Matjaž Pogačnik, MBA is Strategy Consultant in Iskratel.

Before joining Iskratel, Matjaž was Director of Access Networks Department at Telekom Slovenije, and was responsible for Fixed & Mobile access networks, Energy systems, Cable infrastructure, Real estate and Service provisioning. In addition, he was the director of six small network operators in CEE region.

He was appointed Head of R&D at Telekom Slovenije in 2006, and became Director of Network in 2010. In addition to his organisational responsibilities, he led some of the biggest projects at Telekom Slovenije. As a promotor of green, environment-friendly operations, Matjaž was responsible for ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification in Telekom Slovenije, and he is proud to have achieved a significant reduction of energy consumption of Telekom Slovenije.

Matjaž authored several technical publications about broadband, and co-authored a book about ADSL networks and measurements in 2001. He occasionally lectures at the University of Ljubljana.