EESTEC Magazine Vol 33 2013/2 | Page 44

Success Stories Interviewee: Nedim Hadži? LC Sarajevo Interviewer: Magazine team From the day we join EESTEC, we spend a great deal of time on many projects on Local level and International level. Bringing students together from many different European countries, it seems a huge responsibility for us and we try to do our best with the motivation and passion we have for EESTEC. But there is one person who works, thinks and spends time on EESTEC more than everyone, the International Board Chairman. Nedim Hadzic, after ?nishing his duties as Chairman of EESTEC International in April 2013, and who is helping the current Board now as an Oversight Committee member, has kindly agreed to answer some questions for us and share his success story. Don’t you ever wonder how his journey in EESTEC started and came to this point? When and how did you start with EESTEC? What was your motivation in the beginning? I started with EESTEC in 2009, Congress 2009 in Belgrade and Sarajevo, as an IT Team member of LC Sarajevo. Since I am in the Computer Science department at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, IT related things were always interesting for me and when I heard about the opportunity to be part of the organizing team who will host around 120 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students from all over Europe, of course I joined. As you can see my motivation was knowledge and networking. How did you feel when you were elected as Chairman for 2012/2013 EESTEC International Board? I know this is “classic” answer, but I will still say that it is hard to describe. It was a mixture of positive feelings. I was leading all of EESTEC and I was really happy about it since I had only great memories from EESTEC and I gained so much from EESTEC. What was there about being in the International Board that most excited you? I would say the fact that you have so many departments, teams, etc. and you need to coordinate all of them and make it work as a unique EESTEC family. Besides that there is also decision making. Decisions made in the International Board affect not just you, but the entire EESTEC network, 44