
“Feel the green soul of our dragon city with the vibrant tech community that knows even how to build a unicorn company!” — Niko Slavnic, CMO at HTEC GroupLjubljana is a product of its history and cultures. It collates the best of its neighbours into one quite gorgeous recipe. The literature of the Austrians, the passion of the Hungarians, the freedom of the Italians and the storytelling of the southern Slavs? It all comes together here, in a definitely Slovenian way.
