Vedran Podobnik

AI, Cloud & Sustainability | Technology Leader | University Professor

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Vedran leads a global team of business professionals, strategists and technologists solving complex customer challenges with innovative solutions based on AI, cloud and sustainability. With over 20 years of international experience as a technology leader, consultant and university professor, Vedran brings a creative, pragmatic and data-driven approach to driving sustainable change. Throughout his career, Vedran has led multi-year IT development and innovation projects, successfully delivering large-scale international programs. His versatile background spans private and public organisations across various sectors, where he managed $800M consulting service PnLs, propelling double-digit top-line growth and enhancing business profitability. Vedran's unwavering focus on outcomes and commitment to providing exceptional customer experiences are evident in his track record. With a proven history of leadership in talent management and organisation transformation, Vedran is deeply passionate about cultivating and mentoring individuals while steering teams towards success. He champions a collaborative culture, firmly believing that profound success stems from bold moves. He is a digital transformation thought leader, authoring over 120 academic and professional papers in leading international journals and conferences. He was a speaker and panellist at dozens of technology events. Vedran is the recipient of prestigious international awards for innovation with AI/ML, scientific breakthroughs, educational work and project management.

Experience

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (8 yrs 2 mos)
    • Vice President - Strategy & Solutions, Advisory & Professional Services
      Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

      Leading the global team responsible for designing and delivering advisory and professional services for AI & Data, Cloud & Platform, Networking, Cybersecurity, IT Sustainability & Data Center Modernisation, and Education, to accelerate digital transformations from edge to cloud. More details: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/services.html

    • Advisory & Professional Services - Global Strategy & Solutions Leader
      Nov 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Leading the global team responsible for designing and delivering advisory and professional services for AI & Data, Cloud & Platform, Networking & Cybersecurity, IT Sustainability & Data Center Modernisation, and Education, to accelerate digital transformations from edge to cloud. More details: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/services.html

    • Senior Director - Global Lead for Hybrid Cloud
      Nov 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr

      Leading the global team responsible for designing and delivering advisory and professional services for hybrid cloud, data and cybersecurity to accelerate digital transformations from edge to cloud. More details: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/services/consulting/cloud.html

  • FER (20 yrs 5 mos)
    • Full Professor
      Nov 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

      Conducting research in the area of Big Data Analytics and AI for social networking and electric vehicles. Teaching on undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels courses in the field of Telecommunications, Internet Services, economic aspects of ICT industry as well as Technology and Innovation Management. More details: https://www.fer.unizg.hr/en/vedran.podobnik

    • Associate Professor
      Sep 2016 - Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    • ECTS Coordinator
      Mar 2011 - Sep 2017 · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Founder and Director at Social Networking and Computing Laboratory
    Apr 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

    Managing the team of 4 professors, 2 postdoctoral researchers and 8 PhD students conducting Data Analytics research in domains of social networking and electric vehicles. More details: http://sociallab.technology

  • Management Board Member at Center for Artificial Intelligence
    Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

    The Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) is a leading research center in artificial intelligence with three primary goals. The first goal is to advance theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence (AI) and to drive progress in AI areas like machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, financial analytics, robotics, internet of things, bioinformatics, and recommender systems. The second goal is to collaborate with industry through the transfer of AI technology with the purpose of developing new knowledge-based innovative products and services. The third goal is to provide top-class AI education at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, as well as continuing education for the industry. More details: https://cai.fer.hr/en/cai

  • Executive Committee Member at IEEE Croatia Section
    Apr 2014 - Mar 2019 · 5 yrs

    IEEE Croatia Section Executive Committee Member responsible for Professional Activities. More details: http://www.ieee.hr/ieeesection/profesionalne_aktivnosti