Mirko Novakovic

Mirko Novakovic is the CEO of Instana, a leading provider of system and performance management tools. Mirko has been with the company since April 2015 and has played a pivotal role in its growth and success. Prior to joining Instana, Novakovic was the General Manager of CenterDevice GmbH, a SAAS company for document collaboration based on German data security standards. Mirko was responsible for product strategy and development at codecentric AG, a software development company, and also served as an Advisor to the Board. In addition, Novakovic has worked as a freelancer, performance engineer, and software architect for various companies in the financial industry. Mirko is currently based in IBM and is the VP of Hybrid Cloud Management & Watson AI Ops.

Mirko Novakovic has a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Information Technology from Berufsakademie Stuttgart and a field in SMB Management from University of St.Gallen.

Some direct reports include Jason Heine - CFO, Pavlo Baron - Founder & CTO, and Pete Abrams - COO.