Previously he worked at the Post of Serbia, where he as Director responsible for IT contributed to the design and implementation of the new postal technology and information system and the construction of regional postal and logistics centers in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš.
In 2017 he became Director of the Office for IT and eGovernment of the Republic of Serbia. He is responsible for many digitalization projects in Serbia such as the intensive development of eGovernment services and infrastructure of electronic administration, the digital transformation, trust and faith of citizens in eGovernment. The construction of Government Data Centre in Kragujevac, as well as the implementation of electronic services Baby, Welcome to the World, eKindergarden, eEnrollment, My High School, eMailbox, Electronic Signature in the Cloud left permanent mark on the digitalization of public administration in Serbia.
In the period from 2022 to 2024 he served as the Minister of IT. In that period three new laws were adopted, the Law on Electronic Communications, Law on Public Information and Media and Law on Electronic Media, fully synchronized with EU legislation.
Mr. Jovanović was awarded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Development of the Government of Republic of Serbia in 2022 at a public call for the best young researchers and scientists. Also in 2022, he received the Despot Stefan Lazarević Award of the City of Belgrade for his outstanding contribution to the organization and implementation of vaccination of the population in Belgrade in 2021 in the circumstances of the declared global COVID19 pandemic. In 2023 he received a public recognition - the Plague of St.George, the highest award of the city of Kragujevac for exceptional personal and professional commitment and achieved results in the field of digitalization, the construction of the Government Data Centre in Kragujevac and the initiative to build the Innovation District in Kragujevac.
Biography as published in the conference record. 306 words.
