PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name KOCHOV ATANAS
Address BAGDADSKA 15-37, 1000 SKOPJE, REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Telephone Home: + 389 2 3060123; work: + 389 2 3099230,
cell: + 389 71 299299;
Fax + 389 2 3099298
E-mail atanas.kochov@mf.edu.mk ; atanaskocov@fulbrightweb.org

Nationality Macedonian
Date of birth
Gender 08.03.1966
MALE

LATEST PUBLISHED PAPERS:

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 2008- presence
University St Cyril and Methodius in Skopje,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
P.O.Box 464
1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Higher education
Full time professor

Dates (from – to) 2016- presence
University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro
Higher education
Visiting professor

Dates (from – to) 01.2017 – 07.2017
Iberoamericana University Puebla Mexico
P.O.Box 464
1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Higher education
Professor, visiting professor

Dates (from – to) 2008- presence
Board of Governors, JRC – Joint Research Center, EU
Consultancy, policy making, strategy development , TTO,
Member of the Board of Governors

Dates (from – to) 2007- presence
UNIDO- United Nation Industry Development Program,
NCPC - Macedonia, National Cleaner Production Center , Macedonia
Technology transfer to the small and medium enterprises, industrial property, cleaner production technologies, Chemical leasing, low carbon industry development
• Director of the NCPC Macedonia; National coordinator & expert for cleaner production
• Member of the Advisory Board
• Member of the UN RECP net Board

Dates (from – to) December 2005 – July 2017
Macedonian – American Alumni Association - NGO
Association of Fulbright Alumni, Ron Brown, Humphrey, JFDP, IVLP, YES and other programs sponsored by the US Government in cooperation with US Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia
• Occupation or position held President
Projects: - Regional Conference for Scientific and Technological Innovation for Greater Economic Revitalization ( S-TIGER)
- Internship program for students
- Networking of MAAA offices
- FAST – Fulbright Academy for Science and Technology
- American Corners in Bitola, Stip, Struga
- Service Learning for people with disabilities-

Dates (from – to) 2005 - 2008
 CIRKO – Centre for Research, Development and Continuing Education , Skopje, Macedonia;
P.O.Box 464
1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Advanced Mechanical engineering services for SMEs, 3D modeling, simulation, visualization, workshops, seminars
• Occupation or position held General Manager
e-BIZ Centre - USAID project for, established as joint venture between Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and e-BIZ office for use of advanced engineering systems and Information technology for the improvement of the Macedonian tool and die development shops skills and their position on the global market as well as development of the concurrent engineering in Macedonia

Dates (from – to) 2007 - 2010
Faculty for Mechatronics;
Tetovo State University, Republic of Macedonia
High education
Professor – part time
• Main activities and responsibilities  Teaching
 3D engineering
 System engineering

CONSULTANCY work

Dates (from – to) 2011- presence
Macedonian Agency for Intellectual property,
WIPO – WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
EPO – EUROPEAN PATTENT OFFICE
Consultancy for industrial, intellectual property, technology transfer
Consultant, Lecturer


Dates (from – to) 2012- July 2013
Macedonian National Committee for scientific and technological development, Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science
President of the National Council for Science and Research
President of the Board
 Review of projects and recommendations

Dates (from – to) 2006- 2012
Macedonian National Committee for scientific and technological development, Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science
National Coordinator for technical projects
Consultant & member of commission
 Review of projects and recommendations

Dates (from – to) 2005- 2010
National Committee for Accreditation of the high education in Macedonia
Accreditation of high education institutions and Universities in Macedonia
Consultant & member of commission
 Review of projects and recommendations

Dates (from – to) July 2006 - July 2007
TDI – Irish Consultants Agency for Foreign Direct Investment in the Republic of Macedonia
Consultancy
Local expert for knowledge; study for the industry sector – automotive industry and machine tool & die industry

Dates (from – to) April - 2007 – presence
ICL Grupa
Consultancy
Consultant for development supply chain management for machine tool industry in Republic of Macedonia

Date: 2004- April 2005
VET , Vocational Educational Training in Republic of Macedonia, ETF-EU
Consultancy, expertise
Expert, consultant

Date: July, 2000 - October, 2001
U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
Business development, Consultancy
Consultant for Definitional Mission for Balkan Gas Project
Assessing viable projects to receive TDA grant funding, and preparation of projects for feasibility studies, training grants, orientation visits and other technical assistance in support of future U.S. exports.

Dates: 1999 - 2003
Energosistem, Consulting company
Consultancy, engineering
Consultant
 Logistic support for the settling of the PHARE project “Investment options in the Energy Sector in R.Macedonia” . Leader is Greek Company EXERGIA and Consortium (CESEN, CSFTA) , sponsored by EU. Local partner Energosistem - Skopje as temporary Project office.
 Assisted in preparation of information; project proposals and documentations,
 Translating English/Macedonian

Date: 2000-2004
MUNICIPALITY “Kisela Voda” - Skopje
Counsellor
Member of the Municipality Council for local community “ Kisela Voda”

Date: 2000-2005
JUDG ( preschool) Buba Mara - Skopje
Advisory and Executive Board,
President

Date: 1992 - 2000
ALOKA Holding Europe A.G.
Type of business or sector Medical equipment, Consultancy
part-time employee as service consultant
 Assessing the market for needs of Medical equipment
 Planning and organization
 Service and training courses for new users
 Translating English/Macedonian.

Dates (from – to) Sep 1990 - Nov. 1991
High school “Nikola Tesla” , Electro-Mechanical School Center
Teacher
 Organization and economics in metal industry;
 Machine’s Design
 Manufacturing for Engineers
 Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
 Static’s
 Technology for professional experience - metal cutting - Theory and Practice
 Preparation of courses core curriculum


INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Date: September '95 - August '96
Location: Seattle, USA
Company: University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Type of business or sector Education, research
Position: Research assistant for the Project “High temperature composites” supported by USA Navy Research Office.
Teaching Assistant; courses: Finite Element Analysis; Mechanics
Description:

Date: Dec 2003 - May 2003
Location: University of Applied Sciences – Wildau, Germany
Company:  IQN – Technology of New Materials, Wildau, Germany;
(International Quality Network)
Position: Visiting professor for the course:
Description:  Technology of composite materials

Date: May-September 1989
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Company: Petrocemica e GAS de Portugal
Position: Business analyst
Description:  Internship program through IAESTE

Date: June – September 1990
Location: University of Airspace, Delft Holland
Company: Department for materials
Position: Researcher
Description:  Internship program IAESTE

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates (from – to) September 2007 - October 2007
University of Vienna, Executive Management school for business
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered Composite materials, plastic deformation, numerical simulations
• Title of qualification awarded Management for Small and medium businesses

Dates (from – to) January 2004 – October 2004
University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seattle, USA.
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered Composite materials, plastic deformation, numerical simulations
• Title of qualification awarded Post doctoral studies; Fulbright Visiting Scholar
Research,
 Development and application of composite materials;
New chassis model design for Trail skates

Dates (from – to) 1997 - may 2002
University "St. Kiril and Metodij"; Skopje, Macedonia
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered Composite materials, plastic deformation, numerical simulations
• Title of qualification awarded Ph.D.
Thesis: “Theoretical and Experimental investigation of composite materials and their implementation in metal forming tool design”

Dates (from – to) September '95 - August '96
University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seattle, USA. Ph.D. studies
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered Composite materials, plastic deformation, numerical simulations
• Title of qualification awarded Ph.D. studies
Project “High temperature composites” supported by USA Navy Research Office;

Dates (from – to) November, 1992 - October, 1994
University "St. Kiril and Metodij"; Skopje, Macedonia
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered plastic deformation, numerical simulations
• Title of qualification awarded M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: “Analysis of the stress-strain condition in the process of fine-blanking by using Finite Element Method”

Dates (from – to) October, 1985 - June, 1990
University "St. Kiril and Metodij"; Skopje, Macedonia
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered plastic deformation, numerical simulations
• Title of qualification awarded B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: “Automatic design of the technology and construction of the forging tools”
Student of the Generation 1985-1990, Award from the Rector of the University “St. Kiril and Metodij” - Skopje

TRAINING programs

Dates (from – to) December 2007
United Nation, UNIDO Wien, Austria
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered REAP, Social Corporate Responsibility
• Title of qualification awarded Managing SCR projects

Date: May 2005- July 2005
Japanese International Cooperation Agency JICA, Sapporo, JAPAN
Description: Management training courses for Production Management for South East European Countries
Small Business Management; TQM

Date: November 11- 18, 2005
TECSO Slovenian Tool and Die Development Centre)
Improvement of the Marketing Skills for Macedonian Machine Tool Shops
Description: Collaboration between TECOS and CIRKO MES CE for the improvement of the marketing skills of the Macedonian tool and die development shops and use of advanced engineering systems for concurrent engineering

Date: February 19 - March 4, 2006
TECOS Slovenian Tool and Die Development Centre)
Reverse Engineering technologies
Description: Collaboration between TECOS and CIRKO MES CE for the development of the new business in Macedonia; reverse engineering as a service offered to different customers as are: dentist, arts, mechanical engineering

Date: May - June 2003
IQN – Technology of New Materials, Wildau, Germany;
(International Quality Network)
Position: Participant for the preparation of the International Quality Network
Description: Attended different courses for establishing international quality network for collaboration among students from South Eastern Europe

Date: October, 1999 - November, 1999
Institution: Centre for International Management, Skopje, Macedonia
Description: Management training courses for Planning, Leaderships and Organisation as main Management functions

Date: June - July 1998

Ecotron Intl. Service, Swiss

Description: Ecotron Intl. Service training on Aloka Ultrasound Products, Ecotron for Aloka, Aloka Holding Europe A.G., Zug, Switzerland

Date: July-August '90

Institution: Faculty for Aeronautics, Delft, Holland

Description: Research assistant for the Project “Recent Development in Shell Stability Analysis”

Date: June- September'89
Institution: Institute Petrocemica e Gas de Portugal - Lisbon, Portugal
Description: planning, organization and cost estimation,
project: "New aspects of Portugal's Petrocemica development"


SOCIAL SKILLS
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES

 Membership of professional bodies:

 Member of the MSME (Macedonian Society of Mechanical Engineering); since February 1995
 Member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineering); since March 1997
 Member of the Council of the Municipality “ Kisela Voda”, Skopje, 2000-2004
 Member of the Managerial Board of JUDG “Buba Mara”- Skopje 2000-2004
 President of the Managerial board of JUDG Buba Mara – Skopje, 2004- presence
 President of MAAA (Macedonian American Alumni Association) since November 2005
 Member of the directing committee of the Municipality of Skopje for cultural and scientifically achievements award “ 13 Noemvri” – Skopje
 Member of SPICE - Science Park and Innovation Center Experts Group
 Member of the National Board for Accreditation of the high education in Macedonia, since September 2006-2010
 Member of the Macedonian Scientific Committee
 Member of the national committee for Innovation and entrepreneurship
 President of the Macedonian Council for Science and research

TECHNICAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc. Word; excel, IT, Internet, application software’s, MS office, CAD/CAM/CAE , ALGOR, LUSAS-FEA, ABAQUS, SolidWorks, 3D modelling; reverse engineering technologies; SUN Micro system equipment; project management

OTHER SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Competences not mentioned above.  Managerial skills
 professional experience as a Teacher and Teaching assistant,
 knowledge for study and courses organisation and curriculum development
 training program in different countries in Europe and USA,
 participation in International Projects
 preparation of project proposals, reports and final reports
 courses for Management, planning, organising
 Knowledge of IT literacy, etc.

Membership in Associations

• Member of the Association of Production Engineering Macedonia, Skopje, since February 1995 ;
• Member of the Association of Production Engineering and Industrial Management; since November 2002
• Member of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineering) since March 1997;
• Membership in AmCham (Macedonian American Chamber) since 2004;
• Member of MAAA (Macedonian American Alumni Association) since 1996;
• Participant in the Board of Governors of the European Research Centre since 2008;
• Member of the Board of the European Association of Fulbright Alumni and European Network of Alumni since June 2010;
• Member of FAST - Fulbright Academy for Science and Technology, since February 2008;
• Member EU committee s and Ad Hoc groups for strategic planning, since February 2013
• Member of the Board of Directors of ENAM - European Network of American Alumni, since April 2014

Other activities tied to the candidate’s professional development

• 1994-1996 - a member of the Council of the Mechanical Engineering in Skopje;
• February 1997-2000 & 2004-2008 & 2008-2012 and mandate period 2016-up to date -Head of the Laboratory for metal forming processes and plastic deformation;
• Project Manager: CIRKO MES CE, Mechanical Engineering Systems, Center of Excellence, advanced engineering techniques implemented in Macedonian companies and numerical technologies for improved techniques for designing tools for metal forming processes;
• Project Manager: Macedonian National Cleaner Production Centre, under the auspices of UNIDO;
• Project Manager ICL-Group - Supply Chain in Macedonian metal forming industry, financed by USAID mission in Macedonia, in cooperation with the ICL Group, Harvard Business School, USA;
• External consultant of EDC - Educational Development Center, Boston, USA, 2006;
• External consultant of UNIDO;
• External consultant and invited lecturer at WIPO;
• Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Skopje, mandate period 2008-2012 and mandate period 2012-2016;
• Head of the Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Management since September 2016