1. Curriculum Vitae M.SC.E.E. Mario Punčec
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PERSONAL INFORMATION M.Sc.E.E. Mario Puncec
Josipa Kozarca 20, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia
+385 99 441 67 20
contact@tehnikon.eu , mario.puncec@gmail.com
www.tehnikon.eu
Facebook/Google+: mario.puncec@gmail.com; Skype: mario-vz ; LinkedIn: Mario Puncec
Sex male | Date of birth 24/04/1977 | Nationality Croatian
WORK EXPERIENCE
PREFERRED JOB PLC Programmer
March 2014 – present Freelance programmer, developer
“TEHNIKON”, Varazdin, Croatia
▪ Audi body production line(s) offline programming and commissioning – PLC(Phoenix) programmer
▪ Other PLC Systems (Siemens, Unitronics, Schneider Electric)
▪ Various desktop, web (in cloud) and mobile applications – development, customisation (C/C++,
Java, HTML, PHP/mySql, Javascript,Android, Objective C – iOS, VBA – MS Access/Word/Excell
▪ Microchip PIC applications, including TCP/IP Stack (web server on PIC16/32)
▪ Review writing for mechatronics curriculum in technical gymnasium (EU supported project)
Business or sector Programming and consulting
June 2012 – February 2014 Project manager, developing/commissioning engineer
Atinel d.o.o., Varazdin, Croatia
▪ Audi body production line(s) commissioning – PLC(Phoenix) programmer
▪ Mercedes body production line(s) offline programming – PLC(Siemens S7, Graph) programmer
▪ Custom Machines repair/upgrade – PLC (Unitronics, Schneider Electric)
▪ Developing remote control/monitoring applications over Android and iPhone with various “end
systems” (Linux embedded system with custom Java server application, PIC32 with TCP/IP Stack)
Business or sector Automotive (and other) Industry PLC programming/commissioning, consulting
September 2004 – May 2012 Senior Lecturer, vice dean
University of applied Sciences (now University North), Varazdin, Croatia
▪ Lecturing and creating curriculum in various courses (Control in automation, Microcontrollers,
Electronic components and circuits, Modelling and simulation – Matlab)
▪ Examinations of students
▪ Electronics laboratory development
▪ Participation on small projects
▪ Organisation and participation in creating mechatronics curriculum for other school (Technical
university of applied sciences, Bjelovar) – as vice dean for education
▪ Organisation of lecturing for entire school – as vice dean for education
▪ Cisco Certified Network Associate – Instructor on Cisco academy
Business or sector Education
September 2000 – August 2004 Technical Assistant, Junior Researcher
Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
▪ Robotized plants simulation application developing (Borland C++, openGL)
▪ Control in automation – Research and various projects participation (see Publications): adaptive
control, fuzzy control, adaptive-fuzzy control for use in robotics, optimization (MATLAB Simulink and
other Toolboxes)
▪ Laboratory practice with students
Business or sector Education / Research

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EDUCATIONAND TRAINING
PERSONAL SKILLS
2000 –2005 M.Sc.E.E.
Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
▪ Working on same Faculty as junior researcher
1995 –2000 B.Sc.E.E.
Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
▪ Normal duration – 4,5 years, then graduate thesis
Other courses  Cisco Certified Network Associate – Instructor
 Eplan Basic I and II
 Micromarter 4, Sinamics G110 – Siemens
 Symatic ST-7 Micro – Siemens
Mother tongue(s) Croatian
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
German C1 C1 B2 B2 C1
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English C1 C1 B2 B2 B2
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Levels:A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills Good communication skills gained through my experience on various jobs/positions
Organisational / managerial skills ▪ leadership - as vice dean on University of applied science I was responsible for all teaching
activities on the university, and for creating mechatronics curriculum for other school on time
Other skills ▪ very fast adopting new skills and managing unknown situations
Driving licence ▪ B

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Important projects  “Integrated process and robot control”, Sitek s.p.a., Verona, Italy, 2000-2004; Product: universal software
for control planning for industrial robots – “LEONARDO”
 “Integrated process and robot control”, Ministry of science, education and sport, Croatia, project no.
036044 – advanced “LEONARDO”: Trajectory planning and control for cells with more robots
 “Advanced vechicle guiding”, Sitek s.p.a., Verona, Italy; 2003-2004; advanced algorithm for searching
optimal path (for mobile platform) between predefined positions, and avoiding collisions with other
platforms
 “Planning and performing tasks for robotized plants”, Ministry of science, education and sport, Croatia,
project no. 0363078-3016, 2006-2011 – various trajectory planning algorithms testing, optimizing
according trajectory time, jerks in joints accelerations, energy consumption
 “Remote control using smartphone and 3g network”,Atinel d.o.o.,; 2012, Prove of concept project –
server side was developed in Java on Linux embedded system, and client side wereAndroid and
iPhone smartphones; for each was developed native application for the system’s outputs control and
inputs monitoring (web application was also created)
 Audi body production line(s)–A3, Györ, Hungary, 2012-2013 (Atec GmBH, IST GmBH) – PLC
programming, Phoenix
 Audi production line(s) –A4, Ingolstadt, Germany, 2014 (IST GmBH) – PLC programming, Phoenix
Publications
1. Konjević, Branislav; Punčec, Mario; Kovačić, Zdenko.
Two Approaches to Bounded Jerk Trajectory Planning // Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on
Advanced Motion Control AMC2012 / Šabanović,Asif ; Ohnishi K. (ur.).
Sarajevo, 2012. 1-7
2. Bogdan, Stjepan; Kovačić, Zdenko; Punčec, Mario.
Cascade Fuzzy Controller Design based on Fuzzy Lyapunov Stability - Experimental Results // Proceedings
of the 8th IASTED International Conference Intelligent Systems and Control / Hamza, M.H. (ur.).
Boston :Acta Press, 2005. 368-373
3. Bogdan, Stjepan; Kovačić, Zdenko; Punčec, Mario.
ACascade Fuzzy Controller Design Based on Fuzzy Lyapunov Stability // Proceedings of the IEEE 4th
International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Application.
Budimpešta, 2004. 271-276
4. Bogdan, Stjepan; Punčec, Mario; Kovačić, Zdenko.
The Shortest Path Determination in a Multi AGV System by Using String Algebra // The CD-ROM
Proceedings of the IEEE Internatioanl Conference on Industrial Technology ICIT'03 / Jezernik, Karel (ur.).
Maribor, 2003. 984-
5. Kovačić, Zdenko; Bogdan, Stjepan; Punčec, Mario.
Adaptive Control Scheme Based on Hybrid Adaptation of Lead-lag Compensator Parameters // CD-ROM
Proceedings of the 11th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation.
Rhodos, 2003.
6. Kovačić, Zdenko; Bogdan, Stjepan; Punčec, Mario.
Adaptive Control Based on Sensitivity Model-Based Adaptation of Lead-lag Compensator
Parameters // Proceedings of the ICIT'03 International Conference on Industrial Technology / Jezernik, Karel (ur.).
Maribor, 2003. 321-326

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7. Kovačić, Zdenko; Bogdan, Stjepan; Punčec, Mario.
Integral Criterion-based Adaptive PID Angular Speed Control // CD-ROM Proceedings of the 10th International
Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference EPE-PEMC 2002.
Dubrovnik : Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva u Zagrebu, 2002.
8. Kovačić, Zdenko; Bogdan, Stjepan; Petrinec, Krešimir; Reichenbach, Tomislav; Punčec, Mario.
LEONARDO - The Off-line Programming Tool for Robotized Plants // CD-ROM Proceedings of the 9th
Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation.
Zagreb : KoREMA, 2001. WM2-c
9. Kovačić, Zdenko; Bogdan, Stjepan; Punčec, Mario.
Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Control Based on Integral Criterion // The Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International
Symposium on Intelligent Control.
Patras : IEEE, 2000. 55-60