His main occupation within the organisation is to manage European projects and inspire others for entrepreneurial thinking. He earned a doctoral degree in business administration at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana by defending Ph.D. thesis on “User-Driven Innovation”. Part of the studies he completed in Denmark at Copenhagen Business School. At the University of Primorska, Faculty of Management in Koper, he worked as an assistant researcher and co-authored various scientific papers.

Tine’s professional interests are innovation in SME, creativity, design thinking, user experience, sustainable development, entrepreneurial networking, crowdfunding, co-working and start-ups. He has carried out several workshops in the field of Design Thinking, Canvas Business Model and Entrepreneurship. As a respectful team player, he is always enthusiastic to collaborate with colleagues from different cultural and professional backgrounds.

Tine believes that life is just a game. Of course, once you understand the rules. He is still playing with Lego, as a father and as well as a “Lego serious play” practitioner. And rule number one is: never stop playing!!!