Where does Mirko Novakovic work?

Mirko Novakovic is Founding Partner at New Forge.

Where did Mirko Novakovic go to school?

Mirko Novakovic studied at University of St.Gallen (SMB Management); Berufsakademie Stuttgart (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Information Technology).

Mirko Novakovic

Investor

Founding Partner at New Forge

Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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About

Founding Partner of New Forge; co-founded Instana and codecentric.

Experience

Dash0Chief Executive Officercurrent2023 — present
New ForgeAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
IBMVP Hybrid Cloud Management & Watson AI Ops2021
InstanaCEO2015 — 2021
codecentric AGAdvisor2016 — 2017
codecentric AGCEO2005 — 2016
CenterDevice GmbHGeneral Manager2011 — 2016
FreelancerPerformance Engineer and Software Architect2002 — 2005
Electronic Data SystemsSoftware Architect2002
IBMIT Specialist1999 — 2001Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Skills & more

SaaS SalesLeadershipStartupsEarly-Stage Startups9Observability7Java Enterprise Edition63Tomcat27JavaScrum17Architecture29Architectures58Hibernate13

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SAPJBoss Application ServerSpringDesign PatternsAgile MethodologiesMavenSubversionEclipse

Languages English · German · Serbian · Spanish

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Alexander Hochguertel

Partner & Managing Director at New Forge

Chris Thoen

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board & IC Member (PeakBridge Growth II) at PeakBridge VC

Partner & Managing Director at New Forge

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mirko Novakovic?: Founding Partner of New Forge; co-founded Instana and codecentric.
Where does Mirko Novakovic work?: Mirko Novakovic is Founding Partner at New Forge.
Where did Mirko Novakovic go to school?: Mirko Novakovic studied at University of St.Gallen (SMB Management); Berufsakademie Stuttgart (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Information Technology).

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