Tamara Srzentić (

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: Тамара Срзентић; born 1982) is a Montenegrin expert on digital transformation and innovation. She served as the Minister of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media in

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and the

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Zdravko Krivokapić Zdravko Krivokapić ( cyrl, Здравко Кривокапић; born 2 September 1958) is a Montenegrin professor and politician who served as Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2020 to 2022. In addition to his professorship at the Universities ...

, from 2020 to 2022, prior to which she was Deputy Director of the California Innovation Office.

Biography

Early life and education

Srzentić was born in

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. She graduated from the

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and defended her master's degree at

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. She has more than 15 years of experience in government reform, policy management and digital transformation. During the past two administrations of

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

, Srzentić has advocated a course for priority digital service and public transformation policy initiatives and strategies for the world’s fifth largest economy. During this period, California reshaped policies and standards, launched public-private partnerships, saved money, improved services, and built lasting opportunities for innovation and digital service delivery. She also built two startups for the state of California.

Administration career

In 2017, she co-founded and became deputy director of the California Innovation Office at the California Health and Humanitarian Service, which was responsible for fostering innovation for 13 state departments of 30,000 employees with an annual budget of about $ 160 billion, providing critical health and social care. services for nearly one-third of all California residents. She was part of the core team that worked to establish the Digital Innovation Office, which focuses on improving the usability, reliability and user experience of California's most important digital services. Srzentić has consulted with leaders around the world on civic technology, technology policy, public administration reform and digital transformation, and has led digital services, innovation communities in practice, workshops and trainings in California, the Western Balkans and European countries. In 2020, she led the team that created the website for California's response to

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. On 5 November 2020, the Prime Minister-designate of Montenegro,

, appointed her a candidate for the Minister of

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, Digital Society and

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in the new Government cabinet of Montenegro.

References

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