Andrej Mertelj

Andrej Mertelj (born 1970) is best described as a serial entrepreneur with a passion for IT. At the age of sixteen he published the first of many articles, lectures and even books. Almost thirty years of experience in IT and twenty five in entrepreneurship have given him a unique mix of skills and knowledge, which has made its mark on PANTHEON, the leading SME ERP in the southeast Europe. His passion is now in building SME cloud services with Telcos and bringing the benefits of modern IT to companies of all sizes and industries.

Andrej was president of Slovene IT chamber of commerce, a member of several standardization bodies. He was government advisor in several EURo changeovers, VAT and fiscal register, and one of the boldest opponents of EU’s software patent and ACTA directive. He is a frequent mentor on startup events, CEED and entrepreneurial workshops.